Than EVERY OTHER Championship 1 team next year and a lot of Championship clubs in the support department.
We also need to be the big draw in the town when we play at home.
We are down now and must be planning to be the BEST by a long long way next season - the planning MUST start at 09:00hrs tomorrow, no time to feel sorry for ourselves or one of this seasons diseases......complacency.

A quality attractive package has to be offered to fans on matchday, winning will help (and we need to bloody market the out of this club to get people in).
Going down need not be as damaging, the League Title should be top of the list (preferrablly following Dewsburys fine example) followed by the NRC.
Its not impossible and it could work for us.

The club shouldn't comment abouty any RFL issues AT ALL , and equally not have anything to do with this dubious organisation except the usual pleasentries if they are in town and to tell them how well we have done (it worked for Salford).

It will be a very hard sell (I'm gutted tonight, but bloody annoyed, annoyed that a French Heartland club is again favoured over a English Heartland club

) , we will lose fans however we must hit the ground running and the annoyance at the circumstances of our demise could be used to galvanise support.

We will have the best squad the lower league has seen and definatly the best coach (if not the most expensive), nothings really changed except we have lost a decent derby game in Widnes and a chance of away fans turning up following Halifax.

The club needed the slap on the backside, a shocking level of complacency has crept in, for me it started to go wrong away at Halifax pre SL and we have largely been in freefall since - if this drop means we get back to doing what we do best (playing attractive RL, Best vociferous support home & away) then I'll be glad to see us go down and it'll have been worth the drop.

The club HAS to start to work now, 16pounds for Championship Rugby is too much, we need deal after deal after deal.
We have been totally inept at selling the club to a huge area of dormant fans and new fans (you only realise how over populated the area is when you move out of it - believe me there is more than enough room for umpteen SL clubs in Greater Manchester /Lanc's), Mr Thomas needs to ensure his next signings are off the field, ones that can sell this club to bigger audience every home game.

A team winning every week playing exciting rugby will do for starters........ drop the addmision fee`s to £12 for adults and £5 for juiors........ should get a few more in.

The current prices will see the crowds drop badly in Championship 1.

Cant see people wanting to pay 16 pounds to watch the Skolars (no disrespect ).

Season ticket prices/package needs to be attractive too.

some sense being spoken .... its about time!!

When they can pay 2 pound more and watch the local duper league teams

I'll see who else we sign etc and I might get a season ticket if they're attractively priced.

Our NRC games might be good next season because we'll likely be playing two teams from the league above us in our group. Anyone getting paired with us won't be happy I'd imagine.

We could end up making a bit of history by being 1st team to win NRC from C1 level

The people on here have been preaching about this kind of thing for ages. The powers that be won't listen. If things don't change for the better next season then we could be in even bigger trouble.

Agreed. A presence in the town centre is an absolute must now whether it's a stall on the market or the hire of a shop for the season... they've got to do something.

The O'Neills place closed 3 or 4 months back now and they've done nothing to address the situation. Player and coaching appearance in the town centre sould attract interest also.

The shop should have been in the town centre from the start in a good spot....... people didnt want to be walking to the LSV on a weekday to have a look in the shop/buy merchandise etc.
The match tickets could also be sold in a club shop on weekdays and use the LSV ticket office on match days only.
Think the club/O`Neills should of realised that they were gona get ripped off for rent by the LSV....... having the shop there was a huge mistake.

Get the shop sorted..... sort ticket prices out and get some good advertising going and the club will reap the benefits in the long run.

Was speaking to one our players tonight and he said himself (unpromoted, I must add) that even he wouldn't pay £16 to see us in the Championship.

£11 terracing and £13 seating sounds fair to me next season, though as a season ticket holder it doesn't make much difference to me.

I spent the early afternoon in the Goose racking up my season's expenses, not good....

What the club needs to do start preparing on two levels now.

