Hannah and heather going well at www.leighcommunitytrust.co.uk

Hannah and heather going well at www.leighcommunitytrust.co.uk

I too have mainly stopped posting on here because I despair at the 'Anti-Leigh' campaign that is obviously going on.

You can all dress it up and use all the petty excuses you want but the fact of the matter is that you're all causing irreparable damage to the club you profess to love.

I don't know anything more than you all do about the new Community Foundation but it's brand new and unconnected to anything from the past. The website is under construction (as is blatantly obvious to anyone who looks at it), but don't let that stop you from having a good old moan about it.

As has been mentioned, none of us know exactly what they're going to be doing so why condemn it before it even gets off the ground?

Some of you make me sick.

I going to ask all about it at the LISA meeting and report back on here.

Quote ="Dick Jones"Hannah and heather going well at www.leighcommunitytrust.co.uk'" I'm not being funny but that website really needs updating.

Quote ="Dick Jones"Hannah and heather going well at www.leighcommunitytrust.co.uk'" I'm not being funny but that website really needs updating.

You can follow the new community foundation on Twitter to get an idea of what they're doing. As I said earlier it's only just started, and no I have absolutely no connection with it whatsoever, I'm just willing to back rather than berate their efforts. https://twitter.com/Leighfoundation

You can follow the new community foundation on Twitter to get an idea of what they're doing. As I said earlier it's only just started, and no I have absolutely no connection with it whatsoever, I'm just willing to back rather than berate their efforts. https://twitter.com/Leighfoundation

I think all this came about because Fred said Ryan had been made redundant with the other apprentices, when someone asked if Ryan was employed by the Foundation.

Hope both are sucessful, my daughter was lucky enough to be picked from school to go to the new youth zone at wigan and it was fantastic, wouldnt it be great if we could get something similar at Leigh, and I think it is being looked at.

Andy you told us last week and the week before what you wanted before you invested a clean sweep off the board room a fresh start all new directors putting the same amount of money up front
Are you now saying this has happened because the club as been silent telling the supporters nothing
If the money is not a substantial amount from each director it will just be eaten up by the bills we have outstanding at present as you well know What the supporters want to know are their any new investors ? Or is this a spin off from the TDC
The team at present is brilliant but if we can’t pay our players and our wages we are in big trouble
We have axed the apprentices costing very little but kept our people on Good Money with a car on the payroll
Andy you’re a business man if you spend more than your income your in big trouble so will one off your first jobs on the board sort this problem out that’s if you can agree with the rest of the investors and the water get cal;m

Quote ="mish"You can follow the new community foundation on Twitter to get an idea of what they're doing. As I said earlier it's only just started, and no I have absolutely no connection with it whatsoever, I'm just willing to back rather than berate their efforts. https://twitter.com/Leighfoundation'" Difficult to ' berate ' something if you dont know what it is, which just a logo and a dodgy article in the Journal gave not much to go on, now the twitter page has given more info, so thats more like it As I posted earlier, I was under the impression the apprentices were in some way connected to this foundation, it seems not, I find no pleasure in seeing them made redundant especially considering at least one of them had decided against going to University on the back of being offered a place So now we will have to see if the new Foundation can fair any better than previous attempts by community initiatives in bringing in new fans to the club , if that is one of its aims?

Quote ="mish"You can follow the new community foundation on Twitter to get an idea of what they're doing. As I said earlier it's only just started, and no I have absolutely no connection with it whatsoever, I'm just willing to back rather than berate their efforts. https://twitter.com/Leighfoundation'" Difficult to ' berate ' something if you dont know what it is, which just a logo and a dodgy article in the Journal gave not much to go on, now the twitter page has given more info, so thats more like it As I posted earlier, I was under the impression the apprentices were in some way connected to this foundation, it seems not, I find no pleasure in seeing them made redundant especially considering at least one of them had decided against going to University on the back of being offered a place So now we will have to see if the new Foundation can fair any better than previous attempts by community initiatives in bringing in new fans to the club , if that is one of its aims?

Nothing has yet been agreed and while I can confirm I have been involved in the on-going talks nothing has yet been agreed or finalised hence no press release or statement at present by the club.

I cant and wont comment on any financial matters or perceived cost cutting measures that have allegedly been made as im not part of the current set up and am unaware of the facts.

