Calls for relocation hit embattled club

[tigerbalm]

I wonder if he is wanting us to give up the Balmain areas so the Dogs can walk in and take over?

take over what?

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

Gould is an agenda driven fool. He turns people off the game with his mindless dribble.

A CEO at concord is the way forward servicing the large inner west area, accessible from all over Sydney, and has not even been moved into yet. When paired with an academy at Campbelltown the grassroots is fine it’s the top that’s the issue and relocating won’t fix that.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I wonder if he is wanting us to give up the Balmain areas so the Dogs can walk in and take over?

take over what?

Balmain Ryde Homebush these are wests tigers areas
I get you might be anti balmain but if campbletown worked then Magpies woukd never have needed to merge in the first place
We need both areas, if we let concord go dogs move in.
Nobody is moving into campbletown area it is wests tigers anyway, put the academy out there and it holds the juniors, dogs might make a play for Liverpool but campbletown is where the academy should be

 

[jirskyr]

These bits and pieces from media pundits are near pointless.

For starters, everyone has an opinion and none of the pundits in the press actually know what's really going on at Tigers. Gould can say whatever he likes; he's not privy to the real story. Paul Gallen even less so, having ZERO experience as an administrator or coach.

They all have a TV show now, so they create content by raising opinions on the show, then the associated print outlets run stories the following day based on the opinions raised in the show. It's a constant rehash of opinion pieces.

And you can understand, because a feeding frenzy is typically interesting for your average NRL readers, plus the large WT fanbase, so they run through day after day of borderline recycled content. Even to the point this week that Fox Sports are actually cross-referencing opinions and speculation from the SMH, which normally they don't do (normally they stay within their own company).

What boggles the mind is that in the first week of finals, with some real key matchups; season-defining matchups like Storm-Manly, Rabbits-Panthers and Knights-Eels, Tigers are getting all the press.

It just speaks volumes about how big a story Tigers always are, for good or bad, when there are 8 teams leading into finals this weekend and Tigers dominate the back page.

Also quite obviously, all the other crap clubs around Tigers have brand new coaches, so it's really only the Tigers at the potential end of a coaching cycle, and therefore not much news about Todd Payten, Hook, Nathan Brown, Barrett, Walters, Fitzgibbon etc.

 

[tigerbalm]

I wonder if he is wanting us to give up the Balmain areas so the Dogs can walk in and take over?

take over what?

Balmain Ryde Homebush these are wests tigers areas
I get you might be anti balmain but if campbletown worked then Magpies woukd never have needed to merge in the first place
We need both areas, if we let concord go dogs move in.
Nobody is moving into campbletown area it is wests tigers anyway, put the academy out there and it holds the juniors, dogs might make a play for Liverpool but campbletown is where the academy should be

Huh? I support Wests Tigers bud. Foundation Clubs or postcodes have nothing to do with what I said.

I genuinely don't know what they would take. Or if would be as easy as walking in and taking whatever it is. Is Brooks the only long-term Jr out of the area Balmain area at Wests? Same with C'town. I think Nuffa may be a C'town Jr?

Regardless of where the club is, what post code the head office is, the Jr pathways is broken, any decent talent jumps ship or is missed by the club. Bulldogs don't need to walk in to any area, all they need to do is identify talent and poach.

 

[Newtown]

Relocation is 100% not an option with the COE being built at Concord. If they thought it was the best move for the club they'd have built it in CTown not Concord.

Gallen isn' exactly a friend of Wests Tigers. What gives him the right to suggest?

 

[weststigers]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

 

[facepalmer]

Concord is a fine base, so long as we create good satellite bases of operations and have community engagement initiatives galore in the other places we need to. Particularly the Macarthur but extending out in the Central West, North Coast, SEQ and NZ also imo.

 

[Demps]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

Payne Haas is Filipino

 

[weststigerman]

I don't see the big deal. Campbelltown is a 45 minute drive from Concord. As I understand it there will be an academy in Campbelltown.

I'm sure if the CoE was built in Campbelltown there will be people saying we're abandoning Leichardt or schools like Holy Cross College.

Can't keep everyone happy.

 

[TYGA]

Training base in Concord is not an issue. Top 30 players that make it will move out of the Macarthur Region and Concord is a better location. It’s also relatively close in either case 40 minutes travel.

We need to move all games to Campbeltown and a couple at Leichhardt and ditch the big stadiums.
Build an academy and position with the Bulls funding in the longer term to rebuild Campbeltown stadium.

