Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:42 am  

My view as well TURFED OUT - after watching Wakefield since 1960 I am absolutely gutted. What is the point of this coming season when the franchise decision is now cut and dried. Despondent!!

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:44 am  

allmatt wrote:

I mean't common sense to hold a PI whatever the outcome.

I can sort of see where you are coming from and if the time frame was not against Wakefield, then the impact would only be a delay! As it is, it could mean the death of the Community Stadium scheme and all the NIMBY's will end up with is industrial units and the City loses out in sports facilities... simple as!

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:46 am  

Unlucky guys. Must be gut wrenching. A move to Barnsley to be announced in the short-term then I guess?

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:47 am  

altofts wildcat wrote:

Terrible news, and i think we now have to work on plan B whilst the inquiry is in progress.

How long will the enquiry take and is there still a chance we can be playing at Newmarket in 2012?

Six months at the quickest and a year tops... probably!

Will the PI go the way of Yorkcourt, almost certainly, but will the stadium and community sports facilities survive... I really do not know the answer!

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:47 am  

altofts wildcat wrote:

How long will the enquiry take and is there still a chance we can be playing at Newmarket in 2012?

"the average for each stage of the process shows that an ‘average’ call-in case takes in the region of 56 weeks from being referred to the GO to a decision being issued by the Secretary of State."

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:52 am  

If we do go to Barnsley then until Newmarket gets built we would suerly be in a better posistion in terms of stadium than Cas are unless they get their funding.

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:55 am  

Well, sad that it’s going to take a bit longer, but in the long term this could be a great benefit to us. We can now become an expansion club and get special treatment from the RFL, yippee!
I cannot see this news changing too much. We already knew it wouldn’t be built by the 2012 season. So go to Barnsley, try to keep as much of the old crowd as we can and attempt to built up a support base there. But since neither us or Castleford are near getting our stadiums built, we are still in the running for 2012, unless of course the RFL decides to drop both teams.

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:57 am  

altofts wildcat wrote:

If we do go to Barnsley then until Newmarket gets built we would suerly be in a better posistion in terms of stadium than Cas are unless they get their funding.

I admire your optimism. Will Yorkcourt definately go through with the project now with such a delay expected?

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:00 pm  

Inflatable_Armadillo wrote:

Six months at the quickest and a year tops... probably!

Will the PI go the way of Yorkcourt, almost certainly, but will the stadium and community sports facilities survive... I really do not know the answer!

How can you say that, if it was going to be in the favour of yorkcourt then they would have left it,

Are yorkcourt willing to take the risk on having to pay the potential costs involed in this if it goes against them, the cost implications are massive, in this climate, is it going to be worth it ?

Re: Disappointed isn't the word!!! : Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:01 pm  

Barnsley it is then for a year or so.

We need to stop feeling disappointed and start working out our game plan from here. We're from Wakefield, we've never rolled over before, we're not starting now!

We have positives to play from both NM, Oakwell and the fact we will have moved out of BV.

We have an untapped market and an entrance into a new support base in S.Yorkshire we need to highlight and exploit this, we will be out of past-dated facilities and be renting (just as Wigan, Leeds, Hull, Hudds do) and a small shift in location to meet a new support base is not unlike Celtic.

We can show we are at an advanced stage of development with NM (all the evidence is well documented online) and show a commitment having already moved out of our past-dated facilities.

Is it worth hiring a professional legal team to represent us at a PI? No offence to SWAG or anyone but we can't let these outsiders win another battle! If it takes fund raising to pay for legal representation or assistance cross examining opponents claims so be it.