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That's another interesting factor - the aura that teams who have been winning for a while can build, and the effect it has on intimidating others.
Wigan used to have it in the 80s and 90s, Saints had it for a long time when Cunningham and co played there, Leeds had it, the Kangaroos always have it. In football, Man Utd had it and now City have it although not to the same extent.
If another team is ahead, they always sense that the comeback will happen at some point and once they get a score back, the other team gets jitters and starts to panic.
You wonder how many extra wins, having an aura like that causes, especially those 'come from behind' wins. The 5-3 United v Spurs game was a classic. Spurs just melted.
What is also interesting, is how quickly an aura like that can vanish - often with the loss of a coach or a couple of legendary players. United basically lost it the first year after SAF retired, under Moyes, and have never had it back. Wigan lost it in the first couple of years of Super League. Even though they have had good teams since, they've not been able to get that aura of invincibility that Saints and Leeds have had since.
We never had it, even in 2010-13, we would steamroller some teams, especially at home, but I don't think anyone was scared of us, or felt that if they were 18 points up, that we would pull it back. I also don't think Bradford ever had it, they were just an upmarket version of us under TS, except their peak lasted twice as long and they won more trophies. They intimidated teams physically for a while but they never had that invincibility about them, you sensed there was a soft underbelly if you could get at them. Remember when they lost a big lead against us at Wilderspool, when Allan Langer started ripping them in the second half, they were rattled and lost it. I can't imagine the later Saints or Leeds teams losing that lead to that Wire team.
Wigan used to have it in the 80s and 90s, Saints had it for a long time when Cunningham and co played there, Leeds had it, the Kangaroos always have it. In football, Man Utd had it and now City have it although not to the same extent.
If another team is ahead, they always sense that the comeback will happen at some point and once they get a score back, the other team gets jitters and starts to panic.
You wonder how many extra wins, having an aura like that causes, especially those 'come from behind' wins. The 5-3 United v Spurs game was a classic. Spurs just melted.
What is also interesting, is how quickly an aura like that can vanish - often with the loss of a coach or a couple of legendary players. United basically lost it the first year after SAF retired, under Moyes, and have never had it back. Wigan lost it in the first couple of years of Super League. Even though they have had good teams since, they've not been able to get that aura of invincibility that Saints and Leeds have had since.
We never had it, even in 2010-13, we would steamroller some teams, especially at home, but I don't think anyone was scared of us, or felt that if they were 18 points up, that we would pull it back. I also don't think Bradford ever had it, they were just an upmarket version of us under TS, except their peak lasted twice as long and they won more trophies. They intimidated teams physically for a while but they never had that invincibility about them, you sensed there was a soft underbelly if you could get at them. Remember when they lost a big lead against us at Wilderspool, when Allan Langer started ripping them in the second half, they were rattled and lost it. I can't imagine the later Saints or Leeds teams losing that lead to that Wire team.
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