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| Quote ="Code13"Like I said, I had every sympathy in the world. Then I read your forum.'"
No need to explain yourself!
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Quote ="StuMain"www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/wakefield-wildcats/wakefield_wildcats_millard_could_be_latest_star_to_leave_1_3083741
Makes very grim reading.
Quote But yesterday O’Hara said Glover had not attended a scheduled meeting on Monday afternoon and the sale was still up in the air.
O’Hara said he is now planning talks with the RFL to discuss “plan B” in case a take-over does not go ahead.
“The RFL have said they would fund me for a minimum of 28 days if a purchaser is not found,” he said.
“I will be talking to them to see how that would be funded.”'"
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Quote Peter O’Hara, from administrators O’Hara & Co, revealed that negotiations with Spirit of 1873 Ltd, led by local businessman Andrew Glover, were progressing towards a conclusion that would see the club emerge out of administration.
O’Hara said: “There are one or two sticking points but we are getting nearer and nearer. I am hopeful that the deal will conclude on Wednesday.”'"
www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/sport ... _1_3083496
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Quote ="StuMain"www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/wakefield-wildcats/wakefield_wildcats_millard_could_be_latest_star_to_leave_1_3083741
Makes very grim reading.
Quote But yesterday O’Hara said Glover had not attended a scheduled meeting on Monday afternoon and the sale was still up in the air.
O’Hara said he is now planning talks with the RFL to discuss “plan B” in case a take-over does not go ahead.
“The RFL have said they would fund me for a minimum of 28 days if a purchaser is not found,” he said.
“I will be talking to them to see how that would be funded.”'"
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Quote Peter O’Hara, from administrators O’Hara & Co, revealed that negotiations with Spirit of 1873 Ltd, led by local businessman Andrew Glover, were progressing towards a conclusion that would see the club emerge out of administration.
O’Hara said: “There are one or two sticking points but we are getting nearer and nearer. I am hopeful that the deal will conclude on Wednesday.”'"
www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/sport ... _1_3083496
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| Anybody any idea when Sky money is dished out? Will we have had some or all of it already? If not can you get it when in admin? Maybe that will give us a stay of execution, or is that wishfull thinking?
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| Quote ="Tommy Duckfingers"Anybody any idea when Sky money is dished out? Will we have had some or all of it already? If not can you get it when in admin? Maybe that will give us a stay of execution, or is that wishfull thinking?'"
I think you have been advanced some of that already ![Neutral icon_neutral.gif](//www.rlfans.com/images/smilies//icon_neutral.gif)
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| Quote ="Code13"I had a huge ammount of sympathy for Wakey and their fans.
Then I read their forum.
Fsk em.'"
Dont take forums too seriously. Why base your opinion on what a couple of frustrated posters have said? They are only lashing out due to the severity of the situation i think. I think if any other SL team were in our situation there would be some people on their board saying the same. A handful of posts on a message board does not mean that is the view of the majority of supporters.
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| Quote ="Code13"Like I said, I had every sympathy in the world. Then I read your forum.'"
yes of course you do dear , you see that's it you just can not stop reading our forum.
lap it up fella what goes around ect ...
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| Quote ="Greg Florimos Boots"Did it? I dont think we went in to administration when we went down. Also im worried for Wakey as with Fax it was a good 10 or so games in to the season before players started leaving, obviously most had gone before the start of the season but the team that was on the field to start with was at least competitive for a few weeks.'"
it didn't but the similarity is that you started the 03 season with a ridiculously low salary cap and a team full of academy players and a 52 year old neil harmon.
which it seems the cats will be ending up with, minus neil harmon.
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| Whats the plan B the RFL and O'haras are talking about?
Huddersfield/Sheffield, Hull/Gateshead...........
Im sure that the RFL said there was a pot of money to help clubs who merged, around the £2 million mark I think
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| Quote ="SmokeyTA"Whats the plan B the RFL and O'haras are talking about?
Huddersfield/Sheffield, Hull/Gateshead...........
Im sure that the RFL said there was a pot of money to help clubs who merged, around the £2 million mark I think'"
That seems to be one of the things being floated on the wakey board at the minute with glasshoughton being the option.
