Leigh have a very nice little stadium. They deserve to be in the top 6 of the Championship. But next year, with Derek Beaumont gone, will they be in the top 6?

Of the current top 4, Toronto is likely to be promoted to Super League in 2019 and Toulouse is a possibility. That means that in 2019 either 2 clubs (London and Halifax) or 3 clubs (London, Halifax, and Toulouse) of the Championship teams will each be getting £1.25 million and Leigh will be on £200k

So Leigh will almost certainly not make the MPG, and may not make the top 6, in 2019.

Derek Beaumont just wanted the glory of Super League. Without that he is not prepared to support Leigh. He is not a real club man. He is just a glory seeker and a quitter.

There you have it folks...the verdict of Manfred Man (as he's known on TRL).....aren't we lucky he's here

I think you'll find that they will get 750K and not 1.25m. Leigh received that this year due to 750K central funding and 500k parachute payment.

I've said this before and I'll say it again, I'd rather the people running the sport put all of their effort into making the game as good as it can be for the people who are actually interested in it (heartlands supporters), instead of chasing expansion. Build from the bottom up. I'll probably say it again when we have the magic weekend being played in an empty stadium in new york and us lot watching it on tv.

As a Leigh fan of well over 50 years let me give you my version of these past few Beaumont years.
Firstly it is quite enlightening to read some of the comments directed in Mr Beaumont's direction from people who hide behind a pseudonym so they cannot be identified when they vent the pent up anger on those who have at least stood up to be counted.
Mr Beaumont is no different to most who write on this site, he loves the game of RL and he loves the club of the town of his birth and where he still resides.
Am I angry at him, yes I am, I would gladly stand face to face with him and argue that his decision process on the appointments he made are the reasons we are were we are at this present moment, but I am also savvy enough to realise he took all those decisions for what he thought was the best way forward for the club, and backed them up with a lot of his own money, he is a fan of the club first and foremost and everything he did he did with the best of intentions albeit they backfired, there are a lot of Leigh fan's hurting at this present time, none I expect as much as Mr Beaumont is.
I fully expect him to resurface as a paying fan and will see him stood in the Northstand along with all the other diehards still in attendance next season, I will make a point of thanking him for all his efforts, but I wished he had been a little more shrewd in his thinking.

So you decide that 6 wins was a disgrace , but that doesnt tell the whole story , apart from 4/5 games [ 2 against Cas who stuffed plenty of others , 2 against Widnes surprisingly ] we competed in every game , quite often a refs call or a bounce of the ball seperating the result
So dont comment on what you dont know

Me too Harry

Far too many ' perfect ' individuals in this world who talk plenty but do NOTHING

We are focused on survival. Then keeping ourselves in the Championship. Middle Eights are a very long way off...

It’s ok having a go at Leigh for rolling the dice and going for SL but who doesn’t want there team to have ambition Halifax seem really well run and punch above there weight but what if they got promoted it’s probably the worst thing that could happen they’d either spend beyond there means and go broke or run on a feasible budget and get hammered the fact is every club needs someone who puts a lot of money every year to survive

Have to laugh at this comment - you do realise you're about to get the 'Halifax' years, if you think it was worth it then fine. Me I'd rather have had an ambitious bit patient Chairman and just waited for real success to finally come and more importantly stay.

I't's not ambition imho opinion it's just reckless.

Then you have the advatage over me Joanne, I did not know that, I assumed when I read about his formative years on the terraces at Hilton Park, that he was a bona-fide Leyther, nevertheless it does not alter the sentiments I penned.

Got to agree with Vasty on this one - ambition is fine, but it has to be backed up with a proper plan for sustainability and longevity; DB's reaction looks like a dummy-spit, because his plan to buy instant success has failed - and it will doubtless have a huge and deleterious effect on the club he claims to love.

Was 1 year of gloating on the VT worth the long term damage? Surely not.

If there was any justice, Widnes would have been relegated last year and Leigh should have survived. They deserved a chance to try and build for a couple of years. This is a key reason why the m8s don't work but 1 up 1 down is slightly better.