Re: Wakefield up for sale : Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:28 pm  

chissitt wrote:

Might be a good time to take a bath then, don't you

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:48 am  

How sick would you be if someone in the mould of David Garthwaite or Jonathan France bought the club?
-Both millionaires, both avid Wakefield fans.

TBH if you were taken over by a sugar daddy (or consortium of sugar daddies) I'd be sick with envy.

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:37 am  

Wow i didn't know millionaires were queuing up to buy the Wildcats.

From a distance it looked like the last throw of the dice, just goes to show.

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:54 am  

Both have approached the club in the last 10 years, but both were unwilling to share control with a. Ted or b. Any of the number of family members he has brought on board over his term.
What this statement does is clears the stumbling block of the perception of the old regime still having a foothold after a new buyer comes in.
Put simply; would you want the old owners of your house living in the conservatory or garden shed? No you want control of what you paid for.

If Fulton and Wright had made this statement around the time Caddick was knocking around your future could have been very different to what it is now.

I don't want this to descend into (yet another) measuring contest, I just thought I'd give you a more detailed account of what's going on, from the perception of someone on this side of the fence.

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:05 pm  

Sandal Wild Cat wrote:

I don't want this to descend into (yet another) measuring contest, I just thought I'd give you a more detailed account of what's going on, from the perception of someone on this side of the fence.

Is the grass greener on that side?

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:15 pm  

Yes. Our playing surface at BV is among the best in the country! lol

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:46 pm  

Don't think ours is too bad either!

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:17 pm  

Sandal Wild Cat wrote:

Both have approached the club in the last 10 years, but both were unwilling to share control with a. Ted or b. Any of the number of family members he has brought on board over his term.
What this statement does is clears the stumbling block of the perception of the old regime still having a foothold after a new buyer comes in.
Put simply; would you want the old owners of your house living in the conservatory or garden shed? No you want control of what you paid for.

If Fulton and Wright had made this statement around the time Caddick was knocking around your future could have been very different to what it is now.

I don't want this to descend into (yet another) measuring contest, I just thought I'd give you a more detailed account of what's going on, from the perception of someone on this side of the fence.

Im so glad your that keyed up with cas business, go on admit it, you love us dont you ? your a closet Tiger, do a gareth thomas and come out, better still dont, itll cost cas 40 grand. (your right about caddick though)

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:46 pm  

Is there something fishy going on, surely ted would get more for the club when the 'guaranteed' new stadium is built, than he would get now.

Or does he know something and wants out before the poop hits the fan ??????

It seem an odd time to be selling

Re: Wakefield up for sale : Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:25 am  

It seems he has no option but to sell now.
The RLF have regulations against being in charge/owning a club with a current IVA. His hand is being forced by this, to make matters worse selling now means any money he does get will go to his creditors. Bad times for Ted, but on the other hand an excellent time for a new buyer. You would get the club at a cut price with the club's value set to sky rocket when the WCT (Wakefield Community Trust) is given the green light for NM.
A solid initial investment into the current squad of 1M could do wonders if spent correctly and IMO could easily be recouped at NM with a successful team over a stable 3 year period.- exactly what Salford are doing.