Level 1 - the club. Everyone knows that we need to be the best side that C1 has ever seen. Players need to know this and they need to build a winning mentality. Teams that know how to win do win. Get it right behind the scenes Basil must have complete control.

Level 2 - the fans. It is inevitable that some will leave. What the club must do is make the product so attractive and attractively priced that people think twice before throwing in the towel. This must start NOW. Tell us things that will excite us and bring us in, assure us that the big signings are still coming and more will follow. Give Leigh some buzz again after a season of complete apathy.

Played the right way relegation may not be the end of the world.

Here comes the chicken and egg scenario again. The old question of. Where does the rent money come from if you drop your prices and the attendances also drop? It can't make ecconomic sense. I only hope the club have already started negotiations with the LSV for this. Something has to give now for all these ideas to work. The best would be for the LSV to reduce the clubs rent for a season in the hope that we do go up and attract bigger crowds. A better season ticket package is a must to get a good lump into the bank well before xmas. Dont do it when people are skint. I affraid we are going to have to go cap in hand to WMBC for help on this one. I would also be looking for sponsors now to sponsor free match day buses to the ground. Get someone working routes and time tables out now. The free coaches to Gateshead worked. The club shop could still have a chance at the LSV (even if its in a tent) but only on match days with another in the town centre open in the week.

I always get the impression we fear the speculate to accumalate regarding pricing. The ST initiative was typical really of a half hearted attempt to try something new but not think it through. The whole thing just got confusing in the end.
I know its chicken and the egg situation regarding where shortfall is madeup if tickets don't sell in big enough numbers if prices are cut, but some kind of risk needs to be taken.
LSV and the club need to sort a mutual solution. I remember Simon Toone (is that his name?) stating that its in their interest for the Rugby and football clubs to fill the stadium. More people in the stadium and more expensive pints and pies they sell too.

It would be good for the club to get Robbie out and about Leigh when he comes ,if they do get premises in Leigh he could sell some merchandise on 1st day and sign them.

I agree totally.

Even though I'm as peed off as I was last night, realistically we have always needed to plan for the next 5 years, top to bottom.

That will be a better grounding than having a boom season next year and then stamping our feet when the inevitable happens and we dont get a 2012 franchise.

we also could do with letting kids pensioners and disabled in free or give them a free season ticket,that,ll get bums on the seats

not sure about this. same as them disabled parking bays right at the front of all super markets. i would make these just for people with mercs, porshes, 4x4s because obviously they have more money and will buy more stuff.

Yes and no

We really do have an opportunity before us here , But it needs to be thought out properly

We will lose some fans because of the quality of our opposition , that is inevitable , some will not be happy to pay to see us ' hopefully

' batter teams with big scores

But there are people out there who dont care who the opposition is , and would be very happy and most of all impressed with big wins

7/8/9 yr olds dont care who we beat

The club must approach the council with the intention of the council sponsoring the East stand to cover the stewarding costs , giving the club the ability to put families in that stand for free

Families only , no kids , no entry

No bar , to dissuade regular fans trying to get in for free

All tickets given out via organisations , schools , sports clubs , scouts and the like

Try to get sponsors to cover either free or cheap refreshments and ' give aways ' , provide other stuff like the stilt walkers and face painting

Make it a real family day with pre and post match stuff

Try to ensure that nobody gets in more than twice

And most important , explain it to the fans we already have , why we are doing it and the long term benifits of it and the importance of their continued support ' financially ' of the club

If that means giving out flyers on the turnstiles then do it

That's the only bit I disagree with - would sell dirt cheap season tickets for that stand (again, no kids, no entry) as I think people will grow used to the environment and would have a bit of a culture shock if going in to the North Stand after a couple of games.

Tricky one that mate. What are we classing the 'disabled'?

Those who are genuine, or those who are signed off for their working life with a 'bad back/stress/idleitis (*delete as appropriate)' who use their free parking badge to park in front of Asda, and then run in for 200 Lamberts?

Thats why we have a west stand