innsaneink
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I reckon theyd show up if we were winning…but that hardly ever happens lately
Campbelltown
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Couldn't agree more. I've been going to Campbelltown since 2000 and am still trying to warm up after freezing there today. In the early years it was great going there. But it just doesn't seem like home now. I was worried about the crowd when I got there just after 2pm and was surprised at how close I could park to the ground. With three grades on and being a Sunday afternoon game, I thought they would get a good turn out. There wasn't 10,000 there today unless 3000 were in corporate boxes or hiding somewhere else. I actually felt bad for the kids who put on that massive dance show at halftime. They were outstanding but performed in front of a tiny crowd. You could count the people on the hills at either end. The atmosphere was terrible. As a member I sat in the grandstand surrounded by Canberra fans. Its probably the easiest of the three home grounds to get to from where I live. Plenty of parking, public transport, clubs, pubs and restaurants nearby. The ground has good facilities. But for various reasons, sadly it doesn't work as a home ground anymore. No idea how they get people to the next game there as I think that is a Thursday night game.
Chicken_Faced_Killa
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I like Campbelltown as a ground. It has a good balance with facilities, is close to the club, train station right there, parking is good. However, I can’t remember the last time we pulled a semi decent crowd there. If the season keeps sliding like it is the round 24 Thursday night game against Manly could be tragic. I really don’t know what the club can do to get people there apart from having a winning side. However, even when we have been looking good crowds haven’t come flocking in.
69-05-41
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They do that at every WT's home game to increase the crowd figures as the kids' parents are forced to attend. Otherwise it would just be lots of '80's music and an annoying ground announcer with a faulty decibel meter.
voice_of_reason
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This is an astute observation.
Much of the population of the greater Campbelltown region have moved to the area when starting out in family life - just married, first house etc. People of this age have already determined their team allegiances and are unlikely to change them when they move. I did it myself when I first got married.
Realistically, I think it will be at least another generation before we have a majority of WT supporters in the Macarthur region - and that's based on their parents not moving back out once they're financially established.
I have ANZ membership, but have been to every WT home game this year at LO and CSS…we only got ~12k at the Broncos game at CSS which was disappointing considering how well we were playing at the time...to get only 10k on a sunny Sunday arvo is poor....I remember Grant Mayer throwing in the towel about poor Cambo crowds, and I’m afraid the fans in SW Sydney have spoken with their feet...it’s time the club made some tough calls on our home grounds..and decide on a single ground
Blaze
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I think the majority of ccs games are also televised on free to air… I guess ppl choose to sit in the comfort of their homes to either watch us get flogged or dudded by refs when we actually do play well... at least they can drink full strength to pretend it didn’t really happen
This will piss people off however to me it feels like the heartbeat of the club is in the Inner West.
Ashfield Leagues run the club. We train at Concord. We get most Support and win more at Leichhardt.
I dont know what the answer is but moving out there full tine would be the death of the club for me.
Ashfield Leagues run the club. We train at Concord. We get most Support and win more at Leichhardt.
I dont know what the answer is but moving out there full tine would be the death of the club for me.
rozelle_rudy
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Yeah, for our opponents, whoever they may be.
Tiger_Steve
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And we’ll be there for all three grades!
Tiger_Steve
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Very passionate plea and very true! I think it should be Leichhardt but I’ll settle for Parra.
Magpies1969
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The 16 players (Chris Lawrence is the only exception) should personally ring Members who turned up to Campbelltown today and explain to them why their lack of efforts deserves our support, time and money.
The players should be made to purchase tickets from their salaries (like Jennings had to do at Penrith) and hand them out at next home game.
During the week they should be made to watch a replay of the match over and over again.
I can in some ways deal with lack of class and speed in our team but I can't deal with lack of effort, lack of heart and lack of pride in our jersey.
Sorry but I agree Campbelltown should not be one of our home venues
Also I would like one captain only, that being Chris Lawrence.
The players should be made to purchase tickets from their salaries (like Jennings had to do at Penrith) and hand them out at next home game.
During the week they should be made to watch a replay of the match over and over again.
I can in some ways deal with lack of class and speed in our team but I can't deal with lack of effort, lack of heart and lack of pride in our jersey.
Sorry but I agree Campbelltown should not be one of our home venues
Also I would like one captain only, that being Chris Lawrence.
Tragic_Tiger_Fan
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The area has been neglected by Wests Tigers, you reap what you sow!
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My thoughts exactly. Only a completely new team will encoursage fan growth /interest in that area.
You are not going to follow Wests Tigers just cause you move into the area. Allegiances to other clubs are already established with the population when they move there.
Only kids who make a link with the team may change allegiance and they dont have money to spend, and the club doesnt have the finances and time to wait around for that to possibly occur - and in the meantime alienate the areas and fans they already have.
Other clubs probably have just as many fans in the area as the Wests Tigers have.
It has to be all or nothing for it to work as far as I can see which presents a risk that the club is probably not prepared to take.
Harvey
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Very poor crowd there yesterday. As a local I can confirm that the promotion was abysmal. When getting off the train, did you notice the add on the footpath for the Tonga v Samoa test next week. Plenty of promotion for that, but none for the NRL game from either Wests, the NRL or the council.
This is nothing new, my 2 daughters get more visits at their school from GWS than they do the tigers and because of that are more interested in AFL.