Not sure how the club can be blamed for Barlow allegedly assaulting someone

No gloating here, and I fully expect Leigh to come top of the Championship again this year, but the above says a lot. I get the distinct feeling that Leigh, both club and fans, are circling the wagons. 'Move along now, nothing to see here' has never been a convincing way to deal with controversy, and I can't see us getting more than a few weeks in before something of substance surfaces.

My gut feeling is something salary cap related is being done which is probably technically allowed by the regulations but which PR feels is somewhat dodgy and which [imight[/i come back to bite Leigh somewhere down the line. A blatant breach or doping would have been a longer term thing which would not have required a resignation so soon before the season starts.

Greg whatever Pauls reasons were for resigning ,he made them and I respect him ,we have all heard rumours but that's what they are Rumours,as for Sam Barlow?Apparently he appears in Court next week,and the Judges will decide his fate,are there any beans to spill?I think every Club has boisterous players in a Squad of around 30 players ,even your beloved Fax will have them, don't make any melodramas out of Leigh, concentrate on your own team.We will soon be playing at the Shay,and you will see at first hand the quality we have in our Team.

To be fair, fans of certain teams (not Bradford I hasten to add) were waiting almost all last season for all our squad to get drug bans. That failed to materialise to the extent They hoped.

Only time will tell if the same happens this season

If PR had concerns i wonder if he spoke to his dad, who i think is still CEO or derek or chairman norris. If he did do this you would hope his concerns would of been acted upon.

Not sure what beans Sam can spill, he is not even allowed to leave the boundaries of Halifax, so I hear. Poor sod.

Iggy you only have to read the posts of opposition Clubs to understand how their fans are ready to pick up and exaggerate the smallest of negatives, everything at Leigh is going well yet you have some opposition Fans creaming themselves in anticipation things are going to go wrong at Leigh.I have every faith in Derek and the BOM ,they are not idiots,it's a case of We Are Leigh, nobody likes us, but I don't care, enjoy the ride this season, it's going to be great, I can't wait.As far as other Clubs are concerned, Jealousy is one of the 7 Deadly Sins,get over it.

So what was Paul's intention with his reported comments. He said there was going to be no further comment in private or public. Seems he lied

you are correct, that is what he said. All his comments will do will ne to reignite the rumours and half truths. He should either do what he said he would do, ie say nothing. Or tell us the full truth.

Earlier in the thread I made a comment that both parties using the line of ‘personal reasons’ at some point needed to expand on it, seems Paul has done that but I do agree stop the 'smoking gun' type comments and say what it is!
In saying that I’m pleased there is nothing wrong with Paul or his family, with these comments I presume he’s also alerting clubs he is available.
The downside to this is that it looks like if second guessing (and everyone is) Head coach had a disagreement about perhaps player recruitment and player selection, it may have been minor it may have been major, Paul is his own man and I suspect it was his team or no team and both parties seem to have gone separate ways.
Regarding the Cap comments others have made I’m led to believe it was raised and can be checked by the RFL at any time so I have no fears on that, our gates have gone up consistently and the money we get compared to what we used to is significant however what I would say is its clear Derek has a lot of input on financial matters in terms of putting his hand in his pocket to buy players, I’ve no problem with that whatsoever so long as if we run at a loss for whatever reason we aren’t left with any debt.
Michael Norris is the chairmen and from when he started he pledged that he wouldn’t allow spending that would endanger our club long term whilst we pursued short term goals, whilst Derek's salesman background and larger than life character will always see him in the papers trying to promote our club I think Michaels occasional reassurance the club is on track and doing fine would quell a few nerves.
In fact my only concern this season is the age of the squad, as with no reserves I think we really do need to get a youth structure in place as we are now a buying club, having said that Derek has stated on more than one occasion that he intends to rectify that sooner rather than later.

In terms of where this leaves our club well personally I don’t think it effects anything on the field at all, the squad looks in good spirits and good shape with a good coaching team and personally the drama has added to the start of the season excitement, it will be really tough as every team will be looking at beating Leigh (especially the Yorkshire clubs who all hold firm together)but we have the team on & off the field to see our club progress.

Can’t wait, see you at Batley.

Just read the article on one of the RL sites and I find myself questioning should he have left it as it was or, as he has done almost forced the club to stop what is likely to fester until the reasons are stated. We are going to take enough of the proverbial this season as it is, so why not put it out there now otherwise the pressure and distraction it will put on the club could bring everything tumbling down. IMO Paul wants the reasons out based on what he has said, and the press and the RFL and others will be all over the club until it is put to bed good bad or indifferent

Well said Charles !

Charlie & All - I think this was THE most interesting comment last night from PR



“I guess there are some things you don’t need to know and if you find stuff out later about certain things then that’s up to you."


Looks like there are more Chapters in this book.

Not seen that comment anywhere !

Have a look at the total rl site - all his comments there - the one above about half way down.