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18686.jpg In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in. They're eating the cats! They're eating the pets!:18686.jpg |
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| As a totally parochial supporter, I dislike Leigh.
However, they don’t make my top ten.
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24148_1315916334.jpg [quote="OFFTHECUFF":1xb0p6sn] Wish i could watch a team like Leigh. [/quote:1xb0p6sn]
[quote="Steve":1xb0p6sn] Dislike Leigh with a passion, but they are a million miles ahead of any other club in this league, a sad fact. [/quote:1xb0p6sn]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_24148.jpg |
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| I am a Leigh fan and we have a minority of cocky gobby keyboard warriors that p*ss me off at times so no surprise that some fans from other clubs feel the same way.
I also cringe at some of the stuff Derek comes out with although I have met the guy and people take him and what he says far more seriously than he takes himself. He is a very smart and eloquent guy 99% of the time but (for whatever reason) he is perfectly happy to play the pantomime villain and wind folk up. It isn't how I would approach things but then I am not a multi millionaire and even if I was I doubt I would be as generous with my cash towards Leigh as Derek is.
2 years of almost everything going our way got some carried away. The middle 8's were a big bump down to earth and people obviously were eager to rub it in.
We aren't as good as SOME of our fans believe, we are also nowhere near as bad as our middle 8's performances suggested.
I think we have strengthened from last year and will give SL another good shot.
Under Derek's leadership and the new BOD the club has gone from strength to strength over the past 3 years. The town is buzzing, crowds have doubled, the product on the pitch is superb to watch and things have improved dramatically off the field too in terms of sponsorship, merchandise, corporate and community work.
If the downside of the new 'regime' is that some people dislike us, then fine, I am not going to lose any sleep over that.
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22/03/2013
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| Its always nice to have an alternate view like the 2 above posters.I'm heartened that not everyone one hates Leigh.
At the end of the day Derek is what he is,you take him with a pinch of salt,you like him or you hate him,its that simple.
The interview after the Batley game is the perfect example,he praised the Batley club,the coach the fans,the history,everything and yet cos it wasnt worded how they want it to be, they're all hissy fitting.
Every club has its loonies and because Leighs fan base is growing,we're now getting them on these forums,but to be fair some of them, i think its over excitement because the team was playing so well.
If you want to take note it will be the same loonies from Leigh responding to the same windup merchants from other clubs,but thats what forums are about isnt it.
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| I don't dislike Leigh, they've produced some good players over the years.
As others have said they have some idiot fans but eveey club has its share of those.
They just need to realise that all RL clubs need each other and each other's supporters or we haven't got a sport.
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| Because they are not as good as Batley ?
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| Small club with a big mouth
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| Quote: wire-quin "Small club with a big mouth'"
BUT bigger than tiny london & their 500 fans !
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| Quote: loiner81 "rlThis interviewrl'"
hmmm so attendance was 1600 but there were a few hundred Batley fans and "near on 2,000 Leigh fans"
maths not his strong point then or more billy bullsheet bluster
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| Quote: Durham Giant "Because they are not as good as Batley ?'"
they've got more fans than Batley, so that's alright
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| Current pantomime villains. Mostly the sound bites from the chairman. Salford just couldn't compete.
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| It's like Marwan Koukash has passed his Bond villain persona onto a genetically modified and shaved Chimpanzee...
...Along with all the dead wood players that were sucking a hole in his finances.
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| Quote: TheButcher "It's like Marwan Koukash has passed his Bond villain persona onto a genetically modified and shaved Chimpanzee...
...Along with all the dead wood players that were sucking a hole in his finances.
If you've any more dead wood like Harrison Hansen we would be happy to take them off your hands
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| Leigh is Wigan's grubby little backyard. It ranks with Wakefield's Belle Vue as a place that serious, socially respected people don't want to be seen.
Leigh is unworthy of a place in Super League at the expense of great clubs like London Broncos and Toulouse Olympique. The very thought of parochial Leigh being promoted to Super League makes me shudder.
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| Oh dear here we go
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Leigh is Wigan's grubby little backyard. It ranks with Wakefield's Belle Vue as a place that serious, socially respected people don't want to be seen.
Leigh is unworthy of a place in Super League at the expense of great clubs like London Broncos and Toulouse Olympique. The very thought of parochial Leigh being promoted to Super League makes me shudder.'"
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