Quite right BG, I've heard it a few times from some of his mates that BLM never goes to the bar

Trying not to be emotive about the issue but its difficult. Without wanting to downplay the very careful financial management of the club - we're hand to mouth at Wakefield, and probably most clubs. Income has dried up due to something that no one could see coming or really mitigate against. I've got sympathies with both sides but fundamentally all that matters to me is that the club survives. I find it hard to believe it will come to a point where there is a walk out of playing staff and lets hope its all resolved this week. Unfortunately looks like there will be bridges that cannot be mended.

Its been pretty public all along that someone was playing up, initially when the squad was furloughed there was a comment about someone earning 10k a month should really have some savings, there was then some pretty public comments about attitudes of not some players not being forgotten and now we have the grand newspaper hyperbole of a 'strike' threat. Would have to believe its the same player at the centre of it. If a player thinks they can do better elsewhere then I'd invite them to go seek a move because I don't believe the contract they are looking for will be out there, and if they're that special we'll have a transfer fee.

I've had suspicions about who it might be like most of us will have but I hope I'm wrong because I'd be very disappointed.

Wasn’t it carter who stated a player was asking for strike?

The Mirror article says so:

"[iChief executive Michael Carter says that the average loss for players in net pay would be 11.5 percent over the year with the highest loss being 16.7 percent, but has confirmed that one senior member of Trinity’s squad has been calling for a strike.[/i"

Advocating a strike is ok when the employer is flush with cash and not doing the right thing.
However, with the current situation, it looks more like everyone needs to help "carry the load" in order for the club to survive.

It's a very tough ask for all concerned.
Most seem to have been furloughed and of course, everyone has spending commitments / families to support etc.

However, we all hope that this year is a blip and that things will eventually return to something like normal, even though this may take 2/3 years ?

If this boils down to a reduction in salaries or the club going bust, I guess that players have a simple choice or, they could ask for a move.
As a sport, we need to cr@p or get off the pot.

How long, time wise, can we actually go, before time has to be called on the season.
Somehow, games need to start up again and soon and if an odd one or two players aren't up for it, we have to move on without them.

It's OK everybody being all hung ho about what they would do but you don't actually know what's happening. (neither do I of course)

Saying you'd take a pay cut is all well and good but what about if everyone else has say 10% cut and you have 16%
Abd you only just pay your mortgage,
And you have kids and the 10% dont
And you had a contract offer elsewhere but decided to stay for the good of the team
Etc etc

It's never as clean cut as the papers make out.

Personally I would never strike. It's an out of date concept now. But when you don't know the reasons it's difficult to draw conclusions and easy to blame.

We do appear to be one club that likes to do their dirty washing in the public. This in itself reflects badly on the club or all the rest would do the same.

Thats well known little wayne69.


In fact its legendary.

Get a grip ffs.
If someone releases this info to the press or suchlike, there's not much the club can do about is there???

I knew it would only be a matter of time

The problem is that it is the club that is doing it which I thought was pretty obvious. If it was such a good way to handle negotiations why are no other clubs doing the same. It appears we are looking to replace large parts of the existing squad with cheaper options the club believe will be available. This is not me saying this but the club made it clear this was their plan.

The info has come from the club hasn’t it?