Well I for one used to enjoy watching the Steelers in their heyday. They had an excellent side in the early 90's who could play hard yet entertaining footy. John Simon, Ian Russell, Johnny Cross, Wishart, McIndoe and McGregor of course. Good footballers all.
This is what a lot of saints fans forget. Those players that you’re talking about were my childhood heroes Add Brett Rodwell and Dean Schiffiliti and you’re talking about the players that looked after us at school coaching clinics and signed our jerseys.
We didn’t have a huge amount of success. But we were always underdogs, and if we went down we went down swinging. We especially punched above our weight when we were playing against the star studded broncos sides of the early 90’s.
Later I’d run into them at the pub or at their businesses, and they’d always be incredibly gracious with their time and happy to have a beer and/or a chat.
I imagine that it’s similar to the experience of old Saints fans living around kogarah. Attachment to a footy club as a fan is about much more than premierships (although a Steelers premiership would have been very f**king nice).
I think that’s more than enough reason to celebrate the Steelers.