Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:36 am  

northernbloke wrote:

Second London try disallowed correctly but with one of those odd laws of the game, had that been given reckon it was a different game.
Leigh were not that special today, london were poor! Todays Leigh squad will lose its core of overseas players, they will struggle next year as cannot see where they are going to recruit from.
But, some poor execution from London today, dropped ball and dumb last set play. No doubt we would have still lost but by a much better score line and some pride

After securing the championship title last week, Leigh put in a training session and still got 50.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 7:59 am  

Cokey wrote:

After securing the championship title last week, Leigh put in a training session and still got 50.

So what? Leigh rolled over a part-time team using their full-time team stuffed with overseas players. They will get murdered in SL every week unless they find about 8 UK players of SL standard. But Leigh fans are generally a good laugh, I'm looking forward to seeing them again in 2024.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:10 am  

Next season's Wooden Spoon will sit nicely next to this season's Championship Trophy in the Board Room I'm sure.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:19 am  

Kelvin's Ferret wrote:

So what? Leigh rolled over a part-time team using their full-time team stuffed with overseas players. They will get murdered in SL every week unless they find about 8 UK players of SL standard. But Leigh fans are generally a good laugh, I'm looking forward to seeing them again in 2024.

Well just to fill you in, Leigh have already signed Superleague players for next season, whether we are in Superleague or not.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:21 am  

crashmon wrote:

whats worse is I expect Leigh to rest a few, but still score 50+ on us

For once I actually get a prediction right lol

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:24 am  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Next season's Wooden Spoon will sit nicely next to this season's Championship Trophy in the Board Room I'm sure.

Maybe but, franchise is coming,so you can enjoy your time outside of the elite for quite some time.

BTW - I believe you don't have any trophies next to your wooden spoons.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:31 am  

If franchising is coming, it will surely bypass Leigh. You add no credibility to the competition unlike say Toulouse or a properly funded & run London. There is no future for RL just in the north as most clubs will be broke before the "Powerhouse" effect gets going, if it ever does. Admire your optimism though.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:10 am  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

If franchising is coming, it will surely bypass Leigh. You add no credibility to the competition unlike say Toulouse or a properly funded & run London. There is no future for RL just in the north as most clubs will be broke before the "Powerhouse" effect gets going, if it ever does. Admire your optimism though.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:22 am  

Cokey wrote:

Maybe but, franchise is coming,so you can enjoy your time outside of the elite for quite some time.

BTW - I believe you don't have any trophies next to your wooden spoons.

Admire your spirit Cokey. Top trolling. However, you’ve gone down a blind alley here. The idea behind franchising is it unfairly discriminates against areas of rich rugby league history but little national ‘reach’, like Leigh, in favour of places like London. So in that scenario it would be London that had a good payday not Leigh. In fact it may be one of the only ways we can get back into SL unless we get our act together. Anyway I bear no grudge if you can’t have a pop when you’re on the up when can you. I think you’ll do OK next year:your recruitment approach seems sensible. Mind you it’s not easy to stay up as Wakefield have enough about them to just get over the line but we’ll see.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:24 am  

[quote="Deadcowboys1"]If franchising is coming, it will surely bypass Leigh.
I believe with this type of comment, and reference to bypassing, one is contractually obliged to say ....”just like the trains.”