I don't see why Wakefield would want a m****r? In fact nobody wants one!

I want to see Wakefield averaging 10k plus crowds, being in the top 8 every season and challenging for trophies, the blueprint is there for all to see. Why would Wakefield want a merger?

I get the distinct impression, someone has reached into the back of the filing cabinet up at Red Hall, and pulled out a file marked "Calder"....

Why? Because Cas' stadium plans have gone down the swanny?

there won't be a merger. no punters want it.

as many people said in the run up to the announcement last year, if wakey got pushed out and newmarket didn't happen, we'd still rather support them than a merged entity. things are looking more positive now, the newmarket proposal looks good and likley to get built.

same applies with cas, they're on the rocks at the moment with funding, but i can't see any of their fans clammering for a merger, either now or in the future.

For me and this is only an opinion

Neither Cas nor Wakefield can become a Super club, at best we can become as good as Hull KR/ FC

I Want more than that I want to be better than Saints, Wigan, Leeds and to do this we have to be able to tap into the whole 300000 population of the district not just the bit we currently divide into 2

You are right neither club Has to do it we can both hope the other dies a long slow death and hope then to attract the fans of that club. That would take 30 - 50 years if ever

I would rather attack now rather than wait by for something to happen

"To make a cake is easy, to make a Super Cake many eggs will need to be broken" Not everyone will be happy but the end result could be better than our wildest dreams

Well your opinion is rubbish



Wakefield can become a big club once again. New Stadium + Good Coach + Better Youth Set Up + Good BOD + More Supporters + Better Players = Success. Fortunately our sport has a Salary Cap which enables clubs to be competitive.

Look at the NRL and then imagine Super League being the same

Kind of.

Wakefield Trinity do not need to merge we are a big enough
Club in a big enough City to support a SL club in our own right. Our club has not been run to its full potential for 40 yrs and still has been competing. We are now heading in the right direction and NM will enable us to reach our potential.

Not in the sightliest bit interested in a merge team, every year we seem to go over the same ground and it's surprising it's been brought up now especially when we could be a coupe of months from realizing our goals of a new stadium that would secure our future for years to come. What the other lot do I care not.

If by merger they mean they want to watch their rugby at NM in 2014, wear red, white & blue & support a team called Wakefield Trinity, then yes I'm all for it!

Calder would never hold any substance as it's not a geographical point of reference for anyone. If some southerner asks you on holiday where you're from you don't reply "I'm from Calder/the area around the River Calder"- it's a big place & I'd say Halifax have as much a right to use the name as the new entity.

The only logical solution is to go with the name of the metropolitan district. Wakefield.
And as it encompasses an area once supported three RL teams a Trinity sounds fitting.
There you go the perfect name for any merged team in our area "Wakefield Trinity".

Or we could just stick to our own plans & effectively ignore RW & co as they demise in whirl of lies, spin & skulduggery. There will never be any substance in CT playing at NM. RW has effectively backed himself into a corner & IMO would rather "take the ship down" with his own mismanagement rather than concede the fact that a true community stadium based at NM would have been the perfect solution for both clubs all along.

Congratulations, you're just as hilariously deluded on your 5th account as you were on the last 4 you abandoned due to being a joke

You have to admit that, ther would be a certain irony if Cas were to come and play in the stadium that Mr Wright objected to

He didn't reject, HTH.

.... but he did object

Not quite - he just sent a letter that rather artfully answered a question that wasn't asked in the first place.

For clarity - I'm not advocating a merger, just discussing the business case, which is quite compelling.

Gronk!

If you were at the PI you'd have seen the proof he did object, without writing a formal letter of objection.

He wrote a letter of support for an objecting party. If you can see a distinction between those two things I think you're splitting hairs, obviously not RW's but still....

So I think the irony is still abundant & will taste just as sour should it come to it, but as I eluded to before, I think RW will take you down kicking & screaming before admitting he's done for.

For all your indiscretions to WTW fans I'd say your as much in the firing line for banter... Enjoy the next 3 years!

He answered a question that he was asked

That he didnt have to answer.. if he thought of the implications of doing so.

But probably should have declined to do so, in hindsight.

That kind of letter (and reply) is usually set up in advance, its not as though he was forced to appear, like a witness in a murder trial.

He was replying to a question on behalf of the objectors and his reply was written in a manner so as to make the point that there was going to be a Stadium at GH that they were prepared to consider allowing tenants to play there so there was no need for a Stadium at Newmarket.

All done to try and derail Newmarket as was the guy who had a business in Castleford and spoke on behalf of Methley Residents although he did not live in Methley but was thinking of may be buying a house there.

Do you ever tire of making yourself look like the end of a bell?

he'll never tire, it just comes naturally to him

I think a ground share would be an excellent idea.

A stadium utilised every weekend.

Cas should get on board ASAP, its only a stadium and not a club share.

Initially!!!