OFFICIAL Q&A Club discussion with Shaun Mielekamp

[davey_farrell]

Just watched the behind the roar episode with Shaun, i give him one thing he is very articulate on the way he talks about the club and worth a watch

 

[Fainu Brothers]

We will have one spot left in our top 30 to consider options as they come through.

Thanks Shaun. Welcome back, may 2027 be the year all of us suffering fans want it to be.

Squad looks great, pending sorting out the halves. The one thing missing is a genuine game breaker who can create out of nothing like a Reece Walsh or Kayln Ponga.

 

[Odessa]

We will have one spot left in our top 30 to consider options as they come through.

My question to you about playing games at Leichhardt was deleted could you PM me so I can ask the question to you thanks

 

[tiger_one]

 

[westielife]

Hi Shaun could the 2027 Wests Tigers Jersey have the original wests tigers logo out the front and have the same giant magpies on the shoulders as the 2021 jersey?? Also great job on the roar podcast recently.

 

[Odessa]

We will have one spot left in our top 30 to consider options as they come through.

Just want to let everyone know that my question was deleted the other day and I asked Shaun in here to DM me directly so I could ask him


And he did contact me twice the second time with the answer


What a champion and the details and effort he put in was amazing and a very big thank you to Shaun


The 7 games at Campbelltown I now fully understand and the Leichhardt minimum 3 games

I also spoke about how Penrith game day is much more family orientated and something for all the family there a better place to watch football then Campbelltown


Thank you Shaun for the time and effort to answer me

 

[Tigerstigerstigers]

Hi Shaun, how do we turn Campbelltown into a fortress we desparately need it to be. With families struggling with cost of living, I think the club needs to make some sacrifices on ticket sale prices for the coming season, plus promote like our season depends on it, from the very outset. We need the locals to get behind it and the players to respond. Its been really poor the last few seasons. It can be done, 2005 and surrounding seasons, it was that fortress.

 

[Darty the winger]

Hi Shaun
I’m heading to Vegas for the game next year via the NRL Tigers Qantas package , Will we have a specific Vegas jersey ? Or Vegas merch for members and supporters??
Thanks

 

[Demps]

Hi Shaun
I’m heading to Vegas for the game next year via the NRL Tigers Qantas package , Will we have a specific Vegas jersey ? Or Vegas merch for members and supporters??
Thanks

I reckon that'll be the case.
Most teams did NFL + NHL like jerseys.

Keen to see them.

 

[Darty the winger]

I reckon that'll be the case.
Most teams did NFL + NHL like jerseys.

Keen to see them.

💯 need to see and need to buy these 😂

 

[Tigerwould]

💯 need to see and need to buy these 😂

I heard he Wests Tigers marketing/merch guy on a podcast a while ago saying there will be a Vegas jersey. Very much looking forward to seeing it. It's an opportunity to do something unique. Not sure how the HBG will deal with it if it doesn't have a Magpie on there. Vegas might be a junket for them with the amount of "pokie research" they could do.

 

[Tigerwould]

I'd say from their perspective. If there's no magpie on the shoulders then it looks like a take over instead of a merger, I follow wests tigers cause my dad especially my grandfather had alot to do with West's, I grew up with wests tigers but I understand the wests side just wants a little bit of representation on the shoulders which I'm cool with, but a complete take over would cause a war which I'm against.

I can't see it being a takeover if the team is called Wests Tigers

 

[FinestTigers]

Hey Snopez
Pat Richards is GM of the NRL and his role is to take things off the plate from the head coach who we recoginised was having to many distractions rather than being 100% focussed on coaching the team.
Benji & Pat both report directly to the board and myself which is the standard set up at any NRL club.

I'm not exactly sure of the financials of all the other clubs in regards to pathways, one of our challenges is that we spread our resources across two pathways to cover the inner west and south west regions. We have a big catchment and our guestimate is that we rank somewhere between 10-14th in pathways spend. The aim is to show string growth and improvement with the increased spend on pathways that will give confidence to continue to invest here.

Hi Shaun, love the thread and your openness to engage with the fans, this level of transparency is really appreciated right across the supporter base.

Regarding that 10th–14th rank in pathways spend, bridging the gap to become a top-tier development club obviously requires significant capital, is funding that budget growth reliant on driving new commercial sponsorship out of the South West and Inner West corridors, or is the board prepared to re-allocate existing internal revenues directly into pathways regardless of external growth?

If it is regardless of external growth then which operational areas of the business are being streamlined to make that extra funding available?

Appreciate all your efforts on here.

 

[Papacito]

G'day @ShaunMielekamp ,

Two questions, hopefully easy to answer.

1. Any chance the club will publicly post a broad five-year strategic plan? Understand some stuff might be commercially sensitive, but I'm sure fans would love to see some of the targets we've set. Even if it's very big picture.

2. Perhaps aligned to the above, but does the club have a goal to be financially self sustainable and not reliant on leagues clubs handouts? Seems like a few clubs have achieved this (Roosters being one). Would be great if we could do the same.

 

[Tigerwould]

In the name sure I agree , but on the jersey some might feel if there was no magpie on the shoulders or no black and white when games at CTown it wouldn't feel like a merger. But every season they get it right usually except last year. I liked the 2004 heritage Jerseys.

Some people would also like no Balmain or Magpie on the NRL jersey because they only know the Wests Tigers.