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Shane Richardson headed up the "Recruitment Committee" that assembled most of this squad and cut a lot of contracts of guys coming through the ranks. I'd be happy to give Benji a fair crack at fixing things. Unless we're signing a brand name like Wayne Bennett who can attract talent from the...

Everyone's hating on Benji like he's coaching the NRL equivalent of the Michael Jordan era Chicago Bulls, despite our blokes resembling the Washington Generals for most of the season.

The facts stand that once the Magpies set down roots in Campbelltown, built some community support and sponsorship, they did better than Balmain across the 90s. Even the harshest of unbiassed critics would cut them a bit of slack to get settled for a few years. The fact that both Wests and...

Somehow pointing out the relative success of each club in the 90s ends up with someone pulling out the 80s 🙄

I looked it up and they made the finals more than Balmain in the 90s.

Really good discussion point @Tigerdazz2 It's a tough one because we have a diverse and often passionate supporter base that sometimes puts their own preference ahead of the good of the club. I also can't imagine it ever being politically palatable for the Balmain or HBG reps on the board to...

HBG own a 90% share of Wests Tigers but they are not "running the Wests Tigers".

You only need to look at the last 10 premiership winners. 7 leagues club models 2 private ownership 1 public ownership

Are you kidding me? The NRL had to step in and take their license and ran the club for several years after they went into receivership.

Private ownership hasn't worked out too well for the Titans.

They don't have a majority vote. It's absolutely true that they wouldn't have the influence they used to in terms of numbers. I do know from working with other boards that the ability to influence is tied to the ability to make stuff happen. If the Balmain rep can pull strings and make things...

Agree the analogy is not clean. But that 10% owner punches above their weight in their ability to pull fans, corporate sponsors and merchandise.

He also bragged about being the architect of the Luai contract which hasn't worked out so well....

I work for an ASX listed company. Someone with a 10% share basically has an open phone line to the CEO and CFO and a pretty big say in where the company goes.

Balmain Tigers still own a 10% share.

If they bought out the Balmain share and put in an extra $5-10 million, would you still support the club?

You make some good points. But injuries happen to every club. It's part of the game. There were a few tables online about injuries and we weren't any worse off than other clubs. Luai? Benji signed him and it's arguably backfired in a massive way. That's on him. We all have rose coloured...

Marshall has been around for a while now. His fingerprints are all over the roster. This year's team is almost entirely Benji and Richo signings. Except for the Fainu brothers - who were signed by Scott Fulton. Bagging a club legend like Benji seems sacrosanct on the forum. But, there comes a...

Personally, the Super League stuff is ancient history. I reckon all those western Sydney clubs are doing some good work to develop the sport and make the community a better place. They also seem to have come a long way from chucking young people on the scrap heap when they don't make the elite...

From memory Terrell May is part of the leadership group? Yikes