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stryker 69 said:
Personally I wish Balmain and Western Suburbs would piss off.
If I wanted to hear from reserve grade associations I would rather listen to the Northern Pride prattle on.
To me those other two died decades ago.
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Well Western Suburbs is thriving and ain’t going anywhere, and I’d hate to see Balmain die out. Two proud old foundation clubs who combine to give us our unique DNA.

I don’t see their continued involvement as a negative. I’m continually staggered at how its seen as such. That one can’t bring up a point or seven, regarding the balance of our clubs branding, or how we’re perceived in the media/public eye, or where we should play home games etc ... without the forum faithful seeing that as an attempt to kick start a Wests Balmain brouhaha. Well I find that a tad frustrating.

But maybe that’s just me ... 🤔

I get it, people just wanna talk about crap refs and who should play halfback and who we‘re signing and who’s leaving, team selections ...
 
Jedi_Tiger said:
maybe a good start might be calling the reserve grade wests tigers
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You are a very naughty boy JT by posting this so soon after Stevec's post.
Your words are a bit inflammatory and I cant let it go without saying something equally silly like.....how about we call the NRL team the Magpies and the reserve grade the Tigers?

Would I love seeing the Magpies name again....yes I would. But I am not advocating this, or agitating for this to happen either.
But why shouldn't this be so anyway?

As was mentioned by a very respected poster just a couple of days ago, @Bus 2 Terrigal from memory....the Magpies do own the WT, so I reckon this gives the Magpies a pretty strong case for our club to be called Wests Magpies or the South West Magpies if we ever re-locate to Campbelltown.
And from what Lee Hagipantellis and Tim Sheens said in their really interesting podcast recently, it seems there is a pretty good chance this will happen eventually, probably long after I have departed this mortal coil though.
 
MAGPIES1963 said:
You are a very naughty boy JT by posting this so soon after Stevec's post.
Your words are a bit inflammatory and I cant let it go without saying something equally silly like.....how about we call the NRL team the Magpies and the reserve grade the Tigers?

Would I love seeing the Magpies name again....yes I would. But I am not advocating this, or agitating for this to happen either.
But why shouldn't this be so anyway?

As was mentioned by a very respected poster just a couple of days ago, @Bus 2 Terrigal from memory....the Magpies do own the WT, so I reckon this gives the Magpies a pretty strong case for our club to be called Wests Magpies or the South West Magpies if we ever re-locate to Campbelltown.
And from what Lee Hagipantellis and Tim Sheens said in their really interesting podcast recently, it seems there is a pretty good chance this will happen eventually, probably long after I have departed this mortal coil though.
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Given the original deal between the two foundation clubs stipulated that the joint venture be based in the south-west corridor - we’ve fiddled away twenty plus years (with the miracle thrown in), trying very unsuccessfully to be all things to everybody.

Our club will forever be named ‘Wests Tigers’ as the heritage of both Western Suburbs & Balmain is both vital and of equal importance. But after two decades we simply must grow a pair and base ourselves totally in the south-west - with a feature game or two to be set down for Leichhardt.
 
MAGPIES1963 said:
You are a very naughty boy JT by posting this so soon after Stevec's post.
Your words are a bit inflammatory and I cant let it go without saying something equally silly like.....how about we call the NRL team the Magpies and the reserve grade the Tigers?

Would I love seeing the Magpies name again....yes I would. But I am not advocating this, or agitating for this to happen either.
But why shouldn't this be so anyway?

As was mentioned by a very respected poster just a couple of days ago, @Bus 2 Terrigal from memory....the Magpies do own the WT, so I reckon this gives the Magpies a pretty strong case for our club to be called Wests Magpies or the South West Magpies if we ever re-locate to Campbelltown.
And from what Lee Hagipantellis and Tim Sheens said in their really interesting podcast recently, it seems there is a pretty good chance this will happen eventually, probably long after I have departed this mortal coil though.
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Well you really need to look at what is the better emblem for the team…. A big strong ferocious tiger or an annoying, squawking, pain in the arse magpie? 😉
 
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MAGPIES1963 said:
You are a very naughty boy JT by posting this so soon after Stevec's post.
Your words are a bit inflammatory and I cant let it go without saying something equally silly like.....how about we call the NRL team the Magpies and the reserve grade the Tigers?

Would I love seeing the Magpies name again....yes I would. But I am not advocating this, or agitating for this to happen either.
But why shouldn't this be so anyway?

As was mentioned by a very respected poster just a couple of days ago, @Bus 2 Terrigal from memory....the Magpies do own the WT, so I reckon this gives the Magpies a pretty strong case for our club to be called Wests Magpies or the South West Magpies if we ever re-locate to Campbelltown.
And from what Lee Hagipantellis and Tim Sheens said in their really interesting podcast recently, it seems there is a pretty good chance this will happen eventually, probably long after I have departed this mortal coil though.
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the Tigers emblem is too valuable to the NRL
 
Bus 2 Terrigal said:
Given the original deal between the two foundation clubs stipulated that the joint venture be based in the south-west corridor - we’ve fiddled away twenty plus years (with the miracle thrown in), trying very unsuccessfully to be all things to everybody.

Our club will forever be named ‘Wests Tigers’ as the heritage of both Western Suburbs & Balmain is both vital and of equal importance. But after two decades we simply must grow a pair and base ourselves totally in the south-west - with a feature game or two to be set down for Leichhardt.
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I was a balmain member at the time and boted on the merger in 1999 and when the club was voted on and formed it was always a 50-50 split of games LO and CSS
Different story now but at the time no agreement for south west corridor at all
 
Bus 2 Terrigal said:
Given the original deal between the two foundation clubs stipulated that the joint venture be based in the south-west corridor - we’ve fiddled away twenty plus years (with the miracle thrown in), trying very unsuccessfully to be all things to everybody.

Our club will forever be named ‘Wests Tigers’ as the heritage of both Western Suburbs & Balmain is both vital and of equal importance. But after two decades we simply must grow a pair and base ourselves totally in the south-west - with a feature game or two to be set down for Leichhardt.
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I agree with most of your post but I'm not sold on being based in the South-West. I'm supportive of the area but that doesn't mean in my opinion we should solely be based there.

Ashfield is inner West.
 
If you can’t settle on this

it’s only far that if the WT continue with multiple grounds ,it’s far to add Balmain Tigers to the NSW cup comp along side the Wests Magpies. When one day they decide on one ground its far to call them WT.
Id prefer 2 Reggie’s, more player pool. I’d have Wests leagues funding both equally, so what if they don’t have money, what if it was the magpies with no money, I’m sure you’d love Balmain. We are WT. Gripes must go, or
its only fair to say , find another sport, no NRL team supporters want to hear this, fair enough.
 
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