EXTRA HOME GAME NOT ENOUGH

[Yossarian]

I think the reality is, in the long term more games will need to be played at Campbelltown if the NRL is serious about securing the area as a Rugby League heart land.

Why? What other code is planning to move a team to C'Town? I just don't buy this line of argument.

 

[tigerdre]

I think the reality is, in the long term more games will need to be played at Campbelltown if the NRL is serious about securing the area as a Rugby League heart land.

Rubbish :exclamation: its a joint venture . Humphries has got the mix right between having the games at traditional grounds & keeping oue heads above water finacially with the SCG trust

If its AFL your worried about don't be it's Penrith that should be worried & it won't be for at least 10 years before you see the effects of what the AFL are trying to do in western sydney

 

[Geo]

He's right though. Taking the emotion out of it and what ground is better, the facts and figures do not support extra games at Campbo…...simple

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Leichhardt
2009 3 45550 15183 (Melbourne, Penrith, North Queensland.)
2008 3 43296 14432 (Gold Coast, New Zealand, Cronulla.)
2007 3 52518 17506 (Manly, North Queensland, Souths.)
2006 3 56474 18825 (Melbourne, Manly, Souths.)
2005 3 55275 18425 (Melbourne, Manly, Souths.)
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Cambelltown
2009 3 44965 14988 (Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane,)
2008 3 39039 13013 (Penrith, North Queensland, Melbourne.)
2007 3 45029 15010 (Cronulla, Gold Coast, New Zealand.)
2006 3 48523 16174 (Cronulla, Newcastle, Canberra.)
2005 3 56533 18844 (Canberra, Cronulla, North Queensland.)

Really???….... given the opposition ........they look pretty even to me..also shows a winning football team will get crowds at both grounds no matter who we play there...Wests Tigers have supporters from all over the place...this forum reflects that......last I checked you dont need a passport to get into Leichhardt or Campbelltown......

To me...It's not about Extra games for Campbelltown.....It's about creating home ground advantage a fortress if you will.......BOTH at Leichhardt and Campbelltown 50/50 split......something we give up playing at the corporate grounds.....Having said that.......the WSFS is miles better than ANZ or the SCG......

 

[alien]

I think the reality is, in the long term more games will need to be played at Campbelltown if the NRL is serious about securing the area as a Rugby League heart land.

Why? What other code is planning to move a team to C'Town? I just don't buy this line of argument.

The A-League are planning on bringing in a second Sydney team in the near future. It is going to be a Western Sydney team. I have heard that either Penrith Stadium, Parramatta Stadium or Campbelltown Stadium will be the homeground. Sydney FC have already played trial games at Campbelltown Stadium. It's actually a pretty good ground to watch the soccer, nice and close to the action.

 

[Yossarian]

I think the reality is, in the long term more games will need to be played at Campbelltown if the NRL is serious about securing the area as a Rugby League heart land.

Why? What other code is planning to move a team to C'Town? I just don't buy this line of argument.

The A-League are planning on bringing in a second Sydney team in the near future. It is going to be a Western Sydney team. I have heard that either Penrith Stadium, Parramatta Stadium or Campbelltown Stadium will be the homeground. Sydney FC have already played trial games at Campbelltown Stadium. It's actually a pretty good ground to watch the soccer, nice and close to the action.

The A-League? Please… For one thing its on at a different time and secondly it's just not as popular as it's made out to be. Look at North Qld and GC Utd. I'd be stunned if they based it at Campbelltown anyway. Not full time anytime.

 

[Ghostdogg]

I think the club has got it spot on with the 4-4-4\. Play the big pulling teams at the SFS/SCG, then the rest at the Cambo/Leichhardt. No complaints from me and I live in Leichhardt. However I can understand it is a different story for those out West, it may feel like ex-Balmain/inner city fans get 8 home games and Wests fans 4.

 

[NJLM78]

After these upgrades to Campo, they deserve more games there.

Look for the good of the team, we need to keep the West ours, and also increase games at traditional venues, where we can regain our home ground advantage
I would be more than happy with this split…
6 games @ Campbelltown Stadium
4 games @ Leichhardt Oval.
2 games @ SFS.

None, repeat, None never at SCG....stuff the history, the ground sucks for a place to watch footy.

It's 10 years on , and we have to start thinking the long time benefit to our great club, and if playing an imbalance of games upset Oldtime Balmain fans ( like myself), well bad luck.

I think if the club offer In the Menbers Application , the above game split, more would be happy than the currnt 2010 offer...I for one would , even though I live closer to the SFS and SCG than Campo

As an Oldtime Balmain fan I agree with everything you have said.

 

[supercoach]

A 4 x 4 x 4 split to me would be the way to go, and like others you have to look at the games and the times you allocate to each venue. You give Cambo a out of Sydney team on a Monday night and expect them to attract a big crowd is crazy. Really the league will have to start thinking about teams sharing home grounds, for teams and councils to maintain grounds for a handful of games each year is financial madness. We all love our suburban grounds but imagine the costs in keeping their up keep. Anyway if the team plays like it should in 2010 we will need big ground capacity to keep the punters hapy

 

[Balmain_Tiger]

After these upgrades to Campo, they deserve more games there.

Look for the good of the team, we need to keep the West ours, and also increase games at traditional venues, where we can regain our home ground advantage
I would be more than happy with this split…
6 games @ Campbelltown Stadium
4 games @ Leichhardt Oval.
2 games @ SFS.

None, repeat, None never at SCG....stuff the history, the ground sucks for a place to watch footy.

