Seriously? I offer you some simple, basic, courteous advice and you immediately kick off and have a go at me!!

I'm more than happy to discuss how we might go forward and I'm not at all interested in the length of the grass, as for my "Joyce" of topic, how about a topic on being able to hold a reasonable discussion whilst maintaining a grasp on the English language and its use.

Backs? Yes we could do with some new ones, if rumours are to be believed there are some on the way that will improve our squad. Lets try something never done before, sign 2 strong running centres that can time a pass to release 2 pacey wingers who know where the try line is. Now, I could rattle off a long list of names from the past in an attempt to convince other forum members of my age and maturity but somehow I don't feel I need to do that!!!

Thoughts???

We badly need two centres who have some pace and can actually PASS the ball!

Tbh, the ability to pass the ball can be taught. Maybe, as others have said, we need to invest in a backs coach to get the best out of our back-line - whether existing or newcomers? It's certainly an area we need to improve on, and many a try can be scored after a half-break if you have a quality set of backs to capitalise.

Steve you could be right about investing in a Backs Coach, it could be the way forward for all Clubs soon.We at Leigh have been a different Team since Paul Cooke arrived at the Club, it seems to me he has taken the job of Backs coach and it seems to be working , next year we have Keiron Purtill arriving at the Club, so hopefully his input will make more improvements to Leigh.I think a bit more help on the Coaching front would do RM no harm.

I think Purtill got injured and never made it as a player but he has a good reputation as a coach so I agree he should work well back at Leigh, maybe even in SL

We could do with someone similar, but with our budget we would probably have to sacrifice a player to secure a decent coach. my view would be to scrap reserves and use cash for coach and a player or two.

Now we have the reserves in place, I'm not sure it would be a good idea to abandon them, although we should keep an eye on what opposition (if any) they'll have next year. We have a lot of rumours flying about regarding players joining us, but I'm now convinced that coaching and motivation are more important at this level. A lot has been said recently about Marlon Billy recently, and he certainly cuts a mean character, but with the string of losses we have, that's clearly not working either.

A team of players that are willing to back each other to the hilt and stand by each other come what may are a tough team to beat. Add some quality coaching, and a set of decent players can be awesome (as we showed at the end of last season).