sweaty craiq
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41 minutes ago, phiggins said:
As far as I'm aware, the number of overseas players contracted for next season is less than the 7 you can have in SL.
So, there's no necessity to offload contracted players if Leigh are promoted.
Though, it will be a weaker team in SL than currently in the Championship
Depends what comes in that we have agreed not to disclose. Some young forwards at Wigan who they are struggling to keep and it would be nice to see Hill back were it all started as a 16yo, but we must be in SL to get them and that’s not a done deal
I expect our last non Fed to be a real wow!! btw if it’s not French
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Hope this helps
Leigh have 1 overseas spot left for 2023 should we make SL
8 Fed trained from the squad are signed already
The 3 Wire seem nailed on ie Mulhern Davis and Hughes
I wouldn’t be shocked to see McDonald to Leeds and Leutele to Leigh
Bevan French had been offered a huge deal to be a Marquee player, think he will be back in NRL though
Hood may be on his way back again
There are strong rumours of two new owners joining Derek, all are seriously rich and are friends who have been around the club years.
Leigh are signing a SL squad now on a full cap plus marquee spend, if we don’t make it some may have clauses but most won’t
great times to be a Leyther
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There's more interest in that shop selling blokes 8'' stiletto's size 13 than Sheffield Eagles in Sheffield - Cricket and Hockey follow Soccer.
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Newcastle 0 - 38 Leigh after 50muns
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4 hours ago, The Future is League said:
Toulouse have brought new fans and sponsors to the game. Check out their website
So the question remains how many new fans did Leigh bring to the game last season when in Super League?, and how many worthwhile new sponsors
Leigh brought approx 3000 new fans to the sport when promoted in 2016. Our sponsorship I am informed was in the top 6 by £ and the main sponsor was Slater Gordon Solicitors, one of the biggest and turning over circa £200m at the time
more recents businesses attracted to the club are global brands BCEGI and Struktura ES, both with multi Billion turnover.
hope this helps
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I pray IMG have the business sense to understand RL as it is and not the fantasy many on here believe.
Strategy is look after the low hanging fruit, it’s what brings the cash and players in - harvest it to its full, which we have never done. SL clubs to be responsible for supporting amateur and junior clubs, scrap scholarship as it loses too many kids to the game, Town teams maybe ? Better coaching, diet and fitness advice linked to the SL club and a real goal of playing the sport again in all schools
Target France but it must be with a TV deal, taking both the mayors euro and sponging off the UK is not an option in todays reality. Let’s help France become a competitive international player by increasing the number of French teams when supported by a TV deal - either 2x10 or a 16 club SL contains 4 French clubs would be my way and affordable with the caveat.
The RFL needs a clear out, the top table is earning more than CEOs of successful company’s with multiple times the turnover - that is wrong, performance related pay is key and 6 month contract termination notice.
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Game was poor. TO got away with a try saving trip early doors and the ref was responsible for the first try after ignoring a forward pass prior to the knock on
After the first score Wire went to pieces and the ref looked worried
SL is pretty poor this year
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4 minutes ago, JohnM said:
If Leigh really do get promoted to a 12 team SL in place of Toulouse, then I think that they should also have protection from relegation for three seasons, to avoid yo-yo-ing and to give them time to build a team of players in for the long term, not for those who have joined for pre-retirement pension pot top-up..
We will still have a pretty young squad - Davis and Mulhern are both under 25, Hughes 30/31 next year. The rumour is our last and marquee import will be rather special
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3 hours ago, The Future is League said:
Leigh without a doubt will replace Toulouse in Super League next season, but it's going to take another rebuild from them when most of the decent players will be signed up.
Already signed for next season, will have about 5 more to have the full squad done and dusted. Think we have announced Mulhern, Hughes and Davis from Wire to go with Charnley who came earlier than planned. Some big names in those we won’t announce until season end line up
1 ___________
2 /5 Charnley/McDonald
3/4 Ferguson/ Brand/ Chamberlain
6/7 Mellor/Reynolds/Lam
props Sidlow/Amone/Mulhern
Hookers. Ipape/__________
back row Hughes/Davis/ Asiata/WardleThat leaves 1 non fed and 5 more current SL we have agreed not to disclose and 5/8 more to agree with to pad the squad
Be nice to see Chris Hill finish his career where it all started.
