According to our 'great' leader we will have a media announcement next Thursday. I wouldn't hold your breath though..

Did he tell you that?

You're quite right in what you say, both have been guilty of that. Many Cas fans were convinced work would start a year ago and I'm sure that originally came from RW?

The proof in the pudding is what I have been saying all along and that is funding. If Wakey come out in the next month and say they have funding in place they will take the lead as it were, ditto Cas.

The difference is Cas or RW have never said this or at least never proved it which is only backed up by the fact that nothing has happened.

You have to ask why when apparently all is in place and allegedly has been for over a year why hasn't it been built. To me the only answer is they don't have the money.

At this moment in time we don't have Planning but frankly it will happen if the developer and the Council push it hard enough, that is how it is. Alas like you at this moment we don't have the cash or if we do it's not been made public in which case we are no further on. The only difference is that our scheme was announced yesterday whilst yours is now some years old and that is the bit that would alarm me if I were a Cas fan, ie what exactly is the problem.

I really doubt that.

Then again you would. Like I said, go read RLW Magazine.

Not face to face, but via an email yeah.

You don't have a feasibility study yet either which is a prerequisite of planning permission. It is rather a delicious irony that all these milestones you and others (some months ago) intimated were such huge barriers for Cas are suddenly going to be brushed aside by simply 'pushing hard enough' when it comes to Wakey.


Strange, it would alarm me if I were a Wakey fan. TBH I'd be a little worried that if we're so far down the line and still there's no bricks being laid, just how long is it going to take you to complete? 2011 looks a bit tight to me, so maybe Ted's pinning his franchise hopes on another of those famous promises?

Find where I did, I always said planning was a given. Sorry to appear tedious but "funding gap" has been my only mantra for some time.

Oh the irony, so Richard Wrights endless promises and posturing have come to reality. I drove past Xscape last night night and I saw no stadium, but I'll drive past it again tonight and if it's there I will give that comment a bit more credibility

It's great news that Wakefield are back on track - but I don't see why some people are getting over-excited. Wakey's plans are no further along than ours. Infact, they're behind.

That's rather increasing in popularity for you isn't it... "Find where I said that" - "Show me where I wrote that". Certainly a welcome new addition to your intellectual nal.

What I believe is that the announcement regarding Thornes Park's demise was not officially made until [iafter[/i the Wildcats had (by the RFL's admission) just scraped through the franchise decision making process. I also believe that the Wildcats' franchise application was entirely centred around Thornes Park being a goer. As the RFL pointed out, Wakey clearly had "...no Plan B" to fall back on.

Yes, I would use the word 'smokescreen'. At best, the timing had staggeringly fortunate consequences for your club's franchise application wouldn't you say?