Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:40 am  

A merger wouldn't be good for either club so it won't ever happen. Its clueless idiots like Barry McDermott that peddle it as part of skys 'i must be controversial' pundit policy.

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:13 pm  

Not to merge. That is the answer

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:16 pm  

I don't believe that ex-players and pundits understand what it means to support a team. It is inconceivable for a supporter to go from club to club like players do, nor to watch a game dispassionately like a journalist.
If supporters made logical decisions based on a team's likelihood of success then everyone in Yorkshire would become a Leeds supporter and everyone in Lancashire would follow Wigan. Its only because we as fans support our teams through thick and thin that spectator sports and league structures exist.

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:21 pm  

Im not for a merger, but wouldnt have any problem with a joint under 19s. I feel sur it will be a battle of the strongest to stay in SL, and anything can happen over the next 18 months. I also think the RFL will propose a joint team some time in the near future . I have followed wakey for over 40 years and would prefer 2 independant clubs in the area both in SL but i dont think in the long term that will be the case.

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:54 pm  

Strikes me from the outside that if you don't merge properly then, down the line, there would be a de facto merger anyway, with Cas at the wrong end of it. Wakefield in SL and Cas in the championship with Wakefield gobbling up the area's SL talent and, aftera few years using Cas as a feeder/overflow club like Leeds do Hunslet or Wigan do Leigh.

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:57 pm  

craigizzard wrote:

Strikes me from the outside that if you don't merge properly then, down the line, there would be a de facto merger anyway, with Cas at the wrong end of it. Wakefield in SL and Cas in the championship with Wakefield gobbling up the area's SL talent and, aftera few years using Cas as a feeder/overflow club like Leeds do Hunslet or Wigan do Leigh.

And...?

Sounds fine to me.

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:08 pm  

tigerlilly wrote:

no merge for me.i would pack in watching cas if this ever happens.

Would you watch a merged team in SL if Cas (and Wakey) existed in the championship and kept their identities but were largely feeder clubs filled with young local talent with a clear pathway to SL through the merged side?

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:09 pm  

Merge NO. Groundshare YES
This could work, as ground upkeep and running costs would be halved.
The office part of the job could come as an independent unit selling tickets etc for both clubs, this works at Huddersfield as the office is one unit running 2 separate clubs, this is a cost cutting exercise also. Each club would have their own club shop at the ground.
Each club would have their own logo at the stadium entrance giving the feel that both clubs were equal tenants.

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:16 pm  

Giantscorpio wrote:

Merge NO. Groundshare YES.

No and no.

Cas were offered a ground share and snubbed it, laughing claiming Glasshoughton was the Promised Land.

That ship has sailed...they have made their bed...and will enjoy sleeping in it.

Any future deal will now be heavily weighted in Wakey's favour.

Well done Wright and Fulton!

Re: TO MERGE OR NOT TO MERGE THAT IS THE QUESTION. : Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:18 pm  

Ever since the old Newmarket pit site was earmarked I have said a ground share was on the cards and was the way Wakey council thought.I dont have a thing against ground share but a merger NO a ground with half the seating red,white and blue the other half black and amber makes financial sense.Wright said no we dont want to share Newmarket and I was told that SF said the one way to survive was a ground share and was told no way and was the reason he said keep the job Im gone.