: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:37 am  

Twitch wrote:

cost of pie is much more interesting.

I know, blinkin ridiculous, £1.25 for a chicken n Mushroom Greenhalghs in Asda

Seriously you make some good points and I fear that the apathetic public of Leigh may be our downfall.

What is the difference between the people of Leigh and Widnes (serious question - I know they are mutants) and why can they attract people to their games (especially on a Thursday evening). Someone has said it before we would struggle to get 5000 even if it was free for everyone to get in so what is the difference between Leigh and Widnes?

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:31 pm  

I went to see man United this week and had a very nice pie at it was cheaper than at the LSV.

Last leigh home game went to the hotel £5.50 for a pint and a meal, enjoyed that aswell.

Personally I miss the MM bar food and drink at a reasonable price and somewhere for the fans to meet AT THE GROUND!

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:25 pm  

worldcup wrote:

I went to see man United this week and had a very nice pie at it was cheaper than at the LSV.

Last leigh home game went to the hotel £5.50 for a pint and a meal, enjoyed that aswell.

Personally I miss the MM bar food and drink at a reasonable price and somewhere for the fans to meet AT THE GROUND!

The last point about the MM bar is disappointing & has really become obvious in the last few weeks. Especially thinking about the reception/send-off we gave the Russians at HP & as a place where fans of both teams could mix together before & after the game, which has always been one of the best things about RL. And then recently DJ made a good point about not having anywhere the younger fans can get a quick autograph or photo with their favourite players - any hint of a "club" feeling has gone, which is why it now feels so sterile rather than feeling like "our" ground.

At all stages throughout the planning of the LSV the question was asked repeatedly and we were specifically promised a facility that would be at least equivalent to the MM bar, and yet it hasn't appeared. There's a room that's probably the same size but no thought has gone into how the room is used or what can be done to make it more attractive to the customer. Again, everybody just seems to want to slap a hefty charge on it because its new and otherwise believe that it will fill itself, and the pies & drinks & hospitality will sell themselves with no additional thought required. It's all be done "by numbers" with no consideration for the customer, who ultimately will decide whether or not it makes money.

Hopefully the LSV, catering company & everybody will start to use some common sense soon and work together to look at how the facility can be made more welcoming, otherwise all parties will struggle.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:29 pm  

Reality sometimes hurts.
AT is funding the survival of LRLFC, he wont be able to do it forever. Get a calculator, add up the costs of squad, coaches, transport, training, kit, LSV, academies, office, management etc and tell me our income can sustain it.
If we want to change that we need to make the LSV move a success by putting bums on seats, sponsors on jerseys and full corporate facilities.
We have alienated fans, even if LSV co hasnt helped, by making the matchday experience truly awful and having zero marketing ability, unlike Widnes.
There is a simple strategy, make SL a vision, map out how we will get there, communicate and devise a strategy that will ignite interest for the general public to get behind the clubs vision.
We have a cant do/wont work culture within the club, replace them with dynamic people who have a can do attitude and a presence that becomes the catalyst for change.
The RFL are allegedley making £100k available for us to recruit those people, I am sure Widnes have taken advantage.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:40 pm  

Come on Maurice the £100K is a smokescreen and everyone should knows it is, take out the cost of the two new appointments required and the travel costs to Tolouse and theres not a lot left of that £1ooK plus you have to win the Arriva Cup and Grand Final, a smokescreen but one that everyone has seemed to have swallowed.
Just as a matter of interest which of the clubs 2 full time employees (not counting the Youth dept 4 (1 grant funded) Lottery 1 and coaching staff 2) would you 'replace'? (I'll even tell you who they are our Andy and Dave Bradshaw)

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:04 pm  

FredParky wrote:

Come on Maurice the £100K is a smokescreen and everyone should knows it is, take out the cost of the two new appointments required and the travel costs to Tolouse and theres not a lot left of that £1ooK plus you have to win the Arriva Cup and Grand Final, a smokescreen but one that everyone has seemed to have swallowed.
Just as a matter of interest which of the clubs 2 full time employees (not counting the Youth dept 4 (1 grant funded) Lottery 1 and coaching staff 2) would you 'replace'? (I'll even tell you who they are our Andy and Dave Bradshaw)

Dont think it should be your Andrew.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:57 pm  

FredParky wrote:

Come on Maurice the £100K is a smokescreen and everyone should knows it is, take out the cost of the two new appointments required and the travel costs to Tolouse and theres not a lot left of that £1ooK plus you have to win the Arriva Cup and Grand Final, a smokescreen but one that everyone has seemed to have swallowed.
Just as a matter of interest which of the clubs 2 full time employees (not counting the Youth dept 4 (1 grant funded) Lottery 1 and coaching staff 2) would you 'replace'? (I'll even tell you who they are our Andy and Dave Bradshaw)

You have to win the Arriva and GF to get the 100k?????

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:46 pm  

Anyone else get an email from RFL offering free tickets to the Salford W***n match?
As a reward for my support of the RL they are offering me and a friend or family member the chance to attend one of the biggest engage Super League games of the season FOR FREE – SALFORD CITY REDS vs. WIGAN WARRIORS on Friday 20 March

Looks like they are trying to help increase the fans for Salford

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:49 pm  

I wanna be a LEYTHER wrote:

Anyone else get an email from RFL offering free tickets to the Salford W***n match?
As a reward for my support of the RL they are offering me and a friend or family member the chance to attend one of the biggest engage Super League games of the season FOR FREE – SALFORD CITY REDS vs. WIGAN WARRIORS on Friday 20 March

Looks like they are trying to help increase the fans for Salford

The bit in bold above is laughable enough in itself

Big game my ar@e. If Salford play the way they have been it'll be over for half time.

Re: None of the RFLs darlings doing very well : Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:10 pm  

Dick Jones wrote:

It would seem the RFL have got it wrong and have egg on their faces,

Toulouse What a joke!!

Salford Again a joke, no wins, no ground(although JW said on the rugby league hour their stadium would be ready for Oct 2010 )

Celtic Actually done the better out of the 3 but sold the lease on their ground to the footy club, are they in finaincual trouble?

Which part of 'Three year franchise' is the hardest bit to understand? 5 games into a 3 year franchise is possibly just ever so slightly a touch premature at calling it "A failure".....