Cleary - One Home Ground..

I think the club would move out there in a heartbeat if Ctown ever got significant upgrades. It will never get upgraded though, so….
 
I think Homebush and Parramatta are more central to most of our fans. Moving to Cambo would be moving away from the majority. Then when you consider the facilities I can only come up with WSS as the best option,
 
I travel the Northern road to Narellan every 3 or 4 weeks for work, there is so much development out that way with more on the way.
Campbelltown have never really been embraced by the WestsTigers, it is half hearted, and that is the return they get from the people.
I think with a move out that way, and with all the new homes being built out there now, it would be a great move and the people would see it is for real, not a token gesture, and they will support the club.
Someone has to have the balls to say, for the future of the club we are moving to where the masses are moving, people will be upset, some will be happy, but in the end the club will not only survive, but thrive.
 
sooner or later Balmain will ceast to exist as a nrl entity in its own right.
Ive heard nothing about them being to be able to continue by themselves and Wts wont help them out for good.

I have no axe to grind against Balmain, but can anyone at all confidentually say that theyll everhave the money to pay their way??

Apart from that, LO USED to be the worst ground to get to and out of(not sure what its like now] in Sydney.
its time we had one ground but it should be where we can involve the community in the club, not like now ,when we have a few games there and pack our bags and go home to Concord

From WHAT ive heard and read for a long time now , the community around LO would rather go to Polo than thefootball.
We need to be in one place,
 
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sooner or later Balmain will ceast to exist as a nrl entity in its own right.
Ive heard nothing about them being to be able to continue by themselves and Wts wont help them out for good.

I have no axe to grind against Balmain, but can anyone at all confidentually say that theyll everhave the money to pay their way??

Apart from that, LO USED to be the worst ground to get to and out of(not sure what its like now] in Sydney.
its time we had one ground but it should be where we can involve the community in the club, not like now ,when we have a few games there and pack our bags and go home to Concord

From WHAT ive heard and read for a long time now , the community around LO would rather go to Polo than thefootball.
We need to be in one place,
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Gary Owen Hotel and Orange Grove packed all with Wests Tigers supporters before the game. Walked to and from the oval with Tigers supporters lining the streets cheering "Tigers". I think you will find that there are plenty of West Tigers supporters who live in and around the Leichardt area, GCT and they are just as passionate about there footy as fans anywhere else.
 
Conspiracy theory alert

Surely there were more than 13,500\. Did I see that correctly? I thought 17k plus easily, and I've been going for a long time. When we had 23,000 against Souths a few years ago I was there, and you couldn't have fit another 10k tonight.

Also, no bunker audio, big screen glitch ign, speakers deafeningly loud if you were in front of one on the hill. Could they try any harder to disadvantage the case for suburban grounds.

I don't care if it is Leichhardt or Campbelltown that gets the majority, but it should be a 10/2 split, a nod to history and a true home ground. There is nothing like the revving up the players like we did tonight, and getting stuck into the lollipop men with whistles.
 
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sooner or later Balmain will ceast to exist as a nrl entity in its own right.
Ive heard nothing about them being to be able to continue by themselves and Wts wont help them out for good.

I have no axe to grind against Balmain, but can anyone at all confidentually say that theyll everhave the money to pay their way??

Apart from that, LO USED to be the worst ground to get to and out of(not sure what its like now] in Sydney.
its time we had one ground but it should be where we can involve the community in the club, not like now ,when we have a few games there and pack our bags and go home to Concord

From WHAT ive heard and read for a long time now , the community around LO would rather go to Polo than thefootball.
We need to be in one place,
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Balmain Tigers and Wests magpies have already ceased to exist - we have the wests tigers now….

Plenty of wests tigers fans in the inner west, go to any real pub and you would be surprised at how many there are any every venue

Don’t believe apeverything you read or hear from people
 
Leichhardt draws the crowds and provides an inspirational atmosphere for the Wests Tigers team and the home crowd.

Playing at ANZ is actually negative economics. Wests Tigers may draw a bigger cheque but the atmosphere at ANZ is not there, This detracts supporters from attending ANZ. Consequently ANZ provides no home ground advantage which in turn exposes the great risk of Wests Tigers winning fewer home games. Fewer winning home games makes it so much more difficult to attract the quality players Wests Tigers desperately needs to survive as a team entity.

If Wests Tigers are to win the premiership in 2019 half of their home games must be played at Leichhardt.
 
My head hurts. Just had a dump and a shower.going for a coffe and bacon&egg roll somewhere on Darling St …..once I put my pants on.
Great night. I think we won
 
Can’t remember too much of the game. Can remember talking to James Hooper outside a the Red Lion on Darling St. I might have offended him.
 
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Can’t remember too much of the game. Can remember talking to James Hooper outside a the Red Lion on Darling St. I might have offended him.
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You had a win win win win night,sadly there is always a next morning
 
I've changed my mind. Leichhardt for all home games and 1 game at campbelltown. Actually scratch that one game in Tamworth not Campbeltown.

