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It's the owners intentions, he wants to win it rather than just go up on the back of a spreadsheet.

Trinity would be on 13.52 had the new stand opened in August, we will get less for performance, only marginally should we win the Championship next year, more for less reliance on central distribution, and less for viewership. All in all, with the new ownership, Trinity should be in SL in 2025. Time will tell though.

Not heard anything about a new supplier so Ellgren?!

https://twitter.com/WTrinityRL/status/1719408085289124041

The potential points available for Trinity over the next year, on top of the 12.52 we scored, would indicate that we will be back into SL in 2025, unless we have an absolute mare of a season. Dispite that, I'd rather we win the comp and go up rather than go up from 4th.

Exactly, European Rugby League (ERL). From a sponsor point of view is screams exposure beyond 20 miles either side of the M62.

Indeed, it's a case of right place right time. Trinity's situation changed when the developer got desperate and we had some leverage on them, had that been 12 years ago we would have been playing out of a new stadium for the last decade up at Newmarket. It's all to easy for armchair experts to say kick clubs out as they have done nothing for the last 20/30years. When the right circumstances land they land, and without that's its bloody hard to achieve anything.

Still think the new stand at Belle Vue will never happen?

ERL

I feel catchment was introduced to boost the expansion clubs score who perhaps do not benefit from having a foothold where the game is strongest. Naturally Bradford and Salford have also massively benefited from this. The catchment score is the iffy one and in effect could discourage clubs reaching outside of their city/district boundaries. Why restrict it on a line drawn on a map? Trinity have fans in Barnsley, I'm sure Salford have fans in Manchester, Leeds have fans on Wakefield. Perhaps a 50 mile radius from the club would be a better parameter. That way the artificial score will still benefit the expansion clubs whilst not giving an unfair advantage to some traditional clubs over others.

Looks like the surface water flooding matches exactly what the EA expect to happen so its not really a case of unexpected events causing it.

To be fair, someone on the rlfans forum scored Trinty with attainable targets at 14.7 for next year so I would imagine it would not too hard for the clubs above us to be pushing for an A. Leigh if they continue as they have for one. Huddersfield really ought to be there too.

So if Trinity currently score 0.5 for Belle Vue than we could be up an extra point for next season on the provisional grading, albeit we lose on others.

The new stand doesn't count in Trinity's provisional score so will be added next year.

Appreciate MC was pragmatic, and when he joined we did need it, but the last five seasons have been a death by 1000 cuts, with us progressively getting worse and worse with nothing to look forward to. Now that has changed, a guy with some cash who's willing to spend it to get us competitive.

Finally complete. Its taken its time. Hoping for a brighter future, the new owner is a million miles away from the doom and gloom of Michael Carter and has big ambitions.

You guys were shafted, no doubt about it, and no you don't deserve the ###### that has come subsequently your way since.

IIRC Bulls run up a huge debt, go cap in hand to the RFL on the QT. RFL #### themselves as they lent Bradford circa £1m unsecured, so decide they need something in return. Lease sale becomes public knowledge (iconic stadium, predatory developers and all that). Bulls sell the lease. Consequently another loan from the bank was also secured against the lease which Bradford now do not own. Bank call in their loan. Bulls go into admin (not before shafting their supporters and ex players with the infamous bucket collection). This situation is entirely the fault of the Bulls management of the time, no one else.

No, besides it's gone to far now. Our better players, yes we had some, have left leaving us with about 7 senior players.

They aren't.

I don't think id be too keen to see Trinity artificially saved by going going to 14 clubs. Let's face it all the best players have gone and we'd be left with the scraps again, this time with two other clubs fighting over them too. It would be a repeat of the season just gone which was not an enjoyable experience.

We've been to many games this year with them being a foregone conclusion, just in a negative manner. After this season, watching a team win comfortably, if that proved to be the case, wouldn't be such a put off.

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/exclusive-new-wakefield-owner-matt-ellis-outlines-major-investment-plans-to-establish-trinity-as-super-league-mainstays Saying all the right things and a far cry from what we are used to. Hope his finances match his ambitions as its going to cost a fair whack to turn this Dreadnought around.

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/exclusive-new-wakefield-owner-matt-ellis-outlines-major-investment-plans-to-establish-trinity-as-super-league-mainstays Saying all the right things and a far cry from what we are used to. Hope his finances match his ambitions as its going to cost a fair whack to turn this Dreadnought around.

What's he supposed to do? Maybe not hit the attacking player in the head with his shoulder. He was third man in, Crowther was going down, there was no reason for him to get involved. I don't think it was deliberate, but it was careless.