is about to rear its head again i fear .



i think that it will start with stadium plans then move on by 2015 ...

As long as the merged club is called Wakefield Trinity (perfect chance to get rid of the Wildcats tag) and play at Stanley then I’m OK with it.

Wakefield Trinity Tigers would do; I'd give at least two Cas players a job and then 12,000 of us could go to a shiny new stadium to watch our team each week, and we'll all live happily ever after. Probably.

Mutley,why do you fear it is going to rear its head again?

i think cas are being treated like mushrooms and that in reality only 1 new stadium will ever be built that will be in stanley . we will probably then share for 3 years until some says i know

we may as well merge and have one of the strongest teams in SL. Im a pessimist i know but a realist aswell Wakefield and its surrounding area cannot sustain 2 SL clubs as the new structure grows .In short we are gonna be forced into submission as we all honestly know that if either of us fail in application then we are as a club probably gone .



I also think that castleford will then do a sheffield/gateshead and have a club still playing out off wheldon rd but this will be little more than a feeding club for the big club.



Wakefield City Tigers is upon us i fear.

Whilst being pessamistic, you are also being realistic.

The economy of our game is based on sky money alone, if a product sells boxes it's all good, I believe that is why London are still in SL and why the RFL has to keep bailing them out, any other club would be hung to dry.

More diversity is needed in SL to promote the game, but the funds are finite, sooner or later another French side, a Scottish and Irish side, Cumbria needs one and the midlands, 2 geographically apointed sides it doesn't make sense, when your in London paying the bills.

The RFL may carry the flag of expansionism, but they are marching to the beat of sky's drum.

I'd not be interested in watching a merged team one little bit. I'm a Cas fan and that's the only team I have any desire to watch.

Indeed, I'm happy to have a merged team playing out of Glasshoughton (undeniably an amazing location for any stadium), as long as they play in amber and black and retain the Castleford name...

Looks like Castleford Trinity Wildcats then

wont happen im afraid IMHO

And neither will Wakefield Trinty Tigers - there's just too much opposition from both sets of fans. Like a stadium share - no general consensus can be reached imo

Although i understand where you are coming from,i cant imagine that having a team in London has made that many people go out and buy Sky.To the same extent if you put a team in Scotland or Ireland,i cant see that suddenly people that have never followed league would spend money subscribing to Sky just to watch a Scottish/Irish team