Has he spent a single penny of it on marketing the club ?

Agreed Steve, our marketing of the clubs has been the same over the last 5 years as the previous 27, none existent

Well, I was up in Leigh today for my granddaughter's first, and a certain ex-crane hire owners name cropped several times in convo, coupled with somebody telling me Trevor Barton was acting CEO hours before the announcement was made ....

So we have an entertainment business , and we don't market it , and then people wonder why we end up in a mess every 4/5 years ?

From a different angle, owning a sports team is not an investment in any sport, look at Kennedy in Yawnion and how much Hicks and Gillett put into Liverpool FC for nothing in return.

On a positive note, 150K Per Annum is reasonably cheap to run a successful sports team, if a hobby and a bit of success and adulation is what you're after. From this point of view, Leigh Centurions is quite a good prospect.

I really don't think who owns three shares in SCL will have any bearing on any future ownership , I would have thought that Arthurs investement would trump anybody else , even mine

Here's hoping altho Trevors announcement was on the news yesterday.

It is until something happens and that money is no longer there



Because everybody , including the person putting it in doesn't do the job properly because they assume the money will ALWAYS be there , if they put another 50 K in for the first 3/4 years , the amount the then have to put in in the future can reduce , but it almost becomes a ' right of passage ' between the various owners , who can throw the most money away

Quite often , just like Arthur , their business will have never needed the skills you need to run an Entertainment business , if you mention ' Marketing ' , the standard reply will be in reference to their ' Corporate sales ' , and that is it , that is as far as they can see

Agreed but the whole marketing of the entire sport is a shambles

Well I've got three , how that equates to percentage of total , no idea

Yes it is , and I have argued long and hard that the RFL should help clubs , but as you suggest , they are clueless

However it is still no excuse , this is where my ' run it as a business ' comes from , treat it like a brand new business , just having a good team on the pitch will never bring in the funds required to break even

The RFL should have central fund and standardised adverts to help push the RL brand. In my opinion just 1% of the tv contract reinvested in marketing would have brought a significant ROI over the last 16 years

I heard a certain crane firms former owner mentioned at work on friday........ plenty money if true.

Slightly o/t, but a lot is said about gate receipt money.
Do people honestly believe if the entrance fee was dropped slightly more people would come?

Could a bonus scheme be offered on a trial basis, where as for every ticket purchased there is a slight discount on one for the next home Match, as a loyalty thing.

Would this entice stay aways?

Also when the club give out family tickets etc its only those who normally attend but get in for free anyhow, wouldn't it be great If the regular 'loyal' supporter then made a small donation to LISA?