All good stuff and good thats its out it the open. The ‘sponsorship’ has been in place a while now though, i mentioned it on a thread in here about a month ago. Who do you think funded the Gale and Fifita signings? Hopefully he’ll be in full charge in a few weeks and we can plan for the future with a little more confidence.

Can you imagine being involved with a club that looks forward, plans for the future, engages with fans, offers hope,, lifts the gloom, and drops the stinking thinking
Best news regarding the club for ages.

Thank god for that, some positive news at last. See what happens now

I look at it this way ,we only just survived last season with a much better squad ,takeout the engine room and the guy that leads us around the field and Ivan Cleary would struggle . Don’t get me wrong even this rag tag bunch should be playing to a much higher standard but Mash obviously isn’t a motivational type of coach, that p,win for all to see .This lot needed the whip cracking instead of the kids glove coaching style . Long awaited change is hopefully just around the corner .

Very good news indeed

Great news,can breathe easier now.

Really good news this.

Let's hope the remaining part of the due diligence checks goes through smoothly and without any problems.

Looking forward to him taking over full control, and we can start looking forward to better things on and off the pitch.

A lot to turn around I feel, and it won't happen overnight.

First step in changing the culture

Hope it is not this coach that is doing the recruitment, We need a coach we is going to put together a team with a faster younger spine and bring players in who do not play 2 matches and have 6 or 7 week out injured .The main reason being they are old and injured as in Gales case when they get here.Hood as been terrible this year ,but was given a one year contract half way though the season. Sorry but till I see we are not wasting money on the same kind of signings ,and coaching set up it is just throwing good money down the drain

Think Leigh have shown how it should be done and the first 2 appointments HAVE to be a Director of Rugby and a new Coach who will be happy to build a quality squad to win the Championship next year, whilst our new owner puts in place a management team to tick as many of IMG's boxes as possible. That way we can hit the ground running in 2025

It certainly is.

Exciting times, looking forward to seeing where the journey takes us.

A slight word of caution here, Alf is the real money man and he is certainly a 'character' and known for his unorthodox (but incredibly successful) approach to all things business.

At last! Some negativity. I was getting a bit giddy.

One thing I do agree with is that the first appointment needs to be a strong quality experienced coach and possibly a director of rugby.

I don’t believe Apelgarth needs to be let go. He would however benefit from a tenure as assistant under a strong coach or should take charge of the youth and reserve set up once more where he has proved valuable.

It’s already an uphill battle. If we go another 2 behind then it may be best to prepare for a massively strong 2024 season. A season winning in the championship does have some appeal from me a fan who is used to seeing us struggle along.

Isn't that a similar thing though with MC.

Yorkshire Traction was his father's company, which he worked for, and was then sold on to Stagecoach

Wouldn’t expect anything else ,takes a real character to build a empire and keep it going . Bring it on I say ,I couldn’t give a monkeys what he’s like as long as he builds a team and club to be proud of , too many fans try to get too involved and hung up on the business side , that’s their job , let them do their stuff and us fans do what we’re good at .. Supporting the team .

I think the inference was more the comparison with Eric and Johnathon France.

Agreed - I've said this all along. Find the best coach and DoR we can possibly find and give them a 5 year plan.

Leigh have been exemplar in this area. Lam is a great coach and they don't grow on tress, but the principal remains.

Well whether it's Alf or Matthew in charge they look to have plenty of brass. Take a look at the DIY Kitchens website. Amazing.

Who is Alf?

Father of Mattew

Talking of updates.... who's doing the Twitter ones for the reserves??

"As ever, safe hands from Thomas Lineham for Trinity's try"

Yes I noticed the slight dig which they followed up with a second referring to him as prolific scorer when he scored a second try.

The sooner a takeover happens the better.

There’s little point in them releasing any news or posts on the club Facebook page etc because a section of fans just take the Mickey constantly and prod fun at the club or players. Unfortunately these fans are part of the problem imo as to why communication has dampened to fans.

Says it all when Minards twitter post says he’s hesitating to post an update due to the anticipated negativity it could generate.

My depressed Cas fan friend says the sponsorship is only £800k and they are being bought out by a company called Poskitt and theirs will be higher. I did inform him my dad is bigger than his dad and we do apologise for any good news and positive communication. Haway the lads. Up the Trin. Bottoms up.
Wakey 16 - Leeds 14.