Most sensible and rational post I have read recently.

I say again - what about Ted ?

Could of swallowed his pride and sold up a long time ago to someone with money - where could we be now ?

And your suggestion is who exactly???



Given that investing in the club can't give the sort of returns that normal business investment would be expected to generate, anyone buying Ted out would need to be a fan who doesn't expect much (if any) financial return on their investment.



IMO anyone buying the club would be waving goodbye to the best part of a million quid straight away to buy up the shares that have been issued and get the business on a sound footing. That's before they do anything to attract new players (who would need to be "big names" to help build crowds). There would also be the need to put additional cash into the business as and when needed.



If we work on the assumption that we're looking for someone prepared to set aside up to £2m over the course of the first few years of their investment and that they probably can't expect to get a return on that money, we really need someone who has a hell of a lot of money going spare.



Out of a core support of around 5000, I think we'd be very lucky to have 1 person with that sort of cash available to them..........unless of course last week's Euromillions winner is a Wakey fan!!!!

well in ain't me or I'd be first with the question tonight how much



I'll give it to Ted he's stuck it out when he could of just walked away and then where would we have been

I said the same thing about the euro millions !



All I'm going on really is that I've heard of different groups involving Toppo & Eric France have wanted to take over in the past but on the proviso that Ted goes - obviously this was a no no as far as Ted was concerned - but ( again hearsay ) the France bid had a big backer (aledgedly !).

So if this was true , maybe we'd be have Myler, Monaghan etc . not has beens for JK to work with .

Ifs, buts, and maybes.



The "Topliss consortium" bid was a complete joke. The France bid, well... if you think how quick they were to ditch their motor racing sponsorhip as soon as their own business slumped, you'll be glad they were never in charge of Trinity. The France bid had a big backer? Ask yourself the question - who would be a big backer behind a scrap metal merchant to buy a rugby league club? Couldn't they afford to buy the club outright, if they were such a "big backer"?



The only interest anyone has ever shown in Trinity has been because of the property development potential of Belle Vue. Now it's been sold, take a look and see where the interest lies. That may well apply to the present incumbent, but at least he's thrown some of his own money down the bottomless pit that is Wakefield Trinity Wildcats too.



It's euro millions or Ted Richardson. Big backers my big hairy butt.

It's euro millions or Ted Richardson. Big backers my big hairy butt.



Fair enough!

With regards to the sale of Belle Vue, I know it has probably been put on here previously, but who has it been bought by??



I only ask as I was told (by a friend of a friends, sisters, auntie) earlier this week that this had fallen through but as far as i was concerned the monies had been paid and spent???

Not sure who has bought the land but they have already paid the fee with the rest due on departure of the site. If it's fallen through then someone has lost a lot of money.

We talked about this last night.



Lets say you were a oldish/retired businessman with £2-5m in the bank. You would be mad to take on a rugby league club, your just giving the money away. You really need tens of millions IMO where drip feeding 1-2 million over 2-3 years isnt even felt.

Indeed. It’s a shame we couldn’t get the bloke from Mirfield who’s just sold the card factory to pump some £’s in. I know his priority is Huddersfield Town but £350m goes a lot further in Rugby League than in football.

Who's kid is in the same year at Silcoates as my daughter.



I keep working on it, but no progress yet!