Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:42 pm  

altofts wildcat wrote:

They did say that James Elston, Davide Longo and Andrew Glover all read this forum.

yes they do and like Davide says if you have any ideas just get in touch rather than slate the club,
lesson learned there I'd say

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:48 pm  

spook2011 wrote:

conjecture... what percent of the salary cap are we spending now... and what would be the monitary value of our available spend?

I know Tahu has been looking at a salary of around GBP 125k per season in Aus.

The night went well - around 200 ppl id say ... JE spoke that we could possible spend upto the full salary cap but the club would look to be self funded as any business should be !! AG has money and can support the team financially both in the SL and Championship ... That said we operate on a salary cap of around £875000 with a 5000 average attendance but for every 1000 fans on average we can put on the gate then we can take the cap up by around £175000 - this being from a self funded club ... AG looks professional, confident and assured that we can move the club forward with the team we have in place on and off the field ...

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:45 am  

I managed to get there for the first half hour or so; what impressed me the most was AG's self assured answers in respect of finances. He was asked several times in several different ways if he had the money to fund the club, and he responded very confidently. He was also very casual about the need to attract additional investors and stated clearly that he's not looking for them because he doesn't have to.

I was buoyed by what I heard and it was great to see the reception that all the panel members got; biggest cheers reserved for Morro and AG it seemed, which was as it should be. Great stuff.

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:41 am  

ry21 wrote:

Any body else think Mr.Glover has been on here a lot more than we thought, pinching our ideas? I think hr should buy all wakefield rlfans members a shiny new car!

RLfans is a powerfull tool, if used in the right manner.

And Mr Glover is correct about him not posting on here, just won't work out.


Smart bloke with a good team around him.

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:10 am  

Is there a point scored in the francise application for spending the full cap?

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:56 am  

The Clan wrote:

What a breath of fresh air tonights event was!

All the top table table spoke very well and just about every aspect of the club was questioned and answered.

Major points for me were:
The Richardson free zone
Re emphasis on young British & talented
James pushing the Newmarket issue at every opportunity
Option to spend the full cap
The will to fight all the way for a franchise
Plans to open Cats Bar with SKY TV available as long as we use it
Trinity is and will remain part of the clubs name alongside Wildcats

Don't forget the other big positive

No matter what the outcome of Leeds test case with HMRC re Image rights we can't get hit with a historical bill.

This is going to be a big hit for other clubs whichever way it turns out but if Leeds lose therec ould be some 7 figure bills dropping through clubs letter boxes, but not ours!

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:58 am  

It's a fantastic thing that they read this, show's they're willing to not only listen to the fan's, but to go out and proactively seek information. Where better to get a general census of fan's feeling's than this place.

Spirit of 1873 - looking to the future!

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:05 am  

Fordy wrote:

Don't forget the other big positive

No matter what the outcome of Leeds test case with HMRC re Image rights we can't get hit with a historical bill.

This is going to be a big hit for other clubs whichever way it turns out but if Leeds lose therec ould be some 7 figure bills dropping through clubs letter boxes, but not ours!

Lets hope they win the case as if they don't it will be a hammer blow for the game as a whole.

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:08 am  

With reguards to the stadium and Public Inquiry, was JE insinuating that the council were holding things up, I just presumed that the government were in control of the PI.

Re: Tonights an Audience With Night : Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:13 am  

lifelongfan wrote:

With reguards to the stadium and Public Inquiry, was JE insinuating that the council were holding things up, I just presumed that the government were in control of the PI.

I think James was intimating that he is going to ask the council to put some pressure on the government, however to use his turn of phrase on another subject, I think "he is p-ing in the wind" as I don't think the council can do anything now that it has been called in.
It has to go through the process now, regardless of what anybody says. At least that's how I understand it works. Happy to be told I'm wrong if there is someone more in the know.