The storm Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 (edited) Derek Beaumont has done an outstanding job in rebranding Leigh Leopards. His effort, creativity, imagination, resiliance, dedication and pure effort has been nothing short of sensational. They are the team everyone is taking notice of and i applaud him. For some bigoted, half witted moron to use the name of the great Steve Prescott in an effort to take the mickey out of derek, leaves me shaking my head in both sorrow and despair at some people who follow our sport Keep up the amazing work Derek Edited March 11, 2023 by The storm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Wilson Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, The storm said: Derek Beaumont has done an outstanding job in rebranding Leigh Leopards. His effort, creativity, imagination, resiliance, dedication and pure effort has been nothing short of sensational. They are the team everyone is taking notice of and i applaud him. For some bigoted, half witted moron to use the name of the great Steve Prescott in an effort to take the mickey out of derek, leaves me shaking my head in both sorrow and despair at some people who follow our sport Keep up the amazing work Derek I think you've got the wrong end of the stick my guy. 1 @GavWilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The storm Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 1 minute ago, Gav Wilson said: I think you've got the wrong end of the stick my guy. Have i Oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Wilson Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Just now, The storm said: Have i Oh Degsy replied to the Steve Prescott twitter account, not fully realising who it was. For all his faults, this one was a genuine mistake and he's apologised. I actually thought it was quite funny, as I'm sure the great man Steve probably would have too. 2 @GavWilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superb Chops Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Agree with concensus here. Even in making a mistake Beaumont is doing so in an amiable manner, while his subsequent apology is sincere and constructive. Having read the IMG recommendations earlier this week, we need more club owners like Beaumont. His contribution to RL's engagement and media standing is, on balance, positive and the club looks to be in a good place. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 It looks like, because of this, Leigh will work with the Steve Prescott Foundation and help a good cause. No doubt someone will find a negative in this happy accident. Testicles to them. 2 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfordSlim Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 4 hours ago, The storm said: Derek Beaumont has done an outstanding job in rebranding Leigh Leopards. His effort, creativity, imagination, resiliance, dedication and pure effort has been nothing short of sensational. They are the team everyone is taking notice of and i applaud him. For some bigoted, half witted moron to use the name of the great Steve Prescott in an effort to take the mickey out of derek, leaves me shaking my head in both sorrow and despair at some people who follow our sport Keep up the amazing work Derek Jeez someone loves Degsy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Would it not be better to have someone checking his SM posts before they go out? It would possibly avoid situations like this which are more embarrassing than offensive, but would also come across as a lot more professional. Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northamptoncougar Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 He ballsed up - it happens, we’ve all done it, move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 You know what is really annoying about this whole episode? Twice, yes TWICE he uses "your" instead of "you're" ........ 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBoy295 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I am amazed you can use twitter in the afterlife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 5 hours ago, meast said: Would it not be better to have someone checking his SM posts before they go out? It would possibly avoid situations like this which are more embarrassing than offensive, but would also come across as a lot more professional. Did you copy and paste those words from a Gary Lineker debate?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB Knight Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, JohnM said: You know what is really annoying about this whole episode? Twice, yes TWICE he uses "your" instead of "you're" ........ Your correct A part of me died when the BBC website made the same error. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLANTISMAN Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 The amount of charity donations and causes that DB donates to on a regular basis are staggering. We made our first visit to Leigh Leopards for the Salford Red Devils opening match one of the friendliest clubs i have ever been to. Well done on a great start to the season and lets move on. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, this probably proves that, there has been many threads which have called him all manner of things, but here on this thread he is recieving a lot of sincere back up and excusing him for a public error he made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Mr Frisky said: Did you copy and paste those words from a Gary Lineker debate?? Not with you, sorry. 1 Huddersfield Giants Supporters Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I cant stand him, he's a boorish ######, but this was blatantly a mistake made with no malice, using it against him is crass and unnecessary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayakman Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 minute ago, dkw said: I cant stand him, he's a boorish ######, but this was blatantly a mistake made with no malice, using it against him is crass and unnecessary... He needs a filter..is he married? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 7 hours ago, meast said: Would it not be better to have someone checking his SM posts before they go out? It would possibly avoid situations like this which are more embarrassing than offensive, but would also come across as a lot more professional. It's his personal twitter account, people know what they are getting. An excitable daft lad. I don't think that needs to change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty craiq Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, ATLANTISMAN said: The amount of charity donations and causes that DB donates to on a regular basis are staggering. We made our first visit to Leigh Leopards for the Salford Red Devils opening match one of the friendliest clubs i have ever been to. Well done on a great start to the season and lets move on. Paul and he rarely comments on them also, in the past few weeks we have Fev fans claiming Beaumont slugged it out with Jukes at the Salford game and now this. In between Beaumont was standing up for Campbell and P&R. He was on auto pilot responding to well wishers, the charity accepted it and will benefit further from it, and as they said he has raised money for them previously. Knowing the family I know they donate £100k’s annually but let the haters hate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 14 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said: but let the haters hate Well no actually, letting them get on with it means we're part of the problem. Although social media has turned out to be Pandora's Box and unleashed millions of Mr Angries from everywhere that doesn't mean keeping quiet nor having a go at those who keep our game going because we don't like or agree with waht they say or do. Any forum or place to post is too often an area for anger, abuse and the right to be heard no matter how obnoxious, hurtful and hateful you're being. None of us deserve that. 1 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 17 hours ago, Ragingbull said: What a clown he is. It was a mistake mate....he has apologised Wish we had more owners who do the good stuff he does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfordSlim Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Ok Derek donates a lot of money to charity which is commendable, it doesn't make him a saint though. A certain Yorkshireman raised millions for charity but wasn't exactly a nice bloke was he? And no I'm not comparing Derek to him but you get the gist right? Lots of rich people donate (as do poor folk), it doesn't make them a perfect human being. As for the Twitter comment, yes it was stupid, but it was completely unintentional so you move on. He'll no doubt post something far more offensive/intentional at some point which we can laugh/cringe at because that's his personality. He's brash and a bit of a balloon, he just happens to be bankrolling his local club and, for the time being at least, it's bringing on field results (which Leigh are rightly getting plaudits for). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie tries Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 18 hours ago, Damien said: It is obviously an unintentional error and mistake on Beaumont's part and I am certain he didn't mean to cause offence. The Steve Prescott charity has already accepted his apology and moved on and understood it for what it was. This thread should be taken down. It was an error, move on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 36 minutes ago, Pie tries said: This thread should be taken down. It was an error, move on That depends on what the discussion point is, praticising what we preach from top to bottom, on any forum, would be quite a start. "They say the human race is falling on its face ..." 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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