Tom Shines
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The crowds are quiet probably because they are drowned out by the DJ playing crap 80s music and yelling out Tigers Tigers all game
$50 Million reason Wests Tigers are prepared to quit Campbelltown.
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The crowds are quiet probably because they are drowned out by the DJ playing crap 80s music and yelling out Tigers Tigers all game
BAGNF05
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That too. I was not happy, could see our halves struggling to get calls to each other.
Tom Shines
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Richo the boss said so
It's a bit like going to the mother in laws place v your place.
Tom Shines
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I’ll never understand why the DJ thinks that’s the audience, time and place to play Johnny Farnham “your the voice “… that’s one for the Magpies fans back at Ashfield..bit more their vintage
BAGNF05
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In stoppages fine. But they were running it to tackle two when we’d get the ball.
You’re the one being childish ! I’m literally engaged in the conversation with you , and you go off half cocked… either apologise or cop it on the chin …
I don’t know what you’re on about ? No one is debating anything ! I’m asking where the population growth is … as in WHERE!!! Campbelltown is a big place , I’m not even sure where the council starts and Wollondilly ends , nor am I sure which council narrellan and that corridor belongs to ..
for example if it is rosemeadow - Appin there’s no public transport really there outside of buses . So that’s an issue . But there’s lots of young families moving to that part of the world .
If it’s Minto/ Ingleburn … sure there’s trains but also a huge part of both those areas is the influx of sub continent background people , and housing refugee population growth . Like Fairfield .
So it matters . Not to mention the businesses or lack there of in the area . It’s hardly the top end of town .
Stop acting like a petulant child when some disagrees with you . I don’t think C town is the best spot for the football team . Not even a little bit. But that doesn’t mean that somewhere else in the clubs western Sydney catchment might be .
Kids out there don’t follow the tigers . They don’t ! They’re not engaged with the team . Not in its current iteration . The area , has nearly no big business . At the very least far limited opportunities . The stadium is a joke . The council refuse to back the team properly , constantly citing politics and backflipping whenever they’re asked to out their money where thier mouth is . These are real issues , and hardly paint a picture of a place we should put the future of the club at .
Sure there’s population growth … that’s been said since the 1980s when wests moved out there to begin with . And still the debate is the same .
For me selfishly it’s by far the most convenient stadium for me to get to outside of WIN or Bruce , so selfishly I should be all in on C town right ? No im not ! Because I want a successful team in the best spot for the team to succeed . Not what’s convenient for me .
Tom Shines
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Mate ,.. cut down on the waffle …Im not going to argue 20 different points with you ..
Let’s stick to this one …which was the original discussion point
I have given you the figures from the council showing growth in the local area when you said there wasn’t any …
Why does it specifically matter what suburb it’s from? Even if it’s a 20 minute drive away …most people live a commute away from their local team …I can tell you, 20 minute drive it’s a lot shorter than I have to travel to any Tigers home ground
innsaneink
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Improved dressing sheds...more uncovered seating...new big screen
Tom Shines
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Thats something at least …
innsaneink
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Yes.. it was pretty quiet until then
innsaneink
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Nothing really for the died in the wool, meat n potatoes RL fan...maybe the better scoreboard... i cant read the clock at either CSS or LO....need to check nrl.com on my fone to see how long to go
Fair go Lestronge.
I don't get why people have to be aggressive to get their point across.
Calling Tom a "clown" seems a bit out of line when he is actually contributing sensibly to the discussion.
We don't all have to agree on the details, but surely, we can keep it civil.
Disagreements don't have to slide into personal digs, especially when someone's making a genuine effort to engage in the topic.
Man I’m soo confused ! What is your point ?
The discussion is and always will be about whether C town is a viable stadium . All my points IMO build a strong case as to why not . It’s the nearest to me as well . But it offers nothing . Id much rather drive to somewhere better and 45 minutes north . I gave it a red hot go . Like I said I took my family 6 times in the last 2 years . Even the sellout against the dragons . It was soo boring my daughter wanted to leave at half time .
At LO there’s an energy in the stadium . Like being at a EPL game . There’s a kind of toxicity in the air … in a good way . IMO you could live for a 109 years and Ctown will never ever have that … LO has a “ je ne sais quoi” ..: and it’s hard to describe … it’s tribal ….
It’s not personal for me . Like I said I’d be all for it if it offered a positive experience. But it doesn’t …. I’ve spent many afternoons there and always left with the same feeling … I’d kinda wasted my money …
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I get where you are coming from Telltails.
But embracing C'town isn't about abandoning an existing fan base.
It's about deepening connection with a region that's home to a huge slice of Western Sydney's growth.
You say we're "fixated" on C'town...fair enough, but maybe that fixation reflects what's overdue...proper investment, long term strategy, and cultural grounding.
We can't just rely on imported success from other clubs like Melb. or Roosters who have their own paths'
Our future needs to be built on genuine roots.
Flying in once a month and calling it "home" won't cut it.
C'town deserves more than symbolic support...it deserves infrastructure, pathways, and a meaningful presence.
The issue isn't replacing one area with another.
It's about evolving responsibly and giving Western Sydney a team that feels like it actually belongs.
TIGERS
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I live overseas so can only tell from TV, but that's the impression I got too. Commbank seems to work just fine. The club would have more money. No problems with atmosphere. We can just move on from this topic and get back to hating other clubs instead of ourselves.
TIGERS
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Do me a list of all the end of season must win games to make the top 8 that have been lost at Leichhardt Oval...
Tom Shines
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Their record at Commbank is 10-18…and that’s with playing Parramatta twice a year there these days
TIGERS
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Who cares?? What's your point?? If you really want to evaluate the merits of a stadium by simply counting amount of wins or losses we've had there that's your decision.
I think having players of the caliber of Brandon Wakeham and Will Smith as your starting halves in some of those games tends to influence those numbers more so than the bricks and mortar of the stadium itself. The scoreboard doesn't take hit ups. Alex Seyfarth knocks the ball on, not the changing rooms. The dunnies don't get sent to the sin bin. I'm not dumb enough to think a stadium is what wins us games.
Like, the sun rises every day after a rooster crows. Therefore a rooster crowing makes the sun rise. That's the logic when you try and evaluate a stadium based how many wins our crap team has in each of them.
