Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:02 pm  

[quote="Disco"]Oh come on... Thornes Park was a superb ruse. Well done...

Yes by WDMC led by that tit Box. They were the ones who suggested we go down the TP route and wasted 2 years where we could have been getting other plans together.

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:20 pm  

Tricky2309 wrote:

Yes by WDMC led by that tit Box. They were the ones who suggested we go down the TP route and wasted 2 years where we could have been getting other plans together.

If you check the timeline you'll discover that what actually happened was WMDC delayed (for some ambiguous reason) releasing the outcome of the feasibility study until after the Super League franchises had been granted. You may wish to interpret events as some kind of Box led conspiracy, but from the outside any fule can see that the council (who knew what the conclusions of the report were) deliberately held back publication in order to maximise, not minimise, Wakey's chances of retaining their Super League status. I understand it's hard for Wakey fans to swallow, but if Councillor Box had any influence at all then it must surely have been, with hindsight, more likely exercised in helping Wakey rather than hindering them.

Sorry if that explodes your conspiracy theory, but the bottom line is there are plenty of Cas fans - Box included, seemingly - who really don't want Wakey to go to the wall.

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:30 pm  

Disco wrote:

If you check the timeline you'll discover that what actually happened was WMDC delayed (for some ambiguous reason) releasing the outcome of the feasibility study until after the Super League franchises had been granted. You may wish to interpret events as some kind of Box led conspiracy, but from the outside any fule can see that the council (who knew what the conclusions of the report were) deliberately held back publication in order to maximise, not minimise, Wakey's chances of retaining their Super League status. I understand it's hard for Wakey fans to swallow, but if Councillor Box had any influence at all then it must surely have been, with hindsight, more likely exercised in helping Wakey rather than hindering them.

Sorry if that explodes your conspiracy theory, but the bottom line is there are plenty of Cas fans - Box included, seemingly - who really don't want Wakey to go to the wall.

It doesn't alter my view one iota. He held back on announcing it, cos after it was his cock up in the first place he did not want to be directly associated with costing us our SL place and it was the least he could do

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:54 am  

Here's a piece in the YEP The YEP understands the study would consider the two sites proposed by the clubs at junction 30 and 32 of the M62. If that's what this is based on, I'd be stunned if they didn't go for Glasshoughton. It's the jewel in the WMDC crown, and a premium sporting facility would only make it better

Here's a piece in the YEP The YEP understands the study would consider the two sites proposed by the clubs at junction 30 and 32 of the M62. If that's what this is based on, I'd be stunned if they didn't go for Glasshoughton. It's the jewel in the WMDC crown, and a premium sporting facility would only make it better

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:11 am  

They wouldn't want to upset Wakey though.

I can see them going to Newmarket in fairness.

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:37 am  

They're going to have to upset someone. They have to make a sensible decision based on the facts at hand. More money will be brought into the district from a Glasshoughton development. More new fans would be attracted to teams playing at a Glasshoughton development. Newmarket is an option to keep a club afloat, Glasshoughton is an option to help the region thrive.

Perhaps I've got rose-tinted specs on, but I just don't see the appeal of Newmarket to anyone but the few thousand Wakefield fans trying to save their club. Glasshoughton can be a focal point for the entire district - a stadium in a heart of a cultural and economical goldmine, rather than a stadium in the middle of a soulless industrial estate.

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:02 am  

Gazemous wrote:

They're going to have to upset someone. They have to make a sensible decision based on the facts at hand. More money will be brought into the district from a Glasshoughton development. More new fans would be attracted to teams playing at a Glasshoughton development. Newmarket is an option to keep a club afloat, Glasshoughton is an option to help the region thrive.

Perhaps I've got rose-tinted specs on, but I just don't see the appeal of Newmarket to anyone but the few thousand Wakefield fans trying to save their club. Glasshoughton can be a focal point for the entire district - a stadium in a heart of a cultural and economical goldmine, rather than a stadium in the middle of a soulless industrial estate.

Top notch post. The council would be foolish indeed not to see the potential in a Stadium at Glasshoughton, what an absolute gem for the entire district this would be

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:11 am  

Cas statement: http://www.castigers.com/article.php?id=914

Cas statement: http://www.castigers.com/article.php?id=914

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:43 am  

Disco wrote:

If you check the timeline you'll discover that what actually happened was WMDC delayed (for some ambiguous reason) releasing the outcome of the feasibility study until after the Super League franchises had been granted. You may wish to interpret events as some kind of Box led conspiracy, but from the outside any fule can see that the council (who knew what the conclusions of the report were) deliberately held back publication in order to maximise, not minimise, Wakey's chances of retaining their Super League status. I understand it's hard for Wakey fans to swallow, but if Councillor Box had any influence at all then it must surely have been, with hindsight, more likely exercised in helping Wakey rather than hindering them.

Sorry if that explodes your conspiracy theory, but the bottom line is there are plenty of Cas fans - Box included, seemingly - who really don't want Wakey to go to the wall.

It says a lot about the RFL, when they put so much pressure on a memeber club during a recession that they could force them in going to the wall. A club with a lot of history. The RFL are only interested in looking after tnemselves!

Re: Wakey Express- Groundshare : Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:46 am  

Reading the statement from Cas, and i know it's been tough times recently for all, but i can't help but be annoyed that both clubs have dragged their feet so much and made it so that we're both in a position where a shared stadium is possibly our only option. Lots of deadlines are coming up and it's a shame both clubs just didn't have some super dooper business thinking person in charge to get the stadiums built instead of hoping that someone throws money/land/both at them. I don't doubt both clubs have worked hard to get the stadiums sorted and i hate to be too harsh on the individuals concerned, but ffs we should have been chucking up bricks now.