Yet as per your statement the trust chairman is considering it. If it's such nonsense why is he?

I guess he's just trying to be diplomatic really. A merged trust does seem to likely be unworkable though, presumably Rodney Walker is only interested in being in charge and the likes of you, Phil and Jonathan are definitely not interested in letting him be in charge again. If though, for arguments sake, the trusts were merged, how much different would it actually be? Would it be workable to have Rodney Walker and Jonathan as co-leaders in some form? If a new agreement has to be drawn up, is it particularly important what the name of the new trust named in it is as long as all the main people from the old trust are still members of the new one? Also, now you're all wise to what Rodney Walker is like, would you not be able to do things differently to try and stop what has happened before from happening again?

Also, I think your last sentence again is the big thing. The developer definitely doesn't want this stadium built!

It's my opinion that he should not.

As I have said why form another Trust when there is already one in place set up by the Council and Chaired by SRW for 7 years. SRW has been invited to rejoin the Trust and work with us to deliver the Stadium but as of now he has not accepted the invitation. Have you any thoughts as to why ?

This is it in a nutshell for me.

Well i have the feeling SRW isn't working alone on this new trust but right now is for some reason keeping quiet about who else is involved, hence it hasn't yet been officially registered for all to see. Why he would do this is open to interpretation. I'm prepared to give him until the end of the month deadline to prove himself legit and come up with a solution, its a fair amount and ample time to sort it. Lets be honest another 4 or 5 weeks is neither here nor there. If the delaying tactics are continuing and nothing has moved on by then he won't have a leg to stand on and will surely have to move aside and that exposes Yorkcourt for what they are. All that though still probably means no stadium which is why i hope middle ground can be reached but the original trusts hand is at least strengthened again.

I know my dad deserves more than the £20,000! who's the other mug anyway apart from you and him?? oh and he has been working for free for more than for four years...
I hope out of all this mess , our great club gets a new stadium it deserves

Fair point.

My last post of the day as I am setting off for Belle Vue shortly to watch Wakefield Trinity which after all is what this is all about and I hope I'm able to continue doing for many years to come.

The situation we are in is serious as the whole future existence of Wakefield Trinity is dependant on a positive outcome with a new stadium being provided that is let to the Club on terms that will enable it to be sustainable and provide a facility for the wider community.

Just a simple question to all. Which of the 2 Trusts do you think will represent the best interest of Wakefield Trinity and the wider community ?

Ted couldn't be involved could he, allegedly he's been hankering to get involved again for quite sometime.

Goes without saying for me.

Although Rod hasn't revealed the details of his new Trust, reading this thread you'd be forgiven for thinking that maybe some of its posters are actually on the thing.

I think all need to be clear on this timescale thing - it is not a random date plucked from the air. The club are under intense pressure from the RFL to show progress on a stadium deal or they will be forced either to leave SL or leave BV, or possibly both! That may not be next season, but their patience has run out with our club and, who can blame them. Michael too has made clear his views about being able to operate from BV. No stadium deal will, IMO, result in our departing BV as of the end of this year and the July timescale is set to allow time to give notice to quit.

The very furture of our club, as we know it, is in the balance here, not just a stadium!

Got to be the original Supporters Trust for me.

I wonder who the football club is that Sir Rodney was saying could share the stadium, doesn't having a football club at the Stadium increase the funds able to be used from Lottery funding etc

Potentially it brings a number of benefits - more opportunity for revenue, which in turn covers costs, assuming it can be made to work around the anchor tennant. However, in typical SRW style, we have no idea who this is or what he has in mind. This way of working is what ultimately led to him leaving the Stadium Trust as we were wanting to be much more open in the details of the discussions taking place, supposedly on our behalf. There is much we never fully know!

I think you know that answer SC - for the vast majority on this site!