I am often intrigued by the question " What is success?"
I suppose if it were St Helens the answer is winning SuperLeague but does that mean that the other clubs have been unsuccessful. Or perhaps has a team finishing 10th had greater success by competing in a tough league with a small squad and unable to throw cash at a problem.

For me, I would not expect Wakefield to win SL this year (though it will be a wonderful achievement if we do) but success to me is:
Every player in the squad improves their game by 10%.
No player is assured of a first team pick because of the competition for places
A clearly planned route to financial prosperity without selling players
Pressing for Top 6 playoffs with a realistic chance of progression.

Am I asking too much?

Success would be getting back to the levels of 2017/2018.

The club as just drifted in the wilderness for maybe 50 years, to me success is the club showing some ambition and giving the fans hope. Ultimately it’s winning games and trophies and being competitive in every match. I suppose survival in SL depends on ones point of view

I’m afraid it’s winning a trophy for me, league leaders shield would be nice or a grand final but I think realistic for us would be a CC win

In my opinion, we've had this for at least 5 years. Would any form of Wakefield trinity for the past 50 years have survived the global pandemic? doubtful. wonder what the succession planning is once MC and JM clear off into the sunset?

Believe me, Success is standing outside Wakefield or Barnsley town hall along with many thousands of other like minded fans watching your heroes Lifting an item of silverware and being deafened by the noise. Aaaahh! Distant memorieseusa_clap.gif

I agree with you on ambition. However I don't see the incumbents have the financial muscle to do so, therefore you need a sugar daddy or a load more fans

Stadium sorted and steady top 8 is success at the moment build on from there.

Up the Trin

I'd go with that for 2 or 3 years. If we achieve that then we can look to aim higher after that - both on and off the field.

To me it's achieving more than your expectations.
So for me this year, if we got to mid table I'd say we had a relatively successful season.

Survival in super league is success

Actual success, I think, is measured in trophies.
However, on a shorter timescale, any progress towards that goal can be seen as success.
For this season, I would say 8th or above in the league and a challenge cup semi would be regarded as relative success.
The reality is we've been held back for 40 years by lack of finance and so developments off the field this year are possibly more important than on-field achievements.
Saying that, when the team play well, we see an attractive and entertaining style of rugby with no little skill.
Expect 8th and quarter final but would be ecstatic with a cup final appearance or a play-off place.

Success is winning trophies for me. I don't expect or demand that, just dream.

One day ...

I tend to look at success on a season by season basis.

For me a good/successful season in ‘21 would be finishing 9th or higher, a decent cup run to get the floating fans excited and to see a spade hit the ground in September for the stadium.