Yup....

As the saying goes 'The King is dead, long live the King'.

I am not going on to look again, it's only annoying me, we are about to lose a coach who we worship and they do nothing but slag him off and don't want him.

I didn't have a problem loosing the players as I thought we had a coach that would spot another Ellis or Hill or Hunter Paul but now? I really worry for our club.

No coach is bigger than the club Tony, he will move on and so will we. Let's not forget that Hill played for us for five seasons before Basil arrived.

What is a shame is that this might affect our ability to attract some DR players next season , which will further deplete our squad

What is for certain as pointed out by our Andy is that Basil (Mark 2) is the longest serving coach we've had a Leigh since Paul Terzis.

Oh No Not another budding statto in our house

Who do we all think will take over? To be honest i personaly don't know.

I think Kieron Purtill would be the ideal appointment but that depends on the finances, I suppose.

Paul Rowley is on contract for another couple of years, my money would be on him.

He's been to quite a few Leigh games this year-he goes in the Robin Hood beforehand, he's probably watching Tom Armstrong but a bit of me thinks he has a soft spot for us.

Yes he would be, but he may be setting his sights higher.

Leigh is definately the best 'stepping stone' for coaches as Murphy (3 times), Eric Hughes (to Saints), Steve Simms (to Halifax), Millward to Saints and now Cas! There wern't many takers for Millward when Wigan dumped him and he has shrewdly used his time at Leigh to get back to SL, the difference this time is the Club he is joining are not expected to win honnors so lets see how he performs? Many people said he inherited great players at Saints! I think he is a good coach although, I want that to be the last Leigh employ him I've got sick of seeing Murphy back!

This was always going to happen IMO, don't think anyone can begrudge him at taking the job. He's done a fantastic job for us and I just hope we make the right appointment to carry on the work IM has had a heavy influence in both on and off the field.

Newsflash.... "Man with ambition deserts sinking ship..."

Look at this for what they think......

No doubt that Pratt will be the 1 saying told you Ian was a fantastic choice of coach. Save that quote Jonny

I really hope you ate wrong about that Fred.

I genuinely believe that if our financial position was more solid , then Ian would stay , at least a bit longer , but essentially there is no other option for either party

Ian cannot afford to stay and potentially damage the club financially to the point he leaves without a definate job

The club cannot afford to force him to stay and letting him go on hopefully good terms will help us in the future

No option either way

How about putting that into perspective?

Some deluded person said Millward was a WORLD CLASS coach, there are 2 examples of coaches who are world class, not exactly close to Millward are they?

Morgan, Noble, Gentle etc etc all had 2nd interviews with the club and turned down offers so Millward was clearly the last choice...

What can be wrong about saying a coach is on contract? I'm not wrong about it he has at least two years left on his contract, i'm not giving an opinion on it just stating a fact.

Well I can begrudge him. He has another year on a contract and has been putting signals out that he wants to see this job at Leigh through. Ok he has turned this club around but if this is true he has left us right in the mire again and no doubt will take with him the promising players. I won't be as restrained if it's made official.

I mean I hope you are wrong about him becoming head coach again.

The rumour/fact is on sky sports site now as well