OK, my take on it is this:

Richard Wright was asked to comment, he chose to do so and once again to try and make Cas's progress look better than ours.

Yes, what he said was all stuff that is in the public domain, but as usual he neglects to mention the more salient points.
How can we share a stadium at Glasshoughton that is looking unlikely to be built anytime soon? There is NOTHING to share!!
By suggesting that we could share he gives the impression that our "need" for a stadium at Newmarket is not essential.
Any Cas or Wakey fan in their right mind knows that if one or either of us are not in a new ground for the next round of franchises we are GONE!!
If we do not get the go-ahead for Newmarket, Yorkcourt will not transfer the funding to Glasshoughton (why would they, they are really only interested in getting the development land at Newmarket). We then become reliant on sharing a non-existent ground at GH to keep our place in SL.

This is why what he has done is so wrong! He has dleiberately tried to put a spanner in the works of our development, to detract from the fact that Cas still are not making any significant progress.

It's better for us if Wright stays in charge at Cas. Hes holding that club back

He has issued his statement. Says nothing of any worth as usual.

rlhttp://www.castigers.com/article.php?id

"However, we remain open to the concept of a shared stadium [size(as long as it's ours and at Glasshoughton)[/size.... blah blah, blah..."

I'm sure those people who are qualified to represent our interests at the PI won't be distracted by this pathetic sideshow being staged by the CE of the Castleford club.

It sounds like you put a lot of thought into that statement Mr Wright, well done.

In response to Richard Wrights statement this morning - rlhttp://www.castigers.com/article.php?id I would just like to comment as follows.

It is a shame that Richard Wright did not take the opportunity to clarify why he felt he need to respond to the questions raised and asked directly of him by Barton Willmore, whom he clearly knew to be working on behalf of a group objecting to the Newmarket development. He has said that there is nothing new in what he said in this letter and indeed, I would say that is correct. So in that case, why did he write the letter just to them and if he felt he needed to clarify his and Castleford Tigers position on this issue, why was the letter not sent to the planning inspector, sent to all parties, or issued as a general media release... or even, just left it alone completely, which should have been his decision IMO!

He has missed the opportunity to either clarify why he felt the need to write this letter, or in hindsight apologise for possibly make a misjudgement in issuing this letter to Barton Willmore, knowing for whom they were working but that he he stands by the actual content of the letter. That is shame and I still think the initial release and this statement lack clarity and indicates a potential lack of professional integrity on his part.

Right, that is it, move on!

Too right, there are far more intelligent men than him at the PI & we have them on the ropes! Salt the slug & move onward and upwards!

They only thing RW's ever been good at (& I include selling fruit & veg) is grabbing headlines. Through a combination of the emotion of the day & the cloak & daggers angle he used we let him have his moment. Yet again selling his fictional stadium with privately owned "community" facilities.

I hope he remembers who will hold the decision on WR & who he (by association) is calling corrupt.

"his own shaky position at Cas, he has had to follow this through.
When Wakefield "refused to cooperate" with the feasibility study, he knew IMO it was his last chance saloon, and the doors had been slammed shut on him, hence he is now doing what he can to throw a spanner in the NM works, simply out of spite.
I think this is the beginning of the end for RW, i thing in recent years he has become very unpopular within WR and his popularity with those that don't cling on to his every word in the Cas support base is also slipping drastically."

So - if he is that unpopular - why was he voted in (unanimously) as CEO at the recent shareholders meeting ?

Seems we now have an answer to the "are all Cas fans stupid" thread!