No to a merger

If it is to happen then it should be Us, Cas & Fev, 3 teams in the Wakefield area: 3 teams = a Trinity = team name Wakefield Trinity

Same,not interested in merging.

Same here, think we need another option," No to any merger".

With the first merger thing everything was rushed through and those against it found a way out. Maybe this time 'they' have had time to plan things.

Die a horrid death for me, if thats the only option for a Wakey team playing in Wakey (and i don't include glasshoughton being in Wakey)
























If a merger did happen i would wish it all the best for the future but it would not be my future.

Would not support a merged team, not interested. Wakefield through and through til I die.

Definately a No to any merger! Watched Wakey since the sixties so it's Wakefield Trinity.... or nothing for me.

The ONLY reason a merger should be considered is if the RFL say that neither Wakey or Cas will be awarded a franchise in their own right, but that a merged club would get a franchise - ideally guaranteed for at least 2 franchise periods.

On the assumption that Messrs Richardson & Wright can make the necessary agreements (clearly with additional financial input from the RFL as we saw with Hudds/Sheff & Hull/G'head) I think that based on where both clubs have progressed with planning & financing the new stadia, a merged club would be based on Newmarket Lane.

I don't particularly like the idea of a merger, but I think it is right that the Wakefield district retains a presence in SL and a merger may be the price both Wakey & Cas need to pay to ensure it. If a merged team was formed, I would expect that it is named Wakefield Tigers. From a nostalgic perspective I'd like to see the word "Trinity" retained but I wouldn't expect it to be.

A merged club should find it easier to compete financially with the likes of Leeds, Wigan, Saints & Warrington - the biggest question is whether the fans of both Wakey & Cas would get behind the new team.

yep me too

no merger ever

forget it and move on

i am wakefield til i die anyone?

Well mutts its seems you have you're answer, or at least part of it.

That's a big no from me as well. Think some Traditions in rugby should be left alone. Wakefield have a bigger history than some of the other clubs. It may not mean something to other fans (Neutral or not) but sure means something to me.

Founder members of the Northern Union. Doesn't guarantee you a place at the top table, but should count for something when your very existence is being questioned.

I'd support a merged team in principle, if the merger itself was handled correctly and the resultant 'super-club' was properly managed. Rather that, than watch two lame ducks limping along for another few years before dieing a slow death.

I've gone for top one, if we merge might as well go the whole hog.

I'd support a merged club that played in Wakefield. I'd also support a merged club that played in Normanton - the fairest location for all 3 clubs, and my location of preference. I wouldn't give a monkey's about any merged club that played anywhere else. I'd rather support Catalans or the Welsh.

Three separate clubs, three separate identities, three separate collectives of traditional values. No. None of the above should happen. Not only would we miss the rivalry but the whole Team Wakefield District would seem fake and insincere. That would be like asking Batley and Dewsbury to link up with Huddersfield to create Team Kirklees or worse still, asking FC and KR to join forces to create Team Unified Hull or something.

Always been dead set against merges and why should I change my mind on the subject now.

Team Kirklees and Sheffield, please

Sorry, I stand corrected. Maybe the Hull unified team should have a bit of a Gateshead flavour in there.

I hate thread like this, merger is not an option either for us, cas or fev I would rather the winner come from one of the three rather than a combination of any

I agree with RDM on this one. Merger should be option Z. Only taken when all other routes have been exhausted and imposed by sky/superleague/rfl.
I think at the moment we have still have a good chance of a franchise in our own right. Assuming some progress is made stadium wise in the next 4 months.
I was actually pro merger last time around but clearly the will wasn't there from other clubs. If it had gone ahead where would that team be now?
For me that opportunity has gone and we should push on for a stand alone franchise.

Accept your point, but what is that bit.?



To what exactly??

I have also watched since 60s and if the only option to carry on watching top-flight rugby in the area was to merge then I would be fully behind it, as long as the new team identity did not favour any side. Don't get me wrong I would prefer to watch Wakefield in its own right, but if it meant that we were on the sidelines while another team in the area got all the glory then to me its a no-brainer. It might also mean that we the supporters might enjoy a few more games rather than coming home from a match and feeling sick as a parrot again!!

I've also watched since the 60's and I agree with you. I'd rather watch a merged side provided its a merger rather than a takeover rather that drop into the NL.

I guess it comes down to what you want to see. If you want to watch Wakefield Trinity and are prepared to drop out of SL to preserve the name then that's your choice. I'd much rather merge if that's the only way to stay in SL. I will not watch NL when there is SL. Also I'd like to see a win or two and have a chance of winning some honours.

Of course everything could come together. Planning permission granted, stadium built, franchise for 2012, multi-millionaire put millions into the club and takes us the a Cup and GF double - then unfortunately I woke up.

This merger talk really pi##es me off.

The WORST CASE scenario must surely be for WAKEY & CAS to share a stadium which is located centrally in the Wakefield area.

This way we have a show piece West Yorkshire arena can then be used by all other local sport clubs, cuts the costs of 2 stadiums and enables both Wakey & Cas to remain within SL.

It's a no brainer IMHO - especially in the current economic climate.

I would vote for all clubs to stay on their own, i would hate a merger.