Remind us whose still in SL?



Remind us all when Leigh ever had a time.



Jeez, you've not learnt from the last time you came up boasting and immediately went down and bankrupt with your tails between your legs.



If a guy who's a mod is meant to represent the more stable minds on these forums then the rest of the Leigh fans must be absolute troglodytes!

First time I've ever seen a mod trolling !!!!

I always wonder why I have such an inner urge to be anti Leigh, it`s because there fan base are bloody fickle, I remember when Derek was throwing his money around and you all jumped on your ignorant high horse, when he threw his teddy out of the cot and cut back you all went back into hiding with your tail between your legs, similar when you got relegated wasn't it?



You`ve had numerous chances to be in SL now and you have failed at every attempt, the latest is you have been given a chance without earning it and the likelihood is you will be relegated and we wont hear from you again for another few years... They should have given another club a go.

I forgot that they only got in due to a pen pushers preference. They really are the stroppiest most boastful fans in the league and god only knows why.

Must admit it is bad and sad really, I’m guessing they are young and naive cos no sensible adult who has watched them would come out with that comment with their history . I bet when they pressed the submit button a little voice in their head said “ You silly little thing “

He may have been smoking pot and now regrets what he posted. It's the only explanation.

If you say so.



Having a go at club legend won't win you any friends around here.

Can't remember him saying anything, or why you'd even see him anyway.



You are more than welcome to discuss rugby on here. We'd benefit from your insight on the Leigh team. I'm intrigued to know why you have any confidence of finishing above us. Trolly comments not so much.



Good luck for the season..... I think you are going to need it

It’s the Fox bit that I don’t get. Sure big Neil is biased but at 20 points up and looking comfortable with it who wouldn’t have expected Trinity to go on and win.



Kudos to Leigh for sticking at it, but the half time prediction seemed eminently reasonable. The team got what it deserved, can’t see what Foxy did wrong



A truly extraordinary outburst for any poster but from a mod!

I think you’ll find you got “voted in” via a franchise, likely got the nod due to the new ground promise at the time, and the time after that, and the time after that. Are we going to a franchise for 2022 because you seem to be going through the motions again

Hopefully Leigh won't benefit from teams putting weakened sides out against them like Saints did twice against London last season.

It certainly made it more interesting down at the bottom but it's not ideal for the other teams down there

We were in SL when you’re suggestion was acted out and we played our way into SL and not been relegated since, next

You do realise that the ground part of all the past franchises has been relatively small. The criteria was never about steel and glass structures but mundane stuff like baby changing rooms. BV has always met minimum standards and when it didn’t it was improved, example roof on North stand.



Let me tell you straight, it’s a complete myth peddled by cyber theorists like you that Trinity have ever used previous stadium plans as leverage to win a franchise. This is because future developments, though included, are not part of the franchise points system. Sorry to blow your conspiracy theory but that’s how it actually is.



Crap though BV is it’s never been below standard, whilst the rest of the clubs infrastructure has always scored high, conveniently ignored by fans of clubs who fail to match us.



We are in SL because we’ve earned it, it’s the only reason. If SL could have justifiably junked us they would. Luckily the RFL/SL generally runs on facts especially where franchise is concerned. Thankfully they are not guided by the ill informed nonsense people post on here.

In or not is irrelevant, you were given a license based on a criteria that was open to any team that fancied a go - you didn’t earn the right on the pitch or because you were already there, you got the vote



And making the most of it as you have - that is only because of the weak leaders who didn’t kick you (and others) out for not meeting the criteria that got you voted in in the first place



Not trolling by the way - just saying it as most RL fans see it

Of course we earned the right we won a final don’t be a fool.



The fact we were already there tells any sane person we earned it, RL is still as far as I’m aware sorted on the pitch.



The only way we could rightly have been refused a franchise is if we had fallen bellow minimum standards or another club offered a better alternative in EVERY respect.They didn’t, what part of this don’t you get?



You’re just a bitter fan who didn’t get what they wanted and thus prompt a conspiracy theory to back up a non argument. Trolling.



If you so want us out as opposed to anyone else then get us relegated, it’s not like we haven’t offered other clubs the chance on at least 5 occasions!



Finally how dare you suggest you represent anyone but yourself, that comment more than any other shows you for what you are.

