Bet you a pint we don't

Merger.. watching from 12000 miles away I would have to say... I would stock up on as many Trinity video, dvd, and other media as I could ... then concentrate on being a sharks fan...


Super League would lose its point, and I would bother even watching it on TV

I have to say that it would be very much like the endof The Trueman Show for me!

Once the old club had gone and the show was over I would get on with the many other things that I don't find time or energy for right now.

So to cut to the chase if Trinity and Cas stand on their own on a scale of 1 to 10 what chance of
1 New stadium before 2012
Wakefield 3
Castleford????

2 Franchise come 2012
Wakefield 3
Castleford 3

3 club folding in the National Leagues
A Wakefield without doubt
B Castleford would survive

No brainer for me time to stop prating about MERGER before both clubs lose out to Widnes and the Frogs

If a merger did happen I would find it hard to support it. In my mind it would be no different to following Leeds or Huddersfield. I would have no affinity towards the manufactured team.

However, should a new Wakefield Trinity rise from the ashes playing at say Collage Grove then I would support them. It may be at a lower level but so be it.

I will happily watch a Wakey Trin side in the championship but i would never support a merged team, for that reason neither would i support a shared stadium as once we where in we would be pushed into a merger.

Bring on the Northern Rail Cup.

SL is not the be all and end all some make it out to be.

Fact is Wakefield Trinity will not exist outside SL wake up

think you are confusing fact and opinion

Sorry for taking a while to respond to Khlav's question.

What i have been told is that WMDC dare not pass the planning without some consultation with our 'overlords' at LMDC as the threat of a possible public enquiry into the development at Newmarket would completely scupper the project, at least from a timescale perspective.

So the brakes are on guys - i have also been told that both Wakefield and Castleford are being encouraged to open dialogue over ground sharing (probably at Glasshoughton, but thats just my guess).

I should also add that up to this point neither club has been keen to talk to the other about any joint initiatives but the pressure is now on for this stance to change.

Thanks for the reply. I was of the understanding that LCC was consulted in the initial stages of the development and they were fine with it. I think the change in leadership may have altered their stance as the LCC leader, I think, has a constituency on the border.

If it’s about grounds sharing for a year until the planning issues are resolved then I would advocate turning to Oakwell rather than Glasshoughton. The benefits of this may extend to Trinity picking up new support from that area, especially if they can get Parky as and ambassador. They will not pick up any new support from playing in Castleford.

Meetings have already taken place.