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| Regardless of the OP's motives, there are some good points raised on this thread.
Considering what happened last year, the BOD have done remarkably well to get the club where it is today. It's a fantastic achievement. If we consider this as nothing more than a year of consolidation after the uncertainty of last year, then this years objective has probably already been achieved. The question now should be how the club kicks on from here?
A 25% reduction in attendances this season from last year should have the alarm bells ringing. It'd be interesting to know whether the corporate sales on a Friday make up for the loss of paying spectators, and if there are any better/middle ground alternatives (i.e. Saturday tea-time).
Looking at Fev and how they've kicked on since P&R was scrapped, it makes sense to look at what they've done over the last few years. At the moment they are the benchmark. Their crowds are up considerably and on the field they have been outstanding, on top of this they are running academy sides that are competing with SL academies. These are some of the things Leigh RL needs to achieve.
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| Quote ="sex on legs"This was always going to be a survive at any cost year, cut costs and do a better deal with LSV. We have some positives to build on and negatives to learn from.
Positives.
1. We are still here
2. We have finished second with a CC run
3. Hopkins, Nicho and Pownall stepping up.
4. We have a far better deal with LSV - I trust it will stay until we reach SL
5. Next years squad looks to be shaping nicely
6. Junior Centurions back
Negatives.
1. No idea still how to 'sell' the club or communicate past the inner circle - =#FF0000Surely Comms have improved? i.e. (Radio station; two websites in parallel; (LC & LeighLife) better coverage in local paper.) Nevertheless, there is always room for more improvement.
2. Stupid fixture days/times. =#FF0000Some of those days are as a result of other factors - Thursday TV coverage; (an awful day to have a match imo) Pitch maintenance for five weeks; sharing a stadium with another Championship team. The current questionnaire is addressing fans' choices - it'll be interesting to see what the split of days is.
3. Dwindling support - =#FF0000A huge problem that we must try to solve - and then bottle the solution and sell it to others!
4. Stupid ST policies - =#FF0000Hopefully S/T ranges/prices will be simplified for this coming season, and announced soon
The positives are bigger than the negatives, but we need a financially committed leader to build on the cost based foundations in place, finding one will be difficult but I would imagine easier than last year.'"
Please don't think I'm trying to knock your 'negatives'. You are not alone in voicing many of them. I am just trying to shed a little light on some of them.
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| Negatives.
1. No idea still how to 'sell' the club or communicate past the inner circle - Surely Comms have improved? i.e. (Radio station; two websites in parallel; (LC & LeighLife) better coverage in local paper.) Nevertheless, there is always room for more improvement. - =#0000FFCommunication is about getting the message across to as many as possible, effective communication is about buy in to that message. IMO we have a lot to learn here to get folk talking about Leigh RL again
2. Stupid fixture days/times. Some of those days are as a result of other factors - Thursday TV coverage; (an awful day to have a match imo) Pitch maintenance for five weeks; sharing a stadium with another Championship team. The current questionnaire is addressing fans' choices - it'll be interesting to see what the split of days is. - =#0000FFIt was our choice to play outside Sundays
3. Dwindling support - A huge problem that we must try to solve - and then bottle the solution and sell it to others! -=#0000FF Sheffield, Fax and Fev seem to be on the increase - maybe we buy theres instead
4. Stupid ST policies - Hopefully S/T ranges/prices will be simplified for this coming season, and announced soon - =#0000FFHopefully thought out, announced and sold
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| IMO our attendances have suffered due to the number of north west teams in the league, there are 8/10 Yorkshire teams in the league and only Halifax and Swindon bring a decent following to the LSV
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| Same number of NW teams last year, one less Cumbrian.
Fev and Batley brought a few also, confident it would have been a lot more for Fev, Fax and Batley on a Sunday, great following from Wiltshire though.
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| Quote ="maurice"Negatives.
1. No idea still how to 'sell' the club or communicate past the inner circle - Surely Comms have improved? i.e. (Radio station; two websites in parallel; (LC & LeighLife) better coverage in local paper.) Nevertheless, there is always room for more improvement. - =#0000FFCommunication is about getting the message across to as many as possible, effective communication is about buy in to that message. IMO we have a lot to learn here to get folk talking about Leigh RL again
2. Stupid fixture days/times. Some of those days are as a result of other factors - Thursday TV coverage; (an awful day to have a match imo) Pitch maintenance for five weeks; sharing a stadium with another Championship team. The current questionnaire is addressing fans' choices - it'll be interesting to see what the split of days is. - =#0000FFIt was our choice to play outside Sundays
3. Dwindling support - A huge problem that we must try to solve - and then bottle the solution and sell it to others! -=#0000FF Sheffield, Fax and Fev seem to be on the increase - maybe we buy theres instead
4. Stupid ST policies - Hopefully S/T ranges/prices will be simplified for this coming season, and announced soon - =#0000FFHopefully thought out, announced and sold'"
Don't think we are arguing opposites here - although I wouldn't want to 'buy' Sheffield's plan for increasing attendances. Theirs went down too, and are only averaging 1178 for Championship games.
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