Doesn't every sport club?

If utd get robbed in the champions league group stage or the ball bounces off someone backside and they get knocked out they lose tens of millions. It doesn't stop them having a go.

That's sport.

What the club are doing is plan a and plan b.

Plan A gives us a fighting chance in 2015 when we get to the tumble drier stage (8/8/8) and the chance pick our wits against the 9th to 16th best teams in the UK for a chance to get into SL1 for 2016.

Plan B means we don't and we fight it put with the 17th to 24th best teams. And with the income we would generate, probably for a very long time.

That's the way it's set up. No business plan in the world can change the rules.

Now we either fight like hell to get there together, which is more than sustainable or we just don't bother and sit there moaning for the next millennium.

Either way the club will still be there.

Now is the chance for us all to prove to ourselves and everyone else that this town wants a successful rugby league club.

So it is or bust?

Our future is to be decided on the bounce of a ball?

I'll leave it alone for now

Thanks.

We're trying to fix what we can as fast as we can and get positivity out there so we can stop wading in mud.

It's not perfect and its not easy. But we are getting there.

You're welcome to get involved.

Surely a plan is about giving you every chance of success but nothing can be guaranteed in anything anyone does yet some win and some lose
I would rather have a real go than not bother due to fear of failure, so it seems fairly simple to me- lets go for it

So Alan, are you saying that finishing in the top 2 next season is more important than getting in new spectators? This seems to contradict all previous statements from the BOM that have clearly stated we have to get the crowds up. We have to aim next season to finish in the top 2, but also play entertaining rugby. IMHO.

No, I'm not saying that. None of this will work without attracting (many) more spectators. I'm definitely all for playing more attractive rugby, but we do have to win matches, or we will be stuck where we are. It's my belief that there is more to the huge reduction in crowds than the style of rugby being played. Only Featherstone, in our league, have not suffered a massive reduction in gates this year - ironically, their supporters told me that they had been playing "boring, one man rugby" (their words) under Powell and Sheridan, until Sean Long arrived and brightened things up - so, are all the Championship teams playing boring rugby?

Take Sheffield, for instance - a highly attractive, exciting team to watch, and look at their support.

All I'm trying to say is that there is more to add to the mix, than attractive rugby, to get the supporters in. Let's see what the BOD/BOM come up with, in the coming weeks and get behind them. They have a plan and are putting their money (and time and expertise) where their mouths are. I believe they deserve the support of anyone who wants to see this club and town rise out of the doldrums.

Oh, and let's credit them with a bit more sense than adopting a 'boom or bust' mentality!

Some maths, coming 1/2 by reaching GF is 300k more than coming 3rd
To get 300k more revenue via the gate based on£10 per head revenue we need 2000 fans per game more
Which do you feel is more likely???
We need everybody interested in the future of Leigh Centurions backing the club next year because if a Koukash doesn't ride over the hill then we are where we will ever be

Absolutely with you on getting more through the turnstiles.

My maths says we need an extra 2,300 spectators to make up that £300k.

(i.e. 2,300 x £10 x 13 home league games = £299k)

So we'd be looking at average gates, next season, of about 3,800 - 4,000 to make up that shortfall. I'd love that to happen, but it's a pretty tall order.

Potentially MASSIVE year for Leigh next year.

Get behind YOUR club, you have a nice little ground, some great fans and a fabulous BoD.