Harry interested in buying Wests Tigers

@willow said:
@Knuckles said:
@Tigerspirit said:
@Mccarry said:
Hard hard business man. That rubbish about everyone winning is just that. He screws suppliers and builds the lowest quality units on the market.

Lots of statements where he says how good he is. Not my kettle of fish. Imagine talking to him in the pub. If not for his money you'd tell him to get off himself.

Has loads of money yet hoards it whilst people die that he could help with as little outlay as us dropping a five cent coin.

Who gets ownership when he dies? The fella is already in his 80s. A condition would need to cover where the club goes upon his death (perhaps to members).

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Haha !!!!
There's always one isn't there …. as Willow said, 99% on here want the best outcome for Wests Tigers .... You must be part of the 1% who want to turn a good discussion into a bun fight.

And there's a very simple solution to those that want to turn this into a Balmain V Wests tirade. Hopefully I don't have to ban anyone over this, so consider yourself warned Tigerspirit. Thankfully just about everyone on here is using their commonsense in discussing what is a very topical issue.

What I find frustrating to hear now is that Wests may have been held back from investing money into the JV because of a binding agreement with Balmain, who are on the verge of extinction. Whilst I previously supported Balmain, I'm 100% behind Wests Tigers and simply want to see the club be able to compete in the player market for top talent, and have the infrastructure and facilities which enable it to be a premier club.
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No problem Willow
Ironically I agree with all your posts in this thread including having the same path to the Wests Tigers…
I just cant stand, posts such as that funny fellow knuckles and mcarry hidden passive agressive responses.

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@DamoG33 said:
So, after reading the article and most of the replies….
Can anyone confirm who the new major Sponsor for 2016 is?
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Mars bars…
 
Harry was a Balmain fan thats his entry to tbe WT.

Wonder has he moved on?

And if a club like ours which is a JV between 2 historical clubs changes to perhaps become successful for a private owner whats the point?
Did Wests and Balmain and all of us just fund and support the club just for someone to buy it cheap?
 
@Magpie Magic said:
Harry was a Balmain fan thats his entry to tbe WT.

Wonder has he moved on?

And if a club like ours which is a JV between 2 historical clubs changes to perhaps become successful for a private owner whats the point?
Did Wests and Balmain and all of us just fund and support the club just for someone to buy it cheap?
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There we go again, back to Balmain and Wests, neither of which foundation clubs exist anymore but you still won't let it go. For all intents and purposes the leagues clubs from both sides are doing diddlysquat for the Wests Tigers. Balmain are bantherfodder and Wests are seemingly restrained from injecting funds until Balmain either bite the dust or somehow manage to settle their debts.

The point is we want the club to be successful. At the moment we are not and there's simply no sugar coating that - our finals record speaks for itself. It's disastrous and unacceptable - Many fans on here are sick of it. We're not competitive in the player market, our facilities suck and we lack resources.

Do you not want to support a team that regularly makes the finals? So many fans are sick of the team losing and missing out on the finals year after year. With private ownership, first class facilities and the genuine ability to recruit top players the club could really transform itself into a powerful rugby league entity. Is this likely to happen if our current business ownership continues? Most likely not.

And why would the club be cheap? That last point is fairly irrelevant, the history of both clubs won't be forgotten but hanging onto the past will not make us successful in the future.
 
@batboy said:
l.
Last I heard (Maybe 5-6 years ago) the Dogs get a 4mil a year grant from the leagues club. We have never got that kind of money from 2 Leagues clubs - At any time. And more than likely never will.
We have one of the lowest memberships in the game.
It's not like we're a 1 team town. There's 6+ clubs within a stones throw..

To evolve we need to play with the big boys, To do that we need the big boys money…
Even Ashfield as a stand alone owner, (Which I'm all for if it helps the club) Would struggle to compete with the $$$$ of Penrith, Parra and the Dogs.

We have some of the most attractive "Franchise Players" coming through in the game, We need to capitalise while we can.
So, Harry - Let's put some lipstick on this Pig and turn it into the sleeping giant of Sydney.

I once heard, We all have ideas' we're just lacking the capitol.....
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This part of your post isnt true at all.

During the time period where Wests Ashfield were offering to absorb Balmains defaults of the bi-annual payments to the WT in return for control of the board, the payments from each party were in the ballpark of $800,000 twice a year, so $1.6M from each side met dollar for dollar, which is a handsome $3.2M per year. So in laymans terms, Wests Ashfield has already offered to front $3.2M per year ongoing until Balmain became viable again, if they ever could at all. Balmain instead opted to approach the NRL which in turn gave them a finite term to come good.

