Perhaps we should start with having a proper badge that says "Wakefield" not just a cartoon cat!!!

Maybe not but if it continues like this will there be anybody left to care?

Without wishing to devalue any of the fantastic work you have done over the last few years in making sure there was a voice of the fans when it came to issues about the new stadium, surely it would be far better if our future was wholly reliant on the playing side???

The 2006 squad was certainly no better than the current crop (on paper at least) but because the future of the club (and therefore the livelihood of the players contracted for 2007 & Beyond) was totally reliant on the performances on the pitch, the battle was there right to the end.

Like just about every other fan I have taken no enjoyment from the dreadful performances this year, but if grinding a result out a couple more times would have meant something in the last few weeks I'm sure we wouldn't be seeing the players giving up after going 2 or 3 tries down every week.

Due to the utter capitulation by both sets of players, they should play it behind closed doors.

Quite agree - put me in the P&R category anyday - then, when our backs are against the wall, we usually come out fighting.

I reckon all this licence stuff is a complete distraction from the main event, but you have to say that if, as a result of licencing, several clubs get new grounds, then there is a genuine legacy for the game. The challenge is then to have enough clubs with suitable facilities to be able to offer P&R in the knowledge of the challenging clubs being strong enough to command a place in SL.

Which is exactly why the licensing should expand to say 20 teams, but with a 14 team SL. That way only those clubs with sustainable business models can get into SL, but the ultimate right to be there depends on what is delivered on the field.

That's an interesting idea - and they're effectively doing that by vetting the wannabe's first.

My idea, based on the idea of allowing 1 up 1 down each year, would be to allow each promoted team 2 years in SL minimum - i.e. protection for year 1. The models of Catalans and Crusaders have shown that after the 1st year a club can hold it's own. If you don't - then you get replaced. This way there is a chance for a club annually from the Championship and that would make that competition more intense - as well as adding spice at the bottom of SL - without having the same teams trading place each year.

Good idea. I feel sorry for Fev, winners of their League and no promotion. Does it happen in any other sport.

I said this at the before the beginning of the first franchise, like you say it gives the promoted side time to adjust, we must be wrong as the RFL have got better plans aside

well done Ted

your 2 days too late, due to fan uptake...

its now a car

and by friday a bike

by sunday, if its sunny, a skateboard!

Its like Ryan air booking a seat is cheap but by the time you have paid for luxuries such as a window seat, arm rests and seat belts it actually costs about 20 quid a piece

whats actually happened is we have got 3 buses, one had had the wrong fuel put in it and as result cant start, one has a driver that seems to want to take it to warmer climates, and one with bit of a mangled front wanted to be a double decker but we were only willing to offer it single decker status, and also hadnt paid its road tax for the last 20 years, we could not or would not fund this debt, so its gone to another bus company, to replace this final bus we got a bus mt kear had had before that cant indicate left or right, overtake, or go past a filling station.

and yes i feel better for that!

Or you could allow the clubs chasing promotion to have an increased salary cap compared to those who don't have a license, but remove protection in year 1. In the short term it would impact on the competiveness of the second tier, but as the number of clubs with the right structure to support a licence grows the number of licences grows.

Ultimately you would then end up with a much larger group of professional clubs that are properly structured for a long term future and remove the need altogether for needing any sort of licencing/franchising.

We'll I'm at the festival this weekend, but even then I doubt a free bus would make me want to go to Salford.
By October this season will have vanished into the background and the bug will be beginning the niggle, come December we'll be pining for out RL back!

Don't get too down now, we have a lot to look forward to.

No excuse for the weekend after when we play Salford then

Where do you sign up for this coach? Can't find anything about it on the website...

The book is in the club shop right next to the Sky Hooks and Long Stands.

Ah I've seen it opposite the tartan paint and packets of chicken lips.

Aye, just behind the left handed screwdrivers and the tubs of elbow grease.

If it's true, he maybe ought to reward the loyal season ticket holders with free entry as well, i doubt even with a free bus over it will temp fans to make the trip, it's a game of no importance to either club, the players of both Clubs will be glad to see the back of this season, same as the fans....a token gesture to save the club embarrasment me thinks

I agree can't believe Ted would have suggested this and that he thought it would be a good idea. Sounds more like something someone on a message board would dream up...

...crazy days...

Cant see why thats "fortunate" - our future off field is just as optomistic as the one on field.

new stadium? lol

why now after 10+ years?

How much does it cost to hire a mini bus now a days??

HTH

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