Toulouse are no loss , their matches tended to be the lowest attendances anyway , and it isn't just Widnes's away support , just that they attracted your ' occasional big match ' supporter , our ' derby ' match next year will probably be Swinton , with Halifax after that

The TV deal won't happen and has never been paid for anyway , so again no great loss as it cost us money when we were on , in fact the Co oP sponsorship only happened because of the TV deal , so that might go as well

Yes they were thinking about it , but with 5/6 games left clubs in the Championship still don't know if anybody will be relegated , and those in Championship 1 don't know if there will be any promotion , or which positions will win promotion

Bloody marvellous

You are being serious here ?

Trust me if you were in the championship you would have exactly the same problem with the attendances. we have been successful over the last 3 years too, and we still havent managed to increase the gates.

the games are meaningless ysure you play for 3 points and to get to the grand final, but we have just been to 2 successive grand finals, hasnt increased gates though because there is no promotion at the end of the season,

where is the selling point to come and watch a championship game these days??

you do have a youth set up but the sky money helps doesnt it? we dont have as much so therefore can't afford as much.

the only difference between the 2 clubs is the league they are playing in and the extra sky money super league teams get.

its the system though not you, i feel like we have been shafted by the RFL

there's the reasons why and you chairman can't see it

not a pop at you because I to hate the franchise system

hang in there bud

You can't though because everyone knows if Crusaders sort themselves out thats the next franchise sorted.

Highly unlikely I'd say , but then again who knows what ' master plan ' they will come up with

if they can't do SL what makes you think they could do championship any better

you can then base your bid on a far stable history

by the way your pitch ain't long enough

My wife thinks Halifax have been sold down the river.
Mind you, she actually likes the game, maybe that's it.


How is he an idiot?
Halifax's results ARE better, even when you take into account the league they play in.
They have made far better use of the meagre funds available to them than Wakefield have with their share of Sky income.


The Shay's development actually exists, right now, you can see it and touch it.
Belle Vue's redevelopment is an idea, a dream, a promise (and we've seen promise after promise from Wakefield evaporate so many times).
Who on earth is going to spend serious money (and it would take really serious money, given the state of it) to redevelop a ground that doesn't even belong to them, when they are going to build a new stadium almost immediately?
Maybe Richard Lewis fell for that but it doesn't ring true to me.

12,000 capacity you say ... and how full? ... or are you going to continue to depend on away fans bringing the money in?

Going to cost £500,000 the money has been earmarked and the contractors were at the ground yesterday looking at what needs doing

surely if the ground does not happen over the next year the rfl can kick them out? or are they going to give them yet again another 3 years to fail on the promises?

I'll type slowly for you so then when you've read it, or had someone to read it for you, you can go away.
The improvements, which will be ready for the start of 2012 season, will bring BV up to grade B (close to grade A) and so good enough for SL.
If the PI has a positive outcome at the end of this year buildiing NM will start next spring and be ready to play in near the start of 2013 season.
If the result is negative then we have a bigger problem finding a permanent home The improved BV will be sufficient for this franchise period, but may be an issue come 2014 if a more permanent solution is not on the horizon. Sorry to disappoint you but we're not going away.

The way I read it, it's a three-year franchise.
Would the RFL kick them on the grounds of insufficient progress? I doubt it, as that would involve (maybe) promoting a team that didn't have the right player contracts or business plan in place, plus would possibly unbalance the structure of SL if there was no-one ready to be promoted.

Try asking Cas about their ground. After all Richard Wright was photographed 5 years ago with a hard hat in front of a digger 'at their new ground'.

Can anyone be bothered to reply to this ill informed b*llocks masquerading as opinion, I can't. None of the so called fans on here fighting Halifax cause gave a toss a few weeks ago. We are everyones favourite whipping boy and it's getting boring.

thank you for that u arrogant git.
i was just asking the question cos the way that lewis prick said it, it suggested that u would be under scrutiny and that they could revoke ur any franchise at any point if they feel that any team is not up to it

Thought this applied to all SL clubs, not just us!

Right, so Cas's promises are as empty as Wakefield's?
OK, point taken, thanks.

Ill-informed b*llox?
If so, engage with the argument and say what is wrong and where.

No idea what your point is.
I was simply saying that (as I understand it), once in, you're in for three years.
I could be wrong on that ... am I?

jeeees , i think this fella needs taking to the vets and putting out of his misery.

i was gutted for for fax , i truly 101% was but the way how hes taken defeat is embarrassing , it would of been more appropriate to "not be pleased" without naming a club . how the hell does he know that Wakefield's proposal was not even better than other grade C's.

If he was banking on gaining SL because wakey were so bad who did he think widnes were replacing? , no one knew about crusaders resignation until the day 11am . they threw us a life line possibly but lets not forget that the turn around in 6 months alone by the new company should also be looked upon without prejudice .

i would like to see fax back in super league mainly for the fans but the chairman really needs to apologise to Wakefield as he as let himself , Halifax and the game down.

I didn't see that ... now that is interesting, if indeed it's true.
(not suggesting you've made it up, by the way)

Prescatly.

Some of these boring know alls who think they have a right to preach to the
Wakefield supporters are real dullards aren't they?

Do they all aspire to be smokeyTA?

If only. You were looking for a bite and you got one. Be happy.

im guessing your looking for the last word , i think you may just of got your wish




thanks for you small contributions truewiganer

now go and annoy someone else.

Many thanks by the way to all other posters from all RLfans on Tuesday we were expecting a very busy day and only 1 poster let themselves down and was given time out by us , sometimes however people don't learn.