Season tickets can't possibly rise after a hit and miss season so far all the floating fans will not return, I have spoke to quite a few folk who invested £100 and don't even attend now after the start we have had, we have no chance of shifting 4k season tickets next term meaning lost revenue. Awnser me if I worked for Mr Glover got payed for 8 hours but actually did 2 hours work how long would I continue to work for him a 25% success rate with the heavy investment in the current squad is not good enough I'm afraid simple as that. Sort it Agar

If you call calling the dross that we've seen at times this year as acceotable then I believe that is the most negative thing that anyone can do.

Standards should be higher than this. We have improved significantly off the pitch in so many areas, brought in new coaching staff and a much improved playing roster (yes - these players are better - it says so on their CV's) and yet we languish at the bottom and say it's acceptable - and that anyone who says otherwise has an agenda or is just plain negative - no we're not - we're just more demanding!



Love this club, but boy that is being tested to extremes right now!

Reality check time guys.

We are above London and Widnes
We are 2 points off Cas and Salford (with a game in hand - yes I know it's against Leeds but it is still there)
Attack has not been good enough (we are 2nd worst in the league for points scored)
Defence although it has been shaky at times still measures up fairly well (we have conceded less than the 4 teams around us anmed above and only 6 more than Hull KR)

When we get Lauititi back I hope we will see some improvement - I think we've missed him in attack recently (although would still rather see him come off the bench than start)
Southern has been a bit of a strange situation with plenty of rumours around as to why he has been out. I'd like to see him come back in at his natural position and see what he can do.

I would like to see some of the youngsters given a chance but they need to be brought in one or two at a time. Slater looks a really good prospect defensively (much like his dad) but I've not seen much from an attacking point of view. Lillycrop has shown up well at prop when I've seen him but it's a big step up for him. Annakin can be devastating at times but always seems to spend a lot of time on the periphery of games and not get massively involved apart from the odd burst.
Wildie at least got a chance last week.

We are competing in the bottom 3rd group and that is realistically about all we could expect from this season IMO. We need a minor miracle to make the top 8 but we still have a very good chance of finishing 3 or 4 places above where we were last season which would be a clear improvement.

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Who you calling stupid???

Not giving you alift anywhere again....

It was more about the arrow pointing up, than the stupid.
But as it got a response!!!!!!


I am of course for ever in your debt!!!

I wouldn't either, it'll ruin the fuel consumption

Oi!!!!!!!!

Well said, especially the last paragraph.

So are you guys saying that what we've seen this year is acceptable and that people will pay to watch it?

I don't as yet see how we're going to end up any higher than last year, which seems to be a travesty to AG who's money has helped to recruit a significantly better squad than last years.

The other problem being that our crowds are noticeably thinning out - and will continue to do so if we fail to pick up the tempo on the pitch. All this will eventually mean that investment in the side will shrivel and die and we will be back where we started.

The only people that I have any issue with are the players and coaches - they need to get their sights focussed and get some results on the board - and quick!

A win against Wire - daft as it sounds - would end this debate almost overnight (for a while at least!)

Come on Phil, you know me and I am not happy with the way things are going on the pitch but I think anyone who thought we were going to suddenly transform 17 new signings (mainly made up of players that other teams didn't want) into a top 8 side in the space of half a season was being unrealistic.

I think we are lacking some of the grit and determination that we have seen from Wakefield sides of the past and maybe some of that is actually down to the fact that we have a bit more money to spend and are not totally relying on the backs to the wall spirit of previous campaigns.

I also don't agree with some of the decisions the coach has made re who makes the 19 and then the actual make up of the 17 from that.

However we are where we are, with a brand new squad, brand new coach, assistant, conditioner etc.

It has to be a slow building process from there to get us where we want to be in 2 or 3 years time.


Having said all of that we were led to believe that RA was very knowlegeable about our youth setup and the players in there but as yet he has still to prove that to be the case. As I said before I think now is the time to start blooding a couple of them per game to get them ready for next season when they should play a bigger part. We need them to, we need local lads who are going to have some pride in the shirt.


However if we can finish 10th or 11th then we have done OK, at the moment that is not exactly out of our reach is it?