Latest rumour:

RFL will move the goalposts YET AGAIN though in the long term it might benefit WTW.

The SL will remain at 14 teams with the unlucky club being Wakefield
There will be a silver lining in the form of a 12 month review of the stadium situations for Castleford and Wakefield.

At the 12 month review If Wakefield have gained planning permission and begun building while Castleford have still not secured FULL funding and also begun construction then The Wildcats will return to the SL and The Tigers will lose their franchise.

If both clubs have begun construction the SL will increase to 15 in 2013, this solution works for the RFL because it appease the Championship clubs who are denied promotion, it allows the RFL to back up their statements that one team will be relegated and that the SL will remain at 14 teams, even though that might just be during 2012.

I have it on good authority that Wakeield have accepted these terms as they are confident of attaining planning permission and commencing construction. The Wildcats will also receive a parachute payment and a 25% increase in the salary cap meaning their year in the Campionship will do limited damage to the infrastructure of the club. AG and JE believe they can sell this compromise to the fans as a consolidation and rebuilding phase for the club.

I don't agree that once out we will never get back in RL is not strong enough to do that. I have confidence in NM getting the go-ahead and also have confidence in AG getting this club moving in the right direction. RFL want a strong Wakefield and WTRLFC playing out of NM with a solid business plan is a too good opportunity to miss. Right now if the conditions of us going down as above are correct I would be confident we'd be back in 2013 bigger more positive and stronger

I would also be happy with it, but given the RFL's history of moving the goal posts, I would want a watertight agreement in place and even include details of the agreement when making the franchise announcement.

With the parachute payment and 25% salary cap increase I'd be confidant of us winning a few comps. If it is for a year with NM getting the go ahead I could live with that. It could work out as a big advantage to us

It might work, imagine us debuting in our new stadium for our first game back in SL with an exciting squad and also having won the Championship Grand Final.

So we would need planning permission from a council headed by a Cas season ticket holder to ensure our promotion at Cas's expense. Mmm, that would work.

Would also mean that the RFL have swallowed the Cas twaddle.

One of the problems with the three year window is that memories focus on recent stuff. Who would complain about us being dumped out this year with our on-field stuff being so damn poor, and people are saying that it would be wrong to dump Cas out when they are doing so well on the pitch (and I agree with that view). Except in the same window we finished fifth at the end of the regular season, but that isn't how we are currently perceived.

Sorry but why aren't Cas the team to go down if it's just a case of who starts building first! Can't believe we would agree to this.

Its funny how the franchise rumurs are only appearing on our board

Probably because Belle Vue is perceived to be worse than Wheldon Rd and our financial record is worse than Castlefords.

We might agree to it if the alternative is we take our chances on being awarded a franchise and if we don't get one then we are out for three years with no guarantee we'll get back in even then.




Probably due to 12 of the 14 clubs not being threatened!

Big risk if true, whos to say NM will get the nod? People didn't think it would get called in but it did. If we don'y have the weakest application then we should remain in Super League, end of.

Who is this person Bren? PM if you prefer not to post on here