Moving WT to Campbelltown

[diedpretty]

As I said in another thread if you want to achieve your goal of playing NRL football,you would travel anywhere to achieve that goal..
How the world has changed… :stuck_out_tongue: :unamused: :unamused: :sign:

Don't think we want players looking for an opportunity… We want top line players who can pick and chose their clubs.

If you boss said you can work 15 mins down the road or an hour down the freeway for the same money, which destination would you choose?

Can't understand how anyone cannot comprehend what a difference location makes to players who will be travelling to training 4-5 days a week.

In a crowded Sydney market we need every competitive edge we can get.

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So are all these top line players who won't travel for training, living together somewhere within 15 minutes of the inner west?
Also by your logic we probably should set up our training facilities at Bondi because top line players want to live by the beach and have 24hr access to a latte.

 

[Jerry_Seinfeld]

Seriously ,training at Campbelltown will not attract players.living at breakfast point and travelling to Campbelltown would be the pits .playing 6 at anz