HBG takeover, Independent Directors Sacked

Tom Shines · 2025-12-03T16:26:46+1100

What happened to the Magpie boys ? Seemed to have stepped out of the thread,,

They doing a shift change ?

liltiger · 2025-12-03T16:26:52+1100

Vicious said:
Another reason to believe they may have a legally binding reason to dismiss them and it’s not all about an orange jersey which has snowballed through the media on to our ex players and fans.

Vicious I totally get your sentiment about waiting for the full story to come out, but I'm cynical it ever will. We will never know the real reasons. What we do know is the reasons provided are near impossible, there is no way HBG had no idea what was going on while they had a rep on the Wests Tigers board.

coivtny · 2025-12-03T16:26:55+1100

BlackWhiteGold said:
HBG will have no choice but to provide more public detail around their decision well before this rally I reckon (if there is any substance to it) - detail that answers the questions asked over the previous 80+ pages.

I think you could be right. If HBG maintain radio silence the chances are the roll up at Pratten will be so big as to be embarrassing. If the mob are allowed by the police to march to Wests Ashfield that will be truly embarrassing.

cktiger · 2025-12-03T16:29:05+1100

WestsEffTheRest said:
The CEO outlined why

Unless both the HBG reps on the WestsTigers board failed to attend every meeting or never read the minutes then that would have been impossible.
Multiple directors have said every decision was unanimous and there was no friction.
Not sure why you’re sticking up for them?

liltiger · 2025-12-03T16:29:36+1100

Bus 2 Terrigal said:
With respect - I think you had it in the first three words.

Coming from one of the people last year who was saying the majority of us were paranoid cause HBG were always intending to implement the review findings in full. Yet here we are 12 months later. 🤣

cktiger · 2025-12-03T16:30:43+1100

Tom Shines said:
Yes …and the word of others that said differently …. I wasn’t there so I don’t know …but I’m sure it’s documented somewhere whether something is mentioned in a board meeting or not…

Everything is recorded and documented.
Even the small talk.

magpies forever · 2025-12-03T16:30:55+1100

WestsEffTheRest said:
Exactly we don't know none of us do it's just pure speculation at the moment. HBG would be well aware that trying to bring back the Magpies will be a failure of epic proportions they wouldn't have nearly enough support now compared to the 90s & the Campbelltown area has already embraced WT's.

I wouldnt exactly say Campbelltown has embraced WT, rather more they emphatically rejected WSM. Campbelltown and area is certainly interested in WT but there is equal competition for loyalty from Bulldogs and Panthers. I think WT are in front though

Tom Shines · 2025-12-03T16:31:21+1100

coivtny said:
I think you could be right. If HBG maintain radio silence the chances are the roll up at Pratten will be so big as to be embarrassing. If the mob are allowed by the police to march to Wests Ashfield that will be truly embarrassing.

It makes you think what they thought the reaction was going to be ?

Jedi_Tiger · 2025-12-03T16:31:38+1100

Hughes on radio just said he had heard something was going to happen at the board meeting and before that happened the 4 independents are gone.

Could it have been they were going to rebrand wests tigers in nsw cup ?

I guess all will come out in time

magpies forever · 2025-12-03T16:33:22+1100

Tom Shines said:
It makes you think what they thought the reaction was going to be ?

I reckon thinking was the last thing that was done- more emotion and spite

Tom Shines · 2025-12-03T16:34:52+1100

Jedi_Tiger said:
Hughes on radio just said he had heard something was going to happen at the board meeting and before that happened the 4 independents are gone.

Could it have been they were going to rebrand wests tigers in nsw cup ?

I guess all will come out in time

Hughes ?

Why would that cause such an extreme immeadiate reaction ? They aren’t playing a game for another three months …. They couldn’t have pulled rank otherwise in the meantime a bit more quietly ?

BAGNF05 · 2025-12-03T16:35:05+1100

Tom Shines said:
It makes you think what they thought the reaction was going to be ?

They “own the club”, we keep getting told that.

We’re just the peasants apparently. No say and no rights.

Yet they’ll take our cash 🖕

hammertime · 2025-12-03T16:36:16+1100

Do we think that Dennis put his CEO out there as a sacrificial lamb because this communication issue was on him? Why didn't Dennis get on video and explain? Because there was no backing track?

GNR4LIFE · 2025-12-03T16:37:29+1100

BAGNF05 said:
They “own the club”, we keep getting told that.

We’re just the peasants apparently. No say and no rights.

Yet they’ll take our cash 🖕

We’re consumers, not shareholders.

mtd#2 · 2025-12-03T16:37:58+1100

WestsEffTheRest said:
Again Paton has explained why.

But he hasn't explained anything? He made statements about not being informed... But boards do not work this way.. feel free to educate me where I am wrong... How can they have board meetings and the HBG not know about it when they have 2 members on the board? Why can no one explain this to me?

Also worth noting the class of HBG, the sacked board members found out via media, not via the HBG themselves

Tom Shines · 2025-12-03T16:38:07+1100

liltiger said:
Coming from one of the people last year who was saying the majority of us were paranoid cause HBG were always intending to implement the review findings in full. Yet here we are 12 months later. 🤣

Everything is just a storm in a teacup apparently according to ol mate

BAGNF05 · 2025-12-03T16:39:13+1100

GNR4LIFE said:
We’re consumers, not shareholders.

We’re more than that to the NRL, well hopefully.

weststigers · 2025-12-03T16:40:05+1100

Tom Shines said:
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Nothing would surprise me …

2030 is a long way away though …. What do they expect to happen in the meantime?

Make preparations...get ducks in a row...legal advice and position...takes time. Knowing the agreement is up in 2030 just adds another layer to all this and a cloud over the true agenda/direction of the owners unless they renew the agreement.

hammertime · 2025-12-03T16:41:10+1100

Jedi_Tiger said:
Hughes on radio just said he had heard something was going to happen at the board meeting and before that happened the 4 independents are gone.

Could it have been they were going to rebrand wests tigers in nsw cup ?

I guess all will come out in time

That explanation would make more sense, not the one that their CEO trotted out.

But why wouldn't HBG put that kind of stuff in the agreement?? Like no-go areas, unless it had a vote at HBG level. Richo would purely be looking at it from a cost and synergy perspective. If he's been given a remit to maintain profitability, but is also being told to maintain 2 state cup teams, then he won't know where to turn.

Tom Shines · 2025-12-03T16:43:10+1100

weststigers said:
Make preparations...get ducks in a row...legal advice and position...takes time. Knowing the agreement is up in 2030 just adds another layer to all this and a cloud over the true agenda/direction of the owners unless they renew the agreement.

5 years is a longtime playing in front of terrible crowds and getting flogged most weeks …we just got out of that …are you going to go back to it? I won’t be ,,

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