Have you not been watching what's been happening under the new board for the last 15/16 months and the best young coach and coaching team in the game over at Leigh Centurions mate???

We will operate with Max Salary Cap permitted in 2015 with a fully FT squad, supported by a competitive reserve/ 20s team and full time back room and support staff operating out of the finest Sporting Facility in the game bar none with a forward thinking committed Board all investing time as well as plenty money to bridge any gaps/ shortfalls that may or may not arise.

Our Chairman, Head of RL and Coaching team under promise and over deliver as rule but I can tell you during our tenure we have overachieved on every single goal we have ever set from day one and wont take the foot off the pedal any time soon rest assured.

That may give you a bit of an insight.

Cheers

Andy

London - we have fans! (our 18th man)
Bradford - we can manage our money

London and Bradford - we have a settled squad going into next season. Lots of new faces in their teams, who may or may not gel or turn out to be good buys. They both might be slow out of the blocks which will give us an advantage.

Plus our coach is better than either of theirs... nah, nah, nah, nah na!

Mrs Pike you need to get away from that husband of yours as his negativity is rubbing off on you.

The club as risen from the shambles of the previous boards and the only way is up.

Rarely come on here these days and have found you enjoy your rugby better without the constant doom mongers on here.

Great season looking forward to playing widnes hull and hull kr plus wakey back end of next season........world cup champions in 3 seasons

Desire & professionalism

Rest assured everyone! We aren't worried, so you don't need to be either!

I am worried I may get run over by a bus if I leave the house, I am worried I may get an incurable disease if I talk to folk, I am worried I could get a bad pint - I will carry on going out talking to folk and having a beer though - we all have choices

] well said andy.......

May I throw something into the mix at this point. For next season the two relegated clubs, London and Bradford, are getting an extra £250k or something near on top of the £500k they will get next season. In 2016 there will be no teams on this 'parachute payment'. Now does that mean this £250k x 2 is available for extra Championship funding in 2016? Has the RFL suggested yet the levels of funding for beyond 2015 yet? Has anyone asked them?

Isn't prize money decided on were we finish in the final 8 as this determines your place for next year.
For example we could finish 4th in championship but 1st in the 8 and then be in SL with £1.8m?

Correct.

Sliding scale downwards from the top after next year based on finishing positions.

All this worrying no wonder you are going Bald .

It will be a sliding scale based on finishing positions next year.

For example the three that finish 1,2,3 in the middle eight plus the play off winners will start as SL teams for 2016. and be ranked 9,10,11,12 in same order.

The sliding scale with then be 13,14,15,16, which will be 780, 780 etc as 2015.

What this means is if we finish 5th or 6th in middle eight we will be on 780k for 2016 and 7th/ 8th will be same as what us and 2nd will get in 2015 if that makes sense.

Andy

I think on evidence this season the new Bradford regime must have done a great job managing their money given they probably pay their squad only a little more than what Leigh have spent but have still managed to compete at times with teams spending close to 3 times what they have. History says that both teams have a very bad record when it comes to managing finances so really should not be taken in to account.

You are right about the new faces thing though which is one area Leigh could get a start on them but by the time the middle 8 comes around it will probably have little bearing and given both teams will have their squads just about sorted by this October it could have less relevance than it may normally have.

London are just a weird entity altogether as you say they wont get the crowds but that hasnt stopped them over performing for many years in SL but it has helped having a guy throwing money at them helping them stay afloat. If the money dries up they will go out of business so if they dont get results straight away then they could simply tumble leaving a space in the top 2 open for Leigh and a space in the top 4 for either Dewsbury or Fax.

We'll all be training full time, so the difference will come in who was wisest spending their cash.

One advantage: Leigh are riding high with a winning mentality. Bradford & London have been relegated.