Really disappointed with this news for trin, was hoping we could both be in new stadiums and in sl, hopefully you can sort something out until you move to newmarket in 2013/14. With this news it looks like you may lose out on a licence, which just shows how stupid the whole process is, but the championship isnt the end of the world, some of my favourite memories of watches cas came in nl1. If it does come to you losing out on a licence then keep the faith, continue to support your club and make sure your too good a choice to turn down in 2015.

Thanks for the kind words but I'm afraid stength of bid, community work, junior development etc. has nothing at all to do with it. Its all down to whether SKY want you in as seen by the past fiascos with Harlequins and Crusaders. I'm pretty sure they don't want Wakefield or Castleford in SL if they can bring in the likes of the Toulouse and other "expansion" teams.

I'm afraid we are at the mercy of the whishes of SKY and our future lies in their hands and possibly the failure of others - whats the odds of Crusaders or whatever they are called surviving beyond 2011.

I don't really believe that our fate rests entirely in our own hands.

Alot can happen between now and 2015, all you can do as a fan is support your club and hope things go your way. Its far from what we all want but its the lot we have been given so we have to do what we can.

If trin do end up in the championship i will attend there first nr cup game to show my support for your club.

Been made aware of a meeting, I think Tuesday with government office and rodders.
I have been told we have "a glimmer of hope" but it's better than nowt!!

Once the decision had been made i didn't think it could be reversed, maybe the meeting if it does happen will be to try and make sure the enquiry takes as little time as possible.

I have no idea, other than it's a glimmer.
Like you say it could be just info about a short inquiry, whatever! I'll take that for the time being.
I'm sure people connected with the club/stadium will have more info.

Would it not be a meeting to discuss why the decision was called and what/if any additional factors will be considered at the review and what/if any additional information the developers will be required to submit ahead of the enquiry.

Possibly so, will have to just sit tight! It's not like we aren't used to it!!!

Maybe thats why there is a delay in announcing plan b.

I'm not sure what Rodney Walker would be talking to 'planners' about as he can only be classed as a 3rd party, as it is a planning application from Yorkcourt.

He isn't talking to planners, it's a "bit" higher up I think.

God?

Mr Pickles seems to be a typical tory/politician!!!! says one thing then does another!! he should be set up in the stocks at Kirkthorpe so people could throw rotten veg at him...

According to Danny Lockwood's piece in the Rugby League Weekly the land is part owned by Leeds City Council.
How can that be?

He's a journalist - he's wrong!

I doubt he'll even have looked at it, tbh. That's the job for monsieur's advisers. His chubby fingers will have held the pen that marked "X" in the spot, and that will have been it.

I'm no politician but if you take the goggles off re the stadium and consider points and posts made by Allmart and IA then the reason I wouls assume this has been called in is because of the following.

the development is majority green belt and the rest brown built. The district has to free up x amount of space and this area fits the bill, The Govt want local decisions however I think in this case if it came back for a local decision and bearing in mind it had a mindful to approve tag to it then would this potentially have set a precedent around green belt land adjoining motorways etc.

I maybe well off the mark here but by making the decision centrally then there is some policing of big developments.

Everything about the development is positive about the calling in, it was always a risk and its happened, the club need to fucus on the criteria for a franchise to be retained and also what needs to be done to obtain one in the future.

We seem to have been written off but I am not sure this is the case as yet there is lots of time before April for things to happen and this is a step back but not all is lost

I do agree though that the club should have prepared better for this news to come out on the front foot its a basic what if contingency to me and the Directors should be prepared. As for the trust the job of the trust is deliver the facilities to the District and needs to lead on the development both are separate entities but the water appears muddy at the moment.

The place this first appeared was in a BBC report following the call in and I just think that, as most journalists can be quite lazy when reporting a story that appeared somewhere else, they just assume it was correct and it is now being re-written as it is now an archive report. As far as I am aware it is indeed a load of rubbish. Mainly, why would Leeds City Council own land in the Wakefield District and any common land that previously did belong to Leeds was exchanged when the border moved to the centre of the M62 along this stretch.

....And then gone back to stroking himself as he purveys an overfilled luncheon plate to devour into his enormous, grotesque chops

Hey Guys,

Look at the positive side of things

You have a solid BOD who have backed you for years

You have a developer who is sticking by you despite your plans going to PI

You have a plan B with either Oakwell or Elland Road

You have a large loyal following that dwarfs many other SL clubs

You have built a team that looks capable of a top 8 finish, maybe higher

You are Wakefield, Together you are stronger

How many do you hope to catch?

I smell the work of one of our "old" friends!!

sorry. clockwork internet connection in the rainforest

I'm assuming the Kemp in question is not ex Spandau Ballet.
That was an awfully large net he used there but the holes were EC regulation so unlikely to catch anything in these waters.

I can only asume cocoa. As the kemp(s) in question were twins, that is why you felt the need to post twice?