its a joke.

If Stef does move then it wont be to a club who may not get a licence next time. Big Q marks about Wakey getting one. Also where are Wakey going to find £400k when they dont have that to spend?

Why £400k?

Misinformed

We are not struggling financially, yes crowds could be better and that is affecting higher level signings but we are not in financial difficulty far from

Cheers

Either way there'd be a transfer fee involved and, like ourselves, Wakefield would be one of the clubs I'd least expect to be mentioned when it comes to actually buying players, especially one as promising as Ratchford.

Things that suggest that he is going:
Wakefield look like losing Brough to Huddersfield so they could do with a half-back.
Lewis Palfrey is making it into the 19 man squad (possibly to get some game time so he can take Ratchford's place next season?)
Ratchford can't be happy playing centre when he and everybody else knows he is our best option at stand-off.
It wouldn't surprise me if McRae lets him go/sells him.
It was on his personal facebook and he and Turner are good friends

Things that suggest he isn't going:
He has another year on his contract.
He has friends here.
Wakefield don't seem to be in a position, financially to buy a player out of their contract

Hopefully its a joke, if so HAHAHAHAHAHhahahaaaaa phew, if not then I think we really should be worried.

can not belive what i have jst read on ratchfords profile... im absolutely gutted... myler turner ratchford whos next.... cant wait for tomz i want answers... wtf is goin on i will not be weastin any more of my hard earned all other clubs tie there youngsters to the club we jst let them all go... WHAT A JOKE THIS CLUB IS

Brough is going nowhere. "No gets more out of me than Kear". I don't think anyone can argue with DB for making that statement. He knows he should never have been anywhere other than Wakefield from the start. And knows it was only his silly behavior as a kid that made him leave us the first time around.

As for SR from what i can gather he is being released after asking to discuss terms, he heard good things about Kear and the set up at Wakefield from a friend who made the move over here from what i have been told. And wants to partner BD. Potentially a very good combination.

As for the stadium. Plans drawn up and first pic's were released last week, (looks like LSV) to be owned by the community trust (a charity set up by the club to provide & improve facilities for the whole Wakefield district, cas included. headed by Sir Rodney Walker) Funding is in place, the council have donated land and pushed planning permission forward to September.
Land clearance and leveling could start as early as October, with construction commencing immediately after.
I know were all sweating over this issue, but you can take my word there's no more false promises at Wakefield. Like you, we know this is our only shot.

you hope building will start, once those archeaoligists get on there and find something then your b****red.

Would make no sense both in terms of playing personnel and from the financial side of things.

We've already blatantly lost Myler. Do you honestly believe that we would simply release a player who signed a 2 year contract last year with the option of a 3rd year, a hugely promising one and one whom we would get decent money from should he move on, simply because he liked the sound of the place. The club wouldn't deserve a place in Super League making decisions like that.

*cough* McRae *cough*

=darkredWe really do need to be sponsored by prozac next season



Turner, Myler, now possibly Steph. it's all becoming a joke !

Maybe we can all join in this new game :-
=darkred

Quote Heard it from a good source (add name of promising Salford Player here[i)is leaving for ([/iadd name of other club here , the more unbelievable the better [i) how much do you reckon we would get for him ?([/ithink of a large lottery style amount , the more unfeasible the better[i), What d'you reckon to ( [/i add name of ageing cripple , or tanked up Aussie [i) as his replacement next season? [/i'"

Just copy and paste into a new topic and you'll get us all wound up a bit more and provide another weeks hype for that players agent to use and RL Journo's to use as reseach ...

They don't like him

I feel for you i really do, i can't count the amount of world class players we have lost because they have asked to be released. Gaz Ellis, Benny Westwood & David Solomona for 3 in the last 5 years! You can't keep a player that want's to go elsewhere. If his heart isnt in it he won't perform.
Better off letting go and using the cap space to replace.

You can't really consider Salford to Wakefield a "side-step" though can you. Recent years tables and competition levels show he would be is moving to a better class of team, with a better class of personnel.

If a player asks to be released what would you do?

this hopefully is a terrible joke, but both players i am sure could well be in trouble tomorro when they meet up with the squad

who needs a rumour mill when players say it themselves, with out a press release i thnik there is some big trouble around the corner for both jordan and stef

the lack of ability to keep hold of promising young players, players that should be the backbone of a team for years to come has got me very concerned

i will still be there in the national leagues but i will have each person who is responsible's head in my front room

It is a complete sidewards step. If anything almost backwards. This can't be happening.

Justify.

2009 30/07/

7 Wakefield 22 22
13 Salford 21 12

2008

Wakefield finished 8th 22pts
CC semi apperance

Salford not in SL

2007

Wakefield finished 8th 23pts

Salford finished 12th with 13pts

We outstrip you in every position except 6, coaching and player personnel. Crowds have been down but things aren't easy in households across the country too. And i can honestly say we have one of if not the best youth systems in the country. Look at the academy results, they don't lie!

(sidestep??)

You are kidding, it's a step up for him if he comes to Wakey

Be realistic here. They have more chance of getting a stadium in the near future. Which will transform the club. Wakefield don't have more of a chance of winning a trophy than Salford. It would be pointless.

If I had to put money on Wakey or Salford to win something it would be Wakey by some way, no disrespect to Salford.

We are fighting it out for the top 8 where as Salford are no where near it and we will be doing the same next season.

On grounds I don't know where Salford are but Wakey are advancing now

You aren't likely to win anything anytime soon and if a player is going to move on they are going to at least go somewhere that would benefit them as a player.

Someone as young and as talented as Ratchford would not up sticks and move to go anywhere other than a team that is in for silverware on a regular basis i.e. finals.

In that repspect going to Wakefield would be a COMPLETE side step at the moment.

but to be fair, it hasnt really been denied yet?, either on here or on the wakey board.
which i must admit in this silly period of the year is a bit surprising.

dont get me wrong i doont believe it but i hope its true, but im not gloating or saying its a sideways backwards or forwards move, just a sign of the time sadly that clubs are losing players, especially young ones to clubs they view as equals as they strive to free up cap space.

i cant say it would be a backwards step, and salford are struggling, but...

READING INTO WHAT 'JORDAN' HAS PUT, WE WILL MISS YOU, YOU WILL LEAVE A BIG GAP IN THE TEAM...

THIS TO ME SOUNDS AS IF HE WILL OR PLANS TO STILL BE HERE NEXT YEAR OTHERWISE HE WOULDNT BE BOTHERED ABOUT HIM LEAVING A BIG GAP

I CAN SEE IT TOMMORO, OUR FACEBOOK PROFILES MUST OF BEEN HACKED, WERE STAYING PUT!!!

So he may aswell only go to Saints or Leeds.



Moving clubs, no matter where you move to is often what you need to take you to the next step.

It's a step up, not a big one but still a step up all the same