HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

[Rugba]

So what do we have to do then? Rort the salary cap like Parra? That was a football problem that pricked the ears of L&G to overthrow their leagues club board.

I’m sure if they dug deep enough after having 4 debenture members knifed and your CEO resigning, that they could find something there

Reason was both football and league club board where the same people plus some of those invoices had been run through the leagues club.

Given that , it allows them to come in

 

[Wa_Mag_Tig]

My mate is pretty close to SM. Heard nothing but great things.

The issue we have is that mastrov is probably walking into the role.. which means conversations have probably already taken place well before now. Wonder if the NRL investigate that

Yes he did resign from Manly not pushed

 

[tigertragic]

My mate is pretty close to SM. Heard nothing but great things.

The issue we have is that mastrov is probably walking into the role.. which means conversations have probably already taken place well before now. Wonder if the NRL investigate that

SM would be a Richo man in HBG eyes so I would anticipate he may be excess to HBG needs 😵‍💫

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

As much as it hurts the club and players, we may need to boycott WT en masse to get any action.

Welcome to my planet Joel. I boycotted a few years back. It was pretty easy. They didn't give a hoot about the fans. You just feel that shhitt.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

And I just got my membership pack today....

Just so disappointing, 1 step forward, several steps back with the wrong people running the club.

Express post - I'm sure 😉

 

[Squater]

Yes he did resign from Manly not pushed

If that is the case then just proves HBG has been planning this for a while. Tragic

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Anyone have a spare goon bag?

 

[Coastie_Tiger]

Not another penny not attendng another games until these idiots go. This has seriously put us back 5 plus years for what? The magpies never were and never will be re instated the Nrl has stated his mulyiple times Vlandys validated it just recently also.

 

[diedpretty]

He’s a grub . And I hope him and his ilk get driven out the club. You can follow him . Go down to Henson for you’re nostalgia trip , and leave the nrl to people who understand it’s 2025

you really are a joke

 

[Charred]

Ok well this is just terrible.

I’m reasonably young and I have NEVER seen the Wests Tigers play an NRL Finals game as I started following the club in 2012. My granddad follows the bulldogs, the rest of his family follow the dragons, my dad followed North Sydney Bears, my uncle and sister follows Rabbitohs, I believe my aunt follows Sharks and my other cousins follow Raiders. I’ve never lived near any Wests Tigers catchment area, but one day as a kid I decided the Wests Tigers would be my team and what a dreadful choice I made. As an aside I didn’t even know the Wests Tigers were a joint venture until 2018 at least I reckon and I subsequently used that to brag about how many premierships we’d won technically.

I remember being extremely saddened by Benji leaving but was still hopeful in the coming years with the emergence of Brooks, Tedesco, Moses and Woods until they all left (except Brooks but unfortunately he wasn’t that good, however will also be fond of him for sticking it out). The replacement signings of Josh Reynolds, Moses Mbye, James Tamou etc. etc. all washed up has-beens who tried but weren’t really that good. We lost Ivan and got Madge who I thought would make us genuine contenders but it wasn’t to be. Then Sheens and Benji come back and I’m starting to feel some hope (as I only remembered one year of Sheens coaching) except turns out Sheens can’t coach and our roster is literally a reserve grade side (how many of our wooden spoon players are still in FG?).

Then it happened the review or whatever that sacked the board sacked the CEO. Maybe this would ignite the change. I see the news “Shane Richardson interested in Tigers job” and read up about him and start to feel that if we can get this guy we might have a chance. We get Luai who initially I was skeptical of but he played very well in 2024. We then start clearing out the roster, bringing quality in and removed overpaid has beens like Bateman, Klemmer and other stupid contracts. We get players like May, the other May, Skelton, Turuva, Hunt which all fulfilled vital gaps in our roster.

2025 was a solid year. We started strong until Galvin derailed a large portion of the mid-season but we hung in there and had a respectable year with 9 wins and many losses within 6 points. Richo then signs some very solid depth to replace the Ron Massey Cup level depth we previously had (Tumeth, Matamua etc.). Resigned important players such as Pole, To’a and most importantly King Seyfarth and was on the way to getting Bula and Luai locked up. We now had a very strong roster locked in for multiple years and for the first time since probably 2016ish I felt like we actually had a shot at finals and in my mind we were definitely making it either 2026 or 2027.

