WOW ,LBC you receI've a Type Writer for Christmas ,Rubbish is in the eye of the beholder what makes you think what you have posted is NOT rubbish?I have said before ifs all about opinions.

What a difference a week makes, last week Fax top of the League and Fax fans rejoicing,7 days on ,Leigh above you in the League.

So to sum up, if Johnno had decent studs in his boots the game may have been turned completely on its head and Tezza might not be saying we are rubbish (after 1 loss in 11 league games)?

Now now Norman, I'm not saying we Re rubbish , far from it,I just think going FT would have helped that's all, and asking the question, are we as good as some on this Forum think we are ?I'm predicting a win at Worky but it won't be easy,.

As my Dad used to say "Dont get over excited when you win or too depressed when you lose"
Didnt the Good Doctor Cashcow say last week "Its not how you start the Race but how you Finish" ?

I have to say, I agree with every aspect, well done.

Terry as I have asked you many times, where would the money have come from to go full time.
Which players would we have lost.
Would any of the players available at that late stage have been any better?

Sound advise, my father in law used to say "it doesn't matter what the result is, you still have to go ro work on a Monday"
It's only uneducated jocks who say "it's more important than life or death"
No disrespect intended.

Hi Fax fans.

No sniping & bitching from me so rest easy.

First up, in a small way I am slightly disappointed by this Fax performance myself, I will tell you why.
I have said it here before & just in case of any doubt I will say it again, this league needs the top 4 or 5 to really push each other hard, harder than ever before to stand even a cat in hells chance of scalping a few SL Clubs *between us* in the 8's.

The best scenario for a Leigh fan would be that certainly Fax & Bulls are top 3 at the end & both manage to upset the apple cart by taking a good victory against a SL opponent, while being not quite as strong as Leigh. It would take a strong Fax & Bulls side to help Leigh & you might/might not believe a strong Leigh could also do Fax a favour.

Let's say in theory that Leigh peak for the 8's & qualify for SL without a £1m game (maybe a pipe dream, maybe even not achievable) but Bulls & Fax also have a good 8's. Now, with a bit of turmoil or spiralling loss of form from a Wakey or a K.R *insert any bottom SL Club here* & a defeat or 2 from Bulls or Fax & suddenly either of your Clubs could be in the £1m game with Leigh already promoted. Of course this could also work in reverse, Fax/Bulls promoted & Leigh/another Championship side in the £1m game.

Sounding far fetched so far ?

So, while yes you lost a game & so did Leigh, it is all about building up to the 8's, furthermore I agree wholeheartedly with a poster on the Leigh forum who quite rightly says that it is more important to try & nil teams than win by a big margin but have a leaky defence.
These SL Clubs will punish weak defences & at Leigh this has been an issue, score lot's of tries but defence not quite 100%.

You don't find out much about your team by thrashing a middling or poor Championship team.

So good luck to Fax & Bulls & a few others, push hard & raise the standards of Championship RL to benefit every aspiring Clubs chances of SL in the future.

By the way, HalifaxJohn has become my favourite visiting poster on the Leigh pages, Jagger is quite fun at times but should have spent more time at SKOOL in English lessons.

Hoping & looking forward to a cracker at 'The Shed' Stadium in March.

Steve.

Far as I'm concerned Steve I hope there isn't many thrashings as they do no one any good.

The Championship is bar far the strongest it has been for years.

Some games I will be going to I will have the other team as favourites, some I will be going to Fax will be but there will be a lot where I will be going not knowing who will come out on top, that's the way it should be, a real competition up for grabs edge of your seat stuff.

Workington away will be another tough game, Fax should be good enough but my head says anything could happen and it would not be a total shock if we lost.

I agree faxcar, it's a really strong, good quality Championship & much more exciting for it.
FWIW, while we all as fans would love to see our cherished clubs up in Super Dooper League, the entertainment on offer in this comp is not to be dismissed.

At Leigh we have quite a few Wire fans coming to watch when they have no game & the way they talk about games & how much they enjoy coming to them just goes to show that there is very much life & good RL beyond Super League.

Good Luck for the season.

Tezza, I think if the BOD thought we could go and sustain full time then we would have done but they obviously believe at this current time we need to build the infrastructure to allow that to happen. Getting in to SL is obviously the end game but not at the cost of the club.

Spot on

If I remember correctly Richard had the choice this year either to go full time or to have a Reserve side he had no hesitation in choosing a Reserve side his intention I think is to go full time next year .

You remember correctly, from what I also remember, they wanted to set foundations in place for the longer term plan.. And not all the squad could necessarily go full time just like that anyway...

But more importantly, did they consult Terry on this? Call an EGM