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An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:54 pm  
On building a new club, I would love Matt to commit to having a statue of Big Neil Fox commissioned whilst Neil is still alive, its a minor thing whilst we have higher priorities with the team etc but it could galvanise a projection of the club, a massive asset of our history !
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Re: An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:38 pm  
I do agree, but I think it will be a long way down the list.
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Re: An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:02 pm  
I'm not a fan of statues for living people, I would like to see a modern art sculpture outside the stadium which represents rugby league - it would tie us nicely to the unofficial city of sculpture title that Wakefield has
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Re: An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:31 pm  
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I'm not a fan of statues for living people, I would like to see a modern art sculpture outside the stadium which represents rugby league - it would tie us nicely to the unofficial city of sculpture title that Wakefield has


You push for your RL statue but I would love to contribute to a Neil Fox tribute, especially whilst the guy is still around. As deserved as Billy Boston and miles more deserved than Martin Offiah.
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Re: An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:55 pm  
Egg Banjo wrote:
I'm not a fan of statues for living people, I would like to see a modern art sculpture outside the stadium which represents rugby league - it would tie us nicely to the unofficial city of sculpture title that Wakefield has


What would it look like?
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Re: An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:00 pm  
What better to represent rugby league then the record points scorer?
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Re: An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:40 pm  
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What would it look like?

I don't know, but Wakefield has a fine history of developing homegrow abstract and modern sculpture artists and having something that ties us to the new sculpture trail, the Hepworth and YSP would really benefit the club in a way that a statue of a player wouldn't.
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Re: An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:31 pm  
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I don't know, but Wakefield has a fine history of developing homegrow abstract and modern sculpture artists and having something that ties us to the new sculpture trail, the Hepworth and YSP would really benefit the club in a way that a statue of a player wouldn't.


The thread was kicked off relating specifically to producing a statue of Neil Fox as purely a tribute to the great man himself. Being of benefit to the club doesn't really come into the equation even though there may be some fringe benefit gained. We are talking about two totally different subjects.
Maybe start a parallel thread about organising your preferred RL orientated project?
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Re: An old chesnut. : Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:53 pm  
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The thread was kicked off relating specifically to producing a statue of Neil Fox as purely a tribute to the great man himself. Being of benefit to the club doesn't really come into the equation even though there may be some fringe benefit gained. We are talking about two totally different subjects.
Maybe start a parallel thread about organising your preferred RL orientated project?

It's not really two separate subjects, it's the same subject but looked at from different angles. I'm not sure if you're aware how conversations work, but it's entirely normal for people to disagree with the idea and also to go on slight tangents or look at things from a different perspective.

The idea of memorialising someone in a statue before they're dead is pretty grotesque in my mind, though I'd quite like to see a big mural of some of our greats similar to how Leeds Utd have them spread around the city.

Also, since he's alive - has anyone actually asked if it's something he'd currently want?
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Re: An old chesnut. : Wed Oct 25, 2023 6:51 am  
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It's not really two separate subjects, it's the same subject but looked at from different angles. I'm not sure if you're aware how conversations work, but it's entirely normal for people to disagree with the idea and also to go on slight tangents or look at things from a different perspective.

The idea of memorialising someone in a statue before they're dead is pretty grotesque in my mind, though I'd quite like to see a big mural of some of our greats similar to how Leeds Utd have them spread around the city.

Also, since he's alive - has anyone actually asked if it's something he'd currently want?



It's not a conversation though. Someone raised a subject people want to discuss and you raised something that doesn't have anything to do with Trinity and you don't even know what it would look like. If you want to invest in that then great but I think you'll be on your own.

The statue of Neil is a great idea for me. It has to be good of course and would have to be externally funded.

I think in the short term it will be better to decorate the new stand with big, historic photos like the ones in Fox's Bar.
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