LEIGH FIXTURES 2012

Quote: Faxhali "Alan, to say you were only communicating answers to questions asked i find your post confrontational this is'nt a Fax is better than Leigh post.

Leigh only had 48 hours notice that the pitch would be resufaced ?. hard to beleive or some serious communication problems somewhere between Council/LSV/Leigh

Yes Fax's fixtures took priority over the Shay, The shay is being resurfaced this year so we are playing 4 away games on the trot, not changing the dates. Fax have a ten year lease with the council for the stadium therfore HRLFC take priority over anybody borrowing the pitch, we share with FC Halifax town and although most supporters of each club dislike the other it works very well indeed.

Talking to the Employees is fine, Cowtailing to what they want is different, As for communicating with your fans, Did you not do that at the Fans forum and tell them sundays to only go and change it fridays ?. i believe that to be the case and i would be pretty peed off too as a supporter. I would have thought that season ticket sales would be a main priority to get the money in the pot so the club can reach its business plan as to not breach salary cap ( 30% of turnover IIRC ) and not get a points deduction again. Looking at the 25 pages of responses it appears to me that this has/will have a adverse effect on ST sales.

Take your Leigh head off and look at it from a outsiders pespective and you might see what i mean.'"

No intention of being confrontational, with you - especially a 'Fax supporter.

The point I was labouring to make is that not everything is in our hands. A comparison might be that you are playing four consecutive away matches, because your pitch also requires attention. (Footballers ripping it up, eh?

) However, 'Fax wouldn't have consulted the fans about how happy they are about four consecutive away games

If you backtrack over admittedly a heck of a lot of posts, you will see that Leigh had 48 hours to make a decision for the RFL. We always knew the pitch was to be re-done, but up to last Tuesday, assumed our wish to play on Sundays wasn't affected. That's why the Forum was told we would be playing on Sundays. (Premier Sports permitting)We had until the Thursday, to come up with alternative dates for the clashes. (i.e Tuesday to Thursday was the 48 hours I referred to)

You are right - s/t sales will probably be adversely affected - that was always going to happen, because prices were increased, for the first time in a number of years. I sympathise with fans who can't make Fridays. I also prefer Sundays, but am lucky enough to be able to make Fridays too. For the record, I detest travelling over the M62 in the evening, but I'll still be at the Shay on the Thursday evening, because it's always a cracking game.

As for taking my Leigh head off, no apologies there - it's Leigh's problem, and that's what is being discussed.