I also had started to actually attend games again and was looking at becoming a member for the first time in my life after the draw lined up with the times I was able to watch games. I was going to be a jersey and maybe some more merch to show my appreciation to Richo for making us no longer the laughing stock of the NRL.

But now it’s all come crashing down. I now believe we are a decade from playing finals again. I firmly believe we have no chance with HBG running the joint unless they allow what needs to be done to be done. It is honestly so painful to watch this team harm itself on repeat. Over the years everyone has been blamed from the players to coaches to staff to CEOs but it’s clear as day what the primary issue has been all along and that’s HBG. When we finally get a good CEO and an improving roster with a new but promising coach the tables were turning and we were firmly in contention but they just hit the self-destruct button as they couldn’t believe the club could do that well or something.

I don’t think I have it within me to support another team so long as the Wests Tigers are still in the comp (at this point I almost want to NRL to burn the joint), but I can say for certain I will not in any way financially support this club. No membership, no merch, no games. I know there are people at the club with nothing to do with this who suffer as a result but HBG NEED to feel the consequences of their actions.

I would strongly encourage everyone who can be there to go to the March next Saturday. Email HBG, The NRL, The club about your frustrations. Stop financially supporting them in any way. Refund your membership if possible. No longer buy merch and I reckon if we can somehow do a mass boycott of the Round 2 game at Leichhardt we can really show them how much this hurts us. If somehow we can limit the crowd to under 1k and have a majority Cowboys fans the game will take notice. The TV stations and the NRL won’t like the look of it.

In the past I was always disappointed when a promising player would leave but honestly if Bula, Luai and some others were to leave I would not blame them one bit. This club is an absolute basket case.

Shane was the greatest person this club ever had and I am absolutely devastated by this.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

If Brian Fletcher, the ex Penrith CEO is available, then surely it’s a no brainer? But I’m loathed to give Jareth and his mates advice. Plus, I don’t think it’s about who the best candidate is. It’s about who will kowtow and do their bidding.

 

[TigerJunior4]

SMH seem to think so …

Meanwhile, general manager of football Shaun Mielekamp is set to take over from Richardson in an interim capacity. There are strong suggestions the former Central Coast Mariners CEO will land the job full-time ahead of external options such as Manly’s Tony Mestrov, ex-Dragons boss Ryan Webb and former Panthers CEO Brian Fletcher.

Why the hell would you want Pascoe’s understudy after what he did to the Dragons.

If anyone is appointed I hope it’s SM but I given it’s HBG would surprise me to see Webb or Mestrov appointed.

 

[Telltails]

If Brian Fletcher, the ex Penrith CEO is available, then surely it’s a no brainer? But I’m loathed to give Jareth and his mates advice. Plus, I don’t think it’s about who the best candidate is. It’s about who will kowtow and do their bidding.

Agree. After pushing out the best it's hard to back them to pick the best to replace him. The good thing for the candidate if it becomes unbearable quickly rarely does anyone see out their contract or leave empty handed

 

[area52]

The only thing we can pray for is Shaun Millencamp can hit the ground running . I think he was always supposed to be Richos successor. Hopefully these muppets don’t appoint Mestrov, and just let the club heal . Millencamp is basically royalty at Th CC Mariners . They were a juggernaut under his watch . The CC Mariners … think about that .
I think if he’s given the opportunity , he will be a natural successor to Richo. Well I’m hoping.

Wow massive responsibility for him.

 

[69-05-41]

The NRL were never going to do anything, they never do. Our best remaining chance is another extinction event whereby an asteroid hits Wests Ashfield during a meat tray raffle taking out the remaining dinosaurs as they graze over a roast dinner in the bistro.

 

[Lestronge]

you really are a joke

Nah champ you’re the joke here! You don’t even realise it ..

 

[weststigers]

Ok well this is just terrible.

I’m reasonably young and I have NEVER seen the Wests Tigers play an NRL Finals game as I started following the club in 2012. My granddad follows the bulldogs, the rest of his family follow the dragons, my dad followed North Sydney Bears, my uncle and sister follows Rabbitohs, I believe my aunt follows Sharks and my other cousins follow Raiders. I’ve never lived near any Wests Tigers catchment area, but one day as a kid I decided the Wests Tigers would be my team and what a dreadful choice I made. As an aside I didn’t even know the Wests Tigers were a joint venture until 2018 at least I reckon and I subsequently used that to brag about how many premierships we’d won technically.

