Breaking news: HBG takeover

[innsaneink]

Sums it up nicely although regardless of what happens, HBG can’t truly win anyway because the Magpies are never coming back to the NRL. Which makes this whole stunt by them so pointless and disgusting.

Yep exactly....but some people are that spiteful if they cant have what they want then others not having what others want make them feel better.
Misery merchants the lot of em

Im sure many old magpies like myself are embarrased and ashamed of whats happening.
I feel like ive been conned, swindled and ripped off by the club I used to support

My old man and his mates at Ashy pub were right...WA didnt give a shit about the football club in the 70s and they dont now

 

[Lestronge]

Yep exactly....but some people are that spiteful if they cant have what they want then others not having what others want make them feel better.
Misery merchants the lot of em

Im sure many old magpies like myself are embarrased and ashamed of whats happening.
I feel like ive been conned, swindled and ripped off by the club I used to support

My old man and his mates at Ashy pub were right...WA didnt give a shit about the football club in the 70s and they dont now

What did they use to say mate ? What was the vibes ? I’ve never heard this rhetoric before .

 

[Batmans Parents]

I’m done with you. You’ve revealed yourself . That’s all I wanted . To goad you into dropping the act … I knew you were a wolf in sheep’s clothing . Go away now …
This supposed lefty is going to bed with a win …..

Nicely done. Suspected he was just another septuagenarian.

 

[Vicious]

Nicely done. Suspected he was just another septuagenarian.

Your demeanour does not fit the description of a true original Balmain Tigers fan that’s for certain.

 

[Merlot]

It’s a great meme .

claws out , thought they were/still are best jerseys in a while - modern, flash , hbg are donkeys

 

[Vicious]

No, dipshit, you exposed yourself when you kept parroting Praton claims despite being asked repeatedly how there was a lack of communication with HBG when they had two representatives on the board, including the chairman. You repeatedly refused to answer and then started talking out of both sides of your mouth because you did exactly what you’ve always done on here which is run your mouth without thinking.

No one cares what you deem to be acceptable as you have done nothing but lie and be bad faith. Like HBG, you’re an embarrassment and poor reflection on the club and we’ll be better for it when you’ve [This word has been automatically removed]ed off elsewhere.

Why would you ask me or anyone else to clarify what Paton stated, he’s the one stating it, nobody else.
You choose to believe he’s telling lies, good on you, but doesn’t mean anyone else has to conform to your views.
What are you going to do if PVL finds that there was an acceptable reason for the board members dismissals ?

 

[liltiger]

If it gets to a point where Richo leaves and the nrl doesn't respond then we are truly stuffed

If Richo walks with or without N.R.L help were stuffed imo. He's made mistakes but in his around 2 years he started turning the place around, if he leaves, being one of the most experienced operators in the game, who would want to takeover, any operator we get will just be a slave to HBG and what they want, no one of any decent standing would do that.

 

[Merlot]

No, dipshit, you exposed yourself when you kept parroting Praton claims despite being asked repeatedly how there was a lack of communication with HBG when they had two representatives on the board, including the chairman. You repeatedly refused to answer and then started talking out of both sides of your mouth because you did exactly what you’ve always done on here which is run your mouth without thinking.

No one cares what you deem to be acceptable as you have done nothing but lie and be bad faith. Like HBG, you’re an embarrassment and poor reflection on the club and we’ll be better for it when you’ve [This word has been automatically removed]ed off elsewhere.

whats the diff , A sqweak or a peek. You 2 of to the Cowgirls if ,the sky , sky ,is falling.
Hands up , everybody say ho

 

[liltiger]

What's the chances Richo does leave?

Every day that passes with radio silence others see as a bad omen but I see it the complete opposite, he could be in the background working behind the scenes to try and sort this garbage out with HBG or with the N.R.L / N.S.W liquor and gaming. He could be negotiating a payout with HBG to leave quietly but I couldn't see him needing to do that. I think he's too smart and would have stipulated his terms for being CEO. I'm hopefull that if he was going to go he would have done it today and is working behind the scenes trying to resolve this mess. I could be way off the mark though but he's been around way too long and we cannot afford to lose him. He is the most valuable thing at Wests Tigers. Even if we need to start another rebuild from scratch he's done it plenty and knows what needs to be done. If he goes were anchored to the bottom 2 for another decade.

 

[Merlot]

Every day that passes with radio silence others see as a bad omen but I see it the complete opposite, he could be in the background working behind the scenes to try and sort this garbage out with HBG or with the N.R.L / N.S.W liquor and gaming. He could be negotiating a payout with HBG to leave quietly but I couldn't see him needing to do that. I think he's too smart and would have stipulated his terms for being CEO. I'm hopefull that if he was going to go he would have done it today and is working behind the scenes trying to resolve this mess. I could be way off the mark though but he's been around way too long and we cannot afford to lose him. He is the most valuable thing at Wests Tigers. Even if we need to start another rebuild from scratch he's done it plenty and knows what needs to be done. If he goes were anchored to the bottom 2 for another decade.

