IanMac

I’ve just typed listen live north wales v town into google and it brought up the links

Just read that, with Evan’s and Walker gone we have 23 man squad, Barnes, Bradley, Atiga and Graham all missing this week, that leaves 19, the only player from that 19 not in the squad on the rfl page is young Lupton presumably because both Callum and Jammer are available. Not too sure what they are talking about to be honest

Just means your phone signal won’t be as good

Not too sure what I was expecting but I’m pleasantly surprised by what is being proposed. Yes it’s not the all singing all dancing stadium that was originally proposed all those years ago but it certainly seems better than just a rehash of the old stand. With the pitch increasing its size and the potential to increase capacity it’s probably as good as we can hope for at the moment. Hopefully there’ll be some clear information supplied regarding how the clubs generate their own income through the stadium as that has always been a concern. Whilst I understand the club won’t have the oncost of upkeep as they have now, loss of sponsorship on naming rights, revenue from events in the bars and marquee etc will certainly put a hole in any budget which will need to be addressed. If it does go ahead, because I wouldn’t be too sure the funding acquired will provide everything being stated, let’s hope it’s starts the next successful chapter in Workington Town RLFC history.

In this day and age it appears there’s no loyalty to a club and it looks like a player will go to whoever is offering most money after the season ends, so how refreshing it is to see 2 young pros signing well before the end of the season on 2 year deals. Both throughly deserve it, well done lads. UTT

Not the best performance by a long way but always the sign of a decent side when you can still grind out a win even when your way off your game. Well done to Spencer Fulton on his mom, pretty much had Tali in his pocket all afternoon, his tackle technique is top notch.

Being able to watch full match replays is excellent but some interviews with players would be good plus some content from training if possible.

Away so couldn’t travel down but throughly enjoyed listening to the commentary, excellent that four of the lads signed from the amateur game this season are settling in and playing their part in some in some great wins. Hopefully with back to back home matches to come supporters get through the gates and support the club, they certainly deserve it.UTT

Away so unable to go across but job done, nilled and a few scored. Probably with better handling in the first half would have been a few more. Listening to the radio seemed to indicate that both Callum and Dom had picked up injuries, hopefully both ok.

We like to make it hard for ourselves but sounds an awful lot better than last week. Still seem to be making too many silly mistakes, cut those out we’ll be ok. Well done boys. Looking at midlands score today that point we got might have been a good one!

I would have moved Galea to full back, Hutton and Ecclestone on the wings with Levi and Evans or Corkhill in the centres. Pace and power in almost all those positions but Hutton isn’t in the squad so that isn’t going to happen. Hope somehow we can put a performance together to get the win but I’m not confident to be honest.

Whilst it is sad to see another club go the wall I’m not sure what the rfl expected in allowing a club in such an extreme geographical location. It was never going to be self financing in terms of crowds through the gates and whilst we only had one trip a year down there they were doing that every other week which the central funding wouldn’t even cover. Whilst it’s a bit of a stretch I hope the rfl show some common sense and look again at combining the 2 leagues or they won’t be the last club to fall by the wayside. More likely is that they admit another club from some far flung outpost and go through the whole rigmarole again. I wonder if the rfl will compensate those clubs who’ve travelled there this season and cover the cost of lost sponsorship from home games against Cornwall? No they won’t, but it’s a hole in every other teams financial planning for the year through no fault of their own. Even 500 through the gates at £15, plus sponsorship, beer sales, food etc your looking a 10k lost, nothing to the super douper league but significant in league 1.

Think I would have taken a point before the game but to get so close is a bit unlucky. Going off Callum’s comms it sounds like we might have a real gem in Atiga, sounded like he was making plenty of yards, if he gets the service should score some tries.

Hopefully you can use it to pay off some of your near 500000 debt.

I think the secrecy is coming from the Cumberland Sports Village company which incidentally now has no town representation. Although it was apparently mentioned at the reds agm there is still no planning application been submitted and no update on the website since March 24. The original stadium would certainly have seen town give up their lease but as confirmed by the club on another thread they now have that back. The board have to protect the club and ensure that whatever eventually is done with the renovation of borough park, not a new stadium, is in the interests of Workington Town. Committing to something without knowing rents, available income streams and a multitude of other issues to replace lost revenue eg stadium naming, grandstand sponsorship, popular side sponsorship etc etc. I struggle to see a satisfactory stage 1 given the delays and the relatively small amount of finance available.

