Danny Brough has never played a top tier international, by definition he isnt a top international player.

So your argument that Wakefield are one of the top two areas at producing talent in SL is they have produced Ellis, Westwood and Brough, as opposed areas like Leeds which has produced the likes of Carvell, Mcguire, Diskin, Hall, Smith, Ablett, JJB, Walker, and Peacock or Merseyside which has produced Graham, Roby, Wellens, Cunningham, or the masses of players from Greater Manchester and Cumbria?

Smokey, I haven’t got the will to dissect each paragraph, you believe that if W.T.W were cast into the abyss the grass roots systems would stay in place ad infinitum. Whereas I believe the opposite, & only time will tell who is correct.

You side-swiped the theoretical question re: Wigan.

If the Wigan club were banished from the top table, you really believe the lads from the feeder clubs would play for St Helens, I find that preposterous.

Wakefield’s history in youth development is nothing to be proud of? It’s been a conveyor belt of talent for Leeds for many years.

Regarding your question of who’s footing the bill, I presume you mean the Welsh project, to be honest, I haven’t got a clue. I know last year it was Red Hall, not sure about this season, maybe the avid expansionist on here could have a whip-round. The next three years, well, they could become a team challenging for the G.F with a Wembley appearance under their belts, with attendances rising to 8,000. Or they may continue buying bargain basement players, bumping along the bottom, generating even less supporters & going bust, crystal ball time…

If we’re both alive & kicking in ten years, I would like to revisit the outcome, to apologise, or, await yours.

Crusaders have to be the ones to go.
1. Awful attendances.
2. Bottom of SL 2/3 years.
3. Awful financial management.
4. Not really and 'expansion' team now they are located in Wrexham.