Balmain Leagues Club

[diedpretty]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/tigers-to-exist-in-name-only-as-wests-close-in-on-balmain-takeover-20190828-p52lo9.html?btis&fbclid=IwAR0630E14W4IpkuOf7z2p7dG-Wl8989NOcl2_135iJcblb3E3ZTg3feB9gQ


Interesting article by Roy Masters. Haven't put this up to start the ususal us vs them argument. What is interesting is that members of both Balmain Leagues and Wests Ashfield will be voting on Wests Ashfield proposal to take over all Balmains assets and debt with the possibility of redeveloping Balmain Leagues as Wests Tigers Leagues Club. Balmain juniors will be funded for at least the next 5 years and Flemington premises will be maintained. The other interesting point in Roy's article is that Wests Ashfield will increase their ownership of Wests Tigers to 90%.

 

[cktiger]

Vote no.

 

[diedpretty]

Vote no.

Why? It is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

 

[cktiger]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

 

[cochise]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

Balmain is dead without this so I don't see your point!

 

[diedpretty]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

I wouldn't trust Darcy Byrnes either however he has been imploring Wests Ashfield to get on board and doing something with the Rozelle site. Guess we will see his true colours if this goes ahead.

 

[cktiger]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

I wouldn't trust Darcy Byrnes either however he has been imploring Wests Ashfield to get on board and doing something with the Rozelle site. Guess we will see his true colours if this goes ahead.

Byrne has been telling everyone it's all going to be hunky dory for years on end.
A WestsTigers Leagues Club is not a Balmain Leagues Club.

 

[cochise]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

I wouldn't trust Darcy Byrnes either however he has been imploring Wests Ashfield to get on board and doing something with the Rozelle site. Guess we will see his true colours if this goes ahead.

Byrne has been telling everyone it's all going to be hunky dory for years on end.
A WestsTigers Leagues Club is not a Balmain Leagues Club.

So what are Balmain's options without this, they are in administration?

 

[tiger05premier]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

I wouldn't trust Darcy Byrnes either however he has been imploring Wests Ashfield to get on board and doing something with the Rozelle site. Guess we will see his true colours if this goes ahead.

Byrne has been telling everyone it's all going to be hunky dory for years on end.
A WestsTigers Leagues Club is not a Balmain Leagues Club.

So what are Balmain's options without this, they are in administration?

Exactly

And it's sure to give Balmains juniors a future with Wests Tigers rather than seeing it die off and the locals going to other junior leagues

 

[Abraham]

Balmain is better off with 10% of something, than 100% of nothing.

Vote yes, and formally become one club.

 

[tigerbalm]

Good news. Stand alone WT club would be a great outcome.

 

[cktiger]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

I wouldn't trust Darcy Byrnes either however he has been imploring Wests Ashfield to get on board and doing something with the Rozelle site. Guess we will see his true colours if this goes ahead.

Byrne has been telling everyone it's all going to be hunky dory for years on end.
A WestsTigers Leagues Club is not a Balmain Leagues Club.

So what are Balmain's options without this, they are in administration?

Exactly

And it's sure to give Balmains juniors a future with Wests Tigers rather than seeing it die off and the locals going to other junior leagues

It's guaranteed for 5 years.
Have you seen how big clubs work?
After the initial promise it's see ya later.

 

[oldprop]

As a member of Balmain Leagues Club I will be supporting this proposal.

 

[tiger05premier]

As a member of Balmain Leagues Club I will be supporting this proposal.

I'm a member to and probably will vote for it

 

[tiger05premier]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

I wouldn't trust Darcy Byrnes either however he has been imploring Wests Ashfield to get on board and doing something with the Rozelle site. Guess we will see his true colours if this goes ahead.

Byrne has been telling everyone it's all going to be hunky dory for years on end.
A WestsTigers Leagues Club is not a Balmain Leagues Club.

So what are Balmain's options without this, they are in administration?

Exactly

And it's sure to give Balmains juniors a future with Wests Tigers rather than seeing it die off and the locals going to other junior leagues

It's guaranteed for 5 years.
Have you seen how big clubs work?
After the initial promise it's see ya later.

The Balmain junior nursery is fairly strong

They would be mad to give up something that's in their district just for the sake of it

It would have the potential to become stronger with Wests Ashfield behind it and a new COE down the road at Concord

 

[balmain boy]

Vote no.

**Why? I**t is only advancing the inevitable and would be a good outcome for Balmain Juniors and the development of a standalone Wests Tigers Leagues Club.

You're dead a long time ... plus I don't trust Darcy Byrnes involvement.

The only thing which is dying is a leagues club. Which will be replaced with a re-branded one in the future.

Balmain Tigers Football club will keep existing and operating.
Balmain Leagues Club will cease to exist.

In the end, who cares who owns the leagues club?

 

[WT2K]

As a member of Balmain Leagues Club I will be supporting this proposal.

Same here.

 

[tigerbalm]

I might be missing something but why would anyone not want this?

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

@WT2K
Its a NO BRAINER if Wests Leagues wanted to dump
Balmain it would have all ready happened as it was said before 10% of something is better than 100% of nothing lets get it on.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Couldn't care less about the leagues club. Balmain Tigers football club and juniors will be preserved.

There is no white knight if Ashfield don't take over. As Abe said, 10% of something is better than 100% of nothing.

It will also help to finally have one owner of the club. The Balmain and Wests jostling over the years has set the club back IMO.