It's time to take the fight back to HBG

mtd#2 said:
This is so wrong.
NRL needs to take the licence off them and give it to someone who prioritises the nrl club.
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Agree but we need to know who makes what decsions? I don't, do you? How did they vote?

What I'm asking is shouldn't the football club take more responsibility, the non HBG members?

Is it always the 5 HBG members making the incorrect vote?
 
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Chunk said:
Agree but we need to know who makes what decsions? I don't, do you? How did they vote?

What I'm asking is shouldn't the football club take more responsibility, the non HBG members?

Is it always the 5 HBG members making the incorrect vote?
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That’s not public information. But if you have majority control then there HBG have their finger prints on it.

Have a look at the Wests appointees on the board (and Stapleton), no one wonder we are stuck in the mud!
 
Chunk said:
Agree but we need to know who makes what decsions? I don't, do you? How did they vote?

What I'm asking is shouldn't the football club take more responsibility, the non HBG members?

Is it always the 5 HBG members making the incorrect vote?
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The football club has borne the responsibility over the past 15 years, nothing has changed. HBG directors have been the only consistent factor and hold the only power. The independents are lame ducks.

If you take the time to look at their experience/connections and consider what they have done - blowing up the board, unwinding recommendations, their internal fighting, hiding in the shadows, other reports from ex-chairmen around board discussions. They are not at the level of other boards.

That's not a knock on them. I'm not experienced enough either. But I'm selfless enough that I would know that and step out of the way for the betterment of the club. Their ego will not let them do the same and that's their real failing.

If they won't re-implement the report, we need the NRL to step in to ensure the club is democratised so the best and brightest can lead us, like all our competitors do.
 
Chunk said:
Yes, okay

AI says
Most Decisions are Unanimous
According to former Chairman Barry O'Farrell, voting data is rarely contentious because Wests Tigers football board meetings traditionally operate on consensus, meaning minutes usually reflect unanimous club decisions rather than divided tallies
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He said this was the case when the board was independent and in response to why it made no sense that HBG sacked the independents.

www.abc.net.au

O'Farrell speaks out on 'brain fart' behind Wests Tigers turmoil

Former New South Wales premier and sacked Wests Tigers chair Barry O'Farrell believes the NRL could be forced to intervene at the joint venture following the latest round of boardroom chaos.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
 
Chunk said:
Agree but we need to know who makes what decsions? I don't, do you?

What I'm asking is shouldn't the football club take more responsibility?

Its the football club who make the decisions, granted with limited resources but they're the ones who should be copping more of the flak?

I think they didn't make the decsion about KOE, that was HBG but what else? Were they involved?

And this Mariners thing, how do we know it is at the detriment of the Wests Tigers? Are we just geusing? It looks like though because that money could be the WTs
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How could it possibly benefit the Wests Tigers? Resources, opportunities, and money will be taken away from our club.

How about investing more in the NRLW and the NRL? The reality is that Wests Ashfield is in financial trouble, and they're looking at other avenues before it goes bust. No one plays the pokies anymore.

Unfortunately, the fans have watched HBG destroy the legacy of legendary Wests Magpies players like Keith and Bill, and our record proves it.
 
Leck said:
How could it possibly benefit the Wests Tigers? Resources, opportunities, and money will be taken away from our club.

How about investing more in the NRLW and the NRL? The reality is that Wests Ashfield is in financial trouble, and they're looking at other avenues before it goes bust. No one plays the pokies anymore.

Unfortunately, the fans have watched HBG destroy the legacy of legendary Wests Magpies players like Keith and Bill, and our record proves it.
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Yes, I totally agree.

Are they in financial trouble?

What about joining up with Cambo? Its hard to understand why they don't work much more closely?
 
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Chunk said:
Yes, I totally agree.

Are they in financial trouble?

What about joining up with Cambo? Its hard to understand why they don't work much more closely?
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That would make sense because the South West is our future until Leichhardt is redeveloped.

I don't understand why HBG has invested in APIA Leichhardt and now the Mariners women's team. I also don't understand why it has a debenture system or why Dennis Burgess is the chairman.

If you've been to Wests Ashfield lately, it's run-down and falling apart. It's also very clear that the demographic has given up on the leagues club. It's like walking into a sad retirement village.
 
Chunk said:
Agree but we need to know who makes what decsions? I don't, do you? How did they vote?

What I'm asking is shouldn't the football club take more responsibility, the non HBG members?

Is it always the 5 HBG members making the incorrect vote?
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The football club board has nothing to do with the hbg board.

Hbg have decided to throw money at another sporting organisation, outside of sydney, that has nothing to do with wests, balmain or the wests tigers.

Yet HBGs contribution to the wests tigers is roughly one fifth of what canterbury leagues contribute to the Bulldogs (from what I gather publicly).
 
Leck said:
That would make sense because the South West is our future until Leichhardt is redeveloped.

I don't understand why HBG has invested in APIA Leichhardt and now the Mariners women's team. I also don't understand why it has a debenture system or why Dennis Burgess is the chairman.

If you've been to Wests Ashfield lately, it's run-down and falling apart. It's also very clear that the demographic has given up on the leagues club. It's like walking into a sad retirement village.
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Its such a horrible, depressing place. The food and beverage is awful, no restaurant operator can make it work and they have been through a few. The only thing that works are the pokies
 
Joel Helmes said:
Cause they absolutely detest each other.
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Yes I've heard that before and it's bewildering, considering they were the ones who initiated it.

Is there a way that the NRL could get Cambo more involved, somehow?

Could this be explored further as an avenue of despair?

Surely, it's a possibility?

It would depend on the money they make, and if it was enough, the supporters could use 'people' power to make them our main owners.

There we go, I have just solved our problem. 🙂
 
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mtd#2 said:
The football club board has nothing to do with the hbg board.

Hbg have decided to throw money at another sporting organisation, outside of sydney, that has nothing to do with wests, balmain or the wests tigers.

Yet HBGs contribution to the wests tigers is roughly one fifth of what canterbury leagues contribute to the Bulldogs (from what I gather publicly).
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Yeah, I was talking about the football club.

Is there any way of knowing what actually goes on and how they vote on things.

Also, I wonder if they have ever requested for more funds from HBG? And if they did, what happened?
 
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