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6 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:
Just thinking about this
Why can't Sale, Salford and the soccer club share it? Surely it is even more profitable if lots more games played there? Ideal scenario!
Wouldn't take a genius to coordinate fixtures
Far better if they all bought 1/3rd - shared non matchday income and costs, with all match day income and cost to the club playing
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5 hours ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:
Leigh, on their best day, might get within 10 points of this 2nd string Hull KR side.
That KR guitar didnt have a neck to put strings on it was that bad, I realise it was decimated by injury btw, what that made TO God only knows
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4 teams in the Championship would beat either
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Not offering Hill a 2 year deal was the master stroke, on and off field influence would have been huge in a transition
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I was warned off for taking a position on a raised walkway that was empty to find the lads I was with, going round the back of the stand was hundreds of fans from various clubs both vaping and smoking as stewards watched on.
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You remind me so much of Leigh early 2000's when we were the best PT club by a mile but the FT parachute club did us every year.
You have spent heavily this season and if we hadnt been here you would be walking the comp.
Yesterday we missed regular middles Ioane and Amone, and played with 2 props one we lost after 10 mins or so - we will be a lot stronger in the middle come play offs.
We have already recruited heavily for should we make SL, Davis Mulhern and Hughes from Wire, I am told two crackers from Wigans young stock and we will be using the marquee opportunities fully.
We are so lucky that Derek has committed to next years budget whichever division we are in
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41 minutes ago, crashmon said:
With Blackpool at least it can be a day out with the rides and pier and other stuff on the seaside. Leeds is just a standard northern city with nothing to offer you can't get in a standard city elsewhere.
Blackpool is far easier to attract full families instead of just Dad/lad hence crowds
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17 hours ago, Davo5 said:
No not every Championsjp club should have an academy,that would decimate the amateur game,only clubs that can prove they have the financial means to run one with the required infrastructure/coaching/educational resources should be granted an academy license,I believe Leigh did have most of that to be fair.
Leigh ran an unfunded Academy but were refused fixtures against SL academy, which meant the clubs had few fixtures and many were 90-0 wins so it was disbanded with the others. Our last Academy had in it Hankinson and Bullock who both played a couple of first grade before being loaned with others to Barrow - a wrong move imo.
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1 hour ago, David Shepherd said:
Spare a thought for my son. In a fit of stupidity, he's booked a holiday flying out on GF day. His flight takes off at roughly 1/2 time. He'll have 5 hours flying to Turkey, sweating on the result.
(Assuming we get there, of course.)
I trust as a loving father you wouldn't wind him up by texting an incorrect scoreline
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10 hours ago, The Daddy said:
France U17 coach, "We have a golden generation".
https://treizemondial.fr/patrick-limongi-on-a-une-generation-en-or/
Then let’s pray they can be competitive on the intl stage in 5 years or so
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Issue shares £5m to hold a SL share
Fit for purpose ground with min 7000 seats and 10000 capacity, 12 boxes and corporate facilities for 500
sufficient rest room facilities incl hot water and hand dryers
must run an academy
must run a scholarship programme
must work closely with local junior clubs providing practical support regarding coaching and diet
Just a few ideas
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3 hours ago, Tommygilf said:
I've seen the original quote, and he is questioning the value to the English game, as he does regularly at the moment.
He questioned the monetary value, and much later took the P when using Lobby sales etc It is extremely amusing how the usual crew keep referring to game value not financial/monetary.
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Watching body shape you can see these lads aren’t in the academy set up
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2 minutes ago, Scubby said:
Exactly, this is like an argument from the BSkyB Squarial days. It was wrong then too.
If Widnes has 10 it’s 10 more than in France
The potential of Sheffield Eagles is enormous
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