VL I agree 100% with your last paragraph, myself I admit I hope DB stays , but he must stop threatening to walk away if things art going right for him,obviously he has reduced the wage bill for this season , but next season money will have to spent to make us competitive in the League and then challenge for the Play offs.

At the moment no disrespect to the current playing squad, but we wouldn't be either,next season probably Widnes will be with us and joined by Toronto, Toulouse, London, again one of these will probably be in SL by then but the other 2 will come back more improved, along with Fax and Fev, chuck in Bradford and York, and it makes for a very strong hard Championship, meaning we would have to improve vastly on current playing squad.

I'm sure Derek will realise this as well, hopefully the Sponsors and fans will stick by the Club and then we can make a fist of our chance to compete.As I said I do hope DB stays,but we will still have to spend money,hopefully he won't give out crazy 2 year contracts,and maybe less overseas players than this season.

The consensus seems to be that each subsequent year from 2014-2017 was an improvement on the last and one poor decision, retaining a coach out of his depth for the higher level of SL ultimately caused the current situation. So with that now history, a very good coach in place, DB over his fear of sacking people, costs massively cut resulting in a competitive team on the field still. The strategy would be to replicate 2016 with the wisdom of past events.

A good Championship 7 is up for grabs at Catalans who has and can do a job again. Snag Ridyard, end the frivolous spending and Leigh could be heading for SL 2019 with a very savvy business plan.

Or we could be in liquidation by October.

I presume you mean SL 2020 rather than 2019, but even that is extremely optimistic.

I understand all our fans who are disappointed and feel let down by DB however, he too has been badly let down !!
I believe in the old adage, 'Lessons Learned' and I'm sure DB will have benefitted from his recent experiences as Owner of Leigh RLC and hopefully, the club will benefit in the long term?
New Owners may not be Leigh fans and its being a Leigh fan that sets DB apart from many previous owners! That's why I believe he is still the best man for the job

I too would love to see Riddy back at Leigh possibly as assistant player coach, now that there should be no obstacles in the way of him coming back. But hasn’t he re-signed for Fev. next season?

I too would love to see Riddy back at Leigh possibly as assistant player coach, now that there should be no obstacles in the way of him coming back. But hasn’t he re-signed for Fev. next season?

I believe he originally signed a 2 year contract. However, I understand that all Fev players have taken a pay cut, so I'm not sure how that would affect his contract. Mind you, there seem to be any number of ways around contracts, anyway. I too would love to see Martyn back, along with a few other 'local' players - and let's get some pride back in the shirt!

Some right hypocrits on here

How so, Steve?

I personally, have never said other than I wish Martyn hadn't left, and would welcome him back with open arms. (along with a few of his former team mates!)

I think those sentiments are virtually unanimous.

Some blinkered folk too

I wasn't referring to Riddy coming back Alan

Here he is

Go on enlighten us

Ok - thanks Steve.

Amazing! They can pump that in,yet not back the community game/reserves or academy? Or a foundation.