Mate everything that’s been said , has been spoken about all over the podcasts , forums etc. the simple fact is the only solution to the problem is time .
The brutality of life means older generations who never transitioned but sit in places of power will die out (literally), and eventually the club will shift to a Wests tigers . There will be no magpies nor Balmain , ultimately because the question will be asked by those say millennials and younger , wtf is a magpie and Balmain . Because whilst I do see how the magpies represents a lot of older people’s youth and identity , it isn’t held in the same regard and reverence by younger generations . In fact it’s quite the opposite .
Same for Balmain .
Whilst once an area of dock workers and middle class hard working peoples , it has transitioned into a yuppy haven with people who are just as likely to ask “who the F are the tigers” as much as they are to follow the team. LO however being a borderline tourist attraction for people to have a final destination after a pub crawl , almost like an inner city Berlin Love Parade , where people are met by screams and Guns and roses , and cert crashes for 80 minutes , rather than techno music , naked young people and copious amounts of MDMA, puts life still into the Wests tigers brand .
The reality is, and I’m a demon as much as anyone for harping on about the following , the reality is that no matter what we say and do people see it as “thier club” . So that implies ownership which inevitably leads to selfish decisions.
Simply the current times we live in , have made true altruism as mythical as Zeus and the Minotaurs , which means people either through necessity or social engineering , simply don’t want to concede , let alone do what’s right for the collective . Which means a stalemate of shit being thrown over the fences for the next period of time is the only real way forward z
It’s the same with every single issue in the world . And it sux because our kids are gonna suffer because we are incapable of being able to compromise . I fear the team is destined to be the nrl also rans , like an nrl west ham. Or Everton . Forever meh …