If you didn’t know, the game is played on the grass in the middle not in the terraces or toilets and I don’t want to or be bothered to keep reminding you that Wakefield got enough points per game to keep us in SL end of as you are getting boring now and can see this going on forever with you. Bye

come on col do your research it's making you look like a Richard

Bloody hell, I can't believe what's been going on here in the last 24 hrs! Personally,I have every respect for all Wakey fans, and your club,and love to converse with all of you whenever i feel to do so. I must say that atomic (the mod) has completely ruined the Leigh forum board with his over zealous authoritarian approach,and has now belittled your club for some odd/unknown unacceptable reason. The Leigh forum is now dead because of him as well. His posts are completely unnecessary, and i will now take the opportunity to apologize on behalf of all Leigh fans who i'm sure would agree with me that he is nothing but an idiot.

Well said and much appreciated

Sounds like someone needs to be relieved of their moderating duties and needs replacing.....fancy a job ???

You know what they say.... absolute power and all that.

Just seen the championship fixtures and format, each team will play 9 of the other 13 teams twice and the other 4 once with a possible “Summer bash” fixture Covid allowing. With such a skewed competition I can’t see promotion/relegation in place at the end of this season

Good luck to Leigh - I think they'll need it. It's a bit of a poisoned chalice with the short notice and lack of available players, but you miss every shot you don't take.

When Trinity got promoted in 1998 not many gave them a chance of staying up and - although we scraped through for the first 5 years overcoming many obstacles - we're still here.

I don't see them as competition as I don't think it's between us and them for relegation (should it happen), despite what the 'experts' say.

We have a small-ish squad, but not as small as 2018 when we finished 5th. Squad retention and stability are the keys. We've not had less than 65% of the squad retained since 2016 and there is a correlation between retention and finishing position.

This year we only have one new first team player (+ a few youngsters given a first team place - Harry Bowes, Dane Windrow. Sam Eseh? Patrick O’Donovan?). A lot depends on how Mason Lino goes, but I see him as a replacement for Liam Finn rather than Danny Brough as that didn't quite work out.

62% of the squad have even retained their squad number - when have we ever had that level of stability? It's not since 2009 that we've had over 50% (when we also finished 5th) It's usually only the top teams that have this..

I'm not saying we won't finish in the relegation mix, but something will have had to go seriously wrong, like the injuries of 2019 or the lack of focus of 2020.

I think we have a squad strong enough to be competitive with the middle 5th - 8th group and most likely to finish in one of those positions. Not quite good enough to compete for the top 4 over the season, but with the ability to beat any team on the day.

Leigh will need good luck. It's a long season (hopefully!) and I don't see any real quality, in depth in their squad. If they get decimated by injuries, as we were recently, they will struggle,

There is no reason for us to be involved in the relegation battle if certain players play to their potential.

I'm still convinced we have quality in the squad that will be good enough to challenge the best.

Most of the time you get the hostility. After a contentious game, a sour transfer or just general animosity between local rivals.



None of this exists between Wakefield and Leigh, never has. As for the Fox thing why attack a player who most fans haven’t ever seen play, a guy from a long ago generation. That’s what baffled me and still does.



Leigh have a chance, no fans know that better than we do, so we don’t take you likely. However we also know we have a decent squad that has for various reasons badly under performed in the last two seasons.



We are a known quantity and it is known that we can play a bit. With that in mind even a negative bunch of fans like us have to believe we can beat the new boys as they stand at present. If we don’t I’m not sure there is much point in us starting the season.



As for the stadium I was delighted it worked out for you, I only wish we had such a supportive community. Yet as I’m sure you’ll testify, a new stadium is just a small part of the equation, as far as I’m aware no new ground has ever won a game.



If a stadium counts for 20% of the package then the frustrating thing for us is that we pretty much have the other 80% or would have if we had said stadium. It’s a massive ball and chain for us and we have really tried to shift it but it just hasn’t happened.



We are the great survivors and utterly deserve our status, what we can’t do yet is thrive.



You are the reverse, you have the key but as yet you haven’t managed to unlock it.



I’m no expansionist and never have been, I honestly don’t get the obsession. I’d rather play Leigh and Fev or Fax year in year out than London, Toronto and even Catalan who’s main drawing power imho is as a holiday destination.



Unfortunately or fortunately depending on viewpoint nobody cares what I think

Firstly, the Summer Bash has already been binned.



Secondly, what's the difference between how the Championship fixtures are being mapped out and SL loop fixtures?



Any advantage/disadvantage is fairly minimal, and it's a bit sad if anyone is looking for loopholes to avoid relegation before the season has even begun.