hammertime
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Ashfield leagues is only 10 mins away too. They've never been smart enough to capitalise on that.
HBG, Independent Directors Sacked
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balmain boy
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HBG having full control of Wests Tigers has been vehemently rejected by all stakeholders except Wests Ashfield.
It is not an option. No independents will sit on a board and waste their time when their input isn't valued.
The NRL will not allow Wests Ashfield to run the club by themselves.
Wests Ashfield have a couple of weeks together to grow up and face the facts or else every stakeholder will come down them like a tonne of bricks.
Hope that is true, but with HBG being the majority stakeholders, who hold all the cards, I don't see it happening right now.
gallagher
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I can't see the NRL telling the owners of a club that they can't run it. Unless they are in debt to the NRL.
balmain boy
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They have the opportunity to do it voluntarily now.
If they decide to go it themselves then it's on the members, the Tigers Unite, the media and all footy fans to force the NRL to step in and take the club back.
VLandy's would have shot them some home truths off the record
I have no doubt the thought of this has sparked fear into the hearts of the owners given the sudden change of heart we are seeing from various personalities across social media platforms.
But it doesn't sound like there is actually any pressure (yet) from the NRL if it's up to members to force some sort of action...
Oddly enough, I think Bula holds the keys as to what happens next.
If he stays, most fans stay settled.
If he goes, good luck HBG... December is going to be a huge topic of conversation once again.
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Jedi_Tiger
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nrl can always not invite the club to renew licence if they are not happy with hbg running the show
you keep referring to these personalities changing tact - why ,nrl is asleep this time of year .
who , care to name names lol .drop a hint or 2
It was plain to see earlier, just here , we all fall on our swords 1 day, kickin n squealing or happy for what you left behind
gallagher
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The broadcasters would love that. Let's stay in reality.
broadcasters dream,1 less NSW team ,new franchise up for lease
Jedi_Tiger
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would take it to 18 teams with png
19 with png
easy drop the Tigers and back to 18 no byes
gets rid of a sydney team
gallagher
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Ok, so we're just go stupid. Enjoy!
just as an aside, Tottenham Spurs (in the EPL) are not having their best of times as a club and fans there are questioning leadership via marches etc - here is their latest wish list which somewhat mirrors some of the feelings here:
We could do the decent thing and send Denny and his crew to run the joint,probably raise standards in both countries.
hammertime
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The NRL funds the club to the tune of 10 to 1 compared to the "owners". That funding has conditions. Not sure if there is a lever there.
hammertime
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Great content! Quite a different issue though. Their owners are real owners, i.e. they purchased and fund the club with their own money. So if the club performs badly, they lose money and it's a natural feedback loop to do better.
We have squatters in our ownership that own nothing, that we can't get rid of. They have no accountability, and they are wasting members' money, not their own.
Even for Tottenham, where they are actual owners, they use the term stewardship. How HBG directors even get called owners boggles my mind.
HBG directors are fundamentally only stewards, way more than Tottenham. They need to act like it.
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crazycat
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YEP...
and maybe that could be Peter V's long game.
Tigers blow up. Peter may have realised that killing a Sydney team would help the competition.
The Dragons won't die easily, same for Parra...
Chooks are propped up by a millionaire and actually starting to get a fanbase.
the Sharks have been smart to get a good coach and building a good local structure. Really the Sharks should be facing the axe, but they have turned themselves into a well running outfit.
Heck HBG have more control now, not less. Perhaps Peter V reckons they will bring the Wests Tigers down.