Silence is golden they be crunching the numbers in the back room, tick tick tick

 

[weststigers]

Why would you ask me or anyone else to clarify what Paton stated, he’s the one stating it, nobody else.
You choose to believe he’s telling lies, good on you, but doesn’t mean anyone else has to conform to your views.
What are you going to do if PVL finds that there was an acceptable reason for the board members dismissals ?

The question is how are they independent if they were chosen by HBG and can be removed by HBG? There's nothing independent about it. You can't vote out the debenture holders...that's the source of the problem entirely.

 

[weststigers]

If Richo walks with or without N.R.L help were stuffed imo. He's made mistakes but in his around 2 years he started turning the place around, if he leaves, being one of the most experienced operators in the game, who would want to takeover, any operator we get will just be a slave to HBG and what they want, no one of any decent standing would do that.

No one decent would want to work under the present conditions and with our track record.

This will not only affect our ability to recruit decent management, it will absolutely affect our ability to sign players...we're back where we started prior to the positive changes over the last 18 months.

 

[Tucker]

Yep exactly....but some people are that spiteful if they cant have what they want then others not having what others want make them feel better.
Misery merchants the lot of em

Im sure many old magpies like myself are embarrased and ashamed of whats happening.
I feel like ive been conned, swindled and ripped off by the club I used to support

My old man and his mates at Ashy pub were right...WA didnt give a shit about the football club in the 70s and they dont now

As the viewpoint of an outsider, I remember saying about a decade ago that the owners don’t care about winning football games.
They enjoy the prestige of owning a club and the traffic that funnels into their hospitality network.
Some of them hold fantasies of a Magpie resurgence but it’s not their primary driver I suspect.
It must still be a positive strategic decision otherwise a smart operator would have sold the joint ages ago.

 

[Flash089]

That’s because I’m a Wests Tigers fan, you braindead dinosaur. Something you wouldn’t understand.

I’m a septuagénaire with a diagnosed borderline personnalité disorder. I love the WestsTigers. It is a strong brand for any kind of sporting club (except maybe a hunting club) Not even the boneheads at the NRL would let the Tiger, an apex predator, disappear from the NRL. The colours of the most prévalent Tiger in the wild are Orange, Black & White. There is a mutant Tiger which is Black and White and Grey. Only a handfull exist because they have inbred to imminent extinction. Most people call our team the Tigers because in linguistiques the sts-T combo is difficult for the tongue used to pronounce English words. We can train the tongue but we can’t call a Tiger Black and White without being forced onto the Short Bus.

 

[Jimmy]

It’s always the same few that fill up topics with garbage personal attacks and nonsense. I don’t want to have to filter through 20 pages of crap. Please DM each other smh

 

[FacePalm]

Too much hypotheticals of what might happen.

Referring to HBG simply as dysfunctional allows the suspected orchestrator of all this, to hide behind the veil of the HBG board, and entire group of debenture holders.

You guys with a voice need to apply pressure on the puppet master rather than allow them to hide behind the HBG board and DHs. While many directors have come and been turfed, they’re the constant on both HBG and WT boards for at least the last decade.

To kill the beast, you need to cut off the head.

 

[tigertragic]

If the NRL and L&G do nothing, then HBG will continue to bring destabilisation and dysfunction to Wests Tigers, as that has been the constant under their administration. Wests Tigers will be destined to continued failure.

 

[Bigscreentv]

Last time Anthony blue man was asked in an article , he said he wanted to bring back a balmain tigers... still a better option

Yeah, I know. My comment was tongue in cheek.

Tigers need a new owner that's independent of the history.

 

[UnderTheBus]

As the viewpoint of an outsider, I remember saying about a decade ago that the owners don’t care about winning football games.
They enjoy the prestige of owning a club and the traffic that funnels into their hospitality network.
Some of them hold fantasies of a Magpie resurgence but it’s not their primary driver I suspect.
It must still be a positive strategic decision otherwise a smart operator would have sold the joint ages ago.

It's entirely a status thing for these board members and debenture holders and nothing else - HBG make plenty of money from pokies revenue and contribute bugger all to Wests Tigers compared to what other Sydney clubs get paid from their Leagues clubs (this is a good thing for WT) so there is no need to sell off the club. They just like stirring the pot for their own agendas and networking (as you pointed out).

There would be no need for any of us to want new owners if HBG had a proper democracy where idiots like Dennis Burgess could be voted out and held accountable. Every single one of us would be WA members and turn up to vote in the best interest of the Leagues club which would then flow to the football club.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

My thoughts are the NRL are pleased with WTs improved off field and on field performance under Richardson and the old board. What has happened is bad for the NRL brand considering it has been self inflicted. In an age where professionalism is demanded, especially when $12m is handed out annually by the NRL to clubs, we await the response from the NRL because this is not about WTs, but a slap down of the NRL's plans for expansion in the SW.. We have the keys to one of the largest growth areas in Sydney, and it is about time we work together to fully realise it's potential.