Have to laugh at this comment - you do realise you're about to get the 'Halifax' years, if you think it was worth it then fine. Me I'd rather have had an ambitious bit patient Chairman and just waited for real success to finally come and more importantly stay.

I't's not ambition imho opinion it's just reckless.

Then you have the advatage over me Joanne, I did not know that, I assumed when I read about his formative years on the terraces at Hilton Park, that he was a bona-fide Leyther, nevertheless it does not alter the sentiments I penned.

Got to agree with Vasty on this one - ambition is fine, but it has to be backed up with a proper plan for sustainability and longevity; DB's reaction looks like a dummy-spit, because his plan to buy instant success has failed - and it will doubtless have a huge and deleterious effect on the club he claims to love.

Was 1 year of gloating on the VT worth the long term damage? Surely not.

If there was any justice, Widnes would have been relegated last year and Leigh should have survived. They deserved a chance to try and build for a couple of years. This is a key reason why the m8s don't work but 1 up 1 down is slightly better.

"Proper plan for sustainability", this could be the new mantra of the RFL, instead of finger crossing and gimmicks

No it's not, 1 more win and we would have been in 2nd place in the championship. it's not our fault Beaumont is not interested in owning a club, who will operate on a part time basis, which he could quite easily afford to do so.

If my Auntie had bollox she'd be my uncle.......
David Hughes is the disease that has killed London Broncos as a top flight RL side in my opinion, but I cannot argue against his commitment. His failure to prepare for a future without his millions is like watching a car crash on slow-motion......but his continued fiscal endeavours are the reason I still have a pro rl club to follow when I am back home and the reason that this years trip in a fortnight will probably witness the visit of a SL outfit to the wedding venue in west London we now call home......Derek by comparison shouldn't be mentioned in dispatches......glory hunting idiot who thought SL was the Grail, when in fact, self sufficiency is!

charming...

No. Roger Moore was charming, I on the other hand generally deal in facts and stats and the facts and stats show 8 wins from 42 SL games over 2 seasons and 3,000 missing fans this year compared to last show that Leigh have no place in SL. I'd say the same about London too btw.......some clubs just don't deserve to be there and Derek is just another fan who thought he knew better but didn't......thanks Del, but do us a favour....don't bother next time!
From SL to part-time in 12 short months......you do the math!

I wonder if "Charlie knew"?

i have reported your disgusting language to the moderators. you foul mouthed pig of a liar.....xx

Peter did .. got sick of telling them

I beg your pardon snowflake, but what Lies have I told?

The Beaumont's as a family used to live in Astley, a village between Leigh & Boothstown (Boothstown is in Salford Astley is not) , they first had a UPVC glaziing/conservatory business in Leigh, I know as I used to kick all their s in the Leigh Pool League & a friend lived near them in Astley.

The Beaumont lads are regular working class lads done good & very, very good in DB's case !

That's why things need to change in order to stop Clubs having a free ride. Good luck to ambition when the licensing arrives again.

Quote ="Ste100Centurions"The Beaumont's as a family used to live in Astley, a village between Leigh & Boothstown (Boothstown is in Salford Astley is not) , they first had a UPVC glaziing/conservatory business in Leigh, I know as I used to kick all their s in the Leigh Pool League & a friend lived near them in Astley. The Beaumont lads are regular working class lads done good & very, very good in DB's case !'" Maybe, but I said where he was from...……. www.totalrl.com/derek-beaumont-l ... by-league/

Quote ="Ste100Centurions"The Beaumont's as a family used to live in Astley, a village between Leigh & Boothstown (Boothstown is in Salford Astley is not) , they first had a UPVC glaziing/conservatory business in Leigh, I know as I used to kick all their s in the Leigh Pool League & a friend lived near them in Astley. The Beaumont lads are regular working class lads done good & very, very good in DB's case !'" Maybe, but I said where he was from...……. www.totalrl.com/derek-beaumont-l ... by-league/

There is a video doing the rounds of Beaumont laughing and joking at Bradfords expense when they went bust.

Regards

King James

It's hard to have sympathy for him after watching that isn't it.

What will Beaumont do if the following happens?

Toronto beat Fev
Halifax beat Rochdale
Barrow beat London
Leigh beat Sheffield

Leigh will then be in the middle 8's, does his position then become tenable again?

He would then enter the M8s with a severely weakened team but he may carry on knowing he will have 750K of sky money to help him out next year.

Personally if I were a Leigh fan, I'd want rid of him ASAP. If they were to get in the 4 then they should use the money received to start cutting their cloth so they could challenge for next years top 4 and get the 750K again. It would give them some solid ground to start building again.

I don't mind them using the Bradford shears, we've not needed them for a week or two.

Double glazing salesmen? How noble

He has quit and he shouldn’t be allowed by the fans to change his mind because of a lucky result. He has shown (again) his true colours in the last week. He could have carried on for the next few years working within a revised budget.

I work with someone in Hull who knows DB and he said he'll do anything for anyone but he's a bit like the Brummy Harry Enfield bloke 'I'm considerably richer than you'