I bet Keighley wish there game at Rochdale had been postponed 44 - 0 is a hell of a statement from Rochdale.

There won’t be one team runs away with this league this year. If you don’t turn up with the right attitude, irrespective of the squad, any team could turn any other over with probably the exception of Cornwall and Newcastle, no disrespect intended. I think it will be the most competitive league 1 for a number of years with many sides having strengthened. The dark horse for the season is the Midland Hurricanes who look to have put together a good squad, just added Luis Roberts who played 24 times for Leeds last year and despite a terrific contract offer just missed out on Jack Walker. Throw in the duel reg card which a number of league 1 sides are utilising and it’s going to be a tough season. Hopefully we can put a fairly innocuous preseason behind us and hit the ground running but I think even Jonty would agree there’s a lot of work to be done to ensure we are right up there.

With the rfl saying a decision had to be made today it was the only option available. Wouldn’t have looked very good if Cornwall had travelled and then got called off on Sunday. Hopefully a better day when it’s rearranged.

I wouldn’t be leaving out Johnny Hutton, he’s come on an awful lot in his short professional career and certainly has pace. I’d be looking to give him and Jack Stephenson as much game time as possible, they’ve both improved in their time at the club, and whilst they’ve still got a lot of developing to do it’s that kind of player we’ve got to be looking to nurture and invest in and hopefully reap the benefit.

I can understand the reluctance to pay out what would be a huge chunk of money for a trip to London but the downside is playing like that will not attract footfall through the gates. For the last 2 years we’ve done many good things off the pitch but have struggled on it. Winning, whatever the game is, breeds confidence and hopefully creates interest to increase gates. Let’s hope we start the league season well and put this performance behind us, there are so many quality players in that squad that you’d hope we’ll be competitive and create plenty of interest as the season progresses.

Two positives out of that game, to play so badly, miss so many tackles, drop so much ball and give away penalty after penalty and still have a chance of winning after 75 minutes defies logic really but we did. And we’ve saved 1000’s by not having to travel to London for a completely pointless cup. Apart from that it was a fairly dire afternoon!

I see Bradley and Doran have picked up 3 penalty points and Guy Graham 5 at the disciplinary hearing yesterday. Not too sure how the new system works but think once you reach 12 there’s a ban involved.

You move on when what you are moving to is something that is way better than what you have, as with the original stadium idea. To date, with the info that’s recently come out, I’m not sure it’s in the best interests of Workington Town, at this present time, to cut themselves adrift from their own stadium for a number of reasons. The lack of information on the Cumberland sports village website, the striking off of the company that had Dave Bowden and John Pleasants as directors, the appointment of Dave Bowden on another Cumberland Sports Village company with another individual, unknown to me but no connection to Town as far as I’m aware. There are so many questions that need answered, what would the rent be, will the club be able to generate their own income with bars, food outlet's, events etc. It seems to me that the goalposts have moved since this idea was mooted. Yes a modern stadium to replace an ageing relic of bygone days would be brilliant, but, and it’s a big but, it has to be to the benefit of Workington Town as well as the reds. Replacing one part of a similarly ageing relic whilst hoping further money might become available to do other improvements as and when is not my idea of an all singing all dancing modern stadium. I’m hopeful that the board, who are the current custodians of this great club, will make the right informed choices.

Given that there was always going to be a gulf in class and fitness over the 80 mins I was more I interested to see how we looked as a team and how we approached it. I thought there was tremendous effort in defence and although we didn’t score we did look to off load, move the ball and run some good lines. Unlike the last couple of years we looked as though we had some structure to play off. Both Farrer and Weir look really good signings. Let’s hope we don’t have any suspensions from a couple of late hits and the tip tackle! Hopefully we can have a good year.UTT

Don’t know what’s happening with the ground, but the company that was set up with Dave Bowden and John Pleasants as directors and representatives of reds and town was voluntarily struck off companies house 12 months ago. Dave Bowden has since been appointed as a director of Cumberland Sports Village Ltd as of Nov 24 together with a Michael Robertson. The money that was initially promised will be a drop in the ocean to what is needed now given the huge time delay, so not too sure how it can progress to the benefit of all. Given that the first phase was supposed to be completed at the end of this year I wouldn’t be holding my breath about being ready in 27/28 as plans haven’t even been submitted. The work the directors have done in making Derwent Park, sorry Fibrus community stadium, a more fit for purpose stadium both for game day and events, deserves credit and should anything eventually come to fruition, I sincerely hope we don’t lose our ability to create income as the club do now.