well talking of new stadiums, my experience on the keepmoat today was very good, parked right in front of the stadium as i have a blue badge, the steward was very polite and showed us where to park, and we went into the bar a the front of the stadium, and i was amazed, i did not have to hand over any money to get in, i do not apologies for the sarcasm, i have been before and knew you didn;t have to pay, but you get my point, there was plenty of us leythers in having a drink and a civilised chat prior to the game, i wonder if toone and the rest of the lsv have taken any notice from other new grounds and how to opoerate.

Would have to be the same guy who pays for everyone else, Id prefer a media/press/PR person to a new player as the backroom staff is very very light and is something that was highlighted in the licence bid, unless of course YOU are volunteering your time FREE?

Think I'll keep my head well below the parapet!!

If we are smart dont we get that finance from the RFL??
ie Full time Quality Chief Exec and a Quality Full time Marketing Manager

me n all Alan, lots of strings attached to the RFL money and there has someone started (today I think) in the 'marketing' position, but again there are strings atached by the rfl

Bit like ' Thunderbirds ' then

We'll be seeing a big rocket shooting out of the centre of the stadium next , No wonder they are trying to keep people out of it , It's all secret you know

That's why the ' Hood ' is on SKY

Fireball XL5 was always a favourite of mine that Lazoon cracked me up

Sorry but mortgage to pay, uni fees to look forward to, taxes to pay, pension to worry about etc...maybe in another 20 years when I'm retired and living in Leigh!

any excuse

beat wakefield on friday, then get us in the next round, that'll get you a decent atmousphere!

we're palying pretty poorly at the mo, so you might think you've got a chance

Although its only April 1st, given the cup draws it is highly probable that between now and Xmas there will only be a further NINE home games !!

With only Widnes and Halifax likely to attract crowds of over 2000 !

In addition, of the nine games, 1 is a 1pm ko (Easter Mon) 2 are on Thurs Evenings and the Toulouse game is 6pm ko Sat 15/8, only 5 more games are due to be played on a Sunday with a regular 3pm ko.

Leigh are not alone in this situation, something needs to be done within the RFL to pad out the season for clubs struggling to survive outside Super League.

14 clubs 26 games plus the NRC?
The NRC is treated as a pre season friendly comp, 9 league fixtures wont pay bills.

I have suggested amalgamating the national leagues before.

All Lancs and Cumbrian teams would play each other home and away as would those clubs on the wrong side of the pennines. That would give 18 games per team. We would then play 6 other clubs home and away giving a total of 30 games per season.

We could scrap the top 6 playoffs and revert to the top four playing off for the Grand Final.

I think it would be a lot better than the current format and the NRC competition would be a staight knockout like the Challenge Cup.

But would the sponsor of the knockout cup still be willing to stump up the money for a competition with less exposure?