Not sure but genuinely looked like he was waiting to be picked up. He was on the phone, when I parked up he was gone.

Last I knew, he lived out Ponte/Cas way, I believe

He used to live in Pontefract, but I think that he has moved on.

Breaking news-"Trinity forward kidnapped by Wire coach"

Well that’s seven games with seven defeats. We have failed to score in over 50% of the games and are averaging 6 points scored and 31 against. I maybe wrong but this suggests that this season we have multiple failings. If we lose on Thursday I cannot see where we will pick up a win especially if we continue with the strategy of bringing players in last minute on loan for two weeks. I guess the good thing is they have no game plans to learn and are not handicapped by experiencing our coaching strategy.
We have now reached full panic mode known as the “shuffling the chairs on the Titanic” by bringing in the MC’s multi player Swap Shop, silly jumpers at the ready. I can see them receiving calls wanting to swap an unwanted prop for one of our players.

All very depressing as a long standing fan ,who’s only way of supporting the club is standing on the terraces and backing them as hard as it’s getting . Looking at the sky pundits smug sing faces showing the tries last night really got to me , we are the butt of RL at present . Hindsight is a wonderful thing and it’s getting increasingly evident that the combination of rookie coach and a weak squad is the perfect storm ,couple with a not too shabby injury list . Would a director of rugby have been a prudent investment, to shed some experience and a calming influence at the club . It’s the easiest thing in the world to see the problems we face ,but coming up with credible solutions within our constraints is going to be incredibly tough .

You're right and to be honest we've had it coming for the past couple of seasons.
it's the old chicken and egg thing I'm afraid. The supporters won't support until there is at least a competitive team and there won't be a competitive team until the support increases. Michael Carter has repeatedly said if the gate increased he'd spend more.
So, until that changes or the mythical (in Wakefield anyway) sugar daddy arrives it's status quo.

ashton simms on his way to you guys

We'd probably get it wrong and sign Joan Sims.

Aren't they a similar age ???

Dont talk daft

Carter seems to be deflecting from any blame here. Whilst he has done wonders in the past, clear to see that in recent years he's let the squad get gradually weaker.

He allowed us to go into the season with one recognised fullback, that was plain for all to see. Gaskell at fb didn't work last year, should have been addressed and is the route cause of most of our issues this year.

I would say we were clearly light at 9 too. Argument that we had 3 in Hood, Kay and Bowes perhaps but for whatever reason Bowes doesn't seem to really be fancied there.

Top it off, our club captain and presumably one of the top earners played 6 all last year. Even with him we barely stayed up, he was replaced with a championship prospect.

We let Batchelor go and bring in an ex NRL player at the end of his career in Proctor. Obviously no knowledge of this, but its reasonable to assume Proctor will be costing us more than we offered Batchelor. How can that be justified, one of our best players last year, coming into his prime should surely be worth more to us?

Again not sure of all the details here, but Gaskell was seemingly brought in to cover FB and half (although FB never worked out for him). Presumably costing us more than we offered Hampshire (if there was an offer) was who was decent enough cover for both these spots. Carter in charge of recruitment/retention and negotiations has not been a success in recent years