Harry interested in buying Wests Tigers

@Telltails said:
Interesting that many on this forum who complain about accepting mediocrity and having a losing culture, mismanagement, no funds to buy marquee players and upgrade facilities, the inequity of the competition due to the cashed up clubs, the failure of the joint venture over a period of years etc - are approached by a multi billionaire who loves the game and wants this club to succeed as a united team- and suddenly what we are is worth persisting with. Go figure . I wonder when the next multi -billionare will come along who wants to buy Wests Tigers - never.

Are they the same people?
Please provide quotes
 
@gallagher said:
@Telltails said:
Interesting that many on this forum who complain about accepting mediocrity and having a losing culture, mismanagement, no funds to buy marquee players and upgrade facilities, the inequity of the competition due to the cashed up clubs, the failure of the joint venture over a period of years etc - are approached by a multi billionaire who loves the game and wants this club to succeed as a united team- and suddenly what we are is worth persisting with. Go figure . I wonder when the next multi -billionare will come along who wants to buy Wests Tigers - never.

Martin Koukash will be interested. But i suspect some here only want to sell to Harry for some reason thats not related to balmain.

Well….Koukash is a certified nutjob...do some research on him
 
@magpiecol said:
Will not happen. Next!

You're right Col , it won't happen !
Just listening to triple m , Gorden Tallis and Dan Ganane were informed that Wests Ashfield won't sell their stake to Harry T !

But as we all know the brand 'Wests Tigers' will remain !

Let's keep embracing the struggling club !

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So most here say this is not an issue re West /Balmain well I tend to differ I think this is exactly what this is. I want someone to answer the question if the Wests Group has upheld all its obligations since the inception of the venture and are cash positive with a hugely successful business and willing to pour money into the club why then all of a sudden is Mr Meriton the white Knight with pockets of cash heralded as a savour.
I read and read about how this will be fantastic and Wests should just sell again I say why! I aslo read that the Balmain directors are begging at Meritons doors wanting this to happen well not a Balmain/Wests thing righty O.
So why do a majority of the posters want Mr Meriton to buy the whole club and why should the Wests Group want any part of it as they have the cash to move the Weststigers forward, some of the posts re the wests side are pathetic to say the least one should remember who is the financial viable part of this venture and handed the olive branch to there partner so they had breathing space ..but wait was this always the plan .
To say this is not West /Balmain are kidding themselves because the 2 partners are West / Balmain ..and to make things worse Mr Elias now is in the mix as well .This will turn out to be a Wests V Balmain fight
 
Wests Tigers 3 finals appearances in 16 seasons.
"Tigers" teams (incl Balmain) 3 finals appearances in 25 seasons.

Wests Tigers 1 premiership in 16 seasons.
Balmain Tigers (before 2000 merger) last premiership 1969.
Wests Magpies (before 2000 merger) last premiership 1952.

Maybe worth considering Harry's master-plan. :slight_smile:
 
@Magpie Magic said:
Thank you for your kind words.

Seems no one from the Wests side likes this idea and everyone from the Balmain side does give or take.

This is important to many people.

Who are you to judge this.

I for one have put up with to much change for " the good of the game "and want no more.
A JV with a private owner is problematic.

He could buy Balmains stake or be involved heavily on board level and that would make us successful.

A takeover is not required.

I'm ex Balmain and pretty well agree with this, so let's be fair, there are a lot like me that don't want private ownership, regardless of who it may be.

For mine the ball Is in Harry's court. If he truly has the passion that he claims to have for his old club and its supporters, then he should give it to the side to play with, else he can choose to tuck it under his arm and mope all the way home.
 
@formerguest said:
@Magpie Magic said:
Thank you for your kind words.

Seems no one from the Wests side likes this idea and everyone from the Balmain side does give or take.

This is important to many people.

Who are you to judge this.

I for one have put up with to much change for " the good of the game "and want no more.
A JV with a private owner is problematic.

He could buy Balmains stake or be involved heavily on board level and that would make us successful.

A takeover is not required.

I'm ex Balmain and pretty well agree with this, so let's be fair, there are a lot like me that don't want private ownership, regardless of who it may be.

For mine the ball Is in Harry's court. If he truly has the passion that he claims to have for his old club and its supporters, then he should give it to the side to play with, else he can choose to tuck it under his arm and mope all the way home.

Private ownership means when the going gets tough for years SELL SELL SELL… the other option well fellas there is always next year .
 
@batboy said:
@Tiger Watto said:
Does the membership base at WA really want to be involved in an NRL Franchise anymore?

From the outside, I wouldnt be surprised if the majority of members are no longer aligned to the 'Football Retric' and are more supportive of growing its acquisitions of licensed clubs.

I highly doubt the NRL will support Harry simply buying Balmains share. They would aggressively be encouraging a 100% ownership model moving forward.

The other interesting scenario is how much is a NRL sporting franchise worth, considering the future forecast in revenue has just increased under the new TV Rights? This alone has an improved value!!!

I think Rusty paid about 3 Million for the Rabbitohs wasn't it?
in 2006ish?

Go you halves big fella… We could have a few Steins to seal the deal :smiley:
 
@littletiger said:
Tripple m just said the sale to Harry won't happen because harry would have to buy out wests and wests are not looking to sell.

Everyone has their price mate …. Of course they'd say that.
Up to this point Harry has only said he is considering buying out the Wests Tigers ..... Let's see him put some cold hard cash on the table for the NRL and Ashfield to have a think about.
$5m may be a good starting point ..... $2.5 m would repay the NRL and see them off the board. Is $2.5m enough for Ashfield to accept .... I doubt it but it's a good starting point.

Come on Harry .... Let's see some dollars on the table :smiley:
 
@gallagher said:
Packer paid $7.5mil for 37% of the bunnies

Like it or not, we are not valued anywhere near to the Souths brand. So uncle Harry could pull off a bargain.

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@cqtiger said:
@gallagher said:
Packer paid $7.5mil for 37% of the bunnies

Like it or not, we are not valued anywhere near to the Souths brand. So uncle Harry could pull off a bargain.

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Maybe. Maybe not. He won't be the only interested party? Koukash and consortiums from perth Queensland and nz would all be interested in an NRL license. How many people would have been interested in 37% of a license?
 
@Knuckles said:
@littletiger said:
Tripple m just said the sale to Harry won't happen because harry would have to buy out wests and wests are not looking to sell.

Everyone has their price mate …. Of course they'd say that.
Up to this point Harry has only said he is considering buying out the Wests Tigers ..... Let's see him put some cold hard cash on the table for the NRL and Ashfield to have a think about.
$5m may be a good starting point ..... $2.5 m would repay the NRL and see them off the board. Is $2.5m enough for Ashfield to accept .... I doubt it but it's a good starting point.

Come on Harry .... Let's see some dollars on the table :smiley:

I don't know mate those magpies seem a stubborn lot. But Ur right everyone has their price. Question is how much
 
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