weststigers
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I don't know why. I just know what is.
$50 Million reason Wests Tigers are prepared to quit Campbelltown.
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Tom Shines
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I hope someone connected to the team is looking into it … because they aren’t going far in the competition until they resolve it
GNR4LIFE
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You’d think so, but apparently it’s the soil and the grandstands fault.
Tom Shines
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Probably concerned about the lack of corporates in attendance
I know you've all been pacing the lounge room waiting for me to weigh in, and I've tried to resist...really, I have tried.
But this topic dragged me back like a dodgy pass to the in-goal.
There's no denying our recent form at Campbelltown has been ordinary but results alone shouldn't dictate our identity or commitment to the area.
A footy team doesn't become part of a region by flying in once a month.
It requires roots, relationships, and representation.
That's something the Magpies embodied when they 1st aligned with C'town, and while some wished it never happened, history doesn't move backwards.
What I am now seeing is the tide turning, consensus shifting, that's moving forward.
Slowly there's recognition that C'town can't just be an occasional pitstop...it needs to be a strategic home base, complete with academy infrastructure and genuine junior development.
The area deserves more than lip service.
We can't build connection if the current squad barely knows the turf they're walking on.
If we're serious about long term success and cultural grounding, locating ourselves more fully in C'town isn't a radical idea...it's overdue.
I'm speaking as a fan going to game, nothing to do with results or players.
But im sure if fans don't enjoy it, then crowd energy will be flat, having an indirect impact on players (as opposed to a crowd right into it, lifting the team).
Not it might TS, it will.
I used to enjoy going to Pratten Park to watch the Magpies play from 1964 till the end of days there.
I used to enjoy going to Lidcombe when the Mighty Magpies were winning games consistently.
It was pretty ordinary to say the least.
I think the mens toilet on the hill was probably as bad as the Glen Morrison toilet at Leichhardt.
But I was fairly young and at that age you adapt to the conditions pretty quickly and grow to love the place.
WTs haven't won enough games there for most people to grow to love CSS as it is.
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hammertime
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Agreed, if we can pay the bills with it, along with the necessary upgrades (or HBG is happy to subsidise).
Let's be frank, if it were the caliber and revenue generator of a Parramatta stadium, we'd be there full-time with a token game at Leichhardt. Unfortunatly it's not.
It seems Richo has been asked to make sure our finances are in the black - HBG must be unwilling to invest here.
I guess we'll find out sooner rather than later, as Richo has given until the end of this month for the finance he has asked for to roll in.
And I reckon if the $$$ come in to Richo's liking, and a solid commitment is made for more games to be played there every year, the fans will roll in.
Gee, I might even make the 5 hour drive to go to a game there.
Yes, it is fair. I just want a decision made so we can concentrate more on the footy.
I will never understand why a club would want to remove themselves from an area where they are embraced, to another area in hope to find the same there. The thing we dont have a problem with is the fan base. Yet for some reason people are fixated about Campbelltown being the only way forward.
You don't have to play our of an area to support the juniors and develop pathways. Melbourne and the Roosters have been doing it for years
Our problems have all been to do with administration and the in ability to attract and retain talent. Start winning on the field and the juniors from all areas will want to play for you and their managers will steer them towards us instead of away.
You don't have to play our of an area to support the juniors and develop pathways. Melbourne and the Roosters have been doing it for years
Our problems have all been to do with administration and the in ability to attract and retain talent. Start winning on the field and the juniors from all areas will want to play for you and their managers will steer them towards us instead of away.
What ? Get out the violins you clown ! I didn’t argue with you . I was asking literally where …. As I spend a lot of time in Campbelltown and can only think around Appin - c town , where there’s development .Maybe down around ingleburn and Munro , but I don’t think that’s Campbelltown council… you’re stating “facts” but you don’t actually know the where and how ..
There’s heaps of people sports who complain about playing in half empty stadiums with no atmosphere . It matters . It gives the players a 2nd leg . Should it mean you give less and blame the ground … of course not … but is the reverse true that a pumping stadium can get the boys/ girls home . Well there obvious…
innsaneink
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Tom Shines
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Mate … if you are gunna be disrespectful with juvenile name calling … then don’t bother interacting with me …
It is the Campbelltown Council own figures from their website ..: so it’s more of a “fact” than your whatever it is you are saying … but I don’t think it makes any difference to the crux of my point anyway …Ingleburm is 10 mins drive away from the stadium …Appin 20 mins …this is the local team …
Edit -minto and ingleburn are within Campbelltown council area … Appin isn’t
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Tom Shines
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is that the full scope of works ?
I'm confident it's better than the graveyard.
BAGNF05
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Have been to all grounds multiple times this year and the best atmosphere was at commbank during our loss to Parra. Leichhardt is dead quiet and you can feel the sense of “here comes the next error” people yelling out “why are we so shit” etc.
Bottom line, Richo needs to turn us into winners so we actually have a home ground advantage where the fans create some atmosphere. Only time the crowd got into the GC game was the field goal.
Bottom line, Richo needs to turn us into winners so we actually have a home ground advantage where the fans create some atmosphere. Only time the crowd got into the GC game was the field goal.
Why? HBG factor?
