Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:40 pm  

WMDC still have it in their gift to make this right.

It's up to them, but they know the situation as we see it!

Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:58 pm  

TRB wrote:

WMDC still have it in their gift to make this right.

It's up to them, but they know the situation as we see it!

Why do i get the feeling you'll be waiting a while for Box to back down.

Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:06 am  

What are the reasons for refusing Featherstone's offer? Having visited both Dewsbury and Fev.'s grounds last year with Leigh last season I would say Post Office Road was a no brainer!!

Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:10 am  

CHEADLE LEYTHER wrote:

What are the reasons for refusing Featherstone's offer? Having visited both Dewsbury and Fev.'s grounds last year with Leigh last season I would say Post Office Road was a no brainer!!

What's a no-brainer is having a strong opinion on a subject you know nothing about; this is a deep, complex and circuitous saga, of which you know only the briefest of headlines. In those circumstances, it's best to keep schtum, rather than be perceived as an ultracrepidarian.

Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:17 am  

Cheadel leyther makes a good point and does not deserve abuse for making it

Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:14 am  

bren2k wrote:

What's a no-brainer is having a strong opinion on a subject you know nothing about; this is a deep, complex and circuitous saga, of which you know only the briefest of headlines. In those circumstances, it's best to keep schtum, rather than be perceived as an ultracrepidarian.

Only asking-Wigan have borrowed our ground several times so why the hostility?

Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:18 am  

CHEADLE LEYTHER wrote:

What are the reasons for refusing Featherstone's offer? Having visited both Dewsbury and Fev.'s grounds last year with Leigh last season I would say Post Office Road was a no brainer!!

A simple answer would be: a move to Fev would weaken the position of the club/trust when dealing with the local authority as they're both in the same authority, Dewsbury comes up Kirklees so would strengthen the position that the councils inaction has forced the club to leave the district. That's far from the right answer as in reality it's a very complex situation spamming three decades, but it's a very simplistic one

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Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:35 am  

It's a fair question. I'm sure it was good reasoning to discount Fev (assuming we actually have) but I don't know the reasons.
Ithink would be good to know but I understand we can't always know the details straight away.
Egg's reasoning looks sound to me though. I'd assume that was a factor.

Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:54 pm  

Once the Fev offer had been made we could no longer argue that we are being forced out of the district. A move to Dewsbury makes no sense now. Spending money on upgrading a ground we do not own is even morea pointless than spending on BV. We need to negotiate terms with Fev then concentrate on persuading the current fan base to follow us. I cannot see how sharing long term with Fev would get us thrown out of St. Lots of teams share grounds they don't own eg Hull and Wigan.

Re: Stay at Belle Vue : Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:01 pm  

ball-in-hand wrote:

Once the Fev offer had been made we could no longer argue that we are being forced out of the district. A move to Dewsbury makes no sense now. Spending money on upgrading a ground we do not own is even morea pointless than spending on BV. We need to negotiate terms with Fev then concentrate on persuading the current fan base to follow us. I cannot see how sharing long term with Fev would get us thrown out of St. Lots of teams share grounds they don't own eg Hull and Wigan.

Hull and Wigan do not share grounds with another rugby league team.