Thaler's been best ref by a country mile this year, so very pleased with his appointment. They certainly won't be any leg up from him.

Happy with Thaler being ref. It's a very important game so it's good that it's going to be refereed by a top SL ref.

I said this game needed a strong referee and that's what we've got so I'm happy. Just hope I still feel that way on Sat evening however! Is this our first game of the season with a video ref?! Can't say I've missed that bit of being in SL!

Not all Trinity supporters are under estimating the Bulls. It should be a tight game and can go either way although the Bulls have a good history beating us.

Personally I'd like both West Yorkshire clubs to be in Super League and the Leigh bubble to burst along with Salfords.

Yeah, agree.

speed rather than the speed which would be required by a ref Like Thaler. Hence my comment about how we do it in training.

I'm sure Ben Thaler referees every game as he sees it and makes his decisions on merit.
That said if you were looking for some kind of bias in his officiating then on past performances Wakefield fans would say he tries so hard not to favour Trinity that he often gives debatable decisions to their opposition.

He's the best referee in the competition!

I rate Thaler so it's a good appointment.

I hope....

Haha, for what it's worth we always thought the same of Russell Smith! Agree about Thaler though.

Let's hope the ref isn't the talking point and we see a good game with the winner determined on merit

Yeah, but if it isn't, let's hope the dodgy calls go our way.

Well, naturally!

Well Marc Green's tweet this afternoon has caused near meltdown from mock outrage on the Wakefield board. This is a personal favourite...



What a revelation he's so clever he travelled back in time and impersonated Peter Hood allowing him to negotiate that particular deal with the RFL. Is he a T1000 like in Terminator 2?

Of course we know that the notion that Marc Green is a cyborg made from liquid metal sent back in time to negotiate with the RFL is a ludicrous idea. It was the lease not the ground that RFL bought.

Also not that clever in hindsight as he now has to pay to buy the lease back off RFL and the rent he's paying RFL is higher than the rent RFL are paying Bradford Council. Surely if you are travelling back in time hindsight is obsolete? It's a thing of the past.

Was a silly tweet from Green. We gain nothing from it apart from it motivating Wakey even more. Green has been one of the few chairman who uses social media, that has actually used it responsibly.

Near meltdown

I know they need to get a life don't they.

The replies to it on twitter are better its absolute dynamite.

THe usual "are you going to bother bringing any crowds this year because it'll make a change" comments are out in force. It's the staple for a fan of a club that get's rubbish crowds to trot that line out. It's like when girls sing I will survive at karaoke.

I don't see anything wrong with his tweet. I am fairly sure Wakey will be glad of a decent crowd, as would we. It's hardly loaded with innuendo.

Is that your favourite then?

I'm hoping Green's tweet is taken as being a little light-hearted. Giving Wakefield a reason to get fired up is unnecessary.

Surely Wakey are looking forward to playing the Bulls. We're a lowly Championship side. After all the weeks of getting hammered they will be drooling at the thought of racking up a big score against us.

I certainly am and will no doubt enjoy having a few beers before the game chatting to Bulls fans.


My gripe with the twitter comment is that those at the top of clubs should remain professional if they choose to use social media. Our chairman has also put tweets on about our fans that I think are in poor taste and the less said about MK the better.
I'm all for a bit of banter between fans but those at the top should remain dignified and not bad mouth the hand that feeds them...us the supporters.

Fully agreed!

Actually it's not that ludicrous at all. That deal to sell the lease caused the bank to pull the overdraft which caused the cash flow problems that lead to the first administration that brought Omar into the club that lead to the loan from Marc Green which brought him into the club so he could buy it from the second Administration.

Which means that thAt meeting was judgement day! The only way to stop all this is to travel back in time and persuade Nigel Wood's dad to get him into fishing instead of Rugby League. Changing the course of history and we're still world club champions.

Now how we get access to Marc Green's time machine given that he is an almost indestructible cyborg made from liquid metal is going to take some doing.

Yes I'm so glad Marc Green persuaded the RFL to buy our iconic ground, about 3 years before he got involved with the club

Fool

FYI Everyone
There are road signs on the A650 coming out of Wakefield saying they are doing re-surfacing on Saturday and there will be long delays
Nothing on the in-bound, but you might want to find an alternative route back