I presume you have read the letter, its on here somewhere if you haven't.
In his letter, (which he didn't have to write, would have been best advised not to have wrote, and would clearly have seen the inflamatory nature of his writing it) he has caused provocatation where it was not needed.
I can understand objectors seeing value in his negative comment, however i think he has only served to show up what a desperate position both he and cas are in regarding their own future.
RW has offered his views on GH to all that will listen in his typical style, with confidence with enthusiasm etc.
Now why if he is so confident would he need to try and detract from our development, if he has so little concern for it, he has stated you are so far down the track with development of GH, you future is assured, surely?
Apart from it being bad form from RW, involving himself in such a way in something that concerns him so little, i think it is beginning to show the cracks in his very fragile facade.
These are my views on his letter:
1) You are not very far down the track with GH, you have all the fluff and none of the substance to make the build happen (ie £££££)
2) Wakefield only objected to the GH focus of the feasibility study, as it was not a considered balanced view, on the strengths of both developments.
FWIW my view is that RW always new GH was going to be a financial struggle (as it has proven to be) but because of his grandstanding nature, and his own shaky position at Cas, he has had to follow this through.
When Wakefield "refused to cooperate" with the feasibility study, he knew IMO it was his last chance saloon, and the doors had been slammed shut on him, hence he is now doing what he can to throw a spanner in the NM works, simply out of spite.
I think this is the beginning of the end for RW, i thing in recent years he has become very unpopular within WR and his popularity with those that don't cling on to his every word in the Cas support base is also slipping drastically.
I would love to see this story make the league express next week so the rest of RL can make for themselves what kind of a man RW is and what kind of spiteful act he has chosen to involve himself in on the behalf of Cas.
I will offer my full apology on the cas forum, if i am wrong, but i will state on record, that cas will not get GH in the near future, and Cas never were going to, but RW has strung the supporters along in order to keep himself in a job, but ultimately he will go because of it.

OK, my take on it is this:

Richard Wright was asked to comment, he chose to do so and once again to try and make Cas's progress look better than ours.

Yes, what he said was all stuff that is in the public domain, but as usual he neglects to mention the more salient points.
How can we share a stadium at Glasshoughton that is looking unlikely to be built anytime soon? There is NOTHING to share!!
By suggesting that we could share he gives the impression that our "need" for a stadium at Newmarket is not essential.
Any Cas or Wakey fan in their right mind knows that if one or either of us are not in a new ground for the next round of franchises we are GONE!!
If we do not get the go-ahead for Newmarket, Yorkcourt will not transfer the funding to Glasshoughton (why would they, they are really only interested in getting the development land at Newmarket). We then become reliant on sharing a non-existent ground at GH to keep our place in SL.

This is why what he has done is so wrong! He has dleiberately tried to put a spanner in the works of our development, to detract from the fact that Cas still are not making any significant progress.

Well said Fordy, we need to move on from what our "friend" from over the "common" has said.
Our focus should only be on N/M.
Exchanging insults with Cas' fans may be good sport, but its not important right now.

It's better for us if Wright stays in charge at Cas. Hes holding that club back

He has issued his statement. Says nothing of any worth as usual.

[urlhttp://www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1931[/url

Looking at that Cas website you'd think they only had one player.

"However, we remain open to the concept of a shared stadium [size=50(as long as it's ours and at Glasshoughton)[/size.... blah blah, blah..."

I'm sure those people who are qualified to represent our interests at the PI won't be distracted by this pathetic sideshow being staged by the CE of the Castleford club.

It sounds like you put a lot of thought into that statement Mr Wright, well done.

In response to Richard Wrights statement this morning - [urlhttp://www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1931[/url I would just like to comment as follows.

It is a shame that Richard Wright did not take the opportunity to clarify why he felt he need to respond to the questions raised and asked directly of him by Barton Willmore, whom he clearly knew to be working on behalf of a group objecting to the Newmarket development. He has said that there is nothing new in what he said in this letter and indeed, I would say that is correct. So in that case, why did he write the letter just to them and if he felt he needed to clarify his and Castleford Tigers position on this issue, why was the letter not sent to the planning inspector, sent to all parties, or issued as a general media release... or even, just left it alone completely, which should have been his decision IMO!

He has missed the opportunity to either clarify why he felt the need to write this letter, or in hindsight apologise for possibly make a misjudgement in issuing this letter to Barton Willmore, knowing for whom they were working but that he he stands by the actual content of the letter. That is shame and I still think the initial release and this statement lack clarity and indicates a potential lack of professional integrity on his part.

Right, that is it, move on!

Spot on IA!

I think we've seen Dickie hit a new low, what really bothers me is how some Cas fans are trying to justify his actions.



Let them get on with it while we look at getting Newmarket passed.

Keep up the good work.

Too right, there are far more intelligent men than him at the PI & we have them on the ropes! Salt the slug & move onward and upwards!

They only thing RW's ever been good at (& I include selling fruit & veg) is grabbing headlines. Through a combination of the emotion of the day & the cloak & daggers angle he used we let him have his moment. Yet again selling his fictional stadium with privately owned "community" facilities.

I hope he remembers who will hold the decision on WR & who he (by association) is calling corrupt.

Doesn't bother me, let them, it speaks volumes imo.

"his own shaky position at Cas, he has had to follow this through.
When Wakefield "refused to cooperate" with the feasibility study, he knew IMO it was his last chance saloon, and the doors had been slammed shut on him, hence he is now doing what he can to throw a spanner in the NM works, simply out of spite.
I think this is the beginning of the end for RW, i thing in recent years he has become very unpopular within WR and his popularity with those that don't cling on to his every word in the Cas support base is also slipping drastically."

So - if he is that unpopular - why was he voted in (unanimously) as CEO at the recent shareholders meeting ?

Seems we now have an answer to the "are all Cas fans stupid" thread!

Because they are in his back pocket, you would be better being shut of Richard Wright, and get a new owner, that is just not my view also the view of some cas fans I know, he will drag the club down...

There HAS been at least one meeting this year,attended by Cas shareholders, to discuss RWs position.
If you want to think he is captain popularity, thats up to you.

James Elston was on today, sounds like the inspector asked a lot of questions about sharing a stadium and why this wasnt a possibility..


I dont understand why he would focus on these issues, surely the main issues are funding and viabilty along with the desperate need for a new stadium because of position in super league...

So you cas fans agree with his message that we should share a stadium? You can use NM, after all it is the only one that's fully funded

It's a fair old drive between Wakey and Hull mate


Oh BTW it DOES sound like he is sticking the boot in.

On radio Leeds Richard Wright has not ruled out playing at the only true community stadium. The Wakefield & District Community Stadium situated in the middle of the district on the former Newmarket colliery

I don't think it will be the inspector that will have asked most of these questions, but LCC's barrister in cross examination. He was building this case yesterday... but all he is building is a house of cards!

Shock horror.

I hope you didn't mishear the fact that he said playing out of the community stadium in Glasshoughton and you're just stirring Like he says here: www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1931

I hope you didn't mishear the fact that he said playing out of the community stadium in Glasshoughton and you're just stirring Like he says here: www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1931

Quote ="Gronk!"I hope you didn't mishear the fact that he said playing out of the community stadium in Glasshoughton and you're just stirring Like he says here: www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1931'" What community stadium in Glasshoughton?

Quote ="Gronk!"I hope you didn't mishear the fact that he said playing out of the community stadium in Glasshoughton and you're just stirring Like he says here: www.castigers.com/article.php?id=1931'" What community stadium in Glasshoughton?

how can GH be even considered an option when, at the moment, its no nearer (some may even say further away) to being built than ours