Quote: MOPSEY LIVES ON "1st paragraph
Deal with this fact then, If the Denby Dale thing was never going to happen in this flight of fantasy of yours and Yorks CC were never going to leave Headingley, then why did Mr Caddick threaten to sue Yorks CC if they moved to Denby Dale Rd and why did Wakefield Council have plans drawn up. You are right though when you said the land was never going to be available purely for a rugby league club, as industrial units were going to be built on there as well, and considering that in an earlier post you denied any knowledge of it why was it always a non starter as far as you knew?
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As a matter of interest why would Cr Box deny Wakefield council owning this land and why would it have come to your attention if you knew nothing of any interest regarding DD Rd, Assuming that this land did belong to a private developer as you say rather than Wakefield council why would the land be more expensive, surely the council would have a duty to the ratepayers to sell this land at a premium.
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So what you are implying then is that Ted was offered the land for the club in the first place but turned it down because the terms were outlandish.'"
Give me links to the sites where you have found this info.
1: The fact that Caddick made the threat is the big clue that explains why YCC were never going to leave - it was always a non starter.
2: Did WMDC have plans drawn up? Surely it was the developer. I think WMDC's involvement in this is far less than you seem to think. As far as I'm aware there involvement went no further than that of being the administrative body in which the land was situated. It amazes me how minor things grow into enormous legends on and are spouted as the truth. I think you actually believe they were but I can't find any reference to it on the web.
3: I don't deny some knowledge, I just deny that I have the in depth knowledge on absolutely everything you seem to claim.
4: The Box comment was brought up at one of the SWAG demo's if I remember correctly. It sticks in my mind, sorry for remembering.
5: "Assuming that this land did belong to a private developer as you say rather than Wakefield council why would the land be more expensive, surely the council would have a duty to the ratepayers to sell this land at a premium" I don't know what value or use WMDC would have put the land to if they owned it - but thats not relevent - it wasn't the point - the point was as far as I know they didn't own it. Just wanting something to be true doesn't make it so.
6: I'm not implying anything about what Ted did or didn't do - I leave pure speculation up to you, you're good at it. What I'm suggesting was that without the involvement of YCCC and considering the land values at the time any scheme would have been beyond the cost Trinity alone could afford. That's Trinity the small RL club not Ted the individual. Just how much money do you think the club could muster?
Mopsey, it's not your fault or mine that you haven't been involved in the meetings etc that I have in the last 6 years. I know it makes me sound like a smug know it all at times but I can only say what I think I know even if unfortunately I can't always say where or whom I heard it from. I understand the frustration and why gossip and speculation appeal so much in the absence of hard facts. Trust me (I know you won't) the likes of TRB would love to tell you every grubby detail of what has gone on regarding the new stadium over the past 20 tortuous years, he could write a book on it and so could I. Sadly we simply can't. Once you get to a certain level you know quite a lot (how true it is only comes out later sadly), you have to trust people but can't say anything and it makes you feel like you are cheating the folk you claim to represent. Yet you know you can't tell it how it is all the time, that is the way of the world. You have a job and I'm sure there are things you and you're company do that you can't divulge.
Having said all that I'm not suggesting for one minute anyone in SWAG knows the full story or that we have never been lied to, we bl**dy have and been made to look chumps but you move on. I'm also not saying your theories are totally wrong, but you can't just shout them at people claiming them to be fact. You have to be able to back them up, something you and many on here just don't do. Say what you like about SWAG we back up what we say with as many facts as we can and some form of explanation. Not always right in the long run but there you go.
It's not my intention to pee you off, just to let you know what I know (right or wrong) as honestly as I can. I have no personal agenda, I don't care about Ted (though personally I always found him OK) I care about Wakefield Trinity RLFC. At the end of the day you and me behaving like a dog with a bone helps no one, Teds gone and we are in the crap and nothing we say about Ted will change that. What we need to do me include is move on and support the new before we as a club dissapear.
There are two facts.
1: We have a potential buyer(s).
2: Newmarket and thus SL are still viable as far as I know.
Up the Trinity!