Quote: Inflatable_Armadillo "As I said, and said lots of time before if you care to search my posts, I find it hard to be overly critical of RW (and do regret being so above) but equally can I say, many Cas fans appear to have short memory's!!! It would not be hard to post half a dozen or more articles of RW claiming this that and the other, which subsequently all turned out to be half-truths. The ground is SOLD for one, would only be half the truth would it not?'"
There is a difference between spinning a positive tale and blaming everyone else, the latter of which which you implied he would do in your post.
Quote: Inflatable_Armadillo "
When you accuse me of posting something that is detrimental to the 'club' you show your bias (which is fine BTW, don't have a problem with that) because you view this as putting Cas down over Wakefield! '"
And when exactly did I mention Wakefield, or are you confusing me with someone else? Or is it just because of your inbuilt bias that you think I have any axe to grind with Wakefield's stadium plan or their SL franchise. You may find it difficult to believe, but I think that SL should have both clubs, that Cas vs Wakefield derbies are ones that get the pulse racing and no matter where either club is in the table, you can never call the result. Nothing wrong with Wakefield, although their trolls can be a pain in the butt at times.
Quote: Inflatable_Armadillo "
You see as someone who supports neither club, I don't think that, I think it sets the record straight and actual shows exactly what I think it does show... that Wakefield and Cas are at least 18 months away from being in new stadiums and that kicking either of them out now would be plain stupid and possibly jeopardise those projects. You and others are accusing me of being anti-Cas but you do that because my posts actual reveal a truer picture of the situation and quite frankly, you don't like the answer. Well, the truth often hurts! '"
So, do you always tell the truth, or do you hide things at times? Why not go round in a sandwich board every day with "There's no such thing as Santa" on it. Let's face it, the truth hurts, but at least we can then all get on and spend our money on more useful things than buying dirty great shedfuls of useless plastic tat at Christmas. So why don't you carry on and do that too?
Quote: Inflatable_Armadillo "
You call my a hypocrite yet you say fans petitions should have nothing to do with the franchise process and say if they did, the system is a joke... but clearly think that the planning process is different and a petition is fine??? Hmmm, double standards?'"
Double standards? Not at all. The County Council's duty is to serve the PEOPLE of the County. Castleford Tigers RLFC and the Rugby Football League are NOT public bodies. They get their money from people who CHOOSE to pay them. The Council get their money from people who are FORCED to pay, so surely, the people who have no choice other than fund the council have a right to petition them to request the services that they want or need. ATEOTD, Cas Tigers have every right to pull out of the RFL and become a sports club affiliated with another body (Manningham to Bradford City, Wakefield Trinity from Union to Northern Union), and the fans are NOT obliged to pay Cas for their services. If they live in the area, they are obliged to pay the Council. That's why it's two completely different situations.
Quote: Inflatable_Armadillo "
Well, in July you will probably being doing one or the other and the really sad news is that so will Wakey fans. I just wish you would both be laughing, but unless you all take your heads out of the sand one of you will be crying. You just hope it's not you right.... but what if it is... will you regret not doing something different?'"
Heads out of the sand? I really don't know if you're for real here. I for one do not have my head in the sand. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that RW is not one to have his head in the sand. The fans have not got their heads in the sand - putting signatures together for a petition and trying to get the stadium process moving does not smack of complacency. I think we all know that this is going to be a tricky and involved process, but as a small town, no sugar daddy backer and in the middle of a recession it was never going to be easy.
