Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:29 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

The way to change it is by the club changing, and instead of signing mediocre players and low cost coaches, actually investing in the squad and making them competitive and an enjoyable match day experience.

Don't blame fans who spend their hard earned money on the club for being pessimistic when the club have given them nothing to be optimistic about

Sad, Egg Banjo, but true. I have to agree.

I also agree with PT too, though, a season isn't decided over two games, though it does feel like it's going to be a long one for us.

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:48 am  

FIL wrote:

Great supporter you are pal

I have a gut feeling this poster isn't a Wakefield Trinity supporter

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:54 am  

Of course we all want that but unfortunately, as MC and JM keep telling us, they don't have the funds to finance that and will not risk bankrupting the club to try and achieve that. Look what happened to Bradford - boom then bust - it is just not sustainable. As has been said on here numerous times, until we get a big money man/woman investing in the club such as a Davey or Beaumont etc then we just have to cut our cloth accordingly. Of course none of us like it, and I am as gutted as anyone else this morning after last night's debacle, but regrettably we are where we are and it looks like another long, depressing season ahead

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:56 am  

financialtimes wrote:

I have a gut feeling this poster isn't a Wakefield Trinity supporter

Yeah, I've been thinking the same TBH, a WUM from across The Common perhaps ??

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:06 am  

PopTart wrote:

I'd completely concede the point if I could find one post where you have posted when something positive has happened.
I'll wait.....

Let me know when something positive happens then, because without the rose tinted spectacles of some fans, we've gone from worse to worse over the past 5 years. The squad and coaching staff have become weaker in every subsequent season to the point where we struggled against championship sides in the friendlies.

Line up our best 17 this season with the best 17 from 5 seasons ago and you'll see what I mean

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:10 am  

FIL wrote:

Of course we all want that but unfortunately, as MC and JM keep telling us, they don't have the funds to finance that and will not risk bankrupting the club to try and achieve that. Look what happened to Bradford - boom then bust - it is just not sustainable. As has been said on here numerous times, until we get a big money man/woman investing in the club such as a Davey or Beaumont etc then we just have to cut our cloth accordingly. Of course none of us like it, and I am as gutted as anyone else this morning after last night's debacle, but regrettably we are where we are and it looks like another long, depressing season ahead

What are the current owners doing to attract that big investment in either sponsorship or ownership of the club though, because from the outside looking in, it doesn't look like much to be honest. No point making the same boring argument that we don't have the money when the current owners are neither investing in it or looking for alternative sources.

[PopTart]

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:16 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

Let me know when something positive happens then, because without the rose tinted spectacles of some fans, we've gone from worse to worse over the past 5 years. The squad and coaching staff have become weaker in every subsequent season to the point where we struggled against championship sides in the friendlies.

Line up our best 17 this season with the best 17 from 5 seasons ago and you'll see what I mean

Znd yet, 5 seasons ago you moaned about that side too.

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:25 am  

FIL wrote:

Of course we all want that but unfortunately, as MC and JM keep telling us, they don't have the funds to finance that and will not risk bankrupting the club to try and achieve that. Look what happened to Bradford - boom then bust - it is just not sustainable. As has been said on here numerous times, until we get a big money man/woman investing in the club such as a Davey or Beaumont etc then we just have to cut our cloth accordingly. Of course none of us like it, and I am as gutted as anyone else this morning after last night's debacle, but regrettably we are where we are and it looks like another long, depressing season ahead

We have to be sustainable and the board do a good job on that front. The amount of money coming into the club will increase significantly when the new stand/pitch are up running and functions can be used. If we work hard on maximising their earnings of course.

That said I don’t think we can under cook the significance staying up and having a poor season has. If we were to get relegated this season the reality is that gates will decline as season goes on and the money coming in will take a hit. We may find it harder to push the new functions and maximise their potential in the lower leagues also.

If there was a year we needed to probably secure some team investment it was this season.

It’s a difficult situation but what sells the club and what will increase the income most will always be the success of the team on the pitch.

I’m getting quite bored of the constant poor finishes last 4/5 years. I’ve been a fan since before SL but we need to see some success on the pitch soon.

If we do get relegated we must absolutely must invest in the squad to keep mostly full time and come back up. If we don’t we will be another Bradford.

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:35 am  

PopTart wrote:

Znd yet, 5 seasons ago you moaned about that side too.

Quite so, and instead of investing in the squad and coaching set up, the owners have overseen a manged decline where barely any of the current squad would get into the starting 13 of that already poor squad of 5 years ago.

There has been some good off pitch investment in the new stands, but if they don't match that on the pitch and make it a positive match day experience for fans and retian top flight status, then its all rather pointless.

[PopTart]

Re: Championship : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:38 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

Quite so, and instead of investing in the squad and coaching set up, the owners have overseen a manged decline where barely any of the current squad would get into the starting 13 of that already poor squad of 5 years ago.

There has been some good off pitch investment in the new stands, but if they don't match that on the pitch and make it a positive match day experience for fans and retian top flight status, then its all rather pointless.

Well quite the opposite actually. The extra money that would come from a stadium making money throughout the year is the only thing that would get us back in if we went down.