Having read some of the posts that John has put on Twitter, it certainly seems like he has left on good terms and purely because of work commitments - something that may well have been a sudden decision by necessity looking at a contract his company have just won.

Sounds like you know his long term plans. Is he increasing his contribution and his stake? Is that what this is all about? One off player bonuses from DB's deep pockets to win the changing room? Out with the new, in with the old? If not, that's certainly what this smells like. I hope not, but have always worried that the old guard would bide their time, rebuild their power base and then slowly but surely sweep aside the 'big ideas men'.

But if he's got enough brass then what's to worry about?

Turmoil, here we come.

I think John Roddy has resigned due to work commitments.

He is still a Leyther.

On page 2 of this thread a board member states when they knew John was leaving. Now I don't know Neil but from his posts he comes across as being straight up. John has gone lets not start sturing things up folks.

Once again this is turning into a Doom and Gloom and Power Game , nobody knows why Mr Roddy has really resigned , all that concerns me is the good work the BOM have done this season carries on .There are to many assumptions by some lets wait till we hear it from the Official Source .I will be at Dews on Sunday cheering the boys on .

Absolutely nothing sinister at all. He has a family who he doesn't see enough.

Sounds a bit dutch to me - possible double Dutch? or am I stirring things up

On the subject of the said poster - I met him for the first time the other week in the George and Dragon and I can concur with you on that observation

John spend s a lot of time in London due to work, probably down to this, but I wish him all the best what ever he does , he's done a very good job .

A very poor press release that pours petrol on a fire IMHO - saying nothing is better than that very short response.
We are still very much a work in progress as a sports club and learning so hopefully we'll learn from this and if there's a 'next time' be able to move to quickly to counter any form of bad news and maybe its something we could learn as a Chairman leaving totally out the blue with the club having achieved none of its goals thus far will make people think there is something wrong.

If John has left for business or private issues in my experience its better telling the employees (or in this case the fans) precisely why - no need for a intimate blow by blow details but a........

'The BOM was sorry to hear our respected chairmen John Roddy has stepped down after a year in charge due to work commitments in his business.
In his short time with the Centurions John has overseen the transition period which now see's our club in a sound financial footing and a strong Championship RL club that is going places.
As you can imagine this is a busy period at Leigh Centurions so we will be appointing another chairmen in the future but for now all our focus and energy has to be on picking up another valuable 3 points in our quest for the top 2 spot which we are still on target to achieve.

A further update will be within the next 4 weeks but for now we urge all our supporters and sponsors to continue to BeLeighve and rest assured the BOM will ensure none of Johns hard work goes to waste, see you at Dewsbury on Sunday.'

Not massive, not giving much away and easy to knock up.
Hopefully once someone has time we'll put something a bit more 'wordy' out, a reassurance everything is ok can go a long way and stop any negativity.

www.leighcenturions.com/news/515 It says it all imo. Thanks John.

www.leighcenturions.com/news/515 It says it all imo. Thanks John.

Well John has put out his statement now so let's look to the future.
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100% better and should stop any worries or concerns.

Could have so easily avoided all the hoohah if he had just managed to keep his mouth shut until this statement had been issued...very unprofessional way to end your tenure...ah well onwards and upwards!

Thank God that's out at last.

John will be missed not just for what he did but for who he is, without him Derek and Michael I don't know where we would be now

It's onwards and upwards, we met tonight to discuss the commercials and all I can say is wow the future is looking brilliant