Well said Feline.
The fact of the matter is that, in life you can look for reasons to do certain things or, reasons not to.
Now is the time to stand up and be counted and not to look for reasons to walk away.
Realistically, some will not renew their S/T's and these people are the same people that will be on here in 12 months time, moaning about our league position etc, etc.

I know a few long time supporters who have not renewed because they are basically fed up with what they are seeing.
They are waiting to see what type of squad we finish up with before they decide to continue. All they see at the moment is a board of directors that have no money selling good players and replacing them with no one or players of questionable quality.

Buying a season ticket is paying something for a product. You can't expect people to hand over money when they don't know what they are getting.

I bought all ours ages ago when the plea first went out. However I don't have problem with anyone who is waiting to see what happens before they buy as I understand their reasoning.

Why should I? Your the one with the problem and the über negativity.
Not only are you a depressed supporter you're now also setting yourself up as some sort of players welfare officer.
Times are hard, we all know that. Most of us with an ounce of intelligence can equate tough times to a weakened squad also, perhaps you need to realise that too.
If you are so distressed by it all why don't you do the same as MC and CB and put your home on the line to back the club?

Certainly not my view, WT are not like a normal retailer such as WH Smith, Argos etc (other retailers are available and they can sponsor us ). I am not as eloquent as some on this board ('er indoors wants to know what elephants have to do with it. I've told her we have signed one as a prop) and I hope that they can help me out here to express my viewpoint better than I can (now there's an invitation for you).
I am not buying a product, sure I seek value for money etc. How many retailers have 'customers' watching and commenting upon every move in the shop, in the store cupboard and in the Boardroom, every minute of the day. How often do you talk about, think about, read about ASDA during the day - I don't. To me WT is in my blood, it's a way of life, part of the local and my culture. WT is not like a normal retailer like Gregg's (I hope all these sponsors pay up!) so basically I've bought a season ticket not knowing about the 'product' on the field - hoping for the best, but I'm buying Wakefield Trinity (not literally MC) , but I'm buying my small share.

Its a catch 22 situation. Club are stating unless we sell enough season tickets we will have to sell more players but some fans want to know what the squad is before committing. Something has to give and clearly as the club cannot spend what it doesn't have (which is what got us into this mess in the first place), it needs the fans to renew.

I am as disappointed as anyone that we find ourselves in this situation, but Elston has gone and the guy signing off on the deals has said if we reach the required level of season tickets no more players will leave. However, the number needs to be reached in the next month or two, otherwise MC will have no choice but to cash in on further player sales.

I would like to see people backing him in what is our biggest season since the million pound game year. Especially as we have had the benefit of ultra cheap season tickets for the last few years and that by renewing at what is still a cheap price, they will give us the best chance of assembling a squad capable of finishing in the top 12 next year.

Agree with all of this. My season ticket is already bought but many are waiting to see whether they would be paying perceived superleague prices for a championship quality team. And I can't blame them for doing so, if i hadn't blindly bought initially then maybe i'd have done the same.

Yeah, cos us long term supporters have been so used to seeing Rugby Leagues biggest names in the rw&b??

I just dont get it? The floating fans who came when the tickets were cheap and we looked like we were going to atleast compete, fair enough, but people who class themselves as 'long term supporters' have surely seen us with worse sides on the park.
When you look at the teams we used to put out in our early years in super league, its all credit to Andy Kelly & then John Harbin that we are still in with any sort of chance of competing at this level at all. Boy we had some absolute dross. Although we dont know what we will start with i still dont think it will be as bad as some of those teams!

Yes, we have all been through this before but surely this is what "supporting" a club really means. Too easy to make half cocked excuses. If you want constant success go follow Leeds or Wigan.

Maybe some of the 'long term supporters' have just had enough of all the false dawns and public financial meltdowns.

I can respect all the views of posters on this thread. I also understand supporting Trinity is a way of life and all that.
Like many on here I dug deep without question many times in the past and will probably continue to do so.

However you have to realise that people out there who attend games do not feel the same as we do. They do it for enjoyment and entertainment. When they stop getting that, they find something else to do. Its no good calling them disloyal or bad supporters they are just normal people who don't quite have the same level of passion as some of us.

We need those people on board and to do that we need to give them a reason to buy their tickets. Blackmailing them with threats of the team going bust will have the opposite effect. It will scare them off and they won't part with their cash. We need some positive stuff from the BOD to give them a reason for wanting to buy and we are not getting that at the moment.

Don't most season tickets get sold around Xmas time? Technically this season hasn't even finished.

Correct Charlie
But the club is in such a mess its wanting people to buy now and not wait till Christmas.

Why should I put my house up because I was not part of this or any previous administration running the club. I would be surprised that with MC being an accountant if they do not have first call on any money should the worst happen.
You are also wrong about me I do have a season ticket and I am a member of the club draw. I have supported the club through all of it's previous problems but there is something different about this one, maybe it is the honesty of MC which tends towards the negative so I am in good company.

Personally I can't wait.

Season ticket ordered and I'm looking forward to another ride on the roller coaster. I'm pretty sure there are going to be lots of downs but if at the end of the season we are in 12th or above it will be one huge up.

Exactly. If you finish above 12th with all this adversity it may give you momentum to build a solid base from in 2015.

Next season it will be a mini league with us cas Bradford widnes London and maybe another team dragged in. I'm looking forward to this season more than ever games will now mean something