That is the sort of spirit you all need, don't give up on your club, i know most of you won't do, so i wish you luck and hope all turns out ok for you, i personally have a lot of time for Wakefield RL club, from a Leyther.

gutted but not down and out



time to roll them sleeves up again

Red Hall will be rubbing their hands with this news no pressure on them now to kick us out in favour of Crusaders and their Championship love child Widnes.

But I have said on this site and the other before how badly run we are off the field for years, I get the usual red/white/blue tinted glasses response, maybe its finally caught up with us. I hope for the sake of all the people at SWAG and the community department that this isnt the case but the BOD and the rest of the hangers on need to have a good long look at their selves in the mirror.

I do not want to slag Championship clubs off as the games are usually more exciting than SL and SL isn't the b all and end all but if we go to the Championship we will never get back to SL EVER.

Then you would have seen the Widnes Under 18's dominate this division finishing top of the league, whilst your under 18's finished 8th!



Another fine example of how the Championship clubs are developing and contributing to better rugby league standards in this country, we have championship youth squads turning over Super League youth squads week in week out. You shouldn't be so fast to dismiss the quality of the Championship when you clearly don't have a clue about it.

I really don't want to see Wakefield go into administration but your attitude is totally wrong one to have. Your club is not being run well and that needs to be sorted out. Three years in the championship is the perfect opportunity to rebuild the business plan and structure of the club to be run more efficiently and sensibly.

The Championship is not the end, it's a vibrant, competitive competition. That gets better year on year. You're only kicking up a fuss now because you are at threat. You didn't seem bothered about promotion and relegation a couple of years back when you considered yourself a safe bet for Super League and couldn't give a monkeys about anyone else as long as you were getting your 3 years in SL.

I know your opinion is not shared by the majority of the other Wakefield supporters. Saying you are not going to support your team if they drop down a division says to me you are not a true supporter, a true fan sticks with their team through thick and thin, atrue fan sticks with their team at a time when they need them most and that means standing on the terraces week in week out whether its in Super League or The Championship!

To all the other Wakefield fans I really hope you sort your problems out soon and good luck!

If people are talking of not going to watch should the club not be in Super League, what kind of 'supporters' are they? Clubs don't go up from the Championship to Premiership in union unless up to scratch, let alone from the Conference to the Football League, and every league below. Rugby League is not the only sport when clubs are not promoted based purely on on-field success.

as SHANE once said nevers a long time.the bod are a shambles who take everyone for granted, sl, rfl, its own fans,its own staff. corner shop crew at best

Still gutted but if theres a club left after all this then i'll follow them anywhere



WAKEY TILL I DIE!

=#FF0000Edit Bigal1, not needed

This is not the end, Oakwell for a year then Newmarket will be ready and this City will have a stadium to be proud of.


TRINITY FOREVER

Oh dear.

We'll never compete with Leeds in regards to anything. Nobody save for Trin fans and a few conservationists are bothered about the district.

Possibly the most boring poster on RLFans has come to gloat.

I'm with Turfedout on this, that I don't think we will survive in the Championship playing outside of Wakefield. No Sky money, less support, and to get back into the Super League, we would have to actually win something, which would mean assembling a squad fit to win something.

It all depends on what view the RFL take. They may be delighted to see us playing out of Oakwell, and in which case franchising isn't dead in the water. We are a club that has not gone into administration, that has had a recent top 5 finish, not been relegated, and will be playing out of a good quality stadium. Trying to think positively, on what criteria could the RFL boot us out? Community work - box ticked. Youth development - box ticked. Good stadium - box ticked. It could be argued that the RFL will see it as a win-win solution: if we get Newmarket a year later, we are in a high quality stadium. If we don't, the RFL might see us as a Super League presence in South Yorkshire.

I'm not sure I get the digs at the board. I'm not privvy to the ins and outs, but it was the council who pulled the plug on Thornes Park, and it is Eric Pickles who has pulled the rug out from under our feet on Newmarket. What else could the board have done? And as for keeping Belle Vue, we might as well have starting selling Championship season tickets.

My only personal point of view is that I'm not sure I would watch Wakefield if they stayed in Barnsley as a permanent move, as they would no longer be a Wakefield team. If we do lose the franchise, then 2018 is the likely one if Newmarket comes off eventually, as we would have the chance to build on something there. I would be discounting 2015 though. The crowds would suffer initially, and I don't think we would win anything in the first three years.

Next season has lost its gloss though. Like 2008, the whole year won't be about rugby but about men in suits dishing out gifts to us rugby peasants.

All roads lead to Barnsley, Oakwell is the word!

In the past, I've often feared we'd be forced into a merger with Cas. The minute we move to Oakwell, I'll be worried about merging with Sheffield.

Why worry? It didn't do Huddersfield any harm.

FWIW mr pickles has been sent an email.

Frustration that they have known Belle Vue has not been up to scratch for almost 20 years and have left it until only recently to try do anything seriously about it. Perhaps.

Sympathies go out to Wakefield fans on this one, it does look a struggle, trapped between a rock and a hard place, Im not sure there are that many options left for RL in the district as it is now.

But you know what they say, the night is darkest before the dawn, Lets hope that if the worst does happen, between them Wakefield and Castleford can take it as an opportunity to rationalise the sport in the district and they can have at least one club challenging rather than two struggling.

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Where's the rope? viewtopic.php?f=16&t=477920

Quote ="kinleycat"Where's the rope? viewtopic.php?f=16&t=477920'" If you're going lynching round cas can i come please?

Quote ="kinleycat"Where's the rope? viewtopic.php?f=16&t=477920'" If you're going lynching round cas can i come please?

It wasn't a threat, more a cry for help, well that and a bit of auto erotic asphyxiation!!!

Heard back from cllr mark crowther of the Wakefield conservative party:
Ian
Thank you for your email

For information I am as frustrated and disappointed as you are and have been publicly behind this project from day one - however due to certain reasons the local media choose not to print anything said by me or my Party locally.

I have been and am in constant touch with Ted Richardson, have lobbied Eric Pickles (clearly now unsuccessfully) to avoid this enquiry and allow localism to prevail and have issued a press statement this afternoon condemning the SoS actions on this matter.

I and we will continue to support the Wildcats in what ever way possible.

Regards

Cllr Mark Crowther