I agree Slugger - it would be a total disaster for Cas Tigers. If Ferres presents the hard sell to the fans tonight and a move to NM is mooted there will be a mass walk out.

I don't think anything about the ground will be mentioned at Cas' meeting tonight, until the project gets the final ok there is no point. But once it does expect Ferres to start letting the info out slowly that it is a likely option.

I say What...!!! some cas fans need to go see a shrink, was told in Black Bull in cas, that Ferres is a plant by the wildcats, we have sent them over to win the club over, Ferres to buy shares in the club take control get the Cas faithful to move in to Newmarket, then merge the team into the wildcats...







nice one lad what you on



But then again

Growth is all well and good, but some growths should be excised and NOT grafted on - the graft would run the risk of rejection anyway.

Depends how much of that cash goes to Jack Fulton who wants out and his money back (so I was told by someone quite close to all of this).

Knocking up £2m I'm lead to believe. The ground can't worth much more than £5m, that doen't leave a lot to fund a new stadium that will cost in the ball park off £15m! Dicky Wright lead them a merry dance for years. Hopefully for them Ferres will lay it on the line and be honest with the fans.

Jack Fulton doesn't want out. He will hand over to his son Ian Fulton who has recently been elected to the BOD.

Not what I heard, but you are probably closer to the situation than me so I hope you're right to be honest.

Our rivalry with Cas is one of the best bits (or sometimes worst bits!) of being a Wakey fan, I certainly wouldn't want to lose it.

I always had the impression that Ferres had a good money head on his shoulders but didn't the RFL send him to the Crusaders for 12 months to sort their problems out and we all know what happened to them

If I was a Cas fan I think I would be slightly worried at the moment. But I'm sure if anything major goes wrong the RFL will offer the same help to them as they did Bradford won't they

Somehow I cannot see the RFL helping us out like they did for Bradford.

How much do Cas owe Carlsberg and do they want that back?

Probably!

Not bad lad, not bad

What happened in the meeting last night ?

Quote ="wrencat1873"What happened in the meeting last night ?'" www.casforum.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... 55#p368155

Quote ="wrencat1873"What happened in the meeting last night ?'" www.casforum.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... 55#p368155

According to RL weekly on twitter no new stadium, a show of hands to redevelop WR after 8 years of planning must be soul destroying

According to RL weekly on twitter no new stadium, a show of hands to redevelop WR after 8 years of planning must be soul destroying

Quote ="wrencat1873"What happened in the meeting last night ?'" www.castigers.com/article.php?id=2552 and www.castigers.com/article.php?id=2554

Quote ="wrencat1873"What happened in the meeting last night ?'" www.castigers.com/article.php?id=2552 and www.castigers.com/article.php?id=2554

Yes and no. Most fans I know would much prefer to stat at WR and only welcomed the proposed move to GH as a means of securing a SL license. As seemingly indicated by SF last night economic factors will dictate stadium criteria become lower priority and I suspect no-one will lose out on purely on those grounds (pardon the pun) in future.

What is soul destroying in our current plight is the money spent on planning and development for the move at the expense of building a team which would sustain/increase support (ie income) rather than reduce it. For example IIRC we were told most of the Joe Westerman fee headed in that direction.

Thanks for the info Smoking Monkey.
It is refreshing to hear some plain speaking and honesty, which must be some comfort.
As many have said previously, Wheldon Road doesnt need that much of a facelift to be an excellent ground.
A bit of work at the railway end and a new main stand should be plenty and a a self funded project, ie without significant local government or partner then, for most right minded people, it shouldn't be a problem.
What sort of time scales were they talking about.?

Reading the second report it makes a lot of sense from Cas supporters and SFs POV, and if the RFL have finally seen sense and lowered the importance of new/modern stadia as a stipulation of SL instead of a business decision based on affordability and practicality as it should be; then Amen to that, although i have not heard anything official from the RFL, perhaps they consider it better to say now't than to admit to such a crackpot idea in the first place.

Steve Ferres quoted Wakefield and Salford as being in a simular precarious position as Castleford?

Steve Ferres also said that the current and 2013 Castleford Tigers squad was costing £1.4Million......WHAT!!!

Didn't read that?
Anyhow its his opinion, not a fact.