There will be a statement from the Club and Trust when we are ready but remember the earlier Club statement regarding taking legal advice which is happening and will shape what we do next.

Just remember to beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

If the lease is only for 12 months then nothing.

Is no one seeing what I'm seeing?

The statement talks about a community stadium "in the district", not "in the city". There is talk of wanting to build one for Trinity but as we won't agree their terms, they're going to build one anyway, but "in the district". Nowhere does it say that it will be at either Newmarket or Belle Vue.

Isn't the Cas stadium faltering slightly? Isn't this the Cas fans on Wakefield Council deciding to build Cas a stadium?

Personally the fact that 88m are involved and own the ground and Hussein is the one giving an actual quote makes me think it's Belle Vue.

I think they're trying to get the fans to turn on MC personally.

Especially when they say


You know some fans will be asking well how much is this rent they're asking for Trinity to to walk away from that offer and potentially have no club. I know there's a bigger picture to all this, but others don't and some others don't care, they just want to get this finally sorted and not have it constantly in the back ground.

And all the while we get involved in a war of words, nothing is built. WMDC provide the much-vaunted community stadium elsewhere, leaving Manni to build his houses on Belle Vue.

I know there are people on here who know whether what is being said is true, but if it is a community stadium, surely we'd only have a right to the income from match-days? The rest of the time is it for the community?

Or is it: low-rent tenants but match-day income only versus commercial rent and all income?

The devil is in the detail, I guess, but even I'm wondering what is so unreasonable in the Council's proposal. What will the non-fan think? Propaganda battle well and truly won by WMDC.

Is the Trojan Horse reference deliberate, or just a turn of phrase?

The one thing I would say, being a lawyer, is that most cases start out with an intended and desired outcome. At the last minute, compromises are usually reached. The frustrating thing is always when the compromise reached could have been reached at the outset.

This statement has been put out for those widespread members of the community who will think how good WMDC are and how bad that nasty MC and the Stadium Trust are. Uuurgghh!! nasty men. Anyone who believes this load of bunkem from Jeffries is very,very gullible.

Why is there a picture of Joyce Temple-Savage on the WMDC web statement?

Doesn't read well for the club - We need a statement from the club in the interim while they seek legal advice. Mainly for the citizens of wakefield, who will pick up a copy of the express on Friday with no doubt a front page cover of the news to push on with the stadium with us.

One thing I will say, as messy as it is, at least after 15 years of getting a new ground it's coming to a head. Decisions are being made and it's exciting times ahead.

Up the Trin!!

Reading the new WMDC statement a bit more, I'm not surprised the undelined was a bit of a sticking point.


Why should the club pay anything towards the stadium, we don't own it, 88m do. It's the same situation we were in when the BOI owned it and we didn't want to spend on something we have no juice in. If 88m want to redevelop and charge us a commercial rent that would be more reasonable

No, we really don't!

Like any fan, I'd like to know what's going on, get some reassurance and be able to have some confidence going forward.

However, the only thing that matters now, is that legally we have the high ground and nothing should be done to undermine that. Our cards need to stay firmly face down, until the hand needs to be played.

It feels like everyone's chips are going in...

i say good on them for having the balls to say we will build it anyway-88M want something in return for their investments it is their ground not ours we either accept how they want it run or leave . if that don't build a ground they will build houses,

Oh do shut up And leave it to the grown ups as you clearly have no idea what's going on.

The money used to fight this case will likely come from revenue brought in by fans on the club side and by rate payers on the council side. Like it or not, the club are losing the public confidence, which means that even if we win, we all lose as rate payers.