It's a shame you've gone and banned yourself from their board. You could have had a bit of fun there tonight.

Yep i still cant believe we got done them, all being well though it keeps Leigh/Whitehaven/Featherstone below us.

Ill leave them be, im sticking to my word.



The next 2 fixtures for Leigh are


Whitehaven - Away
Halifax - Home


Ouch

Yeah but rugby league doesn't work like that. We were very poor against Leigh twice and got punished, particularly first time around where we lost to the worst Leigh side I've seen since before Millward took over. Gateshead have some decent players, very good win for them.

Aye, its best to leave them alone in their misery.

It can be really poop being a Widnes fan at times, but at least we're not Leythers.



I hope they don't go down though. We're not that well represented on the good side if the hills as it is.

What?

I see it that - two extremely poor teams clashed at the Stobart Stadium.
And a weak / not bothered / onfocussed team got turned over at LSV.

I was pointing out that we must have been terrible to lose to a side who is getting pasted every week. Surely you must agree!

They're like the new Whitehaven, really stick at it for the full 80. I am delighted we have beat them twice this year a tough opponent.

Gateshead and Toulose are certainly pencilled in for the next franchises,the amount of overseas players they are allowed.Leigh will get nowhere the players come last at that stadium,security is well over the top must cost them a fortune.2nd the catering must be losing big money the rip off prices they charge and the rent of the stadium must be massive its a wonder they have money left to pay the players.Could possibly be a donny situation developing.

I'm still cynical about the next round but with the recession I'm not sure the RFL can afford to carry too many more sham teams so we will see.

widnes and halifax should be in and salford and wakefield should be out

Thats 100% correct but that will never happen now.R.F.L.want to expand out of the traditional heartlands,Salford promised a new stadium in 2010,Swinton look to be up and running with theirs,unless Swinton allow Salford to share theirs.

Come on.

Yes, Liverpool. Of course you can share Old Trafford. No problem.

It's worse than that - the 'Fax game is away too! Mind you, we've still only won once at LSV!

Catering, thankfully, is sourced out by LSV, to Event Management Catering - isn't that who you are getting at 'Fax? The rent is a fixed percentage of ticket sales, so, if the crowd goes down - (and it will!!!) so does the rent. The other side of the coin is that maintenance and upkeep at Hilton Park was crippling - at least we don't have that to shell out now. As for the players' wages - I shouldn't think they are too high, if we keep losing! However, from a Salary cap viewpoint, if the crowds are low, and we 'lose' a percentage of that in rent, we will only be able to pay up to 50% of not very much, in wages!

next home game, will be less. Deserved it has to be said.

When we beat you at Widnes, we were awful, and 'nicked' it at the end.
At home, Widnes were very average, but it was one of Leigh's best games, they really got 'stuck in' and it's the only home game i've enjoyed.

Could we take advantage of the Wiganers while the cry at night? i wouldnt mind Chris Hill for next year from them. Stapleton from Salford too.

I certainly agree with the Widnes and Fax in but i would get rid of the plastic teams Celtic and Quins.

I think Widnes had the skill factor at the LSV, just got out-muscled up front and ran scared of Leigh.

Gateshead have to win something first and I can't see that happening.

They also have to avoid relegation first.

Although at 22-6 I got the distinct feeling we thought we'd done enough to win comfortably. Like you say though, Barrow kept at it for a grandstand finish.

It looks like a sad state of affairs at your club. If even less fans turn out at the LSV than usual, and that's been far from impressive this season, it can only make things worse.

I'm looking on in disbelief at your club, as its owner Arthur Thomas took over with the condition that Allan Rowley would be CEO. That appointment seemed to be entirely based on the fact Allan Rowley would do that job for nothing. That seemed to be his main qualification in the eyes of Arthur Thomas.

Allen Rowley then sacks a perfectly good, and very experienced, successful coach at this level and replaces him with his own son, who is relatively inexperienced. This looks like the worst sort of nepotism I’ve ever seen in RL.

How can Leigh ever amount to anything with an owner who doesn’t want to put money into the important area of the running of the club and, as such, appoints a CEO who’s main qualification is that he works for nothing, and that CEO then puts his own son’s coaching career above the interest of the club itself, by removing an excellent coach?

I’m sure these people are all convincing themselves they are doing what’s best for your club, and that they are all liked and respected, but the whole thing looks rotten from top to bottom from the outside.

Don't think your long term fans deserve it, plus were it not for the sheer pessimism of being in this league no matter what we ever achieve I don't think so many fans would be turning away. But it has to be said, the worse a club is ran by the powers that be he less loyalty they inspire. We know this as much as anyone because we've all been there.