Recent content by hammertime

I dont think were in disagreement on the ingredients. Yes, more money for juniors would be great. But we've already produced great juniors. The NSW FB and half are playing for other clubs. Imagine if we had held onto Mitchell and teddy? Why did they walk? Not for money. Our problem is retaining...

Money is limited by the cap, so increasing it won't get you better players in 1st grade. There could be more into pathways, but that doesn't help if they still want to leave the club at the end of it. (e.g. Galvin, TDS, Large etc.) The exception to money helping is 3rd party and connections...

Fair call. They only took full control in 2016. So only a decade. Partial for the other decade. But this would equally apply even if it was still split with Balmain. We need better leaders. I don't care which league's club - either would not be a vehicle for the best corporate board talent.

Way to dramatise it. Not a revolution, but hopefully HBG can see sense to step forward into a better governance model (which is just the recommendation report). Ignoring the last 20 years of failures does no one any favours.

Actually agree with you tucker. But id say its mostly for sponsorship revenue.

Hold on. Nothing disingenuous about me man. I have been consistent, time and time again. The 2nd paragraph aims to solidify the status quo and move on. We shouldn't circle back to that debate - it's not the issue. The 3rd has nothing to do with the magpies. HBG are our owners. If you are...

Lets not do the whole Wests Magpies debate please... We should do three things to keep magpies rusted on's happy. Keep a NSW cup team as magpies, release a black and white jersey, and a magpie on the sleeve at an appropriate size. That's it. Over time, as that generation passes, there may be...

I'd say PVL and Barry have come to an agreement. HBG were honestly idiots for getting rid of a bloke who could have influence over L&G laws. Some day they'll shoot themselves in the foot.

If they hadn't done their stupid, unearned payrise. The Tony story wouldn't have come up. Because there are now two stories, it just makes them look so bad again on the eve of our first game. You'd almost think these idiots do it on purpose! They really have to go. This has to stop.

An ex-premier is seeing the dysfunction of the debenture system firsthand. Laws can change. ... and L&G can get involved if you note that the board has been dysfunctional. They are there to act in the best interests of members. Go and type into Gemini what breaches they may have given recent...

The sole existence of a league club mate is to invest in the league community (and the broader community). For those reasons, they get a whole bunch of tax breaks (I think they basically pay zero tax) and can operate things like poker machines. They also have a bunch of rules that they need to...

huh? That's nuts. You can care, even when they are faceless. Players had to front the board if you remember, when they didn't meet the standard. How did they feel discussing standards when they saw dennis, who can't even keep himself tidy? Or how about we go beyond? Nick and Bouris are heavily...

They don't mate. It's a club, so they don't own squat and therefore don't take any profits. They are custodians, nothing more. Unless it's through their wages - which I have no idea how this works. How can 20 debenture holders decide to put more members' money in their pockets without a...

It's funny B2T. Your quote in your footer seems to be a reply from a Facebook page that around 10% of WT supporters want to remove the magpie from the state cup. Now, that makes sense from a business perspective to unify the brand. But I don't think people really will die on that hill. Keeping...

Well said and amazing first-hand account Charred.