jrtiger
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of course they should, but they won't.
no one's coming to save us, better do it ourselves.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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no one's coming to save us, better do it ourselves.
jrtiger
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it won't happen unless someone with huge dollars comes in and takes the club off their hands for well above market value. it's like Newcastle in the EPL under Mike Ashley. they were run on a shoestring and utilised as a way for him to pocket funds and turn over profits easily. HBG get that in a similar manner.
it wasn't until Saudi's Public Investment Fund came in and bought the joint for £305 million and more than doubling his purchase price did he relent. unless Harry comes to the table with an offer that blows their minds, they'll just keep running it threadbare.
EDIT: I think it was part of Richardson's pitch for taking the job in the first place. give me what I want ('true corporate governance', quasi-dictator power) and I'll make enough cash to run the club as its own entity.
Rock Hopper Steve
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If only we had a billionaire owner who loves the Tigers and throwing in millions to improve the club was just a hobby to him, a drop in the bucket that he wouldn't give a second thought to parting with.
jrtiger
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he's still involved.
You never know , maybe the dudes who own Atlassian are closet tigers fans . I see their short all over the Williams F1 team and I have to remind themselves they’re an Aussie company . . I dunno … maybe we do a Greenbay packers and have the community own the club . I’d dare say there would be a good 1k of people out there who were multi- millionaires like the blue wiggle . Happy to chuck 5-10 mil at the club , not 100mil . Don’t know how the board would work though .
tigahhh
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where’s the blue wiggle
Given we've been about the most active club in the player market since this guy came in, incomings and exits, and most of the business he has done has been somewhere between pretty good and excellent, I'd have though he'd have earned the right not to have dribblers just assuming he hasn't got a clue what he's doing.
The point about the mid-season update directly contradicts your argument, incidentally. What Richardson said at the time was that the club knows where it wants to improve the roster and is picking off players who it believes can do that. Specifically, it was back row and centre... and here we are a couple of months later and we've added KPP and Taylan May. What about that doesn't look planned to you? Do you seriously think the idea of signing May was some sort of idle whim?
I think you can also probably assume that there isn't a massive amount of space in the salary cap for 2026. They can't spend money they don't have.
I think the message on the interview was extremely clear: Richardson has spent a lot of time and effort clearing out dead wood and getting the club on an even keel. From here, stability and consistency is going to deliver improvements more than additional chopping and changing does, as well as what I've been talking about for months: building depth through production of our own players and signing for value if and when it's available.
Tiger_Yoshi
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His name sounds familiar..I'm sure he was with WT before
Let's hope he doesn't cock it up
Craig Sandercock appointed as new Wests Tigers NRLW Head Coach
The Wests Tigers are pleased to confirm the appointment of Craig Sandercock as the Club’s NRLW Head Coach on a two-year contract.www.weststigers.com.au
Was brought in under Taylor , stayed with Madge for a year , went to the riff . Much much better coach than noddy , at least with experience .
Rock Hopper Steve
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Don't want him to come out at half time and perform, prefer attractive dancing girls, that's just me.
tiger05premier
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Tom Shines
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The part about HBG being tight is no doubt correct …but we aren’t competing with Penrith and Canterbury on an even playing field …because they are spending millions more a year than us on junior pathways and coaching and other expenses to improve the club off the field … their licensed clubs pick this tab up for them hem ….
Look ..it is what it is …I get it … but let’s not kid ourselves …it puts us behind the 8 ball…
Not no idea. No, I’m just disappointed it looks like the same 17 for the next two years. I’m not expecting miracles but I’m not convinced everyone whose remaining is key to this squad growing.
jrtiger
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for sure it does, which is why I say it shouldn’t be scoffed at when Richardson says we’ve turned a profit, because that money will be utilised to close the gap between us and the big clubs in the west.
it’s a sizeable gap, but if we can make up ground then it’s a win. HBG are useless. if you can’t get them to invest, you have to do it differently. Richo’s doing that.
Point stands. I hope we are planning for this year next year and the following years after. Someone highlighted Penriths run in their dynasty and recently it’s been mentioned the Sharks are looking to build something similar. We escaped the bottom 4 this year not just missed out on the top 4. Lots, lots to change and do.
If youre content with the current roster/ coaching staff then keep on clapping happily.
Imo KPP has been a passenger at Newie and doesnt fill me with confidence, I hope he shows something different here but going off what weve all seen of him since his announcement its not much to get excited about
Taylan was an arsey pick up....he could be right now sitting in Silverwater thinking what if....thank his bro, Id say thats what tipped it in out favour.
Many would dispute you signing for value statement....Its been a constant topic of discussion all year players like Api, Luai Bird and Hunt
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TheEnz
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Richo is spot on in his actions to generate profit, you need money to be successful. You can either get it from your owners, your supporters, the NRL or the sponsors, if you can get a sponsor that is willing to tip in a bit extra every now and then to help get a player over the line, it could be money, it could be connections, it could be advice, than that's a massive advantage.....The saddest thing is that Laundy is doing that for the dogs and he is originally a Balmain Tigers supporter and so was the Dogs previous sponsor, the owner of Jaycar. If you listen to Laundy his whole commitment to the dogs is around the challenge of making them a successful club, not any emotional connection...our previous management were asleep at the wheel. He signed on with the dogs when they were a bottom 4 team so you can't say he jumped on board when they were killing it. Perhaps Richo's infatuation with corporate boxes is to flush out these wealthy supporters, get them all into a room and sink his claws into them..
supercoach
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Probably the main reason we have been so unsuccessful for so long is due lack of money. If we were competing in a competition that everyone else had the same budget we may have had some success.
Anyway without at least two more players of NRL standard we will not be troubling the eight once again next year
Anyway without at least two more players of NRL standard we will not be troubling the eight once again next year
Pffft that's a weak fastball....
