Quote ="imwakefieldtillidie"I hate going to Huddersfield games, but only because you normally give us a pasting! I don't actually have an issue with Huddersfield (I actually like their style of play), I just take issue with everyone having a pop at Wakefield because we have a poor stadium. The stadium is on the old side but I'm of the opinion if it's safe enough for the National Leagues then there's no problem with it for Super League. And it may be old school, but surely the side who finishes bottom goes down, and the top side in NL1 come up? Otherwise there is nothing to play for and it should no longer be classed as a 'sport'.'"
Promotion and relegation is a thing of the past and is very unlikely to come back in the foreseeable future, Like it or not the licence system is here and Wakefield like everyone else will have to find a way to fill the requirements of be left out, personally i hope they find the ways and means, who knows a wealthy man may step forward, It's happened at other lucky clubs.
I thought that a club had to score on other things besides a stadium, and perhaps Wakey dont score well enough on others "I dont know" . What i do find very strange is the RF league stating months ago that a NL side was going to be promoted (almost certainly Widnes ) , How do they know that the NL sides bid will be any better than Wakefields Castlefords or anyone else's, certainly they have a better stadium, a backer with money and are apparently a well run club now, they could well have a better bid than a few Superleague clubs But it all smacks of ( someone is going to make way for Widnes come what may )
Saint Helen's have played in a ramshackle Stadium for as long as Wakefield , Bradford play in a hole in the ground and are going backwards on and off the field, Salford have been promising to build a Stadium for ten years, not a brick has been laid yet i dont think, and they haven't pulled any trees up any other way as far as i can see.
So what will be will be, I think the first hurdle for Wakefield is on Friday, I wish them luck but it's only the first hurdle, If 2 Stadiums get built so close to each other i will be amazed, I really do think that a shared home is the way for them to go although i can imagine the reaction to that would be the same as it would be in Huddersfield if the Giants were encouraged to share with Halifax.
