Balmain steamrolled by NRL

[wtfl1981]

And the fossil cycle continues on here … A landmark day for the Wests Tigers and all that is talked about the rights of two clubs that died in 1999 !!

Let me set some of you meatheads straight ... Wests Magpies football club is no longer involved in the Wests Tigers at board level. They are happy running around in a third rate Mickey Mouse competition!

Wests Ashfield is not "the magpies" is not "the wests fossils" ... does not "want a return of the Magpies" !! Some of you seem to see them as the enemy... I guess funding part of the Balmain junior league and consistent advertising at the Old girl isn't enough for you...

In fact ... Ashfield have made it no secret they want to own the Wests Tigers franchise and eventually re-brand it's club ... Asians...gambling...lucky tiger logo... $$$$$$$$. !!!

I'd love to see Harry T or some other smart business mind buy the debt off and add two more elite business people to the board... then..MAYBE...some of you hacks can move on...or out !!

You all need to ask yourselves ... WHO DO YOU SUPPORT ??? 100% Wests Tigers ... no matter what .... Or a club that you see as a continuation of a club that died in 1999... if the answer is the latter then I'm sorry you need to move on !!

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Tony Andreachio is on board of Both Ashfield & WSDRLFC and now WT. Don't be scared of Wests Magpies existence under NRL levels. WT brand is hear to stay. Ashfield wont be re-branding as WT leagues.

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[innsaneink]

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[innsaneink]

Can't help feel that the magpie supporters are loving Balmains predicament, I grew up supporting Balmain and then Wests tigers.. If they take the Balmain out of wests tigers that's it for me, together with the joke that is WT in the last 3 seasons and League becoming ever so boring with the slowness, rule changes and refereeing blunders, I just have had enough. Gradually I'm gaining more interest in the aleague and afl regardless. As for the magpies supporters, u are just as blind as Balmain, NRL is playing divide and conquer, get rid of Balmain first, then when the magpies win 5 spoons straight with an average attendance of 2000 at homebush, the nrl will put there hands up and say we tried and then ship you off to where ever. Remember history maggies, it didn't work in 91 years why would work going forward? wests tigers with out Balmain is just another name for western suburbs magpies, 91 years of failure, at least together we haven't won a spoon in 15 years, that's a record for the magpie side. If Balmain goes down I'd rather our juniors merge with souths, oh sorry the new look WT would want our juniors.

You may as well boot off now….
...true colours coming to light.
Its clear youve never accepted the JV
See ya

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Can't help feel that the magpie supporters are loving Balmains predicament, I grew up supporting Balmain and then Wests tigers.. If they take the Balmain out of wests tigers that's it for me, together with the joke that is WT in the last 3 seasons and League becoming ever so boring with the slowness, rule changes and refereeing blunders, I just have had enough. Gradually I'm gaining more interest in the aleague and afl regardless. As for the magpies supporters, u are just as blind as Balmain, NRL is playing divide and conquer, get rid of Balmain first, then when the magpies win 5 spoons straight with an average attendance of 2000 at homebush, the nrl will put there hands up and say we tried and then ship you off to where ever. Remember history maggies, it didn't work in 91 years why would work going forward? wests tigers with out Balmain is just another name for western suburbs magpies, 91 years of failure, at least together we haven't won a spoon in 15 years, that's a record for the magpie side. If Balmain goes down I'd rather our juniors merge with souths, oh sorry the new look WT would want our juniors.

Boo hoo, cry me the worlds largest river. Just another paranoid Balmain fan that believes just because Balmain will soon cease to exist that there is some agenda to bring the Magpies back :blah :blah :blah

For yrs Magpie supporters having carried the stigma of being whingers. Well throughout this thread I'm seeing a ton of Balmain whingers. Tables are starting turn. Guess it doesn't feel very good at the thought of the identity of the club you supported pre-2000 being wiped from the JV does it?

