John Minards Interview : Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:30 pm  

...thought this was worth a stand alone thread, enjoy! WAKEFIELD TRINITY HERITAGE PODCAST Episode 39 - John Minards Interview John sits down with Lee & Jamie to discuss his lifelong affinity to Wakefield Trinity, how he ended up in the chairman hotseat and…the ongoing STADIUM DEVELOPMENT https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zOWN7 ... 3jcRnhCIqw https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w ... 1605664538

...thought this was worth a stand alone thread, enjoy! WAKEFIELD TRINITY HERITAGE PODCAST Episode 39 - John Minards Interview John sits down with Lee & Jamie to discuss his lifelong affinity to Wakefield Trinity, how he ended up in the chairman hotseat and…the ongoing STADIUM DEVELOPMENT https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zOWN7 ... 3jcRnhCIqw https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w ... 1605664538

Re: John Minards Interview : Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:08 pm  

Looking forward to istening to this later tonight.

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Re: John Minards Interview : Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:22 pm  

Me too.

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Re: John Minards Interview : Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:37 am  

Quite interesting story of how he ended up as Trinity Chairman. He's a good man to have on board.
Learned a few things about the stadium too. I feel much more positive about it after listening to this.

Re: John Minards Interview : Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:55 am  

Not good listening for the doom n gloom merchants amongst us that’s for sure , who moan at every conceivable opportunity,I’ve always been of the opinion , let the powers that be do their jobs and I’ll do mine ,which is support the club . Yes it’s nice to know players signing or moving on and stadium updates , but do we really need to be looking on companies house and dragging anything slightly connected to the club that puts us in a bad light , I just don’t get the negativity. Sure we all get fed up with the team losing and the upgrades dragging on for years , but we are finally approaching a new dawn at the club ,and I know this is a forum for discussing club matters and it’s great , but jeez we do fall into the chicken little syndrome far too easily and quick to call all n sundry. Listen to Minards and you’ll see they all have the clubs and ours best interest at the very heart of all they do whether you like it or not , and if you don’t like the way it’s run raid the piggy bank and get on the board , it’s so easy to sit back and pull things to pieces , it’s much harder at the coal face being one of only two clubs in super league without a sugar daddy bank rolling us .

Re: John Minards Interview : Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:26 pm  

Kettykat wrote:

Not good listening for the doom n gloom merchants amongst us that’s for sure , who moan at every conceivable opportunity,I’ve always been of the opinion , let the powers that be do their jobs and I’ll do mine ,which is support the club . Yes it’s nice to know players signing or moving on and stadium updates , but do we really need to be looking on companies house and dragging anything slightly connected to the club that puts us in a bad light , I just don’t get the negativity. Sure we all get fed up with the team losing and the upgrades dragging on for years , but we are finally approaching a new dawn at the club ,and I know this is a forum for discussing club matters and it’s great , but jeez we do fall into the chicken little syndrome far too easily and quick to call all n sundry. Listen to Minards and you’ll see they all have the clubs and ours best interest at the very heart of all they do whether you like it or not , and if you don’t like the way it’s run raid the piggy bank and get on the board , it’s so easy to sit back and pull things to pieces , it’s much harder at the coal face being one of only two clubs in super league without a sugar daddy bank rolling us .

Excellent post Ketty, possibly the post of the season

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Re: John Minards Interview : Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:09 pm  

Don't worry. There's been a serious lack of activity from those negative posters. They'll be back next time we lose I'm sure.
They may be able to moan that the temporary seating isn't good enough by then.

Re: John Minards Interview : Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:22 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Don't worry. There's been a serious lack of activity from those negative posters. They'll be back next time we lose I'm sure.
They may be able to moan that the temporary seating isn't good enough by then.

Or which entrance they are going to use.

Re: John Minards Interview : Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:59 pm  

Talking of which....
Did anyone else have the mis-fortune to use the ginnel behind the North Stand (from Welbeck Street to Donny Road) on Sunday ??
For those that didn't, it was an absolute disgrace, as it was partially blocked with 2 wheelie bins, a shopping trolley and 2 large plastic road barriers, along with overgrown trees and weeds. It was an absolute disgrace, never mind a health hazard.
I fully accept that it is NOT the clubs responsibility to maintain this as it is owned/maintained (NOT) by Wakefield Council, but I have just emailed the club asking if they can liaise with the Council with a view to getting it cleared before the Wigan game, as it will clearly impact on the well-being/reputation of the club

(Just thought I'd chip-in with some negative input due to the apparent lack of it in the past 2 weeks )

Re: John Minards Interview : Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:39 pm  

FIL wrote:

Talking of which....
Did anyone else have the mis-fortune to use the ginnel behind the North Stand (from Welbeck Street to Donny Road) on Sunday ??
For those that didn't, it was an absolute disgrace, as it was partially blocked with 2 wheelie bins, a shopping trolley and 2 large plastic road barriers, along with overgrown trees and weeds. It was an absolute disgrace, never mind a health hazard.
I fully accept that it is NOT the clubs responsibility to maintain this as it is owned/maintained (NOT) by Wakefield Council, but I have just emailed the club asking if they can liaise with the Council with a view to getting it cleared before the Wigan game, as it will clearly impact on the well-being/reputation of the club

(Just thought I'd chip-in with some negative input due to the apparent lack of it in the past 2 weeks )

Yep, I did. It was horrendous. In one of the group's on Facebook, they are rallying for troops to volunteer to tidy it...even though it's not their job. With all the things away supporters already moan about, I'd rather not give them something else despite, as you say, it being nothing to do with us. I walked up there behind a family with a pram and they were struggling.