Does anyone else no longer care? What makes you continue to show up?

GNR4LIFE said:
I hated the Sharks for years. Mainly due to shit humans like Gallen and Ennis. However, outside of Ronaldo, they don’t really have any grubs in their side these days. And it’s hard not to be won over by how consistent they are, every single year. Whether they are contenders or not, they more often than not play in September.
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We'll play in September this year for sure.

Panthers Round 27
4.05pm Sunday 5th September.

I dread to think what the score line might be.
 
Interesting that as a club, we still generate a lot of TV / massive media interest despite all the struggles. We frequently pull in high numbers for free-to-air and subscription broadcasts. (OzTAM data and club metrics regularly highlight significant audience engagement, with individual blockbusters or free-to-air slots drawing over a million viewers.)
There must be a lot of suckers for pain out-there ;-)
 
This is what mielekamp needs to understand, while there are a handful of sheep who will follow the tigers for eternity into an abyss or anywhere they go, the only way a person can remain same whilst supporting Wests Tigers is to just stop caring. Lose all passion, become totally indifferent and casual.

Turn off auto renew. Don't go to matches, don't spend money on the club. Eventually it will kick in. It's just not worth the stress and torture to get emotionally invested into this club.

It's a one way ticket to severe mental and physical health ailments
 
Tiger_heart said:
Interesting that as a club, we still generate a lot of TV / massive media interest despite all the struggles. We frequently pull in high numbers for free-to-air and subscription broadcasts. (OzTAM data and club metrics regularly highlight significant audience engagement, with individual blockbusters or free-to-air slots drawing over a million viewers.)
There must be a lot of suckers for pain out-there ;-)
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There's unfortunately something likeable / car crash / interesting about the scrapes Tigers get into. On-field and off-field.

Just weird / unique stuff - the merger fighting, Hopoate fingers, Luai clauses, Galvout, Benji going to rugby, cocaine use in the early days, Big Four leaving, Cleary contract, Lee Hagipantelis, Farah vs Jason Taylor, Balmain insolvency, Balmain Leagues Club, THAT Cowboys game where Val Holmes was given a Bunker penalty after the siren, Api making jokes about us after he won the GF with Penrith, HBG in-fighting, Ryan Matterson, Tim Sheens sacking #1 and #2, Tales from Tiger Town, Tim Simona betting, the ANZAC Day jersey with the American soldiers on it, letting Fifita / Koroibete / JAC go, TNT and Dwyer injuries, Pascoe suspension, end to 2010 and 2011 finals series, 2005 GF. Etc etc etc etc. Always noteworthy stories.

Many of you will recall - a few decades ago the issue was always the close matches. NRL loved it because Tigers matches were always hair-raising, so we'd get way more prime time spots than we deserved. Electric for the general NRL fan, heart-attack stuff for Tigers.

And I think fundamentally lots of general NRL fans feel sorry for Tigers fans and the club in general, so any potential turnaround is a massive fairytale story in the making.
 
Personally I haven't checked out, but I don't watch every game in full at the moment, not since the finals charge ended this year.

My kids won't leave me in peace so it's hard to watch matches live; it's not exactly a negative thing, they just jump about and ask a million questions, it makes the viewing experience even more tense. They certainly will never go to bed if the footy is on, so 8pm kickoffs are terrible.

So I often watch on delay. That then means I'm always highly at risk of finding out the score from my phone messages, so I need to stay away from my phone as well.

I am a full member but I don't live in Sydney any more, so the trek back to Sydney is a big undertaking if we are playing badly. I am usually pretty consistent early in the year, but for example I recently skipped the Eels and Warriors matches. Warriors because it was a Friday night at Campbo - not my favourite and taxing after work. Eels because I hate playing Eels at Parramatta Stadium, it's the worst decision ever. Freezing cold and it's their bloody home ground.

I'll be back on task Rd 1 2027. I will probably never give up, though it is deflating, I am ever optimistic. And it's kind of like lottery, if I ever stop watching, for sure they'd start winning again and I'd regret it. There must surely come a time when Tigers are good again, for some decent stretch of time?

I started following Balmain in the 80s, we've been so ordinary for so long, we've only made the Finals 8 times since I started in 1986 (86-90, 2005, 2010-11) - 19.5% success rate. I am used to it unfortunately. In some ways it does make the Finals series less stressful to watch.
 
Tiger_heart said:
Interesting that as a club, we still generate a lot of TV / massive media interest despite all the struggles. We frequently pull in high numbers for free-to-air and subscription broadcasts. (OzTAM data and club metrics regularly highlight significant audience engagement, with individual blockbusters or free-to-air slots drawing over a million viewers.)
There must be a lot of suckers for pain out-there ;-)
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People like to watch a car crash.
We provide entertainment as there’s always some drama happening.
I’d suggest a lot of our game day viewers are women and gay men…reality tv junkies.
 
jirskyr said:
There's unfortunately something likeable / car crash / interesting about the scrapes Tigers get into. On-field and off-field.

Just weird / unique stuff - the merger fighting, Hopoate fingers, Luai clauses, Galvout, Benji going to rugby, cocaine use in the early days, Big Four leaving, Cleary contract, Lee Hagipantelis, Farah vs Jason Taylor, Balmain insolvency, Balmain Leagues Club, THAT Cowboys game where Val Holmes was given a Bunker penalty after the siren, Api making jokes about us after he won the GF with Penrith, HBG in-fighting, Ryan Matterson, Tim Sheens sacking #1 and #2, Tales from Tiger Town, Tim Simona betting, the ANZAC Day jersey with the American soldiers on it, letting Fifita / Koroibete / JAC go, TNT and Dwyer injuries, Pascoe suspension, end to 2010 and 2011 finals series, 2005 GF. Etc etc etc etc. Always noteworthy stories.

Many of you will recall - a few decades ago the issue was always the close matches. NRL loved it because Tigers matches were always hair-raising, so we'd get way more prime time spots than we deserved. Electric for the general NRL fan, heart-attack stuff for Tigers.

And I think fundamentally lots of general NRL fans feel sorry for Tigers fans and the club in general, so any potential turnaround is a massive fairytale story in the making.
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Jarrod McCracken early retirement
 
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