Your point about the tax bills is beyond dispute, although the context (image rights / revenue test cases etc' may emerge in mitigation in the coming weeks).

I don't have it in me to try to 'win' this arguement. Im not interested in trying to proclam the BOD as paragons of effective management! By definition they have failed the effective test. If the allegations in the previous 3 or 4 posts are indeed comprehensive and true criticism is indeed merited.

My position, and Im not disuaded from it, is that the last 10 years on and off the field have seen the club have more success than any other 10 year period in my 40 year life time. Further, given our relative weakness financially compared to our competitors, the people in charge during this time deserve credit. Think back to 6 games into last season - the criticisms we now hear on this board were dormant.

Clan has it for me - Im just appealing for balance.

What money ?

With sky money our crowds over the last 10 years and our lack of a serious major club sponsor we dont have enough income to keep the club going, this is something most fans seem to agree on, our accounts dont sound as half as bad as some sl clubs yet we are still here battling all these years later. Where is this massive amount of money coming from then Mopsey if we never had it how can he take it? You say you know these things for certain so either man up and tell everyone what you think you know or just give it a rest on your crusade it is both pathetic and repetitive to say the least and lastly it does nothing to help the clubs current predicament.

Here Here, the man has so many issues I believe it may be a woman. The thing is knowing a little about who I think it is....

On this 'SOS decision away from new stadium' issue, who takes credit if Newmarket happens? The club won't own the new stadium, just rely on it.

Let me repeat I don't think the BOD are the be all and end allBUT they deserve more credit than they are getting.

Are you challenging my assersion that the post Pearman era have been, for WTWRLFC, the most successful in the clubs recent history?

SWAG and I_A for me!

We survived by selling players off. Poching (I think we got a bit for him?) Westwood, Wood, Ellis, Atkins.

If Newton, Tronc & Brough had stayed last year, what state would we be in now?

1. YORK COURT No YC no units no stadium

2. WMDC No council to bring YC on board and try and smooth the way NO stadium.

3 WMDC No council no £2 million loan on land

Depends when 'recent' begins I guess. This era, much like many post-'68, has been full of false starts. Not getting to Wembley, not turning up against Catalans...the best part of this era was the run in the play-offs under McNally, the performance at Wigan was the best in Super League.

2004 was by far my favourite year supporting Trinity.

Amazing season that I thoroughly enjoyed. We seemed to blitz the opposition in the 2nd half and Belle Vue
was a fortress.

It seems like 20 years ago now.

What money ?

Since mid 2009, the budget has been slashed with the following players leaving, Peterson, Rooney plus Pitts and Atkins with a transfer fee in return. 2010 we started with a smaller ( assuming cheaper) playing squad than in previous years while we had inflation busting admission fees. From the 2010 squad we lost two high earners in Brough and Tronc. In this period we have received half the payments for the sale of Belle Vue, naming rights payments for Belle Vue and money from new shares issued in 2009!

So where has it all gone? Certainly not on our tax bill considering we still a big amount. All I know is that this has happened in the time that Teds personal financial problems have hit home.

Takes some disagreeing with that.