Johhny Walker has just scored on his début in the Reserves.

Any score updates Mish ?

Won 62-24

Wow that is impressive

Agree Frank another great win, well done lads.

He sounds like you from years gone by

I think Fax are trying to sneak in the back door. Finish 2nd this season, make the middle 8 next as Sheffield look like their time could be over and Fev could face financial ramifications of the loonies running the asylum, then try and grow from there knowing that the last place in the top 4 in the Championship is well up for grabs and if they can make that it could be a good platform.

I hope you didn't mind me having an opinion on this Starbug.

I believe that Leigh's ability to build towards and survive at the highest level will be determined by how the overall business develops and is managed in direct comparison to its closest rivals (in a financial sense). Turnstile revenue will be one part of a complex equation.

To state the obvious - attendances need to increase and are very important but will shortly be a much lower proportion of our total income - noting the 5 fold increase in Sky money from next year and hopefully coupled with growth in all the other areas of our business.

In my view our chances of moving forward will be highly dependant on our club being able to punch above its weight (in a business management sense) in next years middle 8 group, in comparison to our rivals. Most of these rivals will have a bigger overall financial pot to work with than us - fact.

My point was that those SL clubs coming into the middle 8 will potentially come with baggage that will hopefully weigh them down giving us a chance to further close the gap. We can also anticipate that the gap will be further closed by our club by going full time.

The main point of my previous post was to suggest that we shall never have a better chance to realise the dream of a sustainable business competing at the highest level. The only other option is to find a mega-millionaire backer who can be trusted to deliver a sustainable future for our club.

In my opinion - if we believe the only way forward is a threefold increase in attendances within the next year or so then, if we are being honest with ourselves, we may as well throw in towel now.

Sounds like we should just pack in now, Neil-stop wasting everyone's time before the inevitable financial implosion causes the LSV and everything with it to tumble into a bottomless pit of doom to the centre of the earth.

best hiding under our duvets until it's all over.

//p.

Good interpretation of the current situation.

We are setting realistic goals and are working as best we can within budget and current staff level constraints trying new and improved things to get numbers through the gate as the retained profit from bums on seats is high so it is important.

Across the business great strides are being made all the while a rigid budget set by our Finance director and agreed by the board is being adhered to so we have to be realistic about what we can and can't do at this point in time.

Regards average gate for next season 12 months ago people would have laughed had we stated the average would be above 2k this season

Let's aim for the moon; even if we miss well land among the stars that's what I say.

Opinions are what message boards are for, yours seem almost out of the BOM s ' mantra ' .which one of them are you?

I havent suggested a threefold increase is possible within a year, but without it Leigh will never be a susstainable competitive SL club, to suggest otherwise would be to essentially say the bulk of current SL club are complete idiots, because they all suggest a 10,000 average IS what is required

Yes next season the cash through the gates will be a smaller % of income, but that extra income is entirely relevant to on field performance, something the board have limited control over, their 100% responsability is the clubs performance, and no matter how much they concentrate on improving corporate sales it will always be bums on seats that decide where a club is on the pro RL ladder

Andy, if you miss the moon it will take a million years to reach the nearest star, aim for the stars and you'll pass the moon on your way