He should of been on a pay to play deal, that way he'd only get rewarded for not being an absolutely moron. Missed how many of our toughest run of matches i.e. the Middle 8's

Seems to me no players means no rugby in 2019. ( are there really 20 decent players sitting around waiting for a call from Leigh??)
An off season gives us a year to form a club, build a team find a ground and get a coach - none of this is easy!

Can't see RFL letting Leigh have 2019 off. Bulls considered this approach for 2017 but RFL rejected it.

Players we will find , how ' decent ' in relation to us being in the Championship will be the issue , I'd expect us to max out the loan rules and DR

Doubt it will be pretty , but plenty of clubs are/have had decades of similar seasons , we will overcome whatever next season brings , and build again

Going to be very difficult for Derek to escape massive criticism and be regarded as having damaged the club , which is a shame as I do believe he genuinely tried his best for the fans and the town , in truth this is what I was worried about when I heard he was getting involved again , rarely does any owner leave a sports club in a good light , Similarily coaches , the vast majority leave on bad terms

Pro sport eh ! , who'd be daft enough to put money into one ?

How many sports clubs are owned and financed to the point where the fans are totally happy ?

Perhaps Man City in the PL , every other club from United/Chelsea,Arsenal all the way down the bottom of League 2 and the many non league clubs below them are chasing that one club , that is owned , sponsored and funded by a country

We have a historical position within the UK RL structure , somewhere between 12 th and 16/17 th , that is because that is where our location puts us with regards the finance our support base provides , we are a small town surrounded by some of the biggest sporting names in the world in football , and also the much smaller sport of RL , it ill always be a struggle , but you are born where you are born and that's it

As I have posted several times in the past , the move to the LSV ( remember we had no choice at the time ) should have been our chance to increase that support base perhaps to a level similar to Cas , they are our ' target ' , our aspiration

We have failed to do this , and that is why we remain where we are , and will potentially see similar cycles to the one we have jut seen over the last few years

Derek was very close to breaking that cycle , just a dropped ball

Indeed , however if you had a fans ' poll ' on it I think you'd find several different definitions of ' capable '

As I've put before , no owner is ever rich enough , unless you're Man City

Don't know - you may well be right.

Absolutely nailed it

Excellently put Grubby

Very good, sensible post.

You can't compare the round ball game to RL. They invest for a return. DB did well,but lost the plot come SL. When questioned by the fans on Jukes, his return was to question the fans. Rich mans way of spitting his dummy out.

Onward and upwards.

I think you've missed my point , it is that no matter how rich somebody is , there will be in the fans opinion somebody else who is a better owner because he has and is willing to spend more