Now merger or liquidation. Not much of a choice is it.
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| Quote ="Mutley Cat"
lap it up fella what goes around ect ...'"
..has come around.
HTH.
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| Quote ="Durham Giant"That seems to be one of the things being floated on the wakey board at the minute with glasshoughton being the option.
Now merger or liquidation. Not much of a choice is it.'"
Depends...
In Rugby League, for one of the teams involved, they both end in much the same way
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| Quote ="Durham Giant"That seems to be one of the things being floated on the wakey board at the minute with glasshoughton being the option.
Now merger or liquidation. Not much of a choice is it.'"
Between those two choices i'd take liquidation.
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| Just like Wakie I would rather go watch Cas down in amateur leagues than merge.
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| Ah, Calder Valley RLFC...
[size=9<ducks waiting fir the flack/>[/size
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| Quote ="Big Graeme"Ah, Calder Valley RLFC...
[size=9<ducks waiting fir the flack/>[/size'"
With no fans, the passion runs deep around here for RL and you can bet it would fall flat on its a***
Edit: Silly me!
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| Quote ="Fanatic_Tiger"With no fans, the passion runs deep around here for RL and you can bet it would fall flat on its a***
Edit: Silly me!'"
As opposed to the last ten years where fully pro RL has been a rousing success in the district.
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| Quote ="Durham Giant"Now merger or liquidation. Not much of a choice is it.'"
Yeah, they only have liquidation because not even Richard Wright is stupid enough to merge a team on the up with a team worth nothing at all, losing fans in the process!
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| Quote ="Gaslight"Yeah, they only have liquidation because not even Richard Wright is stupid enough to merge a team on the up with a team worth nothing at all, losing fans in the process!'"
£2million might make him more co operative. Plus it guarantees Glasshoughton and takes away any competition.
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| Quote ="Durham Giant"£2million might make him more co operative. Plus it guarantees Glasshoughton and takes away any competition.'"
Glasshoughton is guaranteed anyway, planning will be a doddle and contrary to what Wakey fans want to tell you funding IS there, and Wakey aren't exactly competition, are they?
Wright doesn't even want a ground share, never mind a merger ![Laughing icon_lol.gif](//www.rlfans.com/images/smilies//icon_lol.gif)
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| Quote ="Durham Giant"£2million might make him more co operative. Plus it guarantees Glasshoughton and takes away any competition.'"
Add in the guarantee of another SL license and it looks more attractive
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| Quote ="Tommy Duckfingers"Anybody any idea when Sky money is dished out? Will we have had some or all of it already? If not can you get it when in admin? Maybe that will give us a stay of execution, or is that wishfull thinking?'"
Might be the 28 day funding that the RFL are talking about.
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| Quote ="SmokeyTA"As opposed to the last ten years where fully pro RL has been a rousing success in the district.'"
Sorry? Where do you live? In the WF6 area? If not then you wouldn't have an idea about how much RL has had an effect around this area.
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| Quote ="Fanatic_Tiger"Sorry? Where do you live? In the WF6 area? If not then you wouldn't have an idea about how much RL has had an effect around this area.'" ![Laughing icon_lol.gif](//www.rlfans.com/images/smilies//icon_lol.gif) what an awful argument.
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| Quote ="SmokeyTA"icon_lol.gif what an awful argument.'"
Crowds aren't exactly poor though are they? For the size of towns/cities around this area I would say crowds are amazingly high.
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| Quote ="Fanatic_Tiger"Crowds aren't exactly poor though are they? For the size of towns/cities around this area I would say crowds are amazingly high.'"
unfortunately for you, the relative size of the crowds to the town you are in matters not one jot to the bank manager, nor to the wage demands of players, nor to the cost of suppliers.
In fact, in all but petty attempts at point scoring it is a meaningless and useless bit of trivia.
And relative to other clubs, your crowds arent 'amazingly high'.
A merger would give the club the opportunity to target another 6k RL fans we know exist in Wakfield, plus all the prospective fans Wakefield would be targeting, it means you dont have competition which is literally only one junction down the motorway cannibalising your market, it means you get about £2 million, and it pretty much guarantees you a license.
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