: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:07 pm  

phil60 wrote:

agree iwith u players came in on big money who were crap

As a Liverpool fan i'm use to seeing that senario

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:27 pm  

phil60 wrote:

all i am sayin is we always seem to settle for the few scraps we get goin back to 1971 won at wembley within a week half the team had gone 1981 won 1st division never built on it got to super league after 4 finals came back down after one season thats what i mean when i talk about ambiton

The 71 and 82 teams were good honest outfits that Murphy got the best out of. In both instances he left soon after and the nucleus of side either went with him, broke up, or retired and we didnt build on what was left for various reasons.

I'm not blaming Murphy for not building upon it but dont forget within a year or two the teams were totally different and we lost direction.

In my opinion we were punching above our weight with an above average but hardworking and honest team on crowds of less than 5000. Don't forget we had to sell the training ground in the 80's to keep us live.

SL.....we built a squad a month after the pick of the bunch had been signed up by other SL teams. It was always going to be tough to build a decent team in those circumstances particularly if we would only commit to one year deals for highly paid players (it would have been financial suicide to do anthing else).

I dont like it anymore than you, but ambition is one thing, cutting your cloth to suit is something else.

We've only had 2 good teams in almost 40 years, a few half decent ones, but apart from that we're an average club, with average support, from an average town.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:30 pm  

Lets not forget the board of directors have changed umpteen times too Paupers, fools or meglomaniacs only to apply

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:56 pm  

Got to give nk a free hand to select his own staff.It may be time for P.R. to seek pastures new(his dad must be near retirement as well)I dont think the rowleys are well regarded within rugby league.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:15 pm  

I keep reading on here that the Rowleys are not very well liked in rugby , i thought fans where glad when Paul came back to play for us so can someone please enlighten me on what the problem is ,this is a genuine question.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:32 pm  

Rowley snr put his large foot in it re his reply to the rl on Leigh not gaining entry to super league,plus he does B...r all.paul is regarded as arogant and is not a team player

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:44 pm  

Lets not get into character asassination of the the Rowleys now. Both Alan and Paul are very decent people. What the pair of them have done for our club should never be forgotten. Having said that (and it is with regret that I say this) Paul and some of the back room staff are the only common denominators for the way we play. I'm sorry to say that I too think they should be replaced and NK to bring in his own team.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:45 pm  

[quote="Alexs Dad"]

Don't forget we had to sell the training ground in the 80's to keep us live.
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MMMMMMM Dont think Leigh saw very much of that money did they
and if i remember it was sold far to cheap ,cant remember much about the deal at the time but i remember not being very happy about the way it was done..

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:50 pm  

[quote="mr. chairman"]would i be right in saying a local estate agent was involved who was involved with the club as well
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YES

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:01 pm  

Thanks for replying .