Savilles an independent firm of professional property consultants obviously believed it when presented with the evidence by Wakefield.

Your Chariman misses the point, he was willing to accept you weren't in because Crusaders were an expansion club (but with a weaker application than Wakey), but kkicks off because were in and Crusaders are out. Its a bit hypocrtical don't you think?

i'd prefer it if my fellow trinity fans were sympathetic to the plight and the feelings of those at halifax.

this is a shallow and empty process. i'm glad we're still in the top division, but i'm not happy in the slightest today with the world of rugby league.

I see little point in you coming on here and crying pal. The applications were professionally assessed on their merits and ours was considered stronger than yours. End of.

I would be sympathetic if we weren't the target for their chairmans rant and fans who clearly don't know much about our club other than believing the same rubbish peddled about for months spouting off.

TBH I am sick of our club being talked down by fans of others.

Steele is right, the RFL is wrong to give you lot anything more than a kick up the ass... gutless

did you see the applications

The thread was slagging off our chairman. Gives me every right to come on here and defend him.

The applications were professionally assessed on merits. The result was you dropping out and Crusaders staying in. Yesterday the Crusaders pulled out, leaving a snap decision by Lewis and Wood. The easiest decision was made, keep Wakefield in but remind them they have to do something with their ground blah blah blah. If BV is redeveloped before the start on next year it is still not a SL standard ground. End of.

none of the sky money , not 1 penny of it goes into funding this . you need to bring facts to the table for an adult discussion.

Indeed - I'm glad that a 'proper' club is staying in at the expense of a poor experiment.

It's a shame that fans of two 'proper' clubs are reduced to having an argument over Business plans, stadia and finances. Until the RFL sorts this out I've not much interest for our game.

I've no problem with the guy mouthing off although it is probably ill judged, he's obviously disappointed. What I still don't get is why all his ire is aimed towards us specifically. As for certain fax fans coming on here slagging us off have more dignity it's not Wakey who introduced this stupid process

I think he is getting at us and not Cas for instance is because we went into Admin all be it for a matter of days.

Please tell us about all these boxes' you have ticked that we have not, apart from the council owned ground and then we will tell you all the boxes we have ticked that you have not.

This is also missing the point. If the Halifax application had been stronger than the Wakefield application, Halifax would be in ahead of Wakefield regardless of what happened at Crusaders.

The sad thing about all of this is that it reduces rugby league fans to sniping and denegrating the value of other clubs. That's not what the game is about, IMO. It's a dark day indeed when it comes to this.

If you had dropped out and Halifax in would you be saying the same thing?. I have no problem with Wakey as a club but as a franchise applicant you have had a decade to sort your ground out and done nothing!

The RFL sent out a clear message today that financial insolvency is acceptable in Rugby league. Why would Andrew Glover spend his money on a new stadium? All you have to do is wait until six months before the next round of licenses, go bust, then reform and release a press statement claiming the problems are over and you shall be moving into a new ground within 18 months. The RFL will eat it up again.