I understand it is still $800,000 short of the almight Bulldogs money, though dont think for a minute that is the full on flex of Wests Ashfield financial might. That amount is governed by bi-partisan agreement, meaning unless Balmain are willing to pledge more money (which they obviously cannot) Wests Ashfield is handcuffed by a standing agreement.

Hopefully this isnt construed as being divisive, though I dont know how else to put that across without spelling it out as such.

This isnt a case for or against Wests Ashfield or Harry T… more so that Wests Ashfield isnt a shrinking violet in all of this. The place runs on a business model to funnel its clear profits into football, has no projected end to its ability to sustain the capitol required, as well as the added security of an entity protected against human mortality.

Food for thought for those thinking they arent up to it, nor invested enough in our success or longevity.
 
@willow said:
@Magpie Magic said:
Harry was a Balmain fan thats his entry to tbe WT.

Wonder has he moved on?

And if a club like ours which is a JV between 2 historical clubs changes to perhaps become successful for a private owner whats the point?
Did Wests and Balmain and all of us just fund and support the club just for someone to buy it cheap?

There we go again, back to Balmain and Wests, neither of which foundation clubs exist anymore but you still won't let it go. For all intents and purposes the leagues clubs from both sides are doing diddlysquat for the Wests Tigers. Balmain are bantherfodder and Wests are seemingly restrained from injecting funds until Balmain either bite the dust or somehow manage to settle their debts.

The point is we want the club to be successful. At the moment we are not and there's simply no sugar coating that - our finals record speaks for itself. It's disastrous and unacceptable - Many fans on here are sick of it. We're not competitive in the player market, our facilities suck and we lack resources.

Do you not want to support a team that regularly makes the finals? So many fans are sick of the team losing and missing out on the finals year after year. With private ownership, first class facilities and the genuine ability to recruit top players the club could really transform itself into a powerful rugby league entity. Is this likely to happen if our current business ownership continues? Most likely not.

And why would the club be cheap? That last point is fairly irrelevant, the history of both clubs won't be forgotten but hanging onto the past will not make us successful in the future.
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Hear, hear!
This could be the chance to get out of tribal war, and finally unite as WT only, no more Magpies or Balmain Tigers BS.
It would be also great chance to get some serious money, and get out of this year to year survival.
Go Tigers
 
@Magpie Magic said:
Harry was a Balmain fan thats his entry to tbe WT.

Wonder has he moved on?

And if a club like ours which is a JV between 2 historical clubs changes to perhaps become successful for a private owner whats the point?
Did Wests and Balmain and all of us just fund and support the club just for someone to buy it cheap?
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Not sure that we can rely on the NRL to look after the current WT/s supporters best interests especially if they have a controlling factor. We are vulnerable to what ever they decide is best for the NRL not necessarily our club. We will never get this opportunity again and while I can understand your reservations as a Wests and now WestsTigers supporter, I think it would be crazy to ignore it. It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds.
 
http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/balmain-welcomes-harry-triguboffs-bid-to-buy-wests-tigers-20150813-giykws.html
 
I wonder why Ms Go declined to make a comment, even just indicative that the club would be open to consider all options going forward.
 
obviously i have nfi about how it all works but i do know one thing… Harry T has too much money for us to refuse- give him what he wants.
 
@ricksen said:
Will believe it when I see it.

For the record - he won't be providing TPAs. Given his long association with WT, there's no way the NRL would view Meriton as a separate, independent entity.
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Not one to quote my own post, but this needs correcting.
On her twitter account, Marina Go mentioned that Harry would be able to arrange TPAs once Meriton's sponsorship is up, so I was wrong.
Just goes to show how flimsy the TPA rules are I guess.
 
What an opportunity this could be, could really catapult the club into top tiered levels like the others we all know and hate.

Of course succession plan would have to be in place for when Harry is gone, slush fund of some sort.

There will be doubters and sceptics, I'm definitely one of them even though this all seems like a dream come true.

Will it actually happen? I hope so but I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't.

Ironically Harry mentioned that asians buy his units but have no interest in rugby league. Same could be said about our other arm of funding from wests leagues club. Our biggest funders of the club are from cultures that dont really support the game. This needs to change and with Harry's business experience and connections the issues we have/had attracting sponsorship and tpa's could be a thing of the past.

Just like Halley's comet an opportunity like this only comes around once in a lifetime.
 
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