Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:43 pm  

Nothus wrote:

What a boring choice. Should have been Toulouse. See you back in the Championship in 2022 Leigh.

1,000 fans, no SL quality players, no rich owner, no TV deal..........

and straight back down. On what basis do so many people think Toulouse could survive SL let alone contribute to it? Could you enlighten me?

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:48 pm  

Donnyman wrote:

1,000 fans, no SL quality players, no rich owner, no TV deal..........

and straight back down. On what basis do so many people think Toulouse could survive SL let alone contribute to it? Could you enlighten me?

What the fudge to pit village Leigh offer other than reinforced stereotypes of the northern game for northern villages. As for player development and Tv deal what players are spewing through the Leigh ranks, and I cant see Amazon and Netflix queuing up to offer huge cash for a tv deal now Leigh are back in the big time.

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:56 pm  

Congratulations Leigh. Great facilities, great fans, good following (COVID depending) and an owner ready to put his money where his mouth is

I wish them the best of luck. Take this opportunity and don't look back. Would be good to see a championship team go up and build and build and not come straight back down. I'm sure there will be an additional couple of quality signings but the only thing which worries me is that they've already started building heavily for next season. It just doesn't look like a squad that can avoid bottom 2 but more than happy to eat my words next season if they become competitive. Taken from the Leigh rlfans

"BACKS (4)
Iain Thornley - re-signed for 2021
Junior Sau - re-signed for 2021
Ryan Shaw - re-signed for 2021
Matty Russell - New signing for 2021 from Toronto

HALFS (4)
Blake Wallace - New signing for 2021 from Toronto
Jamie Ellis - New signing for 2021 from Hull KR
Ryan Brierley - New signing for 2021 from Hull KR
Joe Mellor - New signing for 2021 from Toronto

FORWARDS (13)
Mark Ioane - re-signed for 2021
Andy Thornley - re-signed for 2021
Jordan Thompson - re-signed for 2021
Tom Spencer - re-signed for 2021
Alex Gerrard - re-signed for 2021
Nathan Mason - re-signed for 2021
Liam Hood - re-signed for 2021
Ben Hellewell - re-signed for 2021
Matty Wilde - re-signed for 2021
Adam Walker - New signing for 2021 from Salford
Matty Gee - New signing for 2021 from Hull KR
Nathaniel Peteru - New signing for 2021 from Hull KR
James Bell - New signing for 2021 from Toulouse

Probably need another 3 or 4 players"

Sorry if ive missed any signings off

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:58 pm  

Donnyman wrote:

1,000 fans, no SL quality players, no rich owner, no TV deal..........

and straight back down. On what basis do so many people think Toulouse could survive SL let alone contribute to it? Could you enlighten me?

No SL quality players but finished above Leigh last year?

Leigh will come straight back down anyway....

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:31 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

No SL quality players but finished above Leigh last year?

Leigh will come straight back down anyway....

Maybe, maybe not. I reckon they'll be good enough to stay up and hope they do. Beaumont would be daft to spend this much only to not go the extra mile to ensure they keep their place, especially if franchising is about to rear its head again

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:36 pm  

Donnyman wrote:

1,000 fans, no SL quality players, no rich owner, no TV deal..........

and straight back down. On what basis do so many people think Toulouse could survive SL let alone contribute to it? Could you enlighten me?

Think you need to check your attendance figures ???

Although not stunning, their average in 2019 was near as damn it 2500.

Mind you, it's irrelevant now as Leigh have possession of the golden ticket

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:39 pm  

The only real choice in this was Leigh. I do think if the SL sides had a say, Leigh wouldn’t be there as they have the potential to send one of the 11 down next season. Hopefully they do. Good luck Leigh. Although I will miss our games against each other next season.

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:06 pm  

Congratulations to Leigh, but have to say the total lack of ambition by ignoring Toulouse is plain daft. I would go to Toulouse away, I will not be visiting Leigh, I would have gone to York, but I wouldn't have gone to Bradford or Featherstone. But they will be there battling with KR for bottom spot next season, at least Salford can be relieved and maybe Donnyman can stop starting threads about anti expansion theories and quotes from Martyn Sadler?

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:19 pm  

Nothus wrote:

What a boring choice. Should have been Toulouse. See you back in the Championship in 2022 Leigh.

Re: Centurions / Newcastle Application for SL 2021 : Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:47 pm  

Leigh will stand a chance of staying up unless Hull KR have made/will make seriously decent recruitment this off-season.