Love arona happy hes staying but where are we gonna improve now squad wise king to come in but other than hirst he no better.qe have lost quality in mcb other teams are improving for next year look at saints 10 points clear but signed 2 to improve them.hope we can pinch a couple from widnes when they go down

That stinks mate.

seriously though there are some cracking young hookers who aren't getting games who would jump at a chance to play with you. Dwyer at Leeds wasn't getting a chance but since Parcell has been carrying a knock they've looked a better team when he's on the field. L ook for some one who is talented and hungry for success but is being held back by a high earner.

Robbie Ward at Leeds looked ok, before he got moved out and is now at Dewsbury.

If the likes of St Helens, Wigan, Leeds, Warrington are signing even more good players what chance do we have of getting in the top four where the money is, were going to struggle every year down at the bottom end of Super league. We can't keep looking at players that are not quite SL standard & hope for the best. Yes we have some decent players but nobody who can change a game & make something out of nothing. If were not prepared to pay to get these players how do we move forward & become regular top 4 contenders or even trophy winners

I agree WAKEY warrior, but we don't have the money & therefore why would the/a player who you rightly say we need - come unless top money is paid to him.
Therefore we have to build & get the team to be fit & mind set right similar to Hud's who let's face it do not have better players than us but beat the top teams due to excellent coaching executing tactics & play.

Exactly Trin Trin Chicken & Egg situation

Theres better out there than him. Brandon Moore at Fax is a player SL clubs should be looking at.

That makes him 22, worth a look ?

agree st helens and warringtin have already strengthened their squads and we are keeping same old same old so what chance have we against them.

That is fine if it gets us to the top 8 in my eyes though,

Sorry guys but we need something in new in the attacking department a new 7 and 6 in my books.

....And where do we get them from bearing in mind how much below the salary cap we are due to finance????

A lucky bag or never never land???
Get a grip.
I do wonder about some posters on here.

Miller & rocky haven’t played that many games together for me to come to the conclusion that they won’t make a good partnership.yes we need cover in the half’s but what we need is a settled team ,instead of days gone by when we were swapping shed loads of players every campaign .

To me the marquee rule should be for British players only not signing a Barba or any other Aussie here due to issues with the NRL.

It is staggeringly amazing that our club has managed again to finish in the top 8. Have a look at the clubs in the Top 8, they all have at least double the number of home fans / season ticket holders, several have 10 x the number of season ticket holder. Most have Chairmen that plough 100 of thousands of £ `s in to cover the loses, recently reported that Lenegan at Wigan ( or his company ) have loaned £ 6 million to the club, Davey at Huddersfield is £ 10 million down. So how the hell do people think we can compete, these clubs can afford to pick up youngsters at 16 pay them £ 20,000 plus for 4 or 5 years ie invest 100 grand, just to see if these players make it. What MC and his colleagues have achieved is nothing short of a miracle. We need 5000 season ticket holders, a new ground to compete for a top 4 spot. Its only going to get harder unless the people of Wakefield wake up, Hull KR have one of the top coaches in the World plus 7,500 home fans ( we have 2,500 at best ) they will get stronger. Leeds will not fail to get in top 8`s next season, if Toronto come up they will spend big time. Thank the Lord for MC and his team for somehow achieving the impossible.

Spot on

Couldn't agree more there Belly

Excellent post Belly.

For a poster normally fond of hyperbole, this is a welcome dose of reality.

Very good post matey, so we should all be well pleased with how the season has gone so far then??

Great post Belly. A touch of realism there.

I'll add to that,
for those that say we haven't done well this year compared to last there is really not much difference
We had 24 points after round 23 last year, we have 21 this time.

The difference is we lost to Warrington at home and Catalan at home where we won last year. Clearly both teams hit good form when we played them and Warrington was 2 points. We also lost the magic game against Giants where we beat Widnes last year.
And we lost to Salford away. This was a strange one and never really explained but every team has an off day I guess.
To balance that we drew at Leeds where we lost home and away last year and we beat Hull at home where we lost last year.

All other games went the same way as last year with a few H/A wins switched this year.

When you look at that, we would most likely have been 5th if we'd played Widnes again at Magic Weekend rather than Giants.


For me, we are a team competing in the 5-8 part of the league. Coming top and bottom of that group is marginal.
When you come top you can have a realistic tilt at 4th but in reality, we are not going to win the Grand Final from that position.

I'm happy enough with what we have done. I'd like a decent run of wins in the 8s with our best team playing then consolidate for next year and review individuals and decide whether change is needed anywhere.

We had 26 points after round 23 last year, but your point still stands I get that. We have not been far off this year, the difference for me has been those 3 or 4 really close losses mid season. That said, I am happy where we are at currently and hoping we can push on now and pick up a good few wins in the 8`s.

I was going to reply with ‘I can’t keep pulling rabbits out of a hat’ but I reckon Belly’s post has saved me the trouble. Salute Belly.

If also say that keeping a settled squad is as valuable as getting new people in.

Leeds didn't sign more than 1 maybe two players a season when they were at the top, yet their team was consistently better.

We constantly talk about keeping a settled side but then want to change it.

On the whole yes Wild Moggy we should be pleased. At the start of the season before a ball was kicked I think it was commonly regarded that Widnes and Hull KrR would not be in Top 8 and That Leeds would 100 % be a top 8 side. We were on paper competing with Hudds, Salford for that 8th spot. So as a fan I have been entertained, I have seen some great trys, some good Rugby, some close exciting finishes, seen us beat Saints and Wigan, stuff Hull. The away game at Hull was great entertainment , the away games at Hudds and Salford were not. It has been brilliant to see Jowitt, Hampshire and Batch cement places in the team, all very pleasing.
With the team we have we should be happy to finish 7th. That said you just cant help thinking that with shall we say more mature tactics, taking the two and some odd selections we could have been 5th or 6th. Then again our coach is young, he is learning, its not a perfect Science, he has shown that he learns from his mistakes. I said at the start of the season that we could play well and finish 11th so I am pleased that we have, on the whole played well and finished 7th, you can see with a little more consistency, some better decision making that we can compete in the top 8 matches and compete again next season. My main point is that if the people of Wakefield continue to be so apathetic then it is beyond our wildest expectations for us to expect MC to keep producing miracle Top 8 finishes.

hey DC I am so happy with were we have got to this year and the last 3 as I said its enormous.

its just a discussion (dream) of what we need to be a top 4 hope!

You guys have done a fantastic job.