Meyer: cambo has once last chance

[tigertilidie]

While there is little excuse for such a small crowd, the truth is the years of shafting the Magpie side of the JV has taken its toll. Putting aside the bad weather which is always convenient in these debates, surely someone at the WT can see that to repair the damage the Cambo area needs Sydney team matches. Look at the luck of the draw.

LO Manly- Sun 3pm, Gold Coast-Sun 3pm, Penrith Sun 3pm, Cronulla TBC.
NQ Sat 730, Brisbane Sat 730, Canberra Sat 530, Melbourne TBC.

Then you read LO has zero ground usage fee, compared to Campbo's $25k.

Just a question, why isn't the Fibros v Silvertails played at Campbo **along with the Battle of the West with the Panthers**. This is not a Wests v Balmain argument, this is a disgraceful draw.
How would you treat games if you were from the Campbo area.
And one last thing, don't sell memberships that get you to ANZ/LO or ANZ/CSS, sell the one package of 12 games. Reality is Campbelltown now has 4 home games like LO but ANZ has 4 with clubs that can pull crowds, conveniently only 5-10 minutes down the road from LO.
That is the reason numbers are down, if you can't see that, you don't want to fix the problem Mayer.

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That happened last year on a sunday arvo and only got 9500 so thats not the answer

 

[Demonborger]

You first point is good Southerntiger, the second thing is silly.
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For some reason some of the disgruntled Campbelltown people think that it is entirely the clubs doing regarding the hype for Wests Tigers matches in the area. When this is almost entirely created by the fans and media living in the area, and the corporate media who have closer ties to people like Sironen and Blocker than any Magpie identities. Sironen and Blocker are more high profile almost entirely due to their on field success in their careers (making a couple of grandfinals and Origin/National teams).

Hell I live in Ryde area, the place where Holy Cross is that has given us guys like Brooks and Sironen. It's not like Wests Tigers come around door knocking or holding parties at Top Ryde! Actually if I was the club I'd definitely be trying to establish a visual presence in the Macquarie Park business area but that's probably a topic for a different thread.

Most neutrals seem to be questioning why we play at CSS.

 

[tigermaniac]

While there is little excuse for such a small crowd, the truth is the years of shafting the Magpie side of the JV has taken its toll. Putting aside the bad weather which is always convenient in these debates, surely someone at the WT can see that to repair the damage the Cambo area needs Sydney team matches. Look at the luck of the draw.

LO Manly- Sun 3pm, Gold Coast-Sun 3pm, Penrith Sun 3pm, Cronulla TBC.
NQ Sat 730, Brisbane Sat 730, Canberra Sat 530, Melbourne TBC.

Then you read LO has zero ground usage fee, compared to Campbo's $25k.

Just a question, why isn't the Fibros v Silvertails played at Campbo **along with the Battle of the West with the Panthers**. This is not a Wests v Balmain argument, this is a disgraceful draw.
How would you treat games if you were from the Campbo area.
And one last thing, don't sell memberships that get you to ANZ/LO or ANZ/CSS, sell the one package of 12 games. Reality is Campbelltown now has 4 home games like LO but ANZ has 4 with clubs that can pull crowds, conveniently only 5-10 minutes down the road from LO.
That is the reason numbers are down, if you can't see that, you don't want to fix the problem Mayer.

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That happened last year on a sunday arvo and only got 9500 so thats not the answer

Are you comparing last years successful WT team, LO suffered a drop in crowds also, don't you think.

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[sideline_eye]

Geez, all this talk about ditching Campbelltown. We will end up the same as the old Balmain Tigers and Wests Magpies - with no future. Even though I don't live there, this is an area to be nurtured, not just in junior development but on all levels. Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater; something is wrong and we really need to work out what it is. I don't care what side of the JV it is but this area can provide us with juniors, supporters and money going forward.

Mr. Mayer, have a think about this before running off at the mouth. Get out there and identify the issues and then do something about it. So far, what you have done isn't working, simply because you don't know what is wrong

 

[tigermaniac]

The magpies side of the JV is Ashfield.

Team bases are Balmain and Campbelltown. Wests Ashfield is the purse strings for the WT.

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[tig_prmz]

My wife is 37 weeks pregnant so a trip to Campbelltown just wasn't something I could do. Didn't go to Leichhardt for similar reasons. Is that okay with you champ?

Some people have legitimate excuses for why they can't get to games - that doesn't stop them having the "write" to comment on things.

well said

 

[sunshine_coast_tiger]

The magpies side of the JV is Ashfield.

Ashfield is also vastly closer to Leichhardt than Campbelltown is as well. The majority of the Magpies board and Wests Tigers sponsors prefer games at Leichhardt, that was told to me by a Wests Tigers board member a couple of seasons ago.

I grew up in Balmain and now live in the South West. I go to all three grounds but I have many mates that go to the 8 home games and refuse to go to Campbelltown (these fans will never change their mind) and I am sure it works the other way as well.

I still think we need to move to the South West full time but for mine it should be around Liverpool/Fairfield way. The NRL and FFA should lobby for a new stadium in that area. The tenants would be us, Dogs and WSW which is more than a new stadium at Parramatta or Penrith would get (WSW wouldn't play at Penrith and no other NRL side will ever call Parramatta home). If such a stadium is ever built we should try to lobby for a centre of excellence to be built for us nearby at the same time.

 

[cqtiger]

Nice of you to spell his name incorrectly but maybe Mayer should check with the board before opening his mouth or doing his normal putting it out on twitter.

