I think everybody's pretty much accepted that GH is going to be chosen (although I expect a few to come out and say they're not giving up on Newmarket yet).

The official stance of Trinity is they will not move to GH regardless of what an unnecessary review says.

Is that the official stance of the club or the official stance of SWAG? And what happens if the RFL reject Newmarket after? Where then?

Given that BOTH proposals still appear to have their own problems and the various amounts of spin from both camps does nothing to clear this up I don't think that either proposal can really be considered to be the most likely "winner" at this stage.

Cas have got outline planning & Wakey have got outline funding. Cas don't appear to have the funding as yet & Wakey are waiting on the outcome of the planning application.

If the council want a feasibility study, then the key focus will be on what each proposal delivers to the district of Wakefield so that WMDC can appear to have delivered "value for money" from the "donation" of land to support any finance package. As there isn't the option of moving both developments to a location that would be a little more acceptable to both sets of fans (i.e. building a joint stdium at J31) I would be surprised if the feasibility study found Glasshoughton to be a better location for the district of Wakefield rather than Newmarket.

Like you Fully, I would still prefer to see both clubs have their own ground. I still believe this is possible and if the Newmarket proposal can finance itself without the land made available by WMDC there's no reason why this shouldn't happen. Cas would then have the use of the full £4m of land value to support their funding package (albeit that it wouldn't actually get you an extra £4m from the bank, more like £2.5m to £3m).

Sorry that should've said unofficial. It's definitely SWAG's position, and as the club have created a business plan for moving to GH and come to the conclusion it would be akin to suicide in the long term then it pretty much identifys their intent.

I don't think the RFL would reject NM, however, if you meant the council then I don't believe they would. Box concerned enough to remove the threat of NM getting outline by delaying matters till after his imposed deadline. Also the scheme meets the requirements of the districts needs, whether the public agree or not the council want the distribution units.

Yes, sorry, I meant council not RFL.

Richardson should have some of this money we have got rid of brough and tronc, newton with drugs we must have some money to put in to help i.e.to help reduce this 2 million we need . Questions should be asked if not.

Taxman and the iva will have taken care of that lot imo

You seem to think that Ted has put cash into the club in the same way that Roman Abramovich has ploughed cash into Chelsea!!!

The club is definitely better off with the lower wage bill following the 3 departures and we got a relatively small amount for Brough (about £15k to £20k). The flip side of course is that we now have the wages being paid to Cooke, Kirmond & Leano, who we won't be paying as much in total as we paid the 3 who have left us but the net benefit at the end of the season will be no more than £50k.

£50k is not going to make any difference to the financing of the new ground. Obviously the land from the council would make it a slightly easier deal for the bank to support, but I think we may find that sufficient finance can be raised for Newmarket without the need for additional land from the council to support the deal.

Trying to look objectively, without my amber-tinted glasses:
Castleford have outline planning for the proposed stadium, granted with no objections.
Wakefield do not have outline planning permission, and the current application has many objections.

Castleford have appointed architects who are working on delivering detailed plans for the stadium and surrounding area.
Wakefield have not put the plans out to tender or involved any architects.

Wakefield have outline funding but this is from a company who want to built industrial units around the stadium, which will probably be rejected as the land is greenbelt.

And finally - the RFL are probably fed up of Wakefield using lies and deception to stay in Super League. The council probably realise this and therefore see Wakefield more at risk of losing their place in SL, so building the stadium there would just be silly!

Okay, maybe I kept those amber-tinted specs on!

One plus today is Batley winning the Northern Cup which takes away's one of Widnes's options for SL Status. Batley for the double ?

was really pleased about that! well done bulldogggies!