Does this club need the spoon

[PJ_]

Spoon is for parra, manly or Penrith scum, not us.

Add the Rorters to the list.

Yeah brother

 

[old_man_tiger]

It needs relocation, so all the players that are comfortable living in Sydney and collecting their pay week in week out will not be keen to follow.

I have been one of the people who has expressed a similar viewpoint in the past. I would much prefer that the club stay in Sydney and build a power base in the South West, but this has not happened for twenty one years now. Can anyone see this changing? There has been some good recruitment of younger players, but I fear we are still the poor cousin of the Sydney teams. Yes - I could see a really bright future as the Wests Tigers relocated to Perth.


I’m not sure what the plan is with the CoE, but the way I see it now... WT should get the money to breath life into Leichhardt oval and play all their home games there. That’s where they’ve had most success by far. I dont Understand how moving to a remote location or changing the team’s colours does anything to improve efficiencies, profitability or increase the fan base?

The board needs to make the decision to play at one ground from next season .. whether it be Bankwest/ ANZ/ Leichhardt/Campbelltown or wait a year and go to the new stadium at Moore park just pick one .IMO at this juncture this decision needs to be made as the club is just floundering around . Personally we would not like some of those grounds if selected but at this stage we see the relevance in making this decision and would support it 100% .

I want any strategy around stadiums other than the current one.

Even a 10/2 split shows some thought and establishes a clear home ground while allowing the odd game for tradition.

This current situation shows a tolerance, actually a preference, for taking the middle ground. The reality is in competitive businesses you win or lose, you don't always aim for the middle ground.

 

[balmain boy]

Yes, we fully deserve a spoon.

Other clubs get a spoon, use it as an opportunity to completely shake things up, offload players, coaches and do a proper rebuild. Being close but not close enough only leads to complacency that a few minor changes will make the difference.

No. Blow up the squad and base it around 15 of the current squad members and recruit the rest. Wholesale changes are required, even if we're paying for some players to move on and we have to gamble on poaching highly talented youngsters rather than tested NRL stars, if they have the qualities we lack we'll be better off in the long run.