Taking a wrecking ball to the club! (Recent Media Reports)

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coivtny said:
Totally agree. The club can stop this whole circus dead by coming out and making a definitive statement saying the JV is rock solid and the review recommendations will be implemented with a timeline for doing so. I sincerely hope the silence is not because everyone's on leave.
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HBG have already.

Although I'm in favour of most recommendations they shouldn't be a basis for threats against the JV.
 
Magpie_Magic said:
HBG have already.

Although I'm in favour of most recommendations they shouldn't be a basis for threats against the JV.
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What other power does anyone have though . Other than petitions and threat of departure from other stakeholders ?
If the current HBG board won’t implement fair and reasonable changes to the WT constitution, then what power is there? Outside of this current petition to change the debenture system of HBG .
Which if HBG are operating in a fair and reasonable way , then I don’t think even that needs to change . It’s because they won’t enact the review recommendations, that all this is happening …
Cause and Effect …
 
Lestronge said:
I know we disagree on a lot of things , but this I’m 💯 in agreement . It’s very simple . But the reason it hasn’t is the reason the petition exists . Because like @BZN I genuinely think these people actually are delusional enough to think people give a shit about Balmain or the magpies that 1 or either would thrive without each other . Nope that ship has definitely sailed and the only thing left is Wests Tigers . The only reason potentially a Kea Tigers might work is the NZ portion . Not the Balmain side . The LO stuff would tokenism at best . Just a way to cash in on an established brand that has minimal fans but is recognisable .
Wests Tigers is the only way forward . And anyone advocating for either to return is a dinosaur stuck in 1999 . They’re on the wrong side morally and ethically .
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We might disagree less than you might think. Totally agree with this post.
 
Telltails said:
Staged? - three long serving Wests directors under investigation( including former chair who was ousted after supporting the review) banned and under investigation per current chair/ board for what is reportedly minor incidents.. and 12 months after the review still no independent directors appointed by new appointed chair/board and a whole lot of finger 👉.... classic WTs management hidden behind the veil of we are all for the cause.
What problem..?
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So, what % of truth iyo is there from what the disrespectful, backstabbing turncoats have claimed they were suspended for.
I thought Wade was utterly disgraceful in talking the way he did in the interview I viewed.
Imo anyone that is prepared to talk the way he did, to stoop that low, is either lying to put 💩 on the remainder of the board, or he just doesn't want to be on our board... and doesn't deserve to be on our board.
 
boonboon said:
By which club ? These are issues with the owners which are a separate entity to Wests Tigers. What it does tell me is both HBG and Balmain boards should go (all of them) and start afresh.
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Whether we like it or not the club has a chair and a CEO, what looks like a decent looking footy team for once, and a fan base all in place with the 25 season fast approaching. Ignoring this issue will not make it go away it will ignite it further with the press and there needs to be a response.
 
gallagher said:
It's gonna happen apparently. Even if it doesnt eventuate, it is VLandys idea so he probably won't have a problem with Kea/Balmain.
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Mate i agree with your views . Vlandys loves new innovations and changes and regards them as progress, very similar as how he changed the Trots and Horse racing. He would have the attitude , we lose a club, but we gain one anyway.
 
BZN said:
So, what % of truth iyo is there from what the disrespectful, backstabbing turncoats have claimed they were suspended for.
I thought Wade was utterly disgraceful in talking the way he did in the interview I viewed.
Imo anyone that is prepared to talk the way he did, to stoop that low, is either lying to put 💩 on the remainder of the board, or he just doesn't want to be on our board... and doesn't deserve to be on our board.
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Mate in a short reply what do you want for the future of Wests Tigers no smoke and mirrors just a straight answer.
 
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tigertragic said:
I think most posts by Cochise and others originally pursuing the review was balanced and supportive of the future of ‘Wests Tigers’ and critical of the INCOMPETENTS in power.
I am from the Balmain side (since 1966) of the joint venture but they are gone, just as the magpies are gone.
I will SUPPORT Wests Tigers only
HBG has proven they are a debacle and yet there is nothing that can be done, unless hopefully the review is fully implemented without any manipulation by HBG
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G'day tigertragic...you said you are supportive of "the future of Wests Tigers"...I say good onyuh!
But it seems to me from your wording you're still a tiger tragic and haven't made the big leap from Tiger Town to Wests Tigers Town.
Thank you though for being respectful enough to use the correct name of Our Club being Wests Tigers.
Ps... the messages have hit a new record of 75 and I am trying my best to get up to date, but it's gunna take a while, so be patient folks.
 
BZN said:
G'day tigertragic...you said you are supportive of "the future of Wests Tigers"...I say good onyuh!
But it seems to me from your wording you're still a tiger tragic and haven't made the big leap from Tiger Town to Wests Tigers Town.
Thank you though for being respectful enough to use the correct name of Our Club being Wests Tigers.
Ps... the messages have hit a new record of 75 and I am trying my best to get up to date, but it's gunna take a while, so be patient folks.
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No have definitely made the jump to fully immerse in wests tigers
Balmain is merely good memories from years gone by
 
gallagher said:
It's gonna happen apparently. Even if it doesnt eventuate, it is VLandys idea so he probably won't have a problem with Kea/Balmain.
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They are deluded if they think people are going to jump ship to watch a team called South Island Kea play 50% of games at Leichhardt because they have a background affiliation with Balmain.

No one in Sydney will support that team, let alone old Balmain fans.

Might I mention, it will be 25 years worth of only Wests Tigers fans that will also not support that team or a Magpies team.

The fan base of a Magpies franchise will be also be minimal if they go it alone.

The only answer for fans is to keep the current club and try to force change through a strong supporters voice.

These are side issues that distract from the core problem. All these other rumblings go away if the core issues are resolved.
 
coivtny said:
But not since this has blown up, as far as I'm aware. I have to say HBG's media management is terrible.
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Needs improvement, but their last statement was 2 weeks ago and the WT licence has been renewed.

The reviews recommendations are non binding and shouldn't be used as a lever or threat under any circumstances.
 
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Lestronge said:
Yea fair enough ! I’m not worried about that per se , I’m worried about how just the mention of it , can cause huge ripple effects . I’m worried that simply just the mention of it can galvanise people , not to completely get anything over the line , but rather , cause soo much disharmony , that the club never achieves the heights it should .
And that’s on both sides of the merger . I guarantee right now there’s pockets of Balmain diehards trying to see what can be done . Obviously nothing , but the destabilisation could be catastrophic. And that’s scary .
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G'day Lestronge...so you have admitted there is currently just as much destabilization coming from the Balmain side as there is from the West's side and I concur mate.
From memory you are the 1st person from the Balmain side of our JV to be brave enough to come on to a WTF which you know to be 99% dominated by olde Balmain fans and admit that, so well done 👍.
 
Yossarian said:
As usual with these things it's difficult to know how much there is to these stories. Typically it's a couple of people rather than a collective push from the Balmain board.

Make no mistake, if this did happen it would be disastrous for all parties, at least in the short term.
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Probably not much.

I'm sure there'll be others.

Trouble when a fluid situation is enabled in a historical JV.
 
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