Some people will never take the time to understand the reality. They sit back in their soccer club or council funded stadium and demand to know why everyone else hasn't done the same.

Quote The Ghost of '99="The Ghost of '99"Some people will never take the time to understand the reality. They sit back in their soccer club or council funded stadium and demand to know why everyone else hasn't done the same.'" Indeed. Planning was granted in 2012 but, it seems that we needed to wait for the former Leader of WMDC to move on before any proper support and action was properly permitted. At least there is a date for the bulldozers to move in and hopefully, everyone will see the benefit: https://www.thestadiumbusiness.com/2022 ... agreement/

Quote The Ghost of '99="The Ghost of '99"Some people will never take the time to understand the reality. They sit back in their soccer club or council funded stadium and demand to know why everyone else hasn't done the same.'" Indeed. Planning was granted in 2012 but, it seems that we needed to wait for the former Leader of WMDC to move on before any proper support and action was properly permitted. At least there is a date for the bulldozers to move in and hopefully, everyone will see the benefit: https://www.thestadiumbusiness.com/2022 ... agreement/

Pros and cons in everything but i think R.L. teams that share with football clubs (or even with a Rugby Union club, in Salford's case)have a major disadvantage because the 'major' entity (it seems) takes over to the detriment of the Rugby League team. Wigan and Huddersfield i believe are both now minor partners in their joint stadiums (despite in Wigan's case) being the more popular sport there and Hull FC facing enormous financial problems (and tenure difficulties) because Hull City have ownership of the SMC and call all the shots. Quite ironic really as it was Adam Pearson in his previous role at the Hull City who negotiated the terms and conditions with Hull FC that he is now complaining about.
A big advantage to R.L. teams who own their grounds is the advantage to generate many different income streams, which means the grounds can be used for other events 12 months of the year rather than just on match days once a fortnight during the season.
I do think some teams both inside and outside of Super League will be 'cutting their cloth'; accordingly just in order to survive never mind prosper.

And you are only here because your club lied about the fake merger with Sheffield Eagles. Some people have very short selective memories.

She knows she's just bitter and twisted, thing is when Ken steps aside it will be the demize of Shudderfield midgets when Town will kick them out of the stadium they will be playing in a cow field where that stupid bell ought to be

Interesting debate.... I speak as a long time trinity fan who has lived in Australia for nearly 15 years...

Previous regimes at Trinity have been pretty well meaning, but have lacked the acumen and tenacity to really take the club and the reputation of the club forward. This was the case during the latter stages of the Members club and the first part of the full time professional period. That changed by accident when Michael Carter took over... since then he eliminated debt and has run the club against its income, the community Foundation and the Academies are amongst the best in the country, the sponsorship and commercial activity has grown exponentially, the board has grown and the chair is an experienced (big 4 consultancy) executive who has led the club to buying the ground and surrounding areas and put in place guaranteed funding for the redevelopment of the ground to commence in July... but the reality is that this could have only happened and can only happen with a supportive local council... and that paradigm changed when the previous leader vacated his role a couple of years ago, and a former chair/ advisor was revealed as a self-serving actor and his influence removed.

you can't change the past and the future is unknown... the only moment of power is now... and no one can criticise the Wakefield Trinity club for what they are doing... now!

yes of course - because you had the opportunity to have a stadium with cas and refused. the stadium would have been a reality now, and look how that ended up!
trying to blame the council for your own inability to accept the truth is laughable. now you will just end up with a lick of paint on the dump you already have........ maybe.......

you mean the merger we were forced into by the RFL? funny how hull never get the same stuff levelled at them though.

you don't really know much at all about how Huddersfield Giants is run do you? The Davy legacy will continue long after Ken is gone.
or how the stadium agreement works - we have plenty of years left on the 100 year lease thanks. Likely the stadium wont still be standing - yours definitely wont be - and likely you still wont have a new one.........

I remember the ground share option at the time and thought it was a reasonable solution for both parties.

Correct me if I am wrong but was it not backed by the local authorities and the problem was agreeing to its boundary location.

Shame we don’t have a football team to scrounge off

Absolute nonsense. Again, do try and keep up.
You'll be telling us next that if we'd become "Calder", everything would be tickety boo.

Mergers never quite turn out as they are expected to do either, do they.

Where would our mystical shared ground have been built ?

Also, Cas were given the option to groundshare at Newmarket Lane but, they (quite rightly) refused.
Any shared ground would have had to be on neutral territory and this option was NEVER more than a pipe dream, a bit like HuddSheff playing some of their fixtures in Sheffield.
Remind me how many games did they play down there