It's 10 years on , and we have to start thinking the long time benefit to our great club, and if playing an imbalance of games upset Oldtime Balmain fans ( like myself), well bad luck.

I think if the club offer In the Menbers Application , the above game split, more would be happy than the currnt 2010 offer...I for one would , even though I live closer to the SFS and SCG than Campo

As an Oldtime Balmain fan I agree with everything you have said.

5 at camp and 5 at leichardt
the renovations should bring in extra numbers for our big games

 

[galahs]

I think the reality is, in the long term more games will need to be played at Campbelltown if the NRL is serious about securing the area as a Rugby League heart land.

Why? What other code is planning to move a team to C'Town? I just don't buy this line of argument.

Why isn't every kid in the Macarthur a Wests Tigers fan?

Why hasn't the number of kids playing rugby league grown by the same percentage as the population growth in Macarthur?

Because the Wests Tigers don't represent the area enough.

The Macarthur is the growth centre of the greater Sydney region. To ignore it is plain silly.
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The Magpies finally had the area on side in 1996\. It took 9 hard years of them trying to become part of the community. SuperLeague unfortunately destroyed all that hard work.

Wests Tigers have been around for 10 years now and I feel that they have not embraced the area enough so the area has shunned them in return. The people of the Macarthur arn't silly. They are actually a very community focused region. You can't be part time members of the Macarthur community and just expect to be accepted.

 

[magpie_mania]

I think the reality is, in the long term more games will need to be played at Campbelltown if the NRL is serious about securing the area as a Rugby League heart land.

Why? What other code is planning to move a team to C'Town? I just don't buy this line of argument.

Why isn't every kid in the Macarthur a Wests Tigers fan?

Why hasn't the number of kids playing rugby league grown by the same percentage as the population growth in Macarthur?

Because the Wests Tigers don't represent the area enough.

The Macarthur is the growth centre of the greater Sydney region. To ignore it is plain silly.

Guys Galahs is right the future lies with more games out west macarthur is the nursery that can deliver the premierships even now 90% of our juniors are coming from the wests side of the fence but Galahs is right when he says leicchardt neds more games also I think 2 at the sfs probably vs dogs,parra or saints normally is right
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The Magpies finally had the area on side in 1996\. It took 9 hard years of them trying to become part of the community. SuperLeague unfortunately destroyed all that hard work.

Wests Tigers have been around for 10 years now and I feel that they have not embraced the area enough so the area has shunned them in return. The people of the Macarthur arn't silly. They are actually a very community focused region. You can't be part time members of the Macarthur community and just expect to be accepted.

 

[magpie_mania]

sorry what I meant to say is galahs is right cambo is our nursery so it needs more games since 90% of our local players are from wests also people who say leicchardt gets more people which i doubt is it maybe that the people from cambo are happy to go to leichardt but the leichardt folk are to fairweather to head out to cambo.

 

[Yossarian]

sorry what I meant to say is galahs is right cambo is our nursery so it needs more games since 90% of our local players are from wests also people who say leicchardt gets more people which i doubt is it maybe that the people from cambo are happy to go to leichardt but the leichardt folk are to fairweather to head out to cambo.

Well it doesn't help you mispelled Leichhardt twice in one post (only kidding!), but I don't think what you're saying is completely true. More people tend to go to Leichhardt because not all WT fans live in the inner west or Campbelltown areas. Plenty (like myself) live on the Central Coast. Leichhardt, SFS and Olympic Stadium are relatively easy trips but Campbelltown is a long trip, esp on the train and esp when they have trackwork on (which seems to be every other weekend).

 

[simonthetiger]

sorry what I meant to say is galahs is right cambo is our nursery so it needs more games since 90% of our local players are from wests also people who say leicchardt gets more people which i doubt is it maybe that the people from cambo are happy to go to leichardt but the leichardt folk are to fairweather to head out to cambo.

Hmmmmm,so 90% of our juniors come from the west eh,hmmmmmm.

And those nasty Balmain types are boycotting Cambo so our own crowds are down.

Riiiiiiiiiiight….............

 

[simonthetiger]

Why isn't every kid in the Macarthur a Wests Tigers fan?

Hmmmmm,I'd say a very high percentage are….....Ive got mates that live out that way and there are plenty of peeps wearing our kit.

What do you suggest we do to make every one out that way a fan???I am up for it as long as it doesnt take games away from the city fans.

Remembering that the Wests side of it makes up number here as well,Ashfield to Lidcombe is full of old Maggie and now Wests Tigers fans and we dont want to alienate their support.Its definitely a juggling act.

 

[towntiger]

Balmain Tiger - the renos at each of the grounds only get us to around 20-22k capacity at each - thinking long term do we really think this is a sustainable growth plan? Our management made the unpopular decisions but it was probably the right one - we need to grow our crowds and in the next 10 years if we are not growing crowds well above 22k then i dont think there is too much future given the struggling leagues clubs who back footy teams.
Playing at the big grounds gives our club the opportunity to make big $$$$ for the big games and aim to get near on capacity or at least high crowds for the out of town clubs/not big drawing sydney matches.
I think the club and as fans we should be trying to sell out the games against teams like raiders, sharks, cowboys titans at LO/CS and then have 30k plus crowds at big sydney matches aginsat parra,saints, souths, dogs etc.
Then we will have a really good club and be wealthy instead of struggling at poor grounds like LO/CS

 

[gallagher]

Well bugger me.
1 extra game per year at LO and CS has already re-introduced the LO v CS threads. And I thought we were all past being a Balmain or a Magpies fan and just wanted what was best for the Wests Tigers. We seem to want to the board to get over the Balmain/Wests thing but are struggling to do the same ourselves.