John Roddy was at the last LISA meeting in April and spoke about how well the club was doing and from his attitude you could see he was proud of what the BOM had achieved in such a short time.

I am not going to speculate on his reasons for leaving the BOM because as has been stated on Leigh Centurions Twitter we will find out very soon so I am going to wait for that.

One thing for sure and that is Leigh Centurions are heading in the right direction.

We need an urgent statement from the club before the doom and gloom mongers get hold of the story - there'll be rumours of all sorts around town in no time at all.

Timing is very strange,jumped or pushed?

John informed us of his decision earlier in the week and a statement was planned to be released today.

I have personally only known John since we came together to help sort our great club out, but I always found it amazing the amount of time/energy he was able and willing to put in whilst running a very large organisation - time I was unable to match.

John had told me one of the proudest moments in his life was leading the team out in the NRC final last season, I now suggest that leading us from the dark place we were in to where we are today must now surpass that day at Halifax.

The statement will put any fears you may have to bed, and it is unfortunate the news has hit our fans this way

My final comments prior to the statement are 'Thank you John for your immense contributions to the back office team at Leigh Centurions, we are in a very good place right now and you should be proud of helping us get there. I look forward to buying you a pint at the next game'

Neil

Top bloke John sorry to hear he,s leaving but he must have a good reason and we must respect that along with many other people he,s put hell of a lot of time and effort into moving our great club forward All the Best for the Future John and thanks a million for all the help you gave us...

might be one of the mystery investors at Fev !! lol

Once again, the cursed 'social media' would seem to have been responsible (?) for beating the official announcement from the club!

Sad to see John go , but its a case of The King is Dead , Long Live the King , someone will take over and hopefully steer us to our Destiny , I have faith in the BOM , though Maurice is looking a tad aged these days his Fringe is getting Higher by the week .

There is nothing you can do Alan if the person who the statement is about posts first on social media. In my industry there are strict rules now and last year while working on a major feature film a work mate was sacked on the spot. He posted a picture of nothing important in the morning and was escorted off the plot the same afternoon. It's big business now monitoring social media for companies.

At the last Lisa meeting John told us that he had been invited to sit in the meetings at parliament and his wife never saw him these days, so could that have something to do it.

Salfordlad would be no good in your business Tony .

If, as the OP states, he himself put it out on social media.....well, that's the way of the modern world.

Read John Roddy's tweet at 4 am this morning - came straight from the horse's mouth so to speak. Reading between the lines it seems to be more to do with his own ever-growing business commitments than anything 'wrong' at the club. There's only so many hours in a day for any man.

What a brilliant legacy John has left though. Best of luck to him and thanks.

found this thread intresting on the fax site a few days ago did Starbug know something???:

littlerich wrote:

To be honest I'm not sure who puts the money in or the amounts involved. I'm sure Abbott is a big contributor. I agree with all your frustrations but I was just saying I'm not sure the best thing to do is to drive away those that do put money in, otherwise we'll end up in Championship II.

Leigh seem to have spread their risk and Andy Mazey commented last week that Leigh would never again put the club in the hands of just one man. The Leigh example of what can be achieved in a short time gives me hope that all is not lost. Those running the club certainly need to increase the activity off the field or find someone else who can. First priority though must be to ensure financial safety.


Starbug wrote:

An interesting statement to make by Andy, what you tend to see is a cycle of a group of local businessmen gain control of a club ,then eventually one by one they leave either because they cannot manage the level of investement asked of them, or quite simply they get fed up of being outvoted on how the club should be run

So you then see one director gain control quite simply because he can afford it, then something will happen resulting in another group of businessmen coming in again , this has happened 3 times at Leigh in the last 20 years

If a seriously rich investor came through the door at Leigh, I would be very surprised if he was refused the opportunity to gain sole control

It isnt about the structure of the administration at any club, its about what they do, putting cash in is great, depending on what the money is spent on decides where you go from there on, just paying good wages to good players will work short term, but isnt sustainable, running a sports business is a lot more complicated than that

Too late! Just been in the local chippy and a guy in there told me 'Paul Rowley has Resigned'!