What we also need to remember is not many companies in the current climate, beit big or small, have money to give away in terms of sponsorship.

Am I the only person who's dismayed that we only manage to practice for a grand total of three hours a week? OK, so they're only part time, but I'd expect an amateur side to be pushing that for training.

dont agree at all. its upto leigh to put the rugby league in a position were they cannot refuse us.

i have watched leigh every year for 40 years and if i thought for one moment the gate had been closed for ever i would stop going and watch east and miners instead.

i still am convinced things can turn around despite the doom and gloom at the moment.
but then again i am a piscean( eternal dreamer)

And thats were the crux lies as individual clubs we are nothing but as a body they should have more clout, its no good blaming the clubs in this division as even its members see it as a nothing league, but honestly does anyone really believe that there are loads of big company sponsors out there when bankrupcies are at a 15 year high? you get your money as a RL club where you can whenever you can and to belittle that process is rather sad.
Starbug has lots of ideas and I for one only wish he'd have had more time to continue his forward thinking when he was a board member -ar$e licking? not in the slightest Steve was one of the good guys there are far worse than him. (give me a couple of weeks and i'd think of a few )

believe me they do train more than 3 hrs a week

TFFT

I was only going off the OP

depending on playing days if Sunday then they train Mon evening, Wed evening, Fri evening, & Sat morning

All our players train in their dinner breaks at THEIR DAY JOBS!

hello all well am quoting direct from conversations with players on friday night...so sorry if facts wrong about full time and training....but surely if thats the case it makes us look even worse then
As for the training on LSV thats a definate and that is shocking !!!!

ooh forgot to add am glad some of you got what i meant...you have to go and get it in these times it wont come to you !!!!
and thats everything oooh err ha ha

the lads train mon night, wed night and fri night 6pm till 7.30 but some go in early to do extras and satarday morning for an hour. but during april it has changed to tuesday and thursday nights and sunday mornings.
Some of the players do extras themselves, ive seen hilly and stewart at bodyimage training three or four times a week before they train with the rest of the team

Your field and goal kickers have to practice on the l.s.v how else can they judge the distances etc that is a must.If not it will just be like playing away.

Funny you should say that , as I'm sure I've heard it mentioned on here before

Well you see, this £500k pitch we've got can only be used 42 times a season; thats less than once a week or it will turn into soup.

So whilst they'll whore it out to anyone who wants to pay they won't let us practice our kicking unless the kicking tee leaves big divots in the pitch.