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Holman Barnes Group (HBG) operates as a licensed club group in Australia. Wests tigers is one of the members' assets. If they are negligently operating that asset and have a disfucntional board, then L&G can step in.

Sent: Dear Mr Abdo, I’ll be very respectful of your time as I know you’re an important bloke. Please do help us fans against the actions of HBG with Wests Tigers. We’ve been waiting a long time for stability and success and just when we’re on the right path, the HBG board have blown up the...

I'd be walking if I were Benji and the players will follow him HBG argues about not being consulted on a stadium long-term contract, but, arguably, they've done more damage in the last 4 days than the total value of that contract. They could have easily fixed this in-house. We won't have any...

It keeps coming back to why couldn't this be solved internally with dialogue?! Do HDB expect an-ex premier to just bow down to a musician, read their mind and hand everything on a platter?? Its such knee jerk and amature behaviour. As barry said, HBG were not just on the board, but each...

No admission of anything wrong on the HBG side or their reps. Juat completely everyone else's responsibility or issue. Even when asked about success, he puts it all on benji. Where is the frigging leadership?! Winning starts in the front office. Madge failed here, Ivan left here. They went on...

So, the stadium policy that he mentioned. If that is true, a couple of things - That was richo, if not discussed at the board level. And if discussed at the board level, then that is squarely on the HBG reps to make clear the policy to clear with them. The independants have nothing to do with...

Wouldn't be a sale. It would just be the NRL retracting the license to HBG (based on the clauses in the contract - game in disrepute) then giving it to another party (this is selected by NRL, such as Perth & PNG). HBG can keep the brand, but it will be worth nothing. There may be restrictions...

I think it's a very real possibility mate with HGB's antics. You'd almost port over a ready-made supporter group to Brisbane Tigers if they can keep the moniker alive with it (i.e. No need for Firehawks now), they'd also grow that market and reduce the competition in Sydney. They now have good...

Sorry man, bad alternate ideas are what are killing this club. We need to be more deliberate in our direction and thinking. i.e. What is good for the club based on commericals, player retention and success on the field. We were getting that with Richo. I don't think HBG has thought like that...

No one really cares about that rubbish, except it would take the club back commercially and reputationally, so it would be an utterly dumb move. After successive utterly dumb moves over the years. ... and we're trying to stamp out those idiotic moves that continue to plague the club.

Depends on the settlement terms. But yes, they wouldn't settle if they thought they had a case

Really disappointed Rick didn't stick it to them

So you want to change the animal, but only by setting us back another 5-10 years from blowing up the board and damaging the club's brand, potentially beyond repair this time. Jerome already had the clauses, now we'll need to add it for every player moving forward if this knee-jerk bull-shite...

HBG have removed their WT statement from their website?

Given the NRL would love to reduce the Sydney teams, all they'll need is a reason. Giving the license to the Brisbane Tigers, you would imagine, would be desirable for the NRL.

After the Galvin saga, and his media statements after, I don't think he will be reactionary again. I assume he's being measured and collecting data.

Bloke in a Bar podcast just dropped for it on Spotify. Denan usually has a very good take on these things

I don't want to start anything, but black is the worst colour for a sports jersey if we're being honest. It absorbs heat. The pure black and white jersey should be our special jersey. It could be released halfway through the season and sell like hotcakes. The Broncos did it for Black Dog Day...

I might be in a limited party here, but I don't want to kick HBG out. They've done some good stuff, including bringing the Balmain clubs under their umbrella and they're a great supporter of junior league. We simply need to have the HBG board up for a vote and keep this separate WT model...

They aren't though. As soon as they were moved a bit out of the way, we made a profit. Maybe the funding they tipped in over the years was just from their mismanagement?