So whats gonna happen to the surf world deal.
As that been put on the back burner as well.

dont tell me you fell for that one as well, for crying out loud open your eyes

I had NO reason not to believe it.
Surf world reps made statements about the whole deal so why should i not believe it.

=#8000FFGood job Palermo aren't buying the ground and that it isn't on a flood plain then aint it, at least get your facts right before making stuff up eh?

He's tried it on our board,a poor effort at trolling!


Take a look 'In house' rovers before trolling on your neighbours boards,i'd say that we and Cas have a greater chance of seeing footings go in than you guys have!!

You heard it here first!

I think the best part about this is that is SHOULD force the club into making a statement to spin the bad news around into good news, hopefully that means clarification on the appointment of an architect. I won't hold my breath though

Hope everything works out Tigers.
Although for what it's worth i don't think a few years at Newmarket Lane would be the be all and end all. Look at it this way, if it pans out like that and you commit to a temporary tenancy at least you will be in a new stadium for 2012 and will have 3 years breathing space to find the funding to either redevelop The Jungle or move elsewhere. You have a committed fan base as we saw with the 2 dips into the Championship, it's easy to say you would walk away, harder to do. I know I've said it with regard to my club enough, never mean it though.

As i said i hope you well and hope you will note how much support you have got from your "old enemies". And it's not about point scoring or a race, i genuinely feel for you after being lead down the garden path... Hope you have a good season...Derby games apart.

I know you try to act like some kind of sage but that's very old news, Suggy.


They never pulled out because of a flood plain but the reason was very much 'the recession' .......
Palomo Ltd went into administration in August 2009?

did your mate not tell you that ??



RW and a few dozen others have known this for 5 months hence the coded comments about the size of stadium.

The chances of moving to Stanley are nil. HTH

Fair does, what's plan B? how could you finance a redevelopment of WR though? As other people have said i think the RFL won't take to either of us "moving the goal posts" over the stadiums very well, because for the vast majority of RL fans thats what it's going to seem like if either of us ask for more time.

Moving in with wakey would lose us our franchise, we would stand a better chance staying at WR. The only ones that would benefit would be wakefield as they have a stonger case for calling it a community stadium then (wheras at the moment it will be a wakefield stadium with the possibility that some amatuer sides will play some games there). And your making a rather big assumption that wakey will be in the new stadium for 2012, something there are no gaurentees of, especially if the goverment calls in the planning.

True, but the finances are there to build it. There is the critical difference. But thats pie in the sky until after we have submitted for planning permission.
Anyways banter aside, nobody wants to lose the derby days, so all the best

All great points which succintly illustrate that as far as a new stadium goes, we are being led along with nothing definite ever outlined let alone accomplished.

This announcement does at least stop the pragmatic amongst us clinging on to vague proposals.

I'm not saying it will never/can't happen, but as things stand I'd expect a continuous string of setbacks and delays.

Depending how other clubs shape up (i.e Wakey/Salford re: stadiums; Crusaders in general etc.) will certainly determine whether or not we get another franchise.

I personally think you will.
If Stade or Toulouse get very serious, you may be in trouble.
Crusaders will go well in Wrexham imo so from my perspective, count that one out.

You both still score fairly well on criteria if you have another decent season, I think you're in: just.

Why would you build a stadium with just two sides, its like a barn without the doors . From day one the funding was not there and in this present climate there is no chance . If we have a plan B it should of been brought forward months ago, did we really have a plan B . The fact is Castleford Tigers are going to have to go to the RFL cap in hand, if it works great we get more time . If we lose the franchise i do not see us ever getting back to top flight Rugby league .

My fear is the BOD of Castleford Tigers are letting us all down lightly to lesson the blow . But one fact for sure is when we were in NL1 the club made more money .

What's this about only 2 stands ?

Has something been revealed, like bad news.

plan B was done last year when they put in the extra safety barriers so we can get the capacity up to 12000

Have a look at the link in the OP

I have always tried to reserve judgement a bit on RW. I must admit I have never really been a fan, but I always thought if the man can deliver us a new stadium then he must be worth his salt. It would appear the man has delivered us nothing but lies and broken promises. Two relegations, next years team will be even better, followed by the "consolidation" statement. Which is one of the worst statements I have ever read. I am in charge of ten people at work, I wonder how long I would have a job if I stood in front of the lads and said " We did good last year lads, infact you did better than you actually are. So this year it is fine if you want to be mediocre. As a result I have set this years target lower than last years."
The man has lost the plot ( I must ask if he ever had it ), he is taking £80k pa out of the club and bumbling along like a bald idiot with a bad tash. Its time you went Mr Wright, then we can get someone in who is prepared to take the club FORWARD!

Spot on.

Sorry but, I've got very little faith in RW. Many other clubs warned us when he became involved in the club and there is a lot to suggest they were right.

He's always awaiting a major announcement, which in the end turns out to be waffle that he later contradicts.

We all knew that the sale of the old ground to developers was in trouble and that the buyers were pulling out back in late 2007 early 2008. RW however gave us words to the effect of that although this was a set back, we had alternative stage managed plans, and the show would go on.......Hence, all of this isn't new at all! It's recycling what we already knew.

For what RW has been paid over the last 3,4 or 5 years....and we are still at this stage...we'd have been better off investing his wages in correcting some issues at the Jungle. At a rumoured £80K a year over 3, 4 or 5 years, we could have got a lot done at the jungle!!

We should have looked into a new stadium years ago.

Whitwood anyone?

We did look at it quite a few years ago, but the club were intent on moving to a new stadium at Whitwood and tried to form a partnership with Castleford RUFC, but unfortunately the plan they put together was flawed. A good friend of mine who was a councilor, had the foresight to see the bigger picture and what Xscape and the old pit site would become and urged the club to move the project to Glasshoughton, but unfortunately, they didn't want to know, pressing ahead with Whitwood, otherwise I'm sure the stadium would have been built by now and we would be currently playing in it.

Indeed I shouldn't, two days and not a squeak on the website, very poor PR from the club. To release a statement now, well after the damage is done, would only stink of lies.

That is unless they were mixing concrete...