I remember being extremely saddened by Benji leaving but was still hopeful in the coming years with the emergence of Brooks, Tedesco, Moses and Woods until they all left (except Brooks but unfortunately he wasn’t that good, however will also be fond of him for sticking it out). The replacement signings of Josh Reynolds, Moses Mbye, James Tamou etc. etc. all washed up has-beens who tried but weren’t really that good. We lost Ivan and got Madge who I thought would make us genuine contenders but it wasn’t to be. Then Sheens and Benji come back and I’m starting to feel some hope (as I only remembered one year of Sheens coaching) except turns out Sheens can’t coach and our roster is literally a reserve grade side (how many of our wooden spoon players are still in FG?).

Then it happened the review or whatever that sacked the board sacked the CEO. Maybe this would ignite the change. I see the news “Shane Richardson interested in Tigers job” and read up about him and start to feel that if we can get this guy we might have a chance. We get Luai who initially I was skeptical of but he played very well in 2024. We then start clearing out the roster, bringing quality in and removed overpaid has beens like Bateman, Klemmer and other stupid contracts. We get players like May, the other May, Skelton, Turuva, Hunt which all fulfilled vital gaps in our roster.

2025 was a solid year. We started strong until Galvin derailed a large portion of the mid-season but we hung in there and had a respectable year with 9 wins and many losses within 6 points. Richo then signs some very solid depth to replace the Ron Massey Cup level depth we previously had (Tumeth, Matamua etc.). Resigned important players such as Pole, To’a and most importantly King Seyfarth and was on the way to getting Bula and Luai locked up. We now had a very strong roster locked in for multiple years and for the first time since probably 2016ish I felt like we actually had a shot at finals and in my mind we were definitely making it either 2026 or 2027.

I also had started to actually attend games again and was looking at becoming a member for the first time in my life after the draw lined up with the times I was able to watch games. I was going to be a jersey and maybe some more merch to show my appreciation to Richo for making us no longer the laughing stock of the NRL.

But now it’s all come crashing down. I now believe we are a decade from playing finals again. I firmly believe we have no chance with HBG running the joint unless they allow what needs to be done to be done. It is honestly so painful to watch this team harm itself on repeat. Over the years everyone has been blamed from the players to coaches to staff to CEOs but it’s clear as day what the primary issue has been all along and that’s HBG. When we finally get a good CEO and an improving roster with a new but promising coach the tables were turning and we were firmly in contention but they just hit the self-destruct button as they couldn’t believe the club could do that well or something.

I don’t think I have it within me to support another team so long as the Wests Tigers are still in the comp (at this point I almost want to NRL to burn the joint), but I can say for certain I will not in any way financially support this club. No membership, no merch, no games. I know there are people at the club with nothing to do with this who suffer as a result but HBG NEED to feel the consequences of their actions.

I would strongly encourage everyone who can be there to go to the March next Saturday. Email HBG, The NRL, The club about your frustrations. Stop financially supporting them in any way. Refund your membership if possible. No longer buy merch and I reckon if we can somehow do a mass boycott of the Round 2 game at Leichhardt we can really show them how much this hurts us. If somehow we can limit the crowd to under 1k and have a majority Cowboys fans the game will take notice. The TV stations and the NRL won’t like the look of it.

In the past I was always disappointed when a promising player would leave but honestly if Bula, Luai and some others were to leave I would not blame them one bit. This club is an absolute basket case.

Shane was the greatest person this club ever had and I am absolutely devastated by this.

The only thing missing from this post is a table of contents and some chapters

 

[weststigers]

Wow massive responsibility for him.

He's a great musician. I'm sure he'll handle it

 

[mtd#2]

If Brian Fletcher, the ex Penrith CEO is available, then surely it’s a no brainer? But I’m loathed to give Jareth and his mates advice. Plus, I don’t think it’s about who the best candidate is. It’s about who will kowtow and do their bidding.

What id like to know is how Mastrov has been lined up for a week (probably longer) when Richo only quit today.

@Vicious would you agree that this smells like a dodgy backroom deal?

 

[weststigers]

If Brian Fletcher, the ex Penrith CEO is available, then surely it’s a no brainer? But I’m loathed to give Jareth and his mates advice. Plus, I don’t think it’s about who the best candidate is. It’s about who will kowtow and do their bidding.

With a stacked HBG board, there is no CEO that can make meaningful decisions.

We might as well have Donald Duck in there. It wouldn't male a difference.