signing numerous players well past their best, should do a reasonable job for you but still not enough to end up in the top 8 in my opinion, i think 9/10th for u next season

I would imagine so. Although, I remember after Cas were relegated, Platt signed for Bradford on the presumption that his contract was void but there wasn't a clause in his contarct and so after he slated us in the media he had to come back and train at Cas for 2 months until Bradford coughed up £10,000 .

To fair to the club I think we have attempted to fly the 'young and British' flag since our promotion/licence approval. Myler, Turner, Ratchford, Sidlow, Jewitt, Adamson have been first team regulars. Myler and Turner left and we've looked to Broughton, Smith, Tyrer, Gibson and Boyle this year and a handful of our juniors are currently helping a battered squad complete the remaining fixtures.
Granted, this recruitment drive is a fairly big swing in the opposite direction but it's clear that to stand any chance of playoff contendership we need to be lead by an improved set of established talent.

I love the fact that Bailey and Feka are 28 and 30. They sign for Salford and suddenly they are veterans at the end of their careers.

Salford should be replaced by a club like Leigh or Widnes, if they came up, they wouldn't sign any Australians with SL experience, they would sign young English players like Tomkins or Eastmond.

Yes they signed a shed load of ageing players that season:
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Maloney (27)
Prescott and Jowitt (26)
Sampson (22)
Hudson (20)

Like you say this was a bad strategy. In future Wakefield concentrated on bringing in players from overseas who were much more consistent performers, Solomona, Domic, Demetriou, they did a lot better.