 

[TigerOfBankstown]

Insaneink, thanks for thinking for me, you should get a job in the Chinese government, your thought process defies logic, if I wasn't for the joint venture then I wouldn't be here, nor be a member or go to any games.. I'm just pointing out the obvious fact that the magpies side is enjoying the current predicament and are more than happy to take advantage, if you understand English then you would understand that taking out the Balmain out of the joint venture = no "joint venture" that's fine I understand business is business, as a fan am I not allowed to make an opinion? Oh i forgot if I don't embrace what you embrace makes me a non joint venture fan..?Heil mine fuhrer.. Please read my thread, no balmain = no joint venture, Balmain + wests is a new entity called the wears tigers, wests without Balmain is 91 years if of failure? Insaneink do you really support the WT or are u secretly waiting for the demise of the balmain side? At the end of the if Balmain can't pay, then please revert to the magpies and go back to Campbeltown as it is no longer a joint venture? Good luck with that..

 

[innsaneink]

See ya

 

[Geo]

lol that really is comical..thanks for the lol's

 

[gallagher]

Insaneink, thanks for thinking for me, you should get a job in the Chinese government, your thought process defies logic, if I wasn't for the joint venture then I wouldn't be here, nor be a member or go to any games.. I'm just pointing out the obvious fact that the magpies side is enjoying the current predicament and are more than happy to take advantage, if you understand English then you would understand that taking out the Balmain out of the joint venture = no "joint venture" that's fine I understand business is business, as a fan am I not allowed to make an opinion? Oh i forgot if I don't embrace what you embrace makes me a non joint venture fan..?Heil mine fuhrer.. Please read my thread, no balmain = no joint venture, Balmain + wests is a new entity called the wears tigers, wests without Balmain is 91 years if of failure? Insaneink do you really support the WT or are u secretly waiting for the demise of the balmain side? At the end of the if Balmain can't pay, then please revert to the magpies and go back to Campbeltown as it is no longer a joint venture? Good luck with that..

Thankfully there's only a few supporters like you left. You realise no-one anywhere will care if you dont support the club into the future dont you.

 

[Tiges05]

Staks - post of the year!

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[Tiges05]

Staks - post of the year!

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[cktiger]

Seems like half the 2100 Magpie fanatics have been on this forum all along pretending to support the WestsTigers joint venture.
Pretty easy to see the perverse joy some people have about half our club having problems.
Et tu, Brute?

 

[Abraham]

Balmain's only hope it seems is a private buyer. Even if they raise the funds to pay back the NRL, they still need to contribute to the WT thereafter, and a fighting fund won't allow for that.

The magpie dinosaurs gloating about this fiasco should realise that their two board members are effectively as powerless as the Balmain board members.

Three NRL votes always beats two magpies votes.

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Nah…wests vote count, you know, cause they actually have voting power...unlike balmain
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What makes you think wests want something different to the NRL? They obviously have some business smarts unlike balmain who vested their future in a old hooker. I'm happy with the representation on the board now.

I'd imagine this fighting fund (which will raise 78 bucks) will be given to Gary jack to invest in magic beans.

Ideally I'd prefer balmain to go silently into the night so we can focus on the more important things like wests and the future of wests. The less beat up articles on how the club is ripping apart the better

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Keep talking sh*t champ, it's what you do best.

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I don't know about that, I'm told I'm really good at gardening but to be fair I do talk shit to the grass while I cut it so maybe you're right.

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Quick maths lesson for you … Three is a BIGGER number than two.

That means the NRL trumps wests votes every day of the week, on EVERY issue that arises.

So the wests 'voting power' that you alluded to is non existent. Two votes or zero votes, it don't matter, NRL wins everytime.

We are effectively under NRL administration until further notice.

Ponder that while your gardening, and thinking up your next smug response.

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[Abraham]

For the record I came to the Wests Tigers via Balmain, and I realise they only have themselves to blame for the current predicament (can't blame council, labor party, and the GFC forever).

My problem with this new board is two fold:

A) the NRL now controls us. The NRL has agendas that don't necessarily suit our club, and we are now powerless to do anything about that.

