Ted Richardson

Thanks for that.

I'll ignore your other post and just assume your like the bloke in your avatar picture.

Back to bagging Beaumont now.

Yorkies feeling left out so they bring another basket case club to balance things mate.

I just hope that if a new partner/consortium can be found for Leigh RLFC that proper due diligence by the RFL & not the previous blind eye/tunnel vision of the RFL is used as was at Bradford.

I followed the dealings of the last Bulls debacle with interest & I stress *as I have done before* not for car crash RL but in genuine sympathy for their plight & further stress how welcoming & informative the Bulls fans are on their boards when genuine concern can be seen.
I would hate for Leigh to be dragged through the same $#!T Fest they endured & would be as supportive for Fax, Fev, Salford, Wakey etc etc.

What should bring perspective & some meaning to RL fans is that last Friday I was more than happy to see fans of Fev & Fax at a Leigh fans funeral, having made the journey to say farewell to one of their friends born from the union of Rugby League. Indeed it is easy to separate those who love RL as a whole opposed to those who delight in the plight of others when the RL Family is called upon.

FWIW I like the way that Michael Carter appears to have run his Club & hope for similar at Leigh in future.

Blame rests with Beaumont. Yes he put money into the club but the mismanagement has left them in the brown stuff.

It was all about Derek - if he was made of chocolate he’d have eaten himself

Maybe licensing was a good idea after all ...

Sure was

Yeah. Worked well for Bradford, Crusaders and Widnes...

So Leigh aren't going to take super league by storm anymore like they promised they would?

Well at least this should get rid of the obnoxious fans they seem to have attracted in the last 3 or 4 years and leave them with the nice, knowledgeable rugby league fans that were there before.

Yes,but i never alluded to that 2nd statement,On that 2nd statement you're right. DB had to spend that money (£1.2m)on players,he did that, and it went wrong with poor management/decisions.There are a lot of bitter Leythers atm believe you me.So yes,the failing rest with DB.

Licensing was never a measure to prevent poor management.

Widnes are probably the example of where licencing did work. They established structures necessary to sustain them in SL.

Hardly been successful.. Lost to London last week

Spot on, yet it’s one of the key reasons why people think it should come back to prevent/reduce the risk of owners/chairmen messing things up.

So we’ll end up changing the structure again because some owners can’t be trusted yet at the same time these are the same guys trying to lead a breakaway with talk of better tv and sponsorship deals.