Agree with both the above.

Not watching/supporting your club because of DR, because there is no P&R or because of decisions made by the RFL are lame excuses.

Then coming on here to tell people who still stump up their hard earned money to support their club of their righteousness is plain nauseating.

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.....

This used to be a fans forum....

John Roddy, Mike Norris, Steve Openshaw, Derek Beuamont, Alan Platt, Neil Wilcock, Allan Mazey and Jackie Mottershead and myself all read this board and it's posts like this that make us realise we are doing the right thing.

With our loyal fans and LISA etc we won't fail and won't give up.

Thanks

Andy.

However on here there's about 60 people and a small fraction who seem to want us to fail.
What we as club need to do is build the club from the bottom up , get new fans and if we are better at what we do and if our results reflect it, we may get a few of the "old" fans back but we shouldn't focus on them. Focus on getting the ground full or as full as we can .
Focus on getting the Centurions brand out everyone so people are sick of seeing it.
We have to ALL pull together not fall out with each other !!!!

I doubt that anyone wants the club to fail but communication and marketing to these 60 people isn't going to improve things, these 60 people know exactly the situation, they know when, where and who is playing, they know how much it costs, they know who is in charge, they know where to contribute their cash. These 60 people won't/can't contribute anymore so energies would be better spent elsewhere.

You'd be [ivery[/i surprised at just how many read this board without actually contributing, believe me.

Yes you are right ,I know people who read but don't post.

The number of Leigh fans using this board is difficult to pinpoint, but I believe we have around 7-900 fans using the board, with about 10% ever posting.

The Communications group are actively engaged in getting the message further afield than just on this Message Board, 'reffy'. We want to use every means at our disposal to make folks aware of and involved with, our team, our club and our brand. We want more 'speccies', more sponsors, more advertisers - and, therefore more cash in our coffers.

I think you are forgetting two things.
1. As previously stated, often on this board people have complained about the lack of communication in the past.
2. Keeping the us informed will help communication to the wider public because we can spread the word and quash the tap room rumours.

I have never felt as in touch with my club since I left the UK in 1995.
So keep doing what you are doing on this forum BOM, and keep working on expending the communication into the greater potential fan base (as I am confident and trust 100% that you already are)

I'd like to add my utmost support to the new BOD. My Dad ( Mike Norris) is the reason I love rugby league and more than anything else, the Leythers and Neil Wilcock is the loudest and most passionate leyther i've ever met and would ever hope to meet. If the rest of the BOD are of the same level of enthusiasm then I am 100% sold on the new model. I wont be there next saturday, I wont be there on sunday to cheer the lads on at barrow either unfortunately. I will be cheering the lads on from a dodgy internet stream in the middle of the Bering Sea. Even though I can't make many games at the moment I am more positive now than I have been in a long long time.

COME ON LEYTHERS!!!!

Young Nozzy, it is we who should thank you
Donating that kidney next time you are home will help immensely

Kidney? Only one of them? Where's your commitment lad?

Fancy having our Finance Director as your Dad bet you never got much pocket money

On a serious note he's a top man and Leigh Centurions are lucky to have him, not sure about Neil though

I think the world of Leigh RLFC. I have been fortunate enough to be with the club through the Northern Rail Cup triumphs as a very fortunate prawn sandwich muncher, but before that I had paid to watch my second team home and away at Hilton Park and with Hiltons travel. I marveled at Johnny Woods and cringed at Timmy Street and Tony Cotterill in a good way of course. I was mates with Johnson Kerr and a lad you possibly don't recall Aidrian Earner. However I can honestly say through all the ups and downs the club has never been a basket case of a club like many others and when I received a telephone call from a Leigh legend asking if I would attend the Batley NRC game I got off my sick bed and attending like a shot. The reason being Leigh look after you like a long lost friend a great club with super people and I wish you well next week in the final. What I will say is the new people seem to have took things forward in a seamless way, but why should that be such a shock you all want the same outcome the very best for a great club. Good luck guys.

Loz , I know Adrian Earner , he trains at the Gym where I have my Hydrotherapy , he still talks very fondly about his time at Leigh , and is looking in decent shape , though he has lost all his hair now .