The sticky brown stuff is back - but what we decide to do about is will have a direct effect on the outcome of this situation.

The club have clearly been handing out pound notes for fun, but that will stop / has stopped. Selling Tim Smith will go someway towards balancing the books and I am told that there will be a similar budget for playing staff next year to this. If we want better, then we must put in - and that means buying a Season Ticket - and as soon as possible!

Some of the messages I have read are suggesting that people are not up for this fight - they are tired of it! But there are others, me included, who will never give up - either because we choose not to or because we don't know how!

As one of those people - I have seen us go through this - and worse - and I expect nothing more than a fight and a strong recovery from our side and our club.

The question is - are you with us or agin us! We need everyone on board and between us we can make sure this club survives and thrives and that Captain Kirmo gets to lead us out at Newmarket!

Literally just got off the phone from getting my gold membership. in the words of Delia Smith "lets be having you"......

I'm in the trenches with you Phil

Well said TRB. It's a shame there aren't as many people trying to be positive as there were happy to be overly negative last night. We have lost bigger and better players than Smith in the past.

Just come off the phone to my two rugby going mates and we are all up for the fight! Dare I say it but together we are stronger!!!

Anger is part of the grieving process.
We'd had disbelief, now we got on with dusting ourselves off and making a new start.

it makes no sense saying your not renewing your season ticket, if you love the club you'll support it warts and all

bang them drums TRB

I don't know why but I'll be there next year, it's a question I wish I could answer.

I garuntee people who do not buy a season ticket next year will atleast attend 5 games!!!

All signed up for next season. Bring it on

I'm going to renew, but when the price goes up.

Thats a proper Wakey fan

You are NGB4C and I claim my £500.

Already got 2 STs,going in on monday for 2 lottery x1 year subscriptions.Lets show everybody we dont need a sugardaddy we the fans will make WTW sustainable. TIME TO DIG DEEP.

My tin hat is on, has always i will be at the games giving Big Al some stick, but TRB if we go down i do think it will be the end, you cannot win games with out good half backs, and we have not got one, thats my bigest worry

Could we have done much more the last couple of years? Best crowds we have had for ages! 3 of us in the fam with season tickets as always, it's just same old same old.

Right, now is the time to stand up and be counted. The statement from Michael Carter seems frank, honest and genuine.
Selling Smith was the only option we had and so even though it's disappointing that it has had to come to that, I'd rather that than lose MY club!!




A fresh start is needed and that can only happen if WE back the Club and the new Chairman who seems to know what he is doing.
On the plus side we will start next season as everyone's prediction for relegation which is when the Wakefield Spirit shows itself and we generally go out and prove everyone wrong.




The Club and the Team will get my full backing starting tomorrow at Huddersfield. I hope that others feel the same.

Most people on here already spend everything they can on the club, that well is close to running dry. Its the floating fans that would have to dig deeper, the ones who weren't there before the cheap ticket offer. You really think they will all of a sudden see key players leaving, the prices going up and say on the back of a probable 7 game losing run and say 'yeah, i'll have a bit of that'?! Sorry but it just isn't going to happen. I'm lead to beleive we have sold less than half the 4K target to press and I doubt that is going to double on the back of recent events.

We will back to the same amount of people as there always is putting in the same amount of money they possibly can. And respect to everyone that does. But I for one already spend more than I should on the club over the year, i'm afraid no more funds can be directed that way. The fans spend what they can and always have but that obviously isn't enough as this keeps happening. What we have to do is find significant new investment and find it quick. The best thing we can do is ask our bosses whether they want to part own a rugby club with plenty of commercial potential and hope they say yes. Otherwise I fear the slope might just get a little too slippery.

...with you all the way good buddy...got our season tickets weeks ago.
So who hasn't got theirs yet ???

I'll be there no matter who is playing

Do you understand why so many "negatives" came out last night, its not the loss of a player its the reasons behind the loss of that player.

I have bought my season tickets and i'm always up for a fight but i do that with my eyes open.

Do you guys do a membership for about 3/4/5 games????

I go to wakefield if cas are playing too far away for me to get, so it'd make sense me getting a membership really.

As far as the crisis goes, you have higher attendances now that for the last 30 years (I think) ....so I can't see a reason why it'd be the end of the club.

Selling Tim Smith isn't all that bad either, god knows he can't defend for his life

There is a "Set of Six Membership" for £100 which not surprisingly is for 6 games. However it covers 2 Category A games (Leeds, Cas, Wigan & Saints), 2 Category B games (Huddersfield, Hull, Hull KR, Bradford & Warrington) and 2 Category C games (Widnes, London, Salford & Catalans).

Must say you are right, this get behind the club year in year out is wearing thin, if we had 10 thou in every week it would not have made no differance, the club has been run by idiots, AG said fans can sleep in there beds and not worry no more, well he got that wrong, heres to a pill or three to make me sleep, good night AG and JE

If our attendances are better than they have ever been why are we in the crap again? Where is the money going?

I wasn't going to renew my season ticket as I missed too many matches this season but what the hell. Ill order mine next week. What else is there to do on a Sunday?

It does leave you wondering. Attendances are up significantly than before. Only around half of that is discounted season ticket holders. I certainly find the price of my ticket quite substantial when buying two for the east stand.

There is commercial sponsorship all over the ground. And we are not spending the full salary cap. I appreciate that Eric France went bust but we are still well short.

Should our advertising rates by higher? I know that corporate hospitality at other clubs is a higher cost, just look at their websites.

How many more avenues of income can we explore? Or is the cash leaking out from somewhere where we should put a sock in it?