Pretty much sums up my thoughts (and concerns).

Charlie, on other threads you say you will never stop supporting the club yet you have just agreed with this, " if the pies start telling us which players to play or interfere in any way on the playing side im off." Have you changed your mind?

Why?

This is the main question. We do not need Wigin players. We can not get promoted, so why would this help?

Some Leythers are very anti-wigoon. I remember watching the Wigoon v Bath dual code games way back, and one mate actually supported Bath. Onion v League, and he chose Onion! This is why this is a bad idea, it may result in 20% jacking it in, when we need 40% more through the gates.

I know there are some City fans on here. Imagine when City were cack........League 1 as it is now, on the edge of going bust, in the end saved by a Paul Dickov goal in the play off final 1999 v Gillingham on 94:10. Them lot down the road who fluked a win(again!) v Bayern a few days before to win the CL......imagine if it was allowed and City became a feeder club for the rags......The City fans stuck by City through all this sheeite, even became more determined not to be defeated, as the crowds that season show. If, even due to going bust, and a 'partnership' had been announced there would have been riots! Real riots, not a bit of a grump on a messageboard.

And look what has happened now. OK, City won the lottery, but maybe something great may happen to Leigh one day........but this slippery slope means that is further and further away than ever.

I have been thinking about this partnership since it was announced.

I honestly think it will not harm us provided fans give it a chance.

It is clear to me however that from a lot of posts on here and conversations I have had with other Leythers who I know personally that unless we withdraw from this agreement our club will not survive as an Independent club.

The present Board will have to decide how to proceed sooner rather than later.

Pride goes before a fall. Lets scrap the partnership and rely on our squad players ?

Thing is if that happens and the fans who have stopped attending don't come back soon we face the end anyways.

It's a tough call because if we get it wrong I think we all know the outcome.

It is a real shame especially given that we currently have one of the best squads in the Championship.

I suppose only time will tell & in the mean time all we can hope for is the fans to give our club a chance but I fear the damage has been done.

It's why do we need this .
No one at all, has answered this?
I don't understand why wigan can't just loan us a few players seeing they have loads of under 23s in their first team squad. Make Tom,s a season long loan, he's supposingly 9th chioce prop there, so be fair to him and give him some respect.
All the other stuff can still be done it doesn't need any official partnership to work together in the junior development.
Although east and miners are and also have done a good job there.
I m nit going stop going unless the likes of Richards or o loughlin play .
I think we just have a good team already and will this not just p off a few of our players as well as the fans. I'd hate for this to spoil our season.

Could it be a crafty marketing ploy and there will shortly be an announcement along the lines of, " We have had second thoughts about this link up and, taking on board the negative feedback from fans of long standing, we have decided to scrap the idea. We would now ask fans to put this period of unrest behind them and turn up at LSV in numbers to support our U Turn."

The Watcher wonders if these link ups between SL & NL clubs is something that has been encouraged by the RFL & therefore if clubs shun the idea, may fear they will become victims of dicrimination by the RFL. So to keep in the bosses good books our board has done as it(& other NL clubs) was told to do.

Over 14'000 views and 40 odd pages in less than a week must be a record for the Leythers site

Had to listen to it three times never heard so much rubbish

Please tell me why we need to tie up with wigan

He waffles about stu littler getting booed?????? whats that got to do with tieing up with wigan?

Sport england what as that got to do with us having to sign up with wigan

So according to him by signing up with wigan we are going to save the future of rugby league in this country because we will be providing players for all over the country,again what as this got to do with us tieing up with wigan

He talks of rowley and his whiteboard,if we have a clear plan why tie up with wigan?

If dave did not keep bringing him back to the point of feeder club he would have waffled off into the sunset ignoring the reason why he is being interview

He keeps saying he wants them playing for leigh in super league,how? just by judging on here you have upset a lot of people,no money no crowd

Then he says we are the only championship club who as a clear passage from any age up,so again why are we teaming up with wigan

So again trev why are we teaming up with wigan

As Paul Terzis said leigh v wigan its tribal

And you trev are saying we should have no rivalry,you are talking garbage lad

Best he says we don't need to play the players they will not be holding other lads back,so again why tie up with wigan if you do not need the players?

He says we have the best of everything already so why tie up?

So trev please explain what we get apart from 5 players you say won't hold current players back by this twining with wigan

Trev if you don't understand rivalry you need to step down


Still waiting for someone to argue trevs cornor on this??? any takers?

Please find a better arguement than I love the club please

Reffy im losing the plot here



i must increase my medication , and my Hydrotherapy Sessions , im even agreeing with Frank now .

That's OK then.

Read LISA,s latest view on this see sticky at the top of the page.

I'm still not convinced after reading both interviews (and the original press) that this deal is what Leigh Centurions as a professional run leisure business needed right now as a Championship RL club.

Rowley tells it from a coaches view and Barton as someone passionate about the youth of the area.

Only time will tell if it was a good decision or a bad one.

Agree Jenky and the way to make sure our team remains Independent and calls the shots is for fans to turn up at our home games.

Indeed and after reading PRs comments I`ll be there on Monday v Worky.

Fax v Dewsbury att 1100 tonight. London Broncos 1136 v Catalans.

Our pro game is in real trouble.

They announced over 1,300 at the match and it looked a fair assesment , I thought it was a decent turn out for a freezing cold Thursday night to be fair.We could all do with more through the gates mind .

London's game was at Esher RUFC, but probably only lowered the gate by a few hundred fans. WE NEED A SUPER LEAGUE CLUB IN LONDON !

It makes you wonder if we have already been told its two tens for 2015???

Jenky if fans don't turn out because and lets be honest they don't understand plain English, then Rowls playing budget next season will be 50% of what it is now and it isn't high now. See how it goes,if its how you think it is then fair dos. No Wigan players today by the way.

Derek thats what i said in an earlier post , if we dont come through the Gates , then the Playing budget next season will be cut drastically,it will happen , we must support the Team to get the quality players for next season.

Workington Town v Whitehaven - 1,648

Good gate - but 1,954 last season, so down 16%. We're all suffering in this league.