I hope to see Leigh in SL again in my lifetime .
At present, I don't think SL wants us though, even if we were ready.

I still only want to see us in SL when it returns to part time. If we're struggling at the level we're at, we'll struggle even more in SL.

Goodo Skoots, we need SL to survive otherwise support will gradually drop off as the core base gets older.

We need a team that can compete in SL.

That will take time, but we are in a better place now a few weeks before the Championship season than we were going into our SL season imo

We need the money to buy a team that can compete in SL and the only way that comes about is if you are IN SL and the same goes for any team in the Championship.

Very few transfer fees these days so buying a team is not a problem. We should get great revenues from all the corporate we have and should easily compete with the Cas/Wakey/Slford/HKR/London/Widnes sector of SL

All very well Mo but how are their wages going to be paid from a no P & R league with minimul attendences and no prospects of that changing any time soon ?

I'm happy to stay as a biggish fish in the Championship than go bust reaching for the stars .

Understand your worries. However, the club and LSV have compiled a SL budget and believe they could be highly competitive, paying good wages on surprisingly small 'gates'.

Change the word 'could' for 'will' and I totally agree

Little Leyther mentality has held this town back for 40 years. We have a great location just off the M6 for road transport links but need a train station to complete the picture. We have industrial land a plenty, cheap housing and a generally work orientated population.
We have a fantastic stadium in a great location, a great relationship at last with LSV Co and a huge populus within 5 miles to attract.

Your dead right Maurice and the fact that the big four supermarket chains have built or extended their superstores in a small town in Wigan proves that there is a plan somewhere for more investment. A rail link is a must for Leigh now and the sooner the better.

Mo , you forgot we're also in a prime location for commuting to the metropolises of Manchester and Liverpool . Can we attract these new interlopers down to the LSV that aren't grounded in the game ? .

Sorry for appearing a little Leyther but we're going to need a sustained 5 year plus plan that isn't going to break the bank before we can get that foothold in the SL , that is if and when the muppets at Red Hall finally see sense and bring back P & R .

I do have ambitions to see a healthy Leyth team in the SL but I fear it will come at a cost , so I hope that we can come up with a cunning plan to prepare ourselves to be a yo-yo club for a few years yet retaining any quality players we can attract and set our goal no higher than 2nd bottom of the SL initially so that we can build up gradually without going pop .

I agree though that with the bigger games will come bigger crowds and therefore more money to spend on the squad , I just hope we can get the right team behind the scenes to manage the dosh and not go all in for an all or nothing approach .

But hey ho let's give it a go . It just needs carefull planning .

well I had written a long rambling post about all that is wrong about RL, then I deleted it. Lets face it Salford will be bailed out, and continue on like nothing has ever happened.

However, until that happens I will continue to annoy any Salford fan that comes into contact with me. After all they have been dishing it out to me for decades.

I do not want them to go under. I just want them relegated to C1 and have to rebuild from there.