Quote: bren2k "Two mates of mine were avid Wakey fans for years - followed them all over the country in wind rain or shine and never lost the faith, until the last few years, when the enthusiasm was drained out of them and they stopped buying ST's and eventually, stopped going altogether. I was boozing with them on Saturday night and as a result of the positive vibes the AG take-over has created, both are coming back next season.
It's entirely unscientific I know, but perhaps useful as a representative sample? I just hope more do the same.'"
It's a well made point though, for the last few years in particular (but admittedly for decades) we have given the people of Wakefield no reason to come, TR alienated many supporters new and old.
AG has given people a reason to come, from the "cosmetic" matchday improvements and other income bringing initiatives to the team building for next season.
We could have improved the squad for this season, but purely from an investment point of view it was likely to be dead money.
For what my opinions worth, I think AG has played a blinder, he's spent where he needed to, worked on the areas that needed to be improved or guaranteed and following a bit of luck, we are now starting to see a squad assembled worthy of the name.
Better squad, better matchday experience, better facilities, better communication and NM very much still in our sights.
As vastman points out frequently, the people of Wakefield will still find reasons not to come, and he's right, but the club are doing everything they can to address their side of it, so for once in 40 odd years we are getting it right, now it's down to the people to come down to BV and back what's being done.
There are a lot of reasons to come and support now, but only with that support from RL fans in the city will we move up to the top table of RL.
