Breaking news: HBG takeover

[Papacito]

We're going to have to rename Shane Richardson, Icarus - it sounds like he flew too close to the sun and is about to come crashing to ground and bounce through the exit. Booting his supporters on the board is just the first step.

Footy is a weird animal. Maybe the same goes for life? Small things like a jersey colour can easily escalate into big things.

Reading between the lines, Richo and the independent directors may have been under a naive belief that being "independent" = running roughshod over the club owners and reps on the board.

I may be wrong on the above and have zero insider knowledge.

As much as I am a Richo fan, I don't think this is the end of the world if he does end up leaving.

 

[BAGNF05]

Has any other Board ever made such poorly timed decision that is so out of touch with what it’s end customers want or need. It’s incompetence in the extreme. Heads gotta roll.

 

[Harvey]

Plan is to try and get the nrl involved, we have put together a release to attack socials and are just trying to get as many groups as possible on board as signatories.

Didn’t HBG already put you off by agreeing to change & then backflipped

 

[Tom Shines]

We're going to have to rename Shane Richardson, Icarus - it sounds like he flew too close to the sun and is about to come crashing to ground and bounce through the exit. Booting his supporters on the board is just the first step.

Footy is a weird animal. Maybe the same goes for life? Small things like a jersey colour can easily escalate into big things.

Reading between the lines, Richo and the independent directors may have been under a naive belief that being "independent" = running roughshod over the club owners and reps on the board.

I may be wrong on the above and have zero insider knowledge.

As much as I am a Richo fan, I don't think this is the end of the world if he does end up leaving.

Richo is not perfect … but he seems to have turned around a number of things on and off the field .. I’m not sure who is the next one coming to replace him to work under the debenture holders that control the club

 

[BAGNF05]

Richo is not perfect … but he seems to have turned around a number of things on and off the field .. I’m not sure who is the next one coming to replace him and work under the debenture holders that control the club

There’s probably only one desperate fool who would do it and it’s not Dustin Dascoe

 

[kiwitiger]

Is there precedence for that? Has the NRL ever revoked a licence due to the way a club has been run

Closest is the warriors. Auckland RL sold the warriors to the Maori tribe tainui back in 98. The understanding was if they gave up the license or the company set up went broke the license would return to A RL.
When they did go broke NRL stopped the license going back to Auckland RL and sold it to Eric Watson.

 

[Tom Shines]

There’s probably only one desperate fool who would do it and it’s not Dustin Dascoe

Hey … the return of old mate would cap it off… our membership numbers will go through the roof I’m tipping

 

[TigerNeddyK]

2SM is still a thing?

Yep…it actually is an acronym for 2 Stupid Magpies supporters aka The HBG…..

 

[coivtny]

Yep…it actually is an acronym for 2 Stupid Magpies supporters aka The HBG…..

That was hilarious. How did you think that up?

 

[BAGNF05]

Hey … the return of old mate would cap it off… our membership numbers will go through the roof I’m tipping

13,000 cancellations offset by 43K new pet memberships.

 

[cochise]

We Wests Tigers Fans stand united calling for NRL intervention to save our club.

Please share and email your support to

Reception@nrl.com.au

aabdo@nrl.com.au

 

[BZN]

Yes, I’m sure your knowledge of the type writer and wick lighters is extremely impressive.

Before typewriters were even invented, I had to write everything down by hand using a quill🪶.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Before typewriters were even invented, I had to write everything down by hand using a quill🪶.

And used a raven to send your mail

 

[BZN]

Well, have an opinion on the HBG matter, or since the day you were born they didn't grow any bigger.

Not at all, they are HUGE, just like the other bit 😉.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Yep…it actually is an acronym for 2 Stupid Magpies supporters aka The HBG…..

lol
2SM
2 Stupid Magpies

gold mate

 

[Harvey]

Parramatta Tigers, has a ring to it.

Would be similar to now. A dysfunctional board taking over a destitute club sent bankrupt through aligning with property developers at the recommendation of a club legend

 

[TigerNeddyK]

We're going to have to rename Shane Richardson, Icarus - it sounds like he flew too close to the sun and is about to come crashing to ground and bounce through the exit. Booting his supporters on the board is just the first step.

Footy is a weird animal. Maybe the same goes for life? Small things like a jersey colour can easily escalate into big things.

Reading between the lines, Richo and the independent directors may have been under a naive belief that being "independent" = running roughshod over the club owners and reps on the board.

I may be wrong on the above and have zero insider knowledge.

As much as I am a Richo fan, I don't think this is the end of the world if he does end up leaving.

Is that you, Burgo?

 

[BAGNF05]

We Wests Tigers Fans stand united calling for NRL intervention to save our club.

Please share and email your support to

Reception@nrl.com.au

aabdo@nrl.com.au
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Maybe extreme but I think walk outs at games or some other public demonstration may also be needed. They are taking the piss now this mob.

 

[Papacito]

Richo is not perfect … but he seems to have turned around a number of things on and off the field .. I’m not sure who is the next one coming to replace him to work under the debenture holders that control the club

He's absolutely a good and competent CEO. I saw this up close in a past work life. I agree he is not perfect. I saw lots of this too.

Best case scenario would be that he stays.

If he does walk though, there will be no shortage of people wanting the job.

 

[innsaneink]

The podcasts should reunite and organise an actual boots on the ground protest that all the fans that care can support with the agenda that the HBG group need to go and the WESTS TIGERS members can vote on a path forward that is best for the football club … anything better than the aholeS that have led us to the failures of the last 15 bloody years.. make it clear that we are behind Richo and the independent board and HBG is redundant … to hell with Burgess and his chook raffle debenture holding never wasses

I wonder if the petirion group and.podcast guys would think getting Darcy Byrne onside for this.
He had a large loud platform...hed be able to access Leichhardt Oval...a major online shout out on all the socials to organise a protest

I remember back in about 2003 the Stop the rot movement organised by an ex forum member was succesful in getting some funding for renos at LO...blocker junior i think..wiz was there...I think @Kul was there too.

Might be crazy idea...but it might be very prominent