That's why you have a CEO, so the board don't get involved in every damn thing

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[shane2801]

Mayer can go and get stuffed with his warnings.

 

[shane2801]

In defence of the campo brigade, it is a bit early in the season for them to attend weekend matches….most are still doing weekend detentions from summer. Give us a thursday night game and they will pack it out....

Nothing like a stereotype eh Stryker?? Being from Qld (not the brightest people on earth) I can understand you may struggle with common sense, I mean you would still have Benji playing 5/8 for us wouldn't you? Idiot!

 

[tigermaniac]

Mayer listen to yourself. This is Campbelltowns last chance vs Brisbane to pull a crowd or else. Take the make up off you clown, start by doing your job and stop dribbling. Stop talking tough. Now that you put yourself in the spotlight again, let's see what you really will do if the crowds don't show up. Let me guess, leave the area. Lol.

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[wtfl1981]

Can we perhaps have a poll on some core reasons why people are not going to Campbelltown?

 

[cqtiger]

Rockhampton get that many people to a preseason trial game between 2 NRL sides that contain maybe 4 or 5 first graders each.

There are a lot of excuses for Campbelltown but that's all they are … Excuses.

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[cqtiger]

**"It is difficult to reconcile that we got 16,500 people at Leichhardt in the rain and we won against one of the competition heavyweights, yet six days later we can only get 6500 people at one of the best venues in rugby league."**

I can damn well reconcile it - when was the last time we were actually scheduled to play another Sydney team at Campbelltown??? All the Campo matches, in recent memory, have been against interstate sides who have little, or no, supporters living in Sydney, so we never get the benefit of having their fans filling some of the seats, alongside our own. I mean how many times have we had matches against North Qld scheduled there? And now the next one is against bloody Brisbane - seriously! How about getting some matches against Parramatta, Manly or Canterbury scheduled there for once!

there should still be more than 6000 wests tigers fans there

Yes there should, so why aren't the same supporters, who are packing out Leichhardt every time going to Campbelltown as well?

They are all probably crook with the flu for standing in the rain last week

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[GNR4LIFE]

The difference between the overall attendance figures for both grounds since 2000 is not even 1000\. Yet the way people carry on, its as if its 100 times at LO to what it is at Cambo. Considering there isn't that much between the 2 figures, it shows that over time LO has had its fair share of pathetic attendances as well. I was looking at the crowd figures this morning and there were several games in succession where Leichhardt drew only 4 000, where was everyone saying we should move away from LO then?

Those crowd figures are fact, and it just goes to show that the club, and several people on here have a ''what have you done for me lately'' attitude.

 

[Gary_Bakerloo]

From April 10, 2014\. Priceless:
_"Campbelltown is important to us and in two areas: it's important from four games [per season] as we have to ensure we fill [the ground] but, more importantly, we have to embrace the region from a development and juniors point of view."_

Personal favourite:
_Mayer dismissed the notion that in an era of footy being a business questions would be raised about the value in allocating games to Campbelltown if Saturday night's crowd was a fizzer._

 

[Gary_Bakerloo]

The difference between the overall attendance figures for both grounds since 2000 is not even 1000\. Yet the way people carry on, its as if its 100 times at LO to what it is at Cambo. Considering there isn't that much between the 2 figures, it shows that over time LO has had its fair share of pathetic attendances as well. I was looking at the crowd figures this morning and there were several games in succession where Leichhardt drew only 4 000, where was everyone saying we should move away from LO then?

Those crowd figures are fact, and it just goes to show that the club, and several people on here have a ''what have you done for me lately'' attitude.

What's interesting is that in the early years of the JV, Campbelltown crowds exceeded Leichardt by some margin.

 

[innsaneink]

Its pretty clear to me the time for one stadium has arrived.

The team is one, but the fanbase is two, with us all at three home grounds.

We really need to be all on the same page, it wont happen with more than one ground.

If we went to one ground, regardless of where it was, if you are fair dinkum…you'll continue to support the club/team...supporting the ground isnt an option. If your support is conditional on where they play, then you need to question your support of the club

All this finger pointing thats been going on for a decade plus does none of us any good

 

[cqtiger]

What I can't believe is there are people on here saying how barren it looked on TV complaining ? Why were you not there? I wonder what the crowd at LCO would gave been if people had the option of watching the game live on TV in the comfort of their home? It would have been a great night at home considering a lot of the West is now supporting the Wanderers. One game finished the other started all live on their Foxtel?Plenty of my mates would not come down or they would of missed the Wanderers game

I was at CS and LO and whoever doesn't show up your lose.I don't think you have the write to complain if you don't attend. Got to agree seemed like 9-10 crowd I was shocked when they announced it?? :bash

Typical of this joint.

It's a lot longer than a 40 minute drive from Rockhampton.

And there is the membership conundrum. I reckon we would be one of the best supported teams nationally but that doesn't count. The ONLY thing that counts is bums on seats.

Over to you Sydney-siders.

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[innsaneink]

The difference between the overall attendance figures for both grounds since 2000 is not even 1000\. Yet the way people carry on, its as if its 100 times at LO to what it is at Cambo. Considering there isn't that much between the 2 figures, it shows that over time LO has had its fair share of pathetic attendances as well. I was looking at the crowd figures this morning and there were several games in succession where Leichhardt drew only 4 000, where was everyone saying we should move away from LO then?

Those crowd figures are fact, and it just goes to show that the club, and several people on here have a ''what have you done for me lately'' attitude.

The difference in crowds is approx 43,000 in favour of LO over a fifteen year period and 59 games each…which equals a touch over **700 people** per game on average...= sfa