The club needs to build revenue from other sources and not rely on gate takings. That should be a bonus - a reward that pays when we have on field success.

You cannot discount home ground advantage.

There was approximately 14k people there for a Thursday night after 3 losses. The place would have been sold out if it was a Sunday I am sure of it.
 
Isn’t the proposed COE going to be built in the inner west? I am unsure of its location.

If that’s true then our “home” ground must be in the vicinity.
 
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Would love to see us based out of Ctown, but i have long given up hope of that. I remember reading an article way back in 1999, before the decision to become a joint venture was made, and before Souths were kicked out, when teams heads were still on the chopping block, i read an article talking about how essential it was not to lose the McArthur region due to its population. And that was 20 years ago. The population has doubled since then.

I would have thought we'd have based ourselves out there by about 2006-07, but no. Ever since its always felt like a couple years away. But i think it was 3 or 4 years ago i finally realised the club has no interest. For an area as big as it is, and is only going to get bigger, i think its insanity. Im not advocating completely discarding LO, you could easily do what the Bulldogs do with Belmore and take 2 or 3 games there a year. The inner city is too congested, too many teams. You would think there would be an appeal to adopt an area that is the size of a small city and make it your own.

Would be the best option you’d think - CSS. With an upgrade - more seating and better facilities. Western Sydney Stadium would be ok, but it’s like a mini ANZ. Shared with other teams most likely and you couldn’t truly call it your own. LO has charm but just doesn’t seem to be a practical choice for a few reasons, most mentioned above.
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The Macarthur population is still not particularly bigger or more important than many other local government areas in Sydney. Capacity, yes it has good capacity, but the population, even now, is not outstripping its neighbouring LGAs. For example, 2016 census of LGAs Campbelltown + Camden = 235K people. Canterbury council had 346K at that same time, Blacktown 336K, Northern Beaches 252K. Hornsby and The Hills total 300K. Liverpool 204K, Parramatta 226K, Cumerbaldn 216K.

In fact, Parramatta and Canterbury's local and near district population reach far outstrips Campbelltown.

Balmain territory - Inner West, Burwood, Canada Bay and Ryde councils total 423K, not including anything of Strathfield.

Just because you see houses being built doesn't mean it's the future, and sometimes high house density does not have the same population impact as high unit density.

Be that as it may, my point about Campbelltown has always been that if it's financially viable and low-risk to base yourself there, someone would do it. Tigers will go where the money is, the bosses they are business-oriented after all, and clearly money, or even the future prospect of money, doesn't sell strongly enough.

Also how many of the Macarthur's new residents are league followers anyway, and how many of them aren't already bringing club affiliations with? That becomes a question of converting non-league-ies to league, or getting indifferent supporters more interested, or assuming you can overtake the local area with your own club supporters.

I'm not against Tigers moving to a based in Campbelltown, because I can travel to either location, but they haven't made the move, and I support the club doing what's overall best at the time.
 
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My head hurts. Just had a dump and a shower.going for a coffe and bacon&egg roll somewhere on Darling St …..once I put my pants on.
Great night. I think we won
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I remember those days, a good night was had by all, what a win
 
This might annoy a few.

http://the81stminute.com/2018/05/four-hour-round-trip-wests-tigers-fans-in-macarthur-wont-travel-to-games-at-western-sydney-stadium/
 
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This might annoy a few.

http://the81stminute.com/2018/05/four-hour-round-trip-wests-tigers-fans-in-macarthur-wont-travel-to-games-at-western-sydney-stadium/
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Basically sums up what I was going to say. I live in Campbelltown and work in Parramatta. The commute is a nightmare. It is even worse on the weekend with less frequent trains.

I don't think Campbelltown or Leichhardt should be a permanent playing base, though they should not be lost altogether. I would support the south west as a training base given the increasing population and the chance to work with a local council in establishing facilities in one of the newly developing area.

I think it should be Homebush or the city. Homebush is central enough transport wise, and all public transport in Sydney is based on ferrying people in and out of the city. Unfortunately these grounds leave loads of empty seats, a lack of atmosphere, and hard to argue a home ground advantage when 3 other clubs use the same stadium, however I think they are the most common sense decision.
 
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This might annoy a few.

http://the81stminute.com/2018/05/four-hour-round-trip-wests-tigers-fans-in-macarthur-wont-travel-to-games-at-western-sydney-stadium/
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That would be the few that bother to support the Tigers out Campbelltown way… non event if you support a team you travel where they play . We live in the inner city and travelled from day one to the last game West’s played there as did most that supported the club at the time another piece written by someone that thinks they know the lay of the land but have no idea!
 
Whingers - oh poor us.

Cowboys have supporters, some travel 600-800km to games in Townsville.

That's a supporter.
 
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