Agreed if it means players get paid and things move forward the its good news.

Well done Derek I say.

I think a press release should be made now to confirm what has been agreed.

Well done Derek.

Derek's a sound bloke used to speech to him at Body Image gym, and he's passionate about Leigh.

I agree, anyone interested in helping should be applauded, but lets not get carried away. The hard work starts now. We need bums on seats quickly or the club will go under. Less of the back slapping and more of the ideas to move forward.

I'm a bit confused.
Has Derek stepped in to help short term pay the players wages and then kind of got caught in the emotion of it all and decided to return to try and keep the club going as a new owner with a new BoD / CEO coming soon etc, etc or has Derek decided to join the current BoD and CEO at the club in a attempt to bring in some finance and move the club forward ?

That isnt clear yet, and it will be interesting to see what happens next and if he is intending to take control, then how that could happen and work and who he would be working with

Then what path he would want to take the club down, last time Dereck and Steve Blakely financed the path to SL, things arent that simple anymore

SL is way off for Leigh. Way off. Take down that daft BeLEIGHve flag and start again, with baby steps. And before you all start chucking your pegs at me, the same applies to Halifax. Get a serious backer, get some fans and then start looking at SL. Featherstone are making the biggest strides in this department but do you think they're a SL club? At best they'd match Castleford's experience if not their calamitous gaffes.

Wow. Are you from Royston Vasey?

"Local threads for local people".

Trust me, I'm not worried. Lol.

Ah. You deleted your post. Quite right. It was daft.

Strangely Andys post and my reply have vanished, spooky

So have stories of Leigh's demise

Its unbelievable how how un super rugby league is and the leigh club is a prime example

What post

From a brief chat with Trevor I am under the impression that this could be a replacement of the current BoD.

However, this is me reading between the lines, so take it with a pinch of salt.

Meeting between SL clubs and the RFL on Wednesday. Licensing is DEFINITELY dead. What replaces it? Who knows but the fact that Championship chairmen aren't invited to the meeting is not good.

Yes, in a matter of hours equilibrium has been restored in the universe and force has taken a positive direction

Did Trevor indicate if he was included in the replacement ?

It aint much but now derek has taken over im willing to up my monthly payment to lisa /touchdown or whoever by £20 pcm

No, he didn't indicate either way. I would lean towards no based on tone only.

Re the first bit thank god. I have been posting since day 1 of it's introduction that it could never work .

Re the second bit because of that mistake RL is now in the hands of 5 people ie the guys who run Wigan Wire Saints Leeds and Hull.

Richard Lewis's appointment was a suicide note for RL and I will never forget the lies he told on Granada TV just before licenscing was introduced.

If this is true, then this is the best news ive heard for ages..
known Mr DB....from his days at Hilton Park
Must be 22 years ish

Top Bloke
Leigh Through and Through
Passionate about Leigh

Time to celebrate his arrival

welcome back Derek you have my full support as always

We can now get back to running the club as a business instead of a charity!

I will comment when the club make an official announcement.

I think PNE is out of order for starting the other the other thread. I think the club need to make an announcement on the situation (players wages & the return of DB.) as soon as possible.

Only Martyn Sadler in League Express mentions DB briefly. This is several pages after Dave Parkinsons piece which was clearly written and submitted before the post match presentations.

Well from what I have seen and read on here then I would be very happy to support a new board that had Derek, Andy and Maurice on board. One thing I know for sure is that to make this thing work then you need boundless energy and enthusiam and it seems to me that these three guys have these qualities. I think Trevor has done a great job in difficult circumstances and he must be commended in keeping the Club going through some very dark days. However maybe the time is right for some new blood and I would certainly support this new regime if it should come to fruition.