tigerbaz wrote::shock: look at the regs helpful*r

Disco wrote:What I believe is that the announcement regarding Thornes Park's demise was not officially made until after the Wildcats had (by the RFL's admission) just scraped through the franchise decision making process. I also believe that the Wildcats' franchise application was entirely centred around Thornes Park being a goer. As the RFL pointed out, Wakey clearly had "...no Plan B" to fall back on.

Yes, I would use the word 'smokescreen'. At best, the timing had staggeringly fortunate consequences for your club's franchise application wouldn't you say?

Incidentally, around this time the Wakey messageboard (sorry, I mean that part of RLFans which some people think of as 'the Wakey bit') was full of indignant Wakey fans calling the council leaders various shades of evil for not making any announcement in the run up to the franchise decisions being made. Funny? I almost had a seizure...

But one thing I'm absolutely positive about is that, if Cas do end up having to try and pull the same trick, it'll be the Wakey fans who'll be first in the queue to moan about it.

SimonBarrett wrote:Just going to ignore the £20,000 spent by the council then?? and stick to your smokescreen theory!?

Disco wrote:Don't play games mate. I'm ignoring the twenty grand because it has absolutely f*ck all to do with the timing of the announcement, upon which my smokescreen "theory" rests.

Disco wrote:Oh how wonderfully naive....

SimonBarrett wrote:If you say so.........l mean, you could not possible be wrong could you!???

SimonBarrett wrote:This is quite fun.....do you know who you remind me of??? Our very own Vastman!

Fully wrote:Except Disco makes a valid point, which Vastman rarely ever does.