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innsaneink
Well-known member
@Staks said:
Better for WTs in the long run imo
People will say condensing two into one will be shortchanging ourselves, I say crap, 96-98% of em wont make NRL anyways
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alien
Guest
@Staks said:
They are trying to make the Wests Magpies extinct at all levels. They don't care about the fans.
Balmain_Bug
New member
I think the fear factor is this.
Wests Magpies will have SG Ball & Harold Mathews, but the rumour is the Wests Tigers want to enter a SG Ball and Harold Mathews sides also.
Wests Magpies will have SG Ball & Harold Mathews, but the rumour is the Wests Tigers want to enter a SG Ball and Harold Mathews sides also.
@innsaneink said:
Might be better financially but I don't agree that you can fully decide if a kid will make it at the 15-18 age level. Some kids develop differently both physically and mentally. Some might be gun players at junior level and then go astray as they get older… And some might not start showing promise until they have developed more...
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alien
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@Staks said:
No I am talking about WT. They want to take over all grades.
@alien said:
Yes Wests Tigers want to take over all grades, but in no way will this be a re-branding, or merging structure. The Balmain and Wests boards will simply not let it happen.
There will be a Wests Magpies Harold Matthews and SG Ball, as there will be a Balmain Tigers Harold Matthews and SG Ball team. Both will be run under the WT football department, but will stand alone as teams. The idea is that the CUBS system acts as the joining of the two squads to move towards the NYC, and therefore a single State Cup team is the next logical step.
Yes, the idea is that WT will be running all grades (call it a takeover if you like), but it will not see the end of the Wests Magpies in the junior representative competitions.
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alien
Guest
@Staks said:
Who wouldn't!
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alien
Guest
So when will we know what Wests Ashfield's choice is?
1_4_chicken_chips
New member
@Staks said:
The logistics will make it too hard imo.
Wests have plenty to choose from in the junior ranks ,Balmain on the other hand would struggle.
1_4_chicken_chips
New member
I think its Alien who cant get over the fact Balmain saved us from a certain death way back in 1999.No wonder the big guy always makes reference the the Magpies .He holds up his go Wests banner,always wears his Magpie gear.Wests had a great win against the Cronulla Storm.I was impressed with Davis when he cam back on after a head cut .
Original_Magpie
New member
1/4 chicken,chips balmain are irrelevant now its the Wests Magpies juniors that are the future of the club and not the balmain juniors
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alien
Guest
Western Suburbs only formed a joint-venture with Balmain because of the stupid criteria list that the NRL had. I'm not exactly sure why Balmain was higher on that list than Wests when the Campbelltown Wests area seemed to have a stronger future, and I'm not trying to offend Balmain by saying that. The NRL was a bit short-sighted. The NRL also got rid of Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast and South QLD which they shouldn't have done. We now have a Gold Coast team again, and hopefully another South QLD/second Brisbane team soon, so we are slowly getting back to what we already had over 10 years ago. Who knows how long it will be until we get a Perth team and an Adelaide team back. This was all happening whilst the AFL were spreading it's wings.
1_4_chicken_chips
New member
@Original Magpie said:
Yes OM im pretty sure i already said that in an earlier post.
