Sharing a stadium in Castleford in the long term will result in the end of Wakefield Trinity. And for a city the size of Wakefield to have 0 professional sports teams would be an absolute disgrace.

That said if it was a short term move then i'm sure most could cope with that.

Couldn't see it been short term, only the end of Wakey in Super League.

Thats not exactly a ringing denial!

I prefer the clangers story anyway

I didn't know soup kitchens were on the Tory cut list aswell.

I can't confirm nor deny what the Cas fans want to say. It's not what we hear, but there is a meeting - soon.

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Is there a link to the site that will host the recording of your interview this morning?

Just seen the Look North bulletin, all negative, stating Green Belt & some resident complaining about moving into his perfect retirement home to be faced with Warehouses & Stadia.

No mention of benefits, both for Trinity or JOBS, still the county’s booming right now

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I wish they'd interview me cos I'd certainly pull no punches in my criticism of lazy residents, Councilors and journalists who seemingly don't take the time to read the planning documents and associated responses from the organisations that matter.

Just listened to Radio Leeds interview ... and to me it came across as exactly what it is - NIMBY fuelled and a MP/Councilllor, or whatever he is, that hadn't researched or looked at the plans. Just seems like he's taken as fact the c**p on the flyers etc..

Well done Phil!

is there a link Catwoman

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click on andrew and georgey in the morning 1hour 9 mins in

Thanks

well done Phil must of been very hard not to loose your temper with the opposition,
you come over as a very good ambassador for the club and they should be truly grateful for all the hard work that you have all done

Well done Phil a good solid factual argument well put.

One or two snippets which caught my ear.

Radio Leeds gave the impression that all 400 comments are in opposition to the plan and then went on to build a credible reason for the phone in by throwing Otters, Iron age ruins and traffic into the mix.

The emotive sound bite coming from an unnamed local whose lifetime dream of retiring into green pastures lying in ruins would turn many people again the development before hearing any counter argument.

Alex Shellbourne had little to offer because he falls into the category of Lazy Councillor who hasn’t taken the time to read the facts before eagerly embarking on his campaign of disapproval.

All he had was greenbelt, yes but the greenbelt, ah but what about the greenbelt, also sat navs might send truck drivers down the wrong roads and what about the er aaahh green belt.

If this is really a Leeds City Council document then as I've said before, Wakefield Council need to have a quiet word about our potential agreement with Sheffield re the Leeds Arena.

Whilst on the subject of Green Belt, doesn’t the plan for the site actually result in a net gain in Green belt land or am I wrong in my belief on this.


Once again Well done Phil

I hope those making the decision can see through the paper thin objections which are on the whole based on a small group of local residents scare mongering.

Heard the interview on Radio Leeds regarding the stadium. Thought TRB came over very well indeed. The Leeds Councilor was talking rubbish about the green belt. He made it sound like Pugneys or Newmillerdam, not a disused pit site. Also tried to make it sound like there was an abundance of wildlife on the site. The retired resident must be living in an ideal world if he doesn't think the junction on M62 will ever be developed.

Well done Phil for putting your point across in a reasoned manner.

to be fair Pugneys was a open cast mine and has taken many years to look as good as it does now, it was a massive hole in the ground in which they have created a beautiful lake by filling it with water and planting trees around it

So these councillors know better then Natural England and the EA do they?!

Well done Phil you came across very well indeed unlike the councilor

Just been on look north, that piece makes the area sounds fantastic.... pity the reality and the rest of the land isnt the same! very one sided article it seemed to me!

Balanced feature my !



Not happy about that at all - a small part of the development!!!

I see Look North have nailed their colours to the mast then! I can only think that if this had been the Rhinos they would have approached it from a completely different angle and actually gone out of their way to show the benefits of the development rather then predominantly focusing on the opposition’s viewpoint.

just been on look north for a couple of mins and didn't put over a balanced point of view,
tv media has a greater effect as it becomes left on your mind with images of looking over a scenery with comments "you can't buy a view like that"

that snippet on the tv didn't do us any favours and made it look like it was all about WTW and not the community in general,

don't you just hate media

was the radio live ? and how long did look north spend with you filming ?