I now believe we should rebrand as Wigan and Leigh at the LSV RLFC, and play friendlies every week with no points at stake. Goal kicks should be optional and if one team is winning easily then you can pick their two best players to swap shirts during the game.

That'll pack em in.

Do you know what i mean when i say "unit" if you do you'll know some of us have been seriously worried about the direction this club has been going in from the day the "unit" came to this club.

Current events in rl are just proving us right to be worried.

Cherry pick.........that's what we need to do to finish our squad - get the best released U23`s that the SL clubs are offloading (we will have a U23`s ourselves I believe next season).
These released young lads will want to go to a lower league club before walking away from the game so lets fill our 1st team and reserves with the best that we can.....their loss is our gain and could be the making of this club for the future as I think they will count as Leigh trained players if they are under 21.
A lot of VERY good quality players are coming on the market.

I really don't know why there has to be feeder clubs at all. If any player who is playing at the top of his game in the Championships is offered a contract by an SL club he is going to take it. I can see the reason for an under 18s or 19s but why an U23s. Why not just have the old system of U19s, A Team and First Team? I think it was AJ who said that if you haven't made the first team by the time your 21 at your club you probably won't make it anyway unless you are really short of players. I think he was commenting on Shaun Edwards being so young in the first team and GB squad.

I have seen enough Reserve team football to last a life time there is no way I’ll be watching ‘another’ RL teams reserves. No matter how you dress it up.

I'd just like to know how you got to see the proposals for next season's Co-operative Championship so soon? They only came out yesterday!

Mo is after a Job at the Circus ,a number one prime contender for a RED NOSE .

I TOTALLY AGREE









,this is a very true post , ive been saying this for a few weeks now , there is no panic needed about Twinning , it wont happen at Leigh , i have faith in Trevor B , Paul R , and Keith Freer , they wont allow it .

As you say Jay , next season there will be many talented youngsters coming on the Market , i would love to see Lewis Tierney , and George Williams in Leigh shirts in the future , probably wont happen , but other talented lads will prefer playing for us , rather than going to Amatuer Rugby , so lets stop all the panicking we may have a couple of good young lads in mind already .

How many fans had seen or heard of Matty Russell , this time last season , till Paul R mentioned him at a LISA meeting ?

Most of the RL world were expecting Matty Russell to be the next Tomkins.

Would sign young Stefan Marsh who wigan have released..........very good young centre IMO.

He is staying in Super League with Widnes, as is Joe Mellor.

Bloody mutants......if its not Basil you can expect it to be them.......................think theyre still upset at all the good hidings we give em when they were in the Championship - its their way of getting back at us....

Semmingly all SL clubs except Salford have now formed "partnerships" with Championship clubs some have two.
Wigan have partnered with Leigh and South Wales Scorpions. Wolves with Swinton.
This is to allow SL players not eligible for the SL Under 19 and not selected for the 1st team to be available to the partnership and is a step further from the loan/dual registration that has operated.
Now Championship clubs will only be able to receive players on dual registration from their partner club. clubs not in partnerships will only be able to take players on loan. However loans will still be available to all Championship clubs. Clubs can have any amount of dual registered players but i understand that its not been decided how many can play in a team i believe 4,5 or 6 are the options.
Will it work not sure, benefits to Champioship clubs dual registration will cost nothing, loans will.

Where does it say Leigh and wigan have partnered.

Do you have s full list of SL clubs and their feeders All this is not good for season ticket sales etc. Especially if you are wrong

But can the CC clubs all afford the £50-£60 K to run these teams?

Has anyone mentioned the coaching staff that will come with this feeder league from the SL team? Who has the final say who plays? How much input does the parents' clubs coach have? Will the club be able to get a franchise , being a feeder club. After all it was the SL clubs that VOTED to do away with the junior teams.

Nonsense. Well at least as far as Leigh are concerned.

I Think you will find the deal has been done with Wigan I expect to see 7 or 8 Wigan players in our under 23s team for next season
I do not think the C.E.O and the board of Directors of the Leigh realise the past History between both clubs
This is what makes a game between Leigh and Wigan so special the feud between both clubs has existed for many years and now the CEO (who is not a Leyther ) and the board want to destroy all this and tie us up with Wigan
The only club that will benefit from this move is Wigan as Leigh’s fewer than 23s will have to make way for the Wigan Players hence weakening Leigh for the future
Why do we need to tie up with Wigan?
If this happens another season ticket gone

Why isn't the club putting out a statement telling us exactly where they stand on the matter .I know they said at the forum meeting it wasn't going to happen but all this has come out since and I think the fans would want to know .

Believe we only spent half of the allowed salary cap this season so yes we can afford to run the reserves next season and it always as been the plan to start it up again next season.

U23s only......i could stomach that...just

Your coach too will have to stomach it , as he could become nothing more than an assistant coach to the Wigan coach. Is he strong enough to tell the Wigan coach he is not picking a certain Wigan player over his own? The team that is Twinning with Leeds are even to have an assistant coach from the Leeds camp.

We only spent a fraction of the salary cap, because that's all we can afford. Same this coming season.

Maybe nothing has been finalised - hence nothing else to say. The club has said they WILL NOT become a feeder club though. A joint arrangement at under 23's is a different matter, whereby both clubs can save money by running a joint team, funded by both clubs.

As for the coaching, Paul is our Head Coach and will surely not be assistant to anyone. He's signed about 20 players (off the top of my head) and they are his first team squad. I'm confident that no Wigan Under 23 player will take precedence over any of that first team squad, who we have spent our precious funds on. I'm also of the opinion that Paul would try to avoid D/C arrangements if he can.