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Hope that they can get things sorted out over there. Its not good for RL in general when heartland clubs are struggling. Good luck Leigh.

good luck leigh.really looking forward to next season
and hope you're a strong challenger again.

Personally would be sad to see anything bad happen to Leigh. Got some good mates over there.

We need Leigh in our League next season.
No disrespect to all the others but there is only Fev, Leigh and us to get excited about and hopefully Barra.
I do not include Sheffield as whilst they are as good side, their attendances home and away bring nothing to the League.
Good luck Leigh.
Good luck Barra.
O'h and good luck Keighley.

Hope it turns out okay for Leigh, hang in there guys and if I can help in some small way I will.

This really sums up the problems we face in the lower leagues,When a team who have done as well as Leigh this season are struggling what chance everyone else.As long as the powers that be focus solely on the super league we in our divisions are going to struggle.Good luck Leigh hope you can get things sorted.

Thanks to all our Fax Friends , the situation isvery SERIOUS at the moment , but we are hopeful , a meeting next Wednesday will hopefully give us some light at the end of the Tunnel .

2 things concern me about why Leigh are where thay are;

1. Why did they allow themselves to exceed a salary cap knowing they might have restricted finances
2. why did they base their financial plans on achieving a GF spot.

I hope they pull through and sure they will but something smacks of poor management to me, surely clubs have budgets to work to that are designed to keep them solvent?

1. Finances were only restricted mid-season when the business of our former chairman went bust

2. The £30k minimum for reaching the Grand Final was seemingly within grasp with a home play-off against a side we'd already beaten three times this season, two of which were particularly big victories.

As it is, we've got to pull together now and hopefully come through on the other side.

What hapened at Leigh to be fair could happen at any number of clubs, as most clubs have Directors that put money in.But when that person goes bust and cannot carry on doing it then things start to go pear shaped. We all know that what should happen is you cut your cloth according to what`s coming in but if someone offers you a top up every month which could pay for a first class coach and a few players you would not have been able to afford who would say no? Especialy when fans are expecting results on the field and have Super League aspirations.Aurther Thomas went bust because someone else did who owed him a great deal of money he had no alternative but to leave. Like a good many clubs have they will learn a lesson from this and cut the budget on players and coaches ,well till the next "White Knight" at least.

Tough times at Leigh. Hope everything works out for them. On a relative point do other people think it's crazy that we have just 11 scheduled home games next season. It must be the lowest in any other uk team sport.