It's now getting to the business end of the season and we have some great games coming up - fev and the middle 8s especially.

It was another great turnout v the wire and the best atmosphere in a long time. Hopefully the rest of Leigh watched the game whilst the 4/5000 went.

For me, this is when we all need to do our bit. Let's make sure we have some big attendances and great atmosphere. Get your mates who came to wire to come back, get the guy in the pub who always asks about Leigh to come to the game. Spread the word and make sure people know that there's a big game on and what's at stake.

If you can, buy your mate a ticket for a game, drag your family to the game and do all you can. The more bums on seats the stronger the club whether we're in SL or the championship.

There's no better time to get people into supporting Leigh which will bode us well for next year. The team are not letting us down on the field so let's make sure we don't let them down off it.

If we want to be a SL club we need SL attendances.

Here's to a great finish to the season!!

We should see some great crowds in the middle 8s providing results are good. Salford especially and Wire if they finish in the bottom 4.

Financially we must be well ahead of budget which must be a first!!!

After so long without a home game I doubt it, but with the glut of home games coming up and the money from Wire we should start reducing the gap

Well we did have a long gap before our home game agreed.. But lets not forget the 3 CC games prior to Wire.

2,448 London
6,358 Salford
3,859 Wakefield

I know its a 50/50 split, but those games as with the Wire wouldn't have been included in the budget for this season.

Also how much is the prize money for a QF CC.. Ladbrokes being quoted as in excess of £1 m per season for three years.I would of thought 50k for a QF spot is reasonable before the attendance is taken into consideration.. I can't see why we wouldn't be ahead on budget.

Club probably costs £110k pm to run - do sums and tell me they add up

If the Finance team did not budget for a spell without home games when they had the fixture lists in front of them, then we should be very worried! Unless spending is out of control, we have to be ahead of budget with the crowds we have had.

Budgets I would expect aren't an issue, cash flow would need propping up these past 2 months imo

Starbug here

Generally Challenge Cup prize money ( and NRC ) is added to the players ' pot ' as it is Salary Cap exempt

Considering our home attendences are averaging about 4100 this season I'd say that's about £500k after vat and the LSV's cut. Add in Challenge cup gate shares' £550k prize money given after our success last year plus LISA money etc we are heading in the right direction imo.

Saturday's crowd is larger than their game against the Pies tonight. More Leythers than Pies. There's more Leythers. More Leythers than Pies.
Sing along now.

Trust me when I say we would not be what we are without external finance, Derek has put his ambitions on the table and is prepared to back them in cash. What we need to do as fans is support that ambition through the gates and in any other ways we can

I'm lost on the backing with cash.....External finance includes Sponsorship,advertising,marketing.I've yet to see a major investment from him.

Do you expect him to tell us every time he writes a cheque??

Wow, what would you like to see? Get your brain in gear before you give us the answer.

Starbug here

' External ' finance is ' unearned ' , so central SKY funding , gate receipts ,Sponsorship , merchandise sales , lottery is all earned income , add to that LISA donation as essentially the same

No doubt Dereck has put his money in , most definatley to help with cash flow and probably transfer fees , hopefully by the end of the season he won't have had to put too much in , as for what's ' too much ' , that's his business

But either way , cheers Dez

Starbug again

Just an interesting point , walking the dog this morning at Penny flash , there had been a fun run on of some sort , and as I walked past I heard two blokes chatting

" there was over 4,000 there " was the comment I heard , so still a week later the topic of conversation , it's was great to hear , fantastic growth this season , let's hope it can continue

The point is were is the funding coming from to support that cheque!



I'd like to see a reality check by people who think one man alone is keeping the club afloat.



Exactly the point I'm making.

Theres no major investment,by that I mean long term ie: I chuck a million in and don't expect it back for 10 years. All investments we are seeing are short term with very low risk factors.

I'm not really bothered about who invests or puts what amount of cash into the Club,things seem to be going good ,Derek B and the other Board members look to have things in their control ,otherwise we wouldn't have paid the Mickey Higham fee,I've NO worries ,we seem to have sponsors ready to support the Club, let Derek and the Board get on with Business off the field ,I'm hoping to enjoy the next couple of months on field, cmon you Leythers.

Ian, Great to see you back at your best. Great post. And as for DB and the team.

They are all multiple short term investments.Paid back within a short term.There's nothing there to show me a major investment,everything is short term..

When does the long term business plan come into effect?

Starbug here


' Short term investments ' that are paid back ?

You know this how ?

What exactly do you expect to see to confirm a long term plan ?

Are you on a wind up or simply don't understand reality?

I do not expect to ever see the cash I have put in again, and I am sure the others are the same. Short term we faced extinction in 2013, or cva, and at best C1. We had a winding up order from HMRC and the players hadn't been paid.

Failing 5 fish and a bit of water walking how do you think we got to where we are now? Thanks Derek for financing the dreams of so many.

Probably the latter but he isn't half entertaining.

Well I'll leave it there,hopefully never to return to this thread.But I'll leave it with a quote from PR.