B) the time limit imposed on Balmain to either stump up millions or die. Even if the Rozelle project is approved tomorrow, it will take years to build, and years of trading to come up with the of money the NRL has loaned them. It's an impossible ask.

And if down the track Wests Group takes control, well the infighting amongst the Wests Group is worse than a days of our lives tv marathon. Wests juniors vs the football club, football club vs Ashfield, Ashfield vs Campbeltown, Ashfield vs the juniors etc etc. Are they all on the same page now?

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[tigerbalm]

Nah…wests vote count, you know, cause they actually have voting power...unlike balmain
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What makes you think wests want something different to the NRL? They obviously have some business smarts unlike balmain who vested their future in a old hooker. I'm happy with the representation on the board now.

I'd imagine this fighting fund (which will raise 78 bucks) will be given to Gary jack to invest in magic beans.

Ideally I'd prefer balmain to go silently into the night so we can focus on the more important things like wests and the future of wests. The less beat up articles on how the club is ripping apart the better

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Keep talking sh*t champ, it's what you do best.

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I don't know about that, I'm told I'm really good at gardening but to be fair I do talk shit to the grass while I cut it so maybe you're right.

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Quick maths lesson for you … Three is a BIGGER number than two.

That means the NRL trumps wests votes every day of the week, on EVERY issue that arises.

So the wests 'voting power' that you alluded to is non existent. Two votes or zero votes, it don't matter, NRL wins everytime.

We are effectively under NRL administration until further notice.

Ponder that while your gardening, and thinking up your next smug response.

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Like I said, in your bitter twisted world you expect the NRL board members and wests board members to be at loggerheads at all times? Take off the tin foil hat and just think for a moment that possibly all party's want the club to go in the same direction? To be honest now that balmain are gone its one less road block to a unified club.

The argument " without balmain the NRL can outvote wests/balmain" is just stupid. 15 years have shown it won't work.

New board new times. Just sit back and relax. With the NRL and Wests group looking after the show I feel we are in good hands.

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[gallagher]

Are the three independant directors just going to do what the NRL dictates? I hope not.

I dont think anyone of the three have been successful in their endeavours by being yes men/women. Its just as likely that their views on certian matters wont always be the same. One independant may agree with a Wests view and vote that way.

 

[innsaneink]

Seems like half the 2100 Magpie fanatics have been on this forum all along pretending to support the WestsTigers joint venture.
Pretty easy to see the perverse joy some people have about half our club having problems.
Et tu, Brute?

No mate

Speaking for myself, and not for everyone else and generalising like most and yourself are doing here. …I have no joy at Balmains plight.

What irks me as an EX Magpie and now WTs fan, is Balmain fans pointing the finer at Wests for their troubles.

If the show was on the other foot Id be sad but accept and be grateful I still have WTs even without Magpies, but it seems many here are balmain first and then WTs

LOOK AT YOUR OWN BACKYARD!

 

[wtfl1981]

Seems like half the 2100 Magpie fanatics have been on this forum all along pretending to support the WestsTigers joint venture.
Pretty easy to see the perverse joy some people have about half our club having problems.
Et tu, Brute?

Why aren't you focussing on the 7500 odd members in the Balmain Fanatics Group? A lot more (numbers wise) dinosaurs in that group.

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[NT_Tiger]

I don't get the Balmain/Wests b!tching.
Balmain knew free and clear that the deal was, they were going to be without a vote on the board. I certainly knew and I'm halfway across the country. Why cry now?
This just seems like blowing so much smoke. Poor buggers us we've been hard done by. Blame those mean Wests people. FFS grow a couple. In the first place admit that it was Balmain's stuff ups that put them in this position and then get out there and fix it. Pay back the debt and regain voting rights.
You sound like my five year old.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Just remember its not the 4m debt alone but the continuous funding required.

Can"t expect Wests group to fund without extra seat on board for what …..........so some talk of LO as the spiritual home with 3k today.

Balmain.

The world does not revolve around you.

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Feel sorry for the magpies in 83,84.

We were not even broke just poor honored out commitments and the scum kicked us out. Even Balmain delegates didn't vote for us let alone fund our juniors.