It wasnt stadium related Wayne, so not going to go into it in too much detail.

However, last week I shared a post, which although I didn't 100% agree with myself, I thought there were some valid points.

I was then message directly a bit later in the day, asking if I'm sticking by it, and I said I wasnt sure, as I did think there was some validity to it.

I was unfriended immediately. We had been friends for several years. It would appear that I'm not the first.

Politics would it be

Yes Snowie, it was

It amazes me how someone can just turn their back on a friendships or even relatives too on political views as we'd be so boring if we was all the same, we have a neighbour who has put up a banner but I'm not going to as low as not talk to them just the might believe differently to me

So who’s paying then. I never get this attitude, it’s real cut your nose off to spite your face stuff.

Give us an alternative please I think you owe us that much. Or tell us why you think it’s right that our club dies because you just don’t like RW.

RW is a bit like Boris, he’s no bigger liar than most of them, he’s just a bad liar who got caught. That said has anyone got Rodney’s side of the story? No, thought not.

There are two issues here. 1. Did RW scupper NM with his actions. Imo yes but only in the short term. In the long term NM was never going to happen and that was decided by two individuals long before RW came along, we just didn’t know it. It certainly robbed us of some leaverage but again I really don’t think it would have mattered in the end.

2. Are we all really so naive that we don’t think we will need to deal with the RW,s of this world. We shouldn’t have to because the NM fiasco shouldn’t have happened but it did. Now we are swimming in a sea of sharks and to survive that you need a few sharks of your own.

The latter to me is RW. I don’t like it, I don’t think it’s right that we are where we are. There is only one victim here, that’s the Ratepayer pure and simple. Nobody seems willing to stand up for us in any meaningful way. We have no choice.

As for MC and JM they are in a hugely difficult position with at least one hand tied behind there back. Remember, to us Trinity is an institution, a mission, a belief but to the rest it’s just a business and not an especially attractive one. Our BOD have very limited ability to play the moral card before they quickly start to look like businessmen looking to get money for nothing. It’s not like that but not more than 10% of Wakefield’s population will ever accept that.

If RW is involved so be it, the time for hot air and semantics is over, we need real movers and shakers and like it or not they don’t tend to be nice and squeaky clean. Tragic I know but we are where we are and if we are not careful we will soon be where Bradford and Oldham and other past greats are.

He who dares wins Rodney, sorry couldn’t resist

If RW is involved in some way and that enables funds to be found to develop the ground then so be it .
I'm sure MC and Co. are well able to handle any negotiations with anyone, particularly with the benefit of hindsight.

What was the banner Snowie,....... FOR SALE

If rw cares about the club why he deliberately lied to the trust about nm ?

Like I said before , most of us don't really know what properly happened with the trust from both sides of the argument. Or maybe as I mentioned earlier, it could be a case of redemption for him, ateotd he's 77. He may have screwed up in the past and knowing how he wants his and his families name perceived, i imagine he will want to put this right. All those huge projects and developments he was a big part in bringing to fruition, but not the relatively small one for his home City and the RL team he supports and has been involved in for decades one way or the other. Funny thing is, he might have naff all to do with it as wellicon_smile.gif

Can’t change the past but can change the future. Might be what our chairman was hinting at in his interview on Trinity TV. What’s happened in the past is history it’s all about moving on together and getting a stadium Wakefield’s proud of.

Up the Trin

I agree snowie, it is a shame when people fall out over politics, everyone is different.

Sometimes it makes you feel you're not entitled to your opinions, and especially on social media, just in case you upset someone.

Moving back onto the topic, yes you can't change the past, but you can certainly change the future.

Also with JM there now, and the big organisation background he has, and networks, it may be harder for any sly moves from Rodders, which could be detrimental to the club

I was at the town hall ten years ago when RMW stood in the witness box and told the representative of the SoS in his smug way that he had been heavily involved in the development of sports stadia all over the country, including the provision of the new National Stadium at Wembley, and that they had all come to fruition.
It would appear that delivering a small community stadium in a smallish Northern city was just a little beyond his area of expertise.
I can see this current venture of his amounting to nothing

Saw Sir Rodders this morning driving down Denby Dale Road, in what I believe is his new motor.....a Rolls Royce Ghost (I think it was,) very much like this one... https://www.postoakmotors.com/vehicle-d ... d-27425827. I used to see him being chauffeured around in his old motor quite regularly, but it looks as though the chauffeur might have got traded in with the old car ?? It was a nice feeling to overtake him in my 5 year old, not-so-white-anymore, works van with 100,000 miles on the clock !!

Saw Sir Rodders this morning driving down Denby Dale Road, in what I believe is his new motor.....a Rolls Royce Ghost (I think it was,) very much like this one... https://www.postoakmotors.com/vehicle-d ... d-27425827. I used to see him being chauffeured around in his old motor quite regularly, but it looks as though the chauffeur might have got traded in with the old car ?? It was a nice feeling to overtake him in my 5 year old, not-so-white-anymore, works van with 100,000 miles on the clock !!