Not at all Barnie lad as it's far (far, far) from any support for any first team dual contracting.

Sorry, dont want this at all.............

In all the years i've watched, even when in the third tier getting tonked every week, the club has NEVER had a problem bringing its own young 'uns through..the amateur game is so strong in the town, there will always be a conveyor belt.....all this is gonna do is let "Pollard" and his cronies cherry pick our good 'uns!!

if people think that teams like Wigan StHelens etc dont already sign the best young Leigh talent then they know sweet FA about rugby in their own town, havre a look at their first team and academy team internet pages.

All this tie up means is that we will work with Wigan to identify the best young talent in the borough and it provides a player pathway from the town teams to first team if a player is a young star at age 16 then he would have the choice of Wigan or Leigh but it matters not who he chooses as he will receive the best of facilities and coaching and education that can be offered to him, at the moment we cant offer that Wigan can. If at age 19 he has not measured up to SL standard then instead of him just being cut he can go the Championship route, and Leigh will get first shout on his services.
The RFL will not allow clubs like ours to field certain age group teams so it also leaves that path open to the late developer.
The benefits to Leigh are that we get first call on any talent not deemed SL material AT THAT TIME, if at a later date he does become good enough then he rejoins the SL pathway with Wigan IF HE CHOOSES.
Is it twinning NO, is it mutual cooperation NO as that system must benefit the poorer club so what benefit to the SL club - they get to keep an eye on that little older talent when he is playing at an age group they do not have i.e. under 20's.
A player who we note WE think can do a job in the Championship then can sign either if the SL club is willing and why wouldnt it? a full part time contract with us or loan agreement. They would only be dual contract players if both clubs agreed that is the best for THEM. Forget interclub rivalry it doesnt exist they are SL we are Championship. If we ever achieve SL status then all bets would be off and we would revert to a stand alone youth system with the bonus that our coaches and players had had the best of facilities and coaching that they could have.
People must admit that we cant afford an effective youth system a) we have no money and b) The RFL puts many a 'roadblock' in place to non SL clubs. This system benefits the Player more than anything AND AFTER ALL THAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE THE MORE IMPORTANT or are people that selfish? what if it was your son/grandson?

This system is far from Us just being a fitness tester for a SL club to foster their re-hab players on which is the route Swinton and others have gone down.

At the moment AFAIK we have two Wigan players and one Salford player playing in our 20's the rest are Leigh signed players and so that will continue the teams will be picked by the Leigh coaches and if he decides that the Wigan players do not have a place in that weeks team for whatever reason then he will not be picked, again unlike Swinton and others like Oldham these coaches will be chosen by the BOD and not just because they are on the payroll of the SL club.

Dress it up all you want, but the RFL wont give a franchise to a club that has either given up, or been hoodwinked!

And another one bites the dust !!

Taken from Alan's post "Sure, it provides the opportunity for under 23 players to come to Leigh on D/C,"

Now hopefully he had got this bit wrong...

Let's see what is the official explanation.

This shows that our owners do not beleighve and are willing to twin as they run our club into the ground.

No

I wrote it whilst reading the agreement.

It’s certainly beginning to look that way.



Is it? Only time will tell but what will happen if we need someone to step up due to injuries or suspension, for a minute I’m going to assume the ‘stars’ of the team below will belong to our bigger neighbours.



Of course the top teams will always pick the top players, but we’ve always had our own junior development, this sound’s to me like we are heading towards only one team?

If we can’t afford our own youth development then we should take note of the quote of the day on my calendar yesterday which says ‘Don’t say a thing is impossible when it’s only difficult’. We should be cutting our cloth accordingly.



Agreed, take the flag down.

This can be resolved very easily if the CEO or Chairman can make the following statement -

"No Wigan Warriors player will appear for the first team of Leigh Centurions unless he is on a loan agreement of at least one month"

If they can make that statement then they will continue to have my full support.

If they can't then we have sold our soul to the Devil...

Why do you always play the antagonist alot ?

I agree with Fred on some of his comments , If it benefits the young players in the area with better coaching etc then surely that would benefit the team , as long as the buck stops with PR and he and the Leigh coaches have the final say on who plays then fair enough .

After all it's young players careers that we're on about , the same ones that the RFL have deemed should be discarded if they haven't made the grade by age 19 . With this system they would get a second chance with our under 20's , and if they're good enough then PR could give them a run out with the Centurions in the Championship .

And as for Wigan cherry picking our best young players ? , let's not forget if the player want's to remain a Leyther he can always say NO .

IMO there's to much rumbling about P&R returning and restructuring the leagues , so if a Super League 1 & 2 is formed it's essential that we remain as a top team in the Championship and be seen to be a proactive club , remember you have to be in it to win it .

I'm willing to wait and see and give it to till the end of the season before deciding if we've taken the 30 pieces of silver .

Toady this is probably the most sensible post on the Forum for a while , well said , i personally am not worried about what has been said up to now , but i feel it would ease the worries of Mo and other fans if a said statement was released .

As for Mo keep eating the Alphabet Spaghetti . .

Don't know why all the fuss ,as I see it its nothing like Swinton at all ,its about the young players staying in the game .The word Wigan seems to make some fans blood boil .