It’s negligent to not move there. Straight up the growth moving forward is going to be enormous from MacArthur through to the airport and enrich corridor.

 

[Needaname]

I don't see the big deal. Campbelltown is a 45 minute drive from Concord. As I understand it there will be an academy in Campbelltown.

I'm sure if the CoE was built in Campbelltown there will be people saying we're abandoning Leichardt or schools like Holy Cross College.

Can't keep everyone happy.

I would of done it the other way round tbh but that’s just me.

Name one other club that trains in a location removed from their predominant junior base?
Warriors are exempted.

 

[weststigers]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

Payne Haas is Filipino

Let's tell the full story. Father was Swiss-Filipino. Mother is Samoan. So yeah...25% Filipino.

The NRL isn't exactly brimming with Filipino talent.

 

[Demps]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

Payne Haas is Filipino

Let's tell the full story. Father was Swiss-Filipino. Mother is Samoan. So yeah...25% Filipino.

The NRL isn't exactly brimming with Filipino talent.

Correct.

Kevin Gordon...
Shane Gray (Titans, failed drug test)

Shibasaki.. we had a thread on it some years ago.

https://weststigersforum.com/topic/28974/asians-of-the-nrl/29


I honestly thought Haas was half but yeah, thanks for the information

 

[Geo]

Bring back the residential rule..

 

[weststigers]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

Payne Haas is Filipino

Let's tell the full story. Father was Swiss-Filipino. Mother is Samoan. So yeah...25% Filipino.

The NRL isn't exactly brimming with Filipino talent.

Correct.

Kevin Gordon...
Shane Gray (Titans, failed drug test)

Shibasaki.. we had a thread on it some years ago.

https://weststigersforum.com/topic/28974/asians-of-the-nrl/29


I honestly thought Haas was half but yeah, thanks for the information

Are you trying to say South West Sydney is a rugby league growth area because of the high number of Asians out that way?

 

[Demps]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

Payne Haas is Filipino

Let's tell the full story. Father was Swiss-Filipino. Mother is Samoan. So yeah...25% Filipino.

The NRL isn't exactly brimming with Filipino talent.

Correct.

Kevin Gordon...
Shane Gray (Titans, failed drug test)

Shibasaki.. we had a thread on it some years ago.

https://weststigersforum.com/topic/28974/asians-of-the-nrl/29


I honestly thought Haas was half but yeah, thanks for the information

Are you trying to say South West Sydney is a rugby league growth area because of the high number of Asians out that way?

Nah, I'm not saying anything.

Maybe we can unearth the next Haas though.

 

[the_third]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

Payne Haas is Filipino

I've only ever met one huge Filipino, but he was an absolutely massive individual. Runs a tricycle taxi district in Manila.

 

[weststigers]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

Payne Haas is Filipino

Let's tell the full story. Father was Swiss-Filipino. Mother is Samoan. So yeah...25% Filipino.

The NRL isn't exactly brimming with Filipino talent.

Correct.

Kevin Gordon...
Shane Gray (Titans, failed drug test)

Shibasaki.. we had a thread on it some years ago.

https://weststigersforum.com/topic/28974/asians-of-the-nrl/29


I honestly thought Haas was half but yeah, thanks for the information

Are you trying to say South West Sydney is a rugby league growth area because of the high number of Asians out that way?

Nah, I'm not saying anything.

Maybe we can unearth the next Haas though.

Why not just setup a COE in Manila?

 

[Demps]

I wonder if anyone actually looks at the participation numbers when quoting that Western Sydney is a huge growth area.

From this article: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/is-rugby-league-dying-the-never-before-released-numbers-that-have-nrl-powerbrokers-concerned-20210519-p57tah.html

*Western Suburbs, in south-west Sydney, with a booming population growth, has experienced an 18 per cent decline. It’s important to note, however, that final 2021 figures are forecast to be boosted by the end of the season.*


Frankly, the growth out west is predominantly immigration growth. You have to ask yourself how many Chinese, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Indians or Filipinos are signing up to play Rugby League in the South-West.

If you read the NSW demographics, you'll find there are very few pacific islanders compared to the above. Certainly not enough to justify relocation.

I don't think we should necessarily correlate real estate growth with rugby league participation.

Payne Haas is Filipino


I've only ever met one huge Filipino, but he was an absolutely massive individual. Runs a tricycle taxi district in Manila.

Yeah, I know a bunch.
all gym lads but none are really massive.
Very low fat and shredded but short.

Not Bolo Yeung types.