Its fair to say the immediate task at hand for the new BOD will be to implement a new/revised short term business plan to cover any debt/ losses with new investment and hopefully this will be helped by our great fans reacting to a new era and coming out in numbers to help the club from now until the end of the season and then beyond to exciting times ahead.

Can I just state since holding talks with Keith Freer it has opened my eyes to the difficult job he has had and the hard work he has done along with Trevor Barton and others in making sure we still have a club to watch.

It is very important once any announcements are made everyone pulls together and supports the club in any way they possibly can. A big gate Sunday will help the club and as proved at Featherstone the players really appreciate and thrive on our support.

Andy.

Andy for me there are NO BETTER fans than Leythers , like most who post on here , i am anxious to hear something positive , to ease the worries we all have , its human nature to get anxious , we just want to hear some sort of news .

As for supporting the Team i agree we need every single fan to turn out on Sunday show their support and appreciation for last weeks performance , and help make a good gate for the Club .

Who is on good money and a car mr north stand?
Also what is the substantial amount needed in your opinion?

Charlie I hope you appreciate its difficult for me to be saying anything at the moment and its not my place to say anything really just trying to assure fans things are on going.

Need a big gate Sunday that's for sure to build on the lads great efforts of late and great form.

Cheers

Andy

As I understand it our coach has a car as part of his contact and our new commercial manager has a car as part of his contract these don't come cheap
In answer to the 2nd ? We need 5 new board members putting 20k in
Or 10 new board putting in 10k each
Or 100 supporters putting 1k in
I don't think this would clear our debts but would at least keep us solvent to the end of the season

Do you suggest that we should have got rid of them and kept the apprentices

I'd be happy with just raising enough to pay the wages and the bills for now .

Factually incorrect and your guess work is miles away.

Whats happened to the swear filter on here. Its let the word factually through.

What our club needs is more sales. You asked about what do you do if costs are greater than sales, my answer is sell more

Especially when you've cut as far as you can - unless you start cutting the playing budget even further.

Sell to who? , and how? , and at what cost?

Don't worry about it, the A team or on it?

Alan

The days of cost cutting are gone IMO.

As Maurice says its about exciting new times and selling the club to everyone man, women and child new, old, near or far.

To do this we need dynamic new thinking and new ways and need to make Leigh Centurions sexy and attractive to all but most importantly AFFORDABLE to all.

The right people are ready to sell this great club and manage it.

Good times ahead if we all buy into it and back the new team.

Andy , i do realise that these things take time , and nothing worth waiting for comes easy , i have faith in the People behind the scenes doing their best for the Club , and i realise it will all come out when the time is right .

I never knock anyone with the Clubs interests at heart , i applaud folk like you and MO , and others who are trying to sort things out , and will do everything i can to help , as you know im not a money man , just an ordinary fan , who is ready to help in any way i can .thanks Charlie .

Charlie

Having read this board for a while now I know your heart and soul is Leigh RL and its evident you put so much of your own time and effort in (which is every bit as important as money) for the benefit of Leigh Centurions. I've met Linda Pike of LISA and few others and you all have my 100% respect along with everyone else who is doing anything they can for the cause and id really like to be able to help you all going forward in any way possible to deliver even more success and help deliver more LISA members as you are the recognised fan organisation and will IMO be even more important going forward and give fans a true voice and connection to the management structure.

Im confident enough to say I don't think you will have to wait long now for some good news but I must stress that any agreements to take control of club and secure its immediate future will only be day one and the beginning, we need everyone on board with real positive energy and putting negativity behind us and a roll your sleeves up mentality and lets try to create one big happy family to push this club in the right direction and make it a sustainable fan friendly (hopefully one day fan owned) club that will hopefully become the envy of others and the model of sustainability and growth.

We all want a strong competitive well run and long term forward thinking club im sure you agree and I believe its not far away and we have the right people and energy to make this happen but I cant stress enough we will need the whole town and wider community behind us.

We've had the Believe slogan for a long time but its now time for the club to give you all something real and visible to buy into and really BELIEGHVE in!!!!!

The time for talking will stop soon and time to back up words and I for one am excited by what this club can potentially achieve with us all working together.

Thanks

Andy

Charlie the new bentleys arrived where should I park it for you?