It was 28-26 if I remember rightly, we got a penalty under the sticks and instead of getting the draw tried to run it. I remember this because I put a fiver on Leigh to win by 50+. Idiot.

I totally agree. Earlier in the season our defence and intensity were awesome. We seemed absolutely desperate to win and our pack was battering teams into submission. It was a joy to watch for me. I do not think the other teams were just being nice to us. Unfortunately a lot of that intensity and desire evaporated and I have no idea where it went.

Maybe you would, but that's part of the problem, the board know that the same 1000 or so die-hards will put up with rubbish. But they will never get new supporters in playing like we have this last 2 seasons. Maybe you're young, but I am lucky enough to see win the CC at Wembley and the League at Whitehaven, I have seen some great players at Leigh. What we have now just isn't good enough.

You are now moving onto a different point. I am agreeing that we were clueless for the second half of the year, not saying how we could get more fans in. However, surely if we had won 9 of our last ten games, we would have had more fans through the gate than 1000, as we would have had a similar record to Fev who won the league. Surely we would not exactly have been serving up rubbish, if we had only lost 1 out of our final 10 games and finished top. I do not think we can kid ourselves that we have ever been that good as a team, that we can demand not just winning 18 out of 20 matches, but completely dominating in each and every one of them and playing an absolutely fab brand of rugby. How many tries did we score again, in our run to Wembley in 1971? Was it 1 or maybe 2? Not many more.

If I was the head coach of Leigh and in my first season in the post I would have given the team that I had inherited some time to see where they were at. At the mid pooint of the season I would have identified the people that I was thinking of shipping out and would have put scouts out to find better replacements. Maybe some of the players found out that the club were looking for replacements for them and decided to just go through the motions and that contributed to the lapse in form or as other people suggested that the other teams sussed us out. Who cares now the seasons over. New season. New team.
Come On You Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeigh.

Your first theory seems much more credible than the old they sussed us out theory. However, who knows. It remains a mystery.