Jersey Talk - Mega Thread

[westielife]

Nobody associates the Magpies with white. No tie in whatsoever. The club have f%#@ up here unfortunately.

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[westielife]

I'm not sure where you get this from. We are Wests Tigers and we have that emblem on the front of the jumper. An emblem that represents who we are now.

Let's look at the "obliteration" of West Magpies objectively.

Black, White and Orange colours - they are the colours of a tiger, predominantly orange, with black stripes and white underbelly. This is our Mascot and also provides a link back to the foundation clubs, black for both, white from the Magpies and Orange form the Tigers. The link is symbolic - we are the Wests Tigers and our colurs were decided when the JV was founded. A branding decision made when the joint venture was pulled together with a nod to history. Nothing done by Richo to obliterate the "90% owners" of the joint venture

Historic representation on our jumpers - A Western Suburbs Mapies historic emblem on the back beside a Balmain Tigers Historic emblem - that seems like fair representation of the joint venture. Nothing obliterated there. On each sleeve we have a magpie representing the former Wests Magpies side of the joint venture.

Mmm, that's odd, this is a joint venture isn't it? Why is it not equal representation? why is there not a Balmain Tiger on one sleeve?

Is this is an attempt by the club to obliterate Balmain Tigers from our history?

Of course not. Not one person is arguing this gross denigration of one half of our joint venture. Why? Because it is ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as the argument that the 2026 jumpers represent an attempt by Richo to obliterate the 90% owners of the club - who I have no doubt were consulted, and perhaps even approved the jumpers.

Because theres a tiger on the chest and it's there as the main name stake, now you want it on the sleeves too? Is the tiger really that hidden in sight needs more exposure?

 

[westielife]

Yeh well, I guess supposedly older wiser men from the Balmain side of our forced marriage don't have any need to bicker about club colours/animal emblems anymore as you have got a modern, fresh, clean jersey that represents the Tiger perfectly as noted by nearly every poster on here.

The only pointer to Western Suburbs Magpies is 3 miniature Magpies which you can't even see if you are more than 20 ft. away.

Our new fans probably won't ever notice the Magpies, as they know nothing about the Magpies or Western Suburbs.
Or, if they do see it, they'll wonder what the hell the Magpies are on the jersey for and why on earth are we called WESTS Tigers.

I guess this wouldn't be such a problem to thousands of Wests Magpie followers if it wasn't for the fact that Wests Magpies own 90% of our JV but only have a miniscule amount of representation on the jersey.

A couple of days ago a poster on here suggested the Tiger emblem on the jersey should be larger. That was followed by a number of up votes in agreement.

However, when I suggested the Magpie could also be larger, I was put down for it and told I had a mental problem amongst other things.

And that RHS is the way it's been since I joined in 2019 for having what's obviously regarded by nearly everyone on here as temerity in sticking up for the Magpies on a site heavily dominated by Balmain people.

And it just aint fair.

Why not make the tiger and the magpie both bigger? Also theres been a magpie on the shoulders since 2000s so now its tradition.

 

[Oscar Martinez]

Nobody associates the Magpies with white. No tie in whatsoever. The club have f%#@ up here unfortunately.

Call me Nobody.
I remember many afternoons on the Lidcombe Hill watching the Magpies run out in White jerseys with a black V. I have a couple in my wardrobe.
The only problem was that whenever they ran out their white jerseys they inevitably had an off game.

 

[westielife]

Mate I think that the majority of forum members like me don't give a rats about the foundation clubs and just concentrate on Wests Tigers exclusively, as it should be.

As for the jersey representing the tiger more, I guess you can put it solely down to the law of the jungle, the bigger predator wins.

Cause wests tigers don't look any different to Balmain tigers that's why you don't give a rat's about the foundation clubs. Cause nothing has changed really to you're old favourite club if anything they have colonised the other club and taken there land and put there logo and colours on . it still all orange and people shouting out go tigers.