Early days I know, but I can't help but be impressed by the news coming out of Belle Vue. Ellis is building on the solid foundations he took over from the previous regime by bringing in an exciting backroom team, the latest being a top Strength and Conditioning coach...welcome to BV Ben Cooper...as well as strengthening the playing side of things.

For the first time in years it's exciting to be a Trinity supporter in a good not-fighting-relegation way.
rlhttps://wakefieldtrinity.com/ben-cooper-head-of-strength-and-conditioning-2024/rl

Got to agree ,so chilled ,it is great that we should be fighting for the top of the Championship.instead of looking at other teams result to keep us in S L The last regime did a great job and have left us in a strong place. The new owners could push us past the post to get us a grade A ground .

I'm happy with this appointment, Hull KR certainly have done well this season and if their fitness is down to him then it's great to have him on board.

It all looks to be going well. I just hope it keeps going and we continue looking to get more points banked as the other teams certainly will be.

He is forming a bit of a Cas reunion but at least he's picking the good ones.
I think the backroom is starting to look very strong.

https://wakefieldtrinity.com/lewis-chap ... eMtHLuH2rk Head of Performance. That's a really important role for us that we've needed for a long time That team is building nicely.

https://wakefieldtrinity.com/lewis-chap ... eMtHLuH2rk Head of Performance. That's a really important role for us that we've needed for a long time That team is building nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXgOQby ... e=youtu.be Didn't know where to put this so this thread is as good as any. Interesting to see Asus still involved perhaps sponsoring the traing gear?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXgOQby ... e=youtu.be Didn't know where to put this so this thread is as good as any. Interesting to see Asus still involved perhaps sponsoring the traing gear?

What a great video. I like how Powell talks to them.
I'm so looking forward to seeing what this group can do.

OMG...we actually look like a professional sports team

I know we have never been allowed access to such things in the past, but I wonder how much better the training sessions are now we have an actual back room team in place ??

Anyone notice Atoni stood in the background 42 seconds in, with a surgical boot on his foot ??
The wife volunteers up at Pinders on a Friday and thought she saw him there last week

He’s forming a trusted group of professionals around him who have and will work very well together with him .Time is ticking and our squad is not quite there yet complete and obviously will need lots of bonding /training sessions to hit the ground running and to have to do the same will all the back room staff would I presume be a bridge too far for Powell . Its one less very important piece of the jigsaw he has to worry about, as the eyes of the Trinity faithful will be glued on him and expect results from the off ,and obviously less pressure on him knowing the back room staff as well as he does and that they are at the top of their game .

TBH I don’t think Powell will feel under great pressure. He needs to assemble a team that can finish top 4 imo and then garnish it to maybe make the final. We will want to win it, but we don’t have too, we’d probably still get back in.

This will be due mainly to us having more IMG points than anyone else. It’s far easier to gain IMG points off the field than it is to go all out on it. There is no chance involved.

You can see the clubs confidence in the signings they are making. Two kinds of players. Proven professionals who will keep us competitive in the Championship. Then a number of what are basically trialists, players he hopes to have honed to a reasonable level by 2025. He’s preparing the ground, and to do that you must be pretty confident.

It’s the same mentality with the cheap ST, building for the future when he can charge SL prices.

That’s how I see it anyway.

Already dropping standards, I'm with ME and DP, anything but topping the league and winning the final shouldn't be on anyone's mind. I don't exactly blame fans though after years of accepting low standards, it's hard to get into a champion mindset. 1st for me, nothing else will do.

The league position is quite complicated.

Firstly, it's an average over 3 years.
You are then ranked against everyone else and given a final position (maybe the same) and allocated the points.

Also, final position for those in the playoffs are judged on playoff results.
So if you finish 7th you finish 7th (19th in IMG points table) but if you finish 6th but make it through to the final you finish 2nd (14th in the IMG points table)

So the swing of points in the season can be big (0.11 per league position) especially for Championship as you get 0.25 for winning GF but its still an average over 3 years so it has to be consistent change to make a difference

Those small points matter though.
Positions 10-14 are separated by 0.95 points.
So the league position, though small matters.

Winning the GF is a big target for us that will keep us in contact with those above.
Any club that has the "we'll be fine" attitude will fail badly in my opinion.

I'd also target a Wembley win in the 1895 Cup.
Worth points and I want to see Wakefield at Wembley again