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Yes it's because they like the prestige of owning an NRL team. They like the glitz and glamour of it but when it comes to the nitty gritty they are not only incapable but their existence is an active detriment. And yes I know they aren't... But this is a forum for discussing the Tigers lol.

Indeed. What I don't understand is if they have been told and accepted that they can't successfully run the club why they are continuing to put us through the misery of it.

The HBG hired independent auditors to investigate the club. The auditors advised them that they needed to elect an independent board to run the club. That means the independent advisors literally told them they are the problem and can't run a club. So now they have appointed an independent...

Zero because it is profit. And Richo said on 360 tonight the club doesnt owe anyone anything anymore including the HBG. So the HBG have evidently been viewing their funding of the NRL team as a repayable loan. They are idiots.

Well if it's true Simon Cook has resigned maybe the next HBG CEO will have a different strategy for managing the football team. It boggles my mind that an NRL side is treated like a burden to a company but that is how the HBG treat the Wests Tigers. The Wests Tigers are probably the best value...

What's ambiguous about my perspective? I don't care about whether the club is turning a profit if it keeps losing. I am a fan of the team. Can you make an argument that a club with the lowest revenue in the league turning a $1m profit is likely to generate success on the field? Because I can...

The correlation is spending money. Spend money. Win comps. Make money. Meanwhile our club has been running off poverty fumes since the JV funding from the NRL dried up.

We need to focus on cohesion with the group we have and supplementing them with smart mid tier signings. With two new clubs entering the NRL the chances of us landing marquee names for the foreseeable future is sfa.

I appreciate the optimism, truly. I understand. But it takes investment to build something. If the board has the wooden spooner's CEO in the mindset that profit is paramount it implies they are keep tight purse strings which is not conducive to growing anything. You can't grow plants in sand...

Tino being a Wests Tigers player is about as likely as the moon colliding with the Earth. Best to put it out of your minds and if it happens be happy and if it doesn't at least you didnt hang your hopes on dreams on the least likely signing of all time.

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Yeah and then they'd recommend gutting operations and making the players pay for their own gatorade.

The key point I am trying to get at is not that we should run in the red and be broke it is that Richo trying to claim mild profit as a win is desperate reaching of a man trying to do damage control.

Bahaha listen to you lot. Acting like the financial health of the club is a KPI that impresses you. Report back how impressed you are with his "1m in the green" next time we have 3 tries put on us by the reigning group 36 player of the year.

Why?

If I wanted the Tigers to be profitable I would hire Deloitte. Shane Richardson has the job because he has a track record of rebuilding clubs into competitive football teams. So spare me if I couldn't give two shits if he's managed to make the wooden spooners deliver modest ROI to the board. I...

All the more reason they need to sell if so. If they're starving the club of financial resources then they aren't going to be competitive with clubs run by guys who use theirs as hobbies. Ever.

You're a fan of the footy team not a shareholder of a business. If you think it's cool to turn a profit and win wooden spoons then enjoy.

I have no idea why we care whether the club turns a profit or not. HBG made 9 million in profit last fy. The club won't dig itself off the bottom of the ladder without some capital investment. It's like trying to start a fire without oxygen. Doesn't work. Fans care about winning. He's just...

Doueihi should have been trying to play 13 as a permanent role the entire time. Literally just model his game on Yeo. He has everything necessary to be able to be a good one bar the willingness it seems.