Ok.... So, a few months ago we had a £400k problem which we needed to go about rectifying by getting rid of players/their wages. The club said that we needed to have at least 3000 members before we could think about signing players.

The last I heard, we were still a lot of members short and we still had some of the £400k outstanding. All that seems to have gone quiet and now we're signing some half decent players.

This isn't a dig at the club, I've just been wondering how we've managed to seemingly turn it around and sign 7/8 players and leave squad numbers 19 & 20 free for a couple more players.

Have I missed something? a new sponsor? a new investor?

www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r/2013/12/ Might be partly why

www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r/2013/12/ Might be partly why

I guess the players who have come in are on modest contracts whilst the ones shipped out were on excessive ones. I think we needed more than 3k to spend more than last season. 2k probably would see the the spend just under.

Ahhh yes, that could have something to do with it. Its nice to see a blue chip sponsor on the shirts!

I also believe the directors are putting more money in to the club and they were waiting for Mr Vickers to fly in from New York for a meeting the other week.
So a lot of credit has to go to them also.

Mr Vickers?

Richard Vickers a director & Wakefield fan who is based in New York

Ok, cheers.

Fantastic. Its beginning to look like we have a decent regime! Roll on 2014 & Newmarket!

I think the OP.. was a good one, and one we need to keep asking so we don't get in the situations we have again.

So I think initially the 3000 members was to keep paying the squad of players we had last year, obviously we have lost some of the high earners & others smith, aiton, poore, amor, mellars & cockayne.
I dont think we have 2000 members; yet we have signed Godinet, Anderson, Ryan, Moore, Shulver and paid a transfer fee for McShane.

The chairman stated that when he looked further into the defecit if was much more than the 400k (perhaps 500k+) .... we have signed a few more sponsors but I think we all are surprised at the situation we now face ourselves in i.e. numerous half decent signings from the other side of the world all costs associated with that.

Yes KH might have negotitated good contracts.. but think there will be dark days ahead especially I predict a dramatic drop in attendances. We need to start the season well to encorage the walk up support.

So I am thankful to all the present team at WTW; however due to what has gone on before us.. we need to be on our toes, and ask these valid question's.

We really need to take the early points from the Bradfud and Solfud games.

I agree. In the last ten years we seem to have had some dark days, yet we've bounced back in face of adversity, and I think we're in that bouncing back stage now. However on one hand I cant help but wonder when our next slump will be, but on the other hand, we now have KH on board and some links to Leeds Rhinos, which it pains me to say, but I think they're the best administered club in SL and I just wonder if KH is putting those processes in place at Wakefield.