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Quote: ian c "Now that would throw a spanner in the works. Pretty sure they`ve got a "spanner in the works "
"Get out of Jail card" in the small print..... icon_surprised.gifops: icon_wink.gif

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Democracy in RL was signed away for 30 pieces of silver some years ago.

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Quote: WYSIWYG "It is so sad to watch this great game and the great clubs in the heartlands being forcefully made into amateur clubs. That is what Leigh RLFC is slowly becoming, an amateur Rugby League club. As is Oldham, Swinton, Barrow, Featherstone, Halifax, Workington, Hunslet et al.

The history that this proud club of Leigh has is just being trodden on like a piece of dirt by SLE and Lewis the Meerkat. Ledgard, Owen, Woods, Martyn, Murphy, Drummond, Street, the team of '71 and '81 and many more are all forgotten.

What do we do? Do we just accept it? Do we go round with bucket collections? Do we beg at the SL Grand Final?

Something has to be done to stop this. All teams have to be given the chance to play at the highest level again. Why on earth should just the chosen few be given this opportunity? Huddersfield, the birthplace of Rugby League, but it is a football town. Salford, again a football city. They will never ever get large gates. The LSV would be bursting if we were back in the top flight playing against Wigan, Warrington, Saints etc..

I just wish that Premier Sports get the broadcasting rights to the Championship and that their aim is to forge a rival Rugby League set up against SKY Sports. If they set it up with no salary cap, our teams would have the chance to attract investors and lure the top players away from SLE. Otherwise, this game and our teams will be dead in 5 years time.'"


Get a grip on yourself.
Leigh et al are struggling because YOU'RE poor, a small village and you appeal to a demographic of working class middle aged fellas. I fail to see why time after time after time you all seem to hold the big bad RFL up as some guy fawkes like creature when the reality for you all is... if you cant afford to eat with the big boys don't. If you cant get the money together then.. dont. Widnes made the step up, hence their promotion.

Stop wanting something for nothing

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Quote: Dico "Get a grip on yourself.
Leigh et al are struggling because YOU'RE poor, a small village and you appeal to a demographic of working class middle aged fellas. I fail to see why time after time after time you all seem to hold the big bad RFL up as some guy fawkes like creature when the reality for you all is... if you cant afford to eat with the big boys don't. If you cant get the money together then.. dont. Widnes made the step up, hence their promotion.

Stop wanting something for nothing'"


You are a very poor troll, I am sure your fellow Wire fans are ashamed to have you as a fan.

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Dico is short for D***head? a026.gif

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Quote: Dico "Get a grip on yourself.
Leigh et al are struggling because YOU'RE poor, a small village and you appeal to a demographic of working class middle aged fellas. I fail to see why time after time after time you all seem to hold the big bad RFL up as some guy fawkes like creature when the reality for you all is... if you cant afford to eat with the big boys don't. If you cant get the money together then.. dont. Widnes made the step up, hence their promotion.

Stop wanting something for nothing'"

If you actually said something of interest or you were constructive in your criticism of our club then I would appreciate your post but as usual you just love to belittle the clubs out of SL ,your sig suggest what you are icon_moon.gif

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No, you just spout the same old tripe because once upon a time you were an alright club in a small village but the reality is you need money now, and crowds etc and coming from where you do.. you're just not going to get that so youre all upset. If you were of any real significance then where is your next backer? Surely in all those fans out there you've got there must be some more wealthy fellas? no? exactly? Stop expecting charity from the RFL because you cant sustain a club in the area to the level of which you desire.

Dont give me the tosh about relegation ruining crowds because its rubbish, an excuse, totted out by those feeling the hard biting recession, especially the working class. The reason crowds have dropped accross the division is because SL is 14 clubs now and where you had HKR, Cas, Salford, Widnes floating around previously.. these clubs have made the step up.

Nothing more, nothing less, I fail to see why you all throw your toys out of the pram and blame the lack of relegation

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Quote: rugbyballs "Dico is short for D***head?
Is that a question or a statement? I suggest you get back to that year five textbook on the desk kid.

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I think my irony-meter just exploded.

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Quote: Paul HHZ "I think my irony-meter just exploded.'"


Not Half.

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Quote: Dico "No, you just spout the same old tripe because once upon a time you were an alright club in a small village but the reality is you need money now, and crowds etc and coming from where you do.. you're just not going to get that so youre all upset. If you were of any real significance then where is your next backer? Surely in all those fans out there you've got there must be some more wealthy fellas? no? exactly? Stop expecting charity from the RFL because you cant sustain a club in the area to the level of which you desire.

Dont give me the tosh about relegation ruining crowds because its rubbish, an excuse, totted out by those feeling the hard biting recession, especially the working class. The reason crowds have dropped accross the division is because SL is 14 clubs now and where you had HKR, Cas, Salford, Widnes floating around previously.. these clubs have made the step up.

Nothing more, nothing less, I fail to see why you all throw your toys out of the pram and blame the lack of relegation'"

Its all very well coming out with that statement because" your alright Jack " I know if you where down here with us you would not be spouting all that rubbish ! Did you tell Crusaders or London to stop expecting charity ?because you can't deny they were given the utmost charity from the RFL .Its quite obvious you are a SL fan and nothing more ,to hell with the rest of us just glad other fans don't have the same view as there would be no clubs below SL if that was the case but i'm sure you would rather like that .Now be gone and don't bother posting on here unless its constructive a026.gif

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Quote: WYSIWYG "Just boycott everything to do with SL and SKY.'"

Just cancelled my SKY subscription. Realised that I watched perhaps 6 SL games all season and zero footie so it doesn;t really stack up.

I will use the cancelled subs to buy into this membership scheme I saw mention of. Is there any more info on that available by the way?

It is sad to see that we have become, literally, a charity case but this is a real opportunity for the fanbase to create something sustainable on 'the other side'.

It's even sadder to see some of the younger RL fraternity lording it over us. The OP clearly stated that he felt that with a successful side WITH SOMETHING TO PLAY FOR the LSV could be filled UNLIKE the stadia of Salford, London and Huddersfield. I agree with him. People like this are clearly incapable of thinking how, with the current direction, things will shape out in the future for the sport as a whole.

As to a backer, would you invest in something when success or failure of that investment depended entirely on the whims of two men. One with a terrible eating disorder and the other a candidate RFU mole? Both pretty witless.

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Quote: Paul HHZ "I think my irony-meter just exploded.'"


And by the same token i think you should have spent more time looking at a dictionary.

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Quote: itsatry! "Its all very well coming out with that statement because" your alright Jack " I know if you where down here with us you would not be spouting all that rubbish ! Did you tell Crusaders or London to stop expecting charity ?because you can't deny they were given the utmost charity from the RFL .Its quite obvious you are a SL fan and nothing more ,to hell with the rest of us just glad other fans don't have the same view as there would be no clubs below SL if that was the case but i'm sure you would rather like that .Now be gone and don't bother posting on here unless its constructive
By constructive you mean 'towing the party line'...
If I had a spare million I would chuck it your way, the same way I would any RL club but the attitude of many of your fans irritates me and has done for some time. For some unknown reason, possibly as over the last ten years you've probably been the most consistent Chp club, you think it some divine right to expect handouts when the sport has moved on. We no longer are a sport for working class miners and small villages, its moved on, whether you, I or Bob Geldof likes it.

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No use arguing with a bigoted person (especially one who thinks a town of over 44K is a village icon_smile.gif )just ignore the troll. I would suggest if he is irritated by this web site he desists from coming on here. And it is TOEING THE PARTY LINE not TOWING.

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