Think it has been reported that the club have no further funds for players - could the fans or LISA step in? Maybe work in conjunction with the club or the business club?

I know there are diff views on this but for me we need to get a GF appearance or a NR Cup final win so that we can apply for SL - the club surely aspires to be in SL.

If Millward wishes to sign a further player then we need to support him so that we have the best chance of ticking the box - if we don't then i fear for are future, we may regret not making the most of this opportunity.

Maybe if the corporate club or the club themselves offered to double what fans donated we could sign one/two other players.

Thoughts?

Want to get to another GF, but not for a SL tick.

ATM LISA only have enough members to cover the part of Donlans contract we pay.
More members means yes we could look at sponsering another player, the corporate club are also sponsering R Bibey and R Paul so their commitment is huge too, so its down to the more fans coming through the turnstyles and more people joining either LISA or the CORPORATE CLUB.

I think we could say Tuesday was a bumper crowd (tho Fev brought a good following). Who thinks the game/evening would encourage them others to go again? I know we lost but I enjoyed the game, and thought atmosphere was good too.

Don't most of our players have 'proper' day jobs?

Not to sure evening games and part time rugby is best on regular basis, we've had that for the last four games now, what other reason could there be that we lost?

Sorry I was referring to the Tuesday Evening against Fev, not moving to weekday evening KO's

LISA has a couple of hundred members, the CC is heavily committed.
Those that contribute to neither need to get together if they want to fund a contract instead of waiting for somebody else to cough up.
Come to the fore someone, actions will speak louder than words.
1000 fans not in the above coughing up £20 will get a great player for the rest of the year.

I don't work but I would like to contribute something if possible/affordable so is it £20 a month or a one off payment that will do?

Perhaps Lisa could set up a seperate bank account to enable individual fans to contribute whatever sum they can afford with a view to financing future signings. Payments would all be one off but there would be nothing to stop individual fans contributing more than once.
This would be down to the LISA treasurer in the first instance and the money raised would have to be ring fenced and not in the general LISA pot.

You are asking LISA to make it happen, it must be someone else for it to work.
Linda mentioned squadbuilder recently. It needs someone to talk to Basil to ascertain is there a player he can get and what the cost is, if we have room on the salary cap then get the flatcaps passed round.
Supporting basil to support trhe team becomes the motivation, its something new without baggage.

I don't mind asking him as I see him quite frequently, but I will need some sort of 'declaration' of intent, my £20 is declared as a one off payment but it would take more than those on here (most of whom I would guess are LISA members (?) or am I being over optimistic?

regarding raising money for players Fred you know more than me on how this works & can speak to the right people so maybe you can start a thread along the line of "I pledge to support our players with a £20 donation for existing & new players" Try to get the ball rolling I'm behind it lets try & get everyone else behind it too

Well I am a LISA member but I would throw something in the pot if it helped Basil get a player he wanted.

I’ll pledge £20………….

but thinking out loud for a moment, how about £20 gets you a scarf and Leigh a player?

I know that at Jonny’s prices that only gives Basil £17 per fan, but the scarf would become a sign of your commitment, other fans not on here like my neighbour the other day are asking where do you get them from, how much etc.

Those with scarves who get asked become fundraisers, without actually having to do anything other tell them how to go about getting a £20 scarf /player.

I’m sure most of us who’ve already bought one would pay up retrospectively.



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I'd pay the £20 if it landed someone of the calibre of "Our Enry". I don't know how we would go about setting up a seperate bank account for the donations.

If a third of regular Leigh fans (and that's wildly optimistic I think) gave £20, thats around 400 * 20 = £8,000.

Do you think we'd get Henry Paul for that?

20 quid from me.

It may or may not get HP, does Basil even want him?

I haven't checked the number of games we potentially have yet to play, so just guessing but wont that work out at about £500 per match?

10 League' 3NRC' 1 Playoff

and 1 Grand Final so thats it.

How far out was I Frank? not good at sums

If Frank's right (and why would he be wrong) £1000

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I would donate £20

5/600 quid a pop would be a good investment to have the Paul brothers together on the field - the Chuckle brothers would cost more!

Wasnt thinking HP but a quality centre from Aus at £1000 a game

I will donate £20.00 too