I see Derek has been on FB again, this time having a go at one of the Past Players members. Posted at 11:40, so I'm guessing it was fuelled by a few glasses of wine.

The man does himself no favours with these outbursts

entitled to his opinion just like the rest of us.Without him its very doubtful if we would still have a club

Maybe, but it doesn't give him the right to drag the clubs name down every time someone disagrees with him

I don't think that it is Derek dragging the club down. Personally think that his response to these allegations are quite subdued. He has every right to answer his critics I an form of media he likes.

The statement, if you could call it that, he put on FB last night made him sound like a sulking kid. It was pathetic. My opinion only

Not on Facebook, got no friends. What did he say please.

Stick to Emmerdale Farm you have to be this side of the Pennines to be privy to the Leigh Centurions Soap Opera.

Derek's post was not offensive and contained pertinent points.

His dig at Batley the other day was pathetic

What pertinent points frank? He threw his toys out of the pram again. He's embarrassing

If its what I have read he is merely offering the opportunity to Jason Donohue and others to come out and identify specifically what they think is so bad about him instead of making veiled comments on social media.

So it's ok for every one who has an issue with Derek to put out stories on facebook etc for the world to see and he shouldn't defend himself? Everyone would then be saying "It must be true as the club haven't denied it".
Why don't the anti-Derek brigade just get a life and let us Leythers enjoy the great times we are having with Derek in control.

He's doing more harm than good and making our club a laughing stock.

Chutney would rather us be in admin than ran by certain individuals.

It needs addressing.

He doesn't help himself at all with stuff like this, shouldn't be done on a public forum really.

However, it doesn't help the situation when somebody is repeatedly slagging him off all over facebook on various rugby pages and people start 'tagging' Derek in this stuff to make sure that he sees it and has to read it.

He rightly took a step back from twitter when he reacted badly to repeated provocation, maybe it is time for him to do the same on facebook.

The other bloke was provoking him repeatedly with accusations, Derek replies and gets jumped on. Is it fair? No, but Derek is in the public eye and needs to either learn to ignore it, respond more professionally or just walk away from facebook. Which would be a shame as his interactions with fans are generally great and in good humour but, like it or not, he is the public face of Leigh Centurions and needs to act professional.

Spot on.

The man is a total Moby,he does himself mo favours in the media, he did an article for the Magazine Rugby World , from which the pics have come from,revealing all sorts of things which should have been kept private,anyone with a different opinion to King Degsy is fair game in his eyes,in my opinion the FANS own the Club ,they are the lifeblood not a Dictator,I saw his comments when fans gave negative reactions to the Replica shirts,and I heard he lambasted Mr P Rowley after the Warrington friendly ,not very wise actions.
However I fear for Leigh as a Club in case Degsy decides to jump ship.I must say Chutney tastes very nice.

Can you only agree with what folk say?Are you a full or just a half wit?

I don't see much wrong with the message itself. He does have the right to defend himself and the club, and if the Q&A was to happen would probably have as big an attendance as any LISA meeting for a while.

What I would say is that the tone of the message didn't do anyone any favours. The point was to repute any rumours that had started and be an invite to a meeting that would clear the air, or clarify any grievances in an open forum. Also, I suspect, the point was to make it clear to the public that the invitation was made. Could've been a short, fairly dry message, and would have far more of a desired impact.

He did right, the stuff being written is shocking and needs correcting. We have a mentality in this town to knock success, many are happy when things are poor - Little Leyther mentality. To the comment above who would rather be in admin - who buys us out of admin and where do we play, as it wont be LSV.

Nozzy I don't think Derek has done anything wrong. The Twitter thing may have got a bit out of hand but this isn't. I would think that if he did choose to ignore the comments these people would turn that situation around to suit their agendas.
Mr Chutney if you think this club would be better off in administration you need to give your head a shake.
This club has places to go. Without Derek's help there is not a cat in hells chance of getting there.

Nozzy I don't think Derek has done anything wrong. The Twitter thing may have got a bit out of hand but this isn't. I would think that if he did choose to ignore the comments these people would turn that situation around to suit their agendas.
Mr Chutney if you think this club would be better off in administration you need to give your head a shake.
This club has places to go. Without Derek's help there is not a cat in hells chance of getting there.

That has to be the most stupid comment made on here in a long while and that’s saying something!

I have never spoken to DB, I don’t do Facebook, I don’t feel any need to defend him, I would prefer us to be self-financing rather than vulnerable to the whim of one man, but until we are, I am grateful for DB and anyone else willing to put their money into my club, and to be honest I couldn't give a damn what other teams supporters think.

Me neither Tony, his message is spot on. Just not sure FB is the right place for it. Although as you say, leaving all of those lies and stories to go unchallenged could be just as damaging. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I am sick of all the detractors and the constant sniping at our club over every single thing and I am just a fan. Must be infuriating for the guys on the board putting considerable time and money into the club.

what you hear and what actually happens arent aligned Mick, they never have been and as far as Leigh RL is concerned never will be...

I have to say its a refreshing change reading this thread as the majority can read exactly what Derek wrote and what he meant. What makes it right for people to right scandalous things about him due to ill informed bitter rumours. Theres plenty secretly relishing our current troubles, come September they will be back in their cage unable to dampen a promotion party.

If you look carefully folks and follow the insults on facebook you usual end up back at the same route causes...

As for the idiot who would rather have us in administration vs fielding a team of internationals trying for promotion, do you pay to watch games?