HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

[cochise]

Great turn out today, thank you to everyone that came and to those that I met.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Yes, and I've got a feeling he is going to be the breath of air we've been waiting a long time for.

How can you say that he will be controlled by HBG, a puppet not allowed to use his individuality vision.

 

[BZN]

Rally was great! Love the idea of a “ tigers unite” fan association.
If we get 20,000 fans registered under a organised fans association, it will truly amazing the influence we will have over any one individual or organised group that is trying to sabotage our club for their own agendas.

😱 It's way past time for you to start thinking logically dude.
WTs is not your club.
You are only a bit player in the game.
Wests Magpies have a huge % of controlling interest in WTs.
All you're doing now is to continue to unsettle the club.

The way our club is now, gives Us the best ever opportunity to settle down and be the club everyone wants Us to be, if we all have the same goal.
The only people that are likely to SABOTAGE WTs directly, are the ones that atpit obviously hate the Magpies and won't accept reality.

 

[LiverpoolTiger]

😱 It's way past time for you to start thinking logically dude.
WTs is not your club.
You are only a bit player in the game.
Wests Magpies have a huge % of controlling interest in WTs.
All you're doing now is to continue to unsettle the club.

The way our club is now, gives Us the best ever opportunity to settle down and be the club everyone wants Us to be, if we all have the same goal.
The only people that are likely to SABOTAGE WTs directly, are the ones that atpit obviously hate the Magpies and won't accept reality.

Gee, that's way too strong but sadly I do notice an attempt by many on this forum to diminish the Wests brand within the Wests Tigers which is sad.

Seems to be encouraged really.

 

[supercoach]

😱 It's way past time for you to start thinking logically dude.
WTs is not your club.
You are only a bit player in the game.
Wests Magpies have a huge % of controlling interest in WTs.
All you're doing now is to continue to unsettle the club.

The way our club is now, gives Us the best ever opportunity to settle down and be the club everyone wants Us to be, if we all have the same goal.
The only people that are likely to SABOTAGE WTs directly, are the ones that atpit obviously hate the Magpies and won't accept reality.

History tells me while the HBG have the numbers on the board and the debenture system in place our club is still going to struggle and another revolt is always on the cards

 

[NT_Tiger]

😱 It's way past time for you to start thinking logically dude.
WTs is not your club.
You are only a bit player in the game.
Wests Magpies have a huge % of controlling interest in WTs.
All you're doing now is to continue to unsettle the club.

The way our club is now, gives Us the best ever opportunity to settle down and be the club everyone wants Us to be, if we all have the same goal.
The only people that are likely to SABOTAGE WTs directly, are the ones that atpit obviously hate the Magpies and won't accept reality.

The club is good. The ownership structure is anything but. No one who is serious about supporting the Wests Tigers is talking balmain or magpies. They're gone the way of the pterodactyl.

 

[weststigers]

😱 It's way past time for you to start thinking logically dude.
WTs is not your club.
You are only a bit player in the game.
Wests Magpies have a huge % of controlling interest in WTs.
All you're doing now is to continue to unsettle the club.

The way our club is now, gives Us the best ever opportunity to settle down and be the club everyone wants Us to be, if we all have the same goal.
The only people that are likely to SABOTAGE WTs directly, are the ones that atpit obviously hate the Magpies and won't accept reality.

Just wondering. Were you happy 3 weeks ago with the way the club was run? I was...I'd even go as far as to say HBG were doing a great job.

 

[weststigers]

Gee, that's way too strong but sadly I do notice an attempt by many on this forum to diminish the Wests brand within the Wests Tigers which is sad.

Seems to be encouraged really.

Gee, sadly I notice an attempt by many on the forum to diminish the Balmain brand within the Wests Tigers which is sad.

Seems to be encouraged really.

 

[weststigers]

😱 It's way past time for you to start thinking logically dude.
WTs is not your club.
You are only a bit player in the game.
Wests Magpies have a huge % of controlling interest in WTs.
All you're doing now is to continue to unsettle the club.

The way our club is now, gives Us the best ever opportunity to settle down and be the club everyone wants Us to be, if we all have the same goal.
The only people that are likely to SABOTAGE WTs directly, are the ones that atpit obviously hate the Magpies and won't accept reality.

"If we all have the same goal"

I'm curious what that goal is for you?

 

[LiverpoolTiger]

Gee, sadly I notice an attempt by many on the forum to diminish the Balmain brand within the Wests Tigers which is sad.

Seems to be encouraged really.

You seem very active on these topics I noticed lol, probably 100s of posts on the topic.

Anyway, I haven't noticed anyone diminishing Balmain's brand through the tigers or their history on here really, which is the way it should be.

But I have noticed Wests Magpies history denigrated and as I have mentioned previously many pushing for just a Tigers brand or a disconnect of the Wests brand from its traditional history, so I don't know what you referring to there..

 

[BZN]

For off-market businesses yes.

Not the only way you'll appreciate.

We found something you know about!

How low are you willing to go to get what Wests Ashfield/Wests Magpies have and you won't accept as fact.
I appreciate atpit you are only being sarcastic, but the fact you would even think like this says a lot.
In fact, it's about the same level as Cochise's thread he titled "I hate Magpies", and at the time he said he was being sarcastic also.
But was he really?

 

[weststigers]

How low are you willing to go to get what Wests Ashfield/Wests Magpies have and you won't accept as fact.
I appreciate atpit you are only being sarcastic, but the fact you would even think like this says a lot.
In fact, it's about the same level as Cochise's thread he titled "I hate Magpies", and at the time he said he was being sarcastic also.
But was he really?

You're 95 years old. Time to grow up.

 

[The Chad]

We don't actually know who all the new board members are going to be, don't get a shock if there is NRL representation added, that will clear up if there was some kind of pressure to wake up to themselves.

I don't disagree. I think the current set up of the board is almost like 'reverse discrimination'- it was too far one way, so to rectify it, it's now too far the other way.

I don't get why PVL would sign off on that, unless there is something more to it than we are being told. Most of the reasoning given- and a lot of it is quite reasonable- is still just a bunch of conjecture.

What does not make sense is the belief that PVL laid down the law....by allowing HBG to take control. Yes, independent board members were reinstated, and I think that was great. But it wasn't reinstated as before. Unless that Wests Magpies seat has to be someone NOT HBG affiliated perhaps?

The facts, as can be seen, are that PVL has given the control of the board to HBG after consulting with all sides. If there are three or zero independent board members makes no difference if they hold a minority- they can still be outvoted just as easy.

There must be something more.

It's just as easy to speculate/believe that Dennis Burgess removing himself was part of the agreement. (I'd be inclined to believe that myself) Is it clear that his Wests Tigers board position remains to be filled? Or do they reduce the board composition by 1? That would make it a 50/50 split if the Wests Magpies rep was HBG, or actually back in the control of independents if that position isn't aligned with HBG.

THAT solution makes much more sense.

 

[KevB]

Can't understand your hate Kev. Just offering another "viewpoint".

Glad we've got you as our resident psychologist on here though. Thanks for the character assessment.

There's no hate mate! No psychologist mate, just a good judge of character from many life experiences.

 

[weststigers]

You seem very active on these topics I noticed lol, probably 100s of posts on the topic.

Anyway, I haven't noticed anyone diminishing Balmain's brand through the tigers or their history on here really, which is the way it should be.

But I have noticed Wests Magpies history denigrated and as I have mentioned previously many pushing for just a Tigers brand or a disconnect of the Wests brand from its traditional history, so I don't know what you referring to there..

Was that meant to be an insult? lol

Anyway, I haven't seen anyone do what you accuse, yet you still say it. Diminished and denigrated are quite vague terms.

I'm sure you can't articulate what exactly you mean by that when you say what you say. God knows people have tried to get an answer but it's always followed by silence.

With 90% ownership, you'd think there would be no diminishment? Most struggle to see what on earth the problem is.

 

[BZN]

Who is it owned by though? A bunch of dinosaurs who hold a $100 debenture and won't relinquish any control?

I get the club not being for sale line. But I'm not okay with it being controlled by a small group that aren't accountable to anyone other than themselves.

I think it's disrespectful to call people older than yourself a dinosaur.

I'm nearly 80 yoa...and I feel I still think and spell just as well as most of you, and maybe even better than some.

So, drop the dinosaur tag please unless you know the people personally and know they are not functioning properly.

 

[weststigers]

There's no hate mate! No psychologist mate, just a good judge of character from many life experiences.

Good on you mate. I appreciate your input anyway. Particularly now that I know you're such a good judge of character through your life experiences.

Thank you once again.

 

[The Chad]

I haven't seen anyone do what you accuse, yet you still say it. Diminished and denigrated are quite vague terms.

I'm sure you can't articulate what exactly you mean by that when you say what you say. God knows people have tried to get an answer but it's always followed by silence.

With 90% ownership, you'd think there would be no diminishment? Most struggle to see what on earth the problem is.

Think you'll find this poster is referring to a suggestion the club be named "Tigers" not Wests Tigers.

Which would diminish the Magpies brand.

And it was suggested on here. You just overlooked it.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I don't disagree. I think the current set up of the board is almost like 'reverse discrimination'- it was too far one way, so to rectify it, it's now too far the other way.

I don't get why PVL would sign off on that, unless there is something more to it than we are being told. Most of the reasoning given- and a lot of it is quite reasonable- is still just a bunch of conjecture.

What does not make sense is the belief that PVL laid down the law....by allowing HBG to take control. Yes, independent board members were reinstated, and I think that was great. But it wasn't reinstated as before. Unless that Wests Magpies seat has to be someone NOT HBG affiliated perhaps?

The facts, as can be seen, are that PVL has given the control of the board to HBG after consulting with all sides. If there are three or zero independent board members makes no difference if they hold a minority- they can still be outvoted just as easy.

There must be something more.

It's just as easy to speculate/believe that Dennis Burgess removing himself was part of the agreement. (I'd be inclined to believe that myself) Is it clear that his Wests Tigers board position remains to be filled? Or do they reduce the board composition by 1? That would make it a 50/50 split if the Wests Magpies rep was HBG, or actually back in the control of independents if that position isn't aligned with HBG.

THAT solution makes much more sense.

It's all puzzling but you can bet that someone on the board is going to have the NRL on speed dial or wearing a wire lol.

 

[The Chad]

You seem very active on these topics I noticed lol, probably 100s of posts on the topic.

Anyway, I haven't noticed anyone diminishing Balmain's brand through the tigers or their history on here really, which is the way it should be.

But I have noticed Wests Magpies history denigrated and as I have mentioned previously many pushing for just a Tigers brand or a disconnect of the Wests brand from its traditional history, so I don't know what you referring to there..

This won't get called out so long as you are in the majority.