https://wakefieldtrinity.com/blog/2022/ ... m-the-ceo/

https://wakefieldtrinity.com/blog/2022/ ... m-the-ceo/

Fair enough, sums it up for me.
Didn't know about Sid leaving and hopeful in signing Jamie S.

Straight from the horses mouth , no fudging ,but a good honest assessment of where we are at this present time . But all the chip oil talk and rumours to bed .

Can't resist a dig at his customer base as usual. How many businesses out there consistently slag off parts of their potential customer base. Idiotic for one that is desperate for any income. Apart from that it was actually a good press release with a nice sentiment.

He actually says tge words 'not having a go at anyone' and says he understands the cost of living crisis.
He's just answering people like Scar and Lampy who think he has a money tree.

No one thinks he has a "money tree". They think giving people like Tom Lineham 3 year deals was stupid. And it was. But even if, EVEN IF, he thought that, it's not a good diea for a skint club to slag off any potential customers, is it?

P.S you've no idea who he was on about. So quit with the strawmans. Doesn't surprise me you're first to pop up in defence though.

I'm not defending him. It just seems obvious to me.
And of course he wasn't talking about them directly but they are the ones saying we should invest more when he's saying we are facing massively reduced revenues.

I personally wouldn't have put that comment in, as it was bound to be taken personally by some. But that's him.

Doesn't seem to me that he's had a dig at anybody, just a fair assessment of the situation as it is and some regret about players leaving, maybe it's just in your head squire.

He says not having a go but then has a go and I realise his magic money tree died a long time ago. I am under no illusion regarding the position we are in because we appear to be so for the last few seasons.
It is a catch 22 situation to increase revenue you need to increase the number of supporters but to do this you need a competitive team. It is rare you can do the former without rectifying the latter first.
I am quite happy to let his plan for next season play out so please don’t feel the need to refer to me because he has many more to convince if attendances are down than just two of us plus I would remind you I have not impacted the club financially because I have a season ticket.

Nothing in that statement that I could see was having a dig at anyone , just Honest and open I’d say ,just how everyone wanted it , whether it was what you wanted to hear or not .

It's a needless, passive aggressive dig. It's not a smart way of doing PR. I'm very much respectful of what we have achieved off the field under Michael's tenure but he really could do with being a bit smarter. He's got nothing to gain fan wise in that post but he might just have potentially lost a couple who will just think " it"

I'd go regardless but I just don't see how little sly comments are helpful. You can be transparent and matter-of-fact without that.

Just disappointing because everything he said otherwise is helpful and it's nice to have the transparency but just resist the nonsense.

Aye alright.

Is this where you tell us for the one hundredth time where you buy a season ticket although you don't go to the games

the only one that he seemed to be having a go at (a little bit anyway) was the Big Bopper

A very clear and concise statement regarding our current situation at the club. Carters candid approach is always likely to cause debate amongst fans regarding if it’s the right approach to have. What I personally take from it is that this is going to be the most difficult off season since Carter has been at the club. Reduced income and late to the transfer market is not a great place to be. I can only hope that with it being a WC year that we uncover some targets there or potentially from Toulouse ie Alvaro.

What worries me is Leigh are coming up and they are really strong. I know they have to shed a number of players to meet quota, but they are a lot stronger than Toulouse. I just hope for our sake we get the recruitment right to the best of our budget or simply it’s going to be another tough year

Oh Scarlett.
I'll write it slower this time.

There...is...no.....money.....tree..........ever.

We'll have to see about Leigh but as you say, they are going to have to lose a lot of their better players.

A hard fact ‘honest’ appraisal

Unfortunately people prefer to be fed the ‘sunlit uplands’ fantasy… the statement left me feeling a bit flat .. but the world isn’t filled with flowers and puppies at the moment!

Well which ever way you look at fans are the life blood of the club. Once lost they rarely return. There is no getting away from it that the late chester years did the club damage. The back end of this year has been good but Cas at home and Salford away were bad PR. We need a competitive team to deliver good performances ,we also need better facilities to attract new fans. We are getting the facilities so we need a team to match. Its up to the BoD to provide both. Apart from moan and groan there is very little the ordinary fan can do ,other than keep turning up till you get fed up.

When trying to be sarcastic try using the corrected wording you forgot

MAGIC.

Have they looked for one or is it too overgrown at the bottom of the garden because they’ve had several years to do so.

The last one I heard use this expression was Theresa May and she found 1 billion pounds to buy off the DUP.

I guess it is an improvement on those who buy tickets on a match by match basis which means if they can’t attend they don’t pay.

Exactly this. Great post PB

I despair. No money tree. Magic or otherwise.
Only good business. Its going to be tough this year. No one has any money apart from the energy companies.
We need to somehow convince people to part with money to be entertained. And sometimes it's not entertaining!

We'll just have to dig in and see what the new season brings.
We have a decent team. Hopefully a couple of additions can freshen it up and make it competitive.

It really is pointless trying to reason with some people Pop Tart. Damed if he does, Damed if he doesn’t. Some on here criticised him for not making statements earlier, now criticising when he does. The amount of abuse he receives from some posters on here is appalling, but as soon as he might have had a little dig, those self same critics don’t like it.

And you called me a plum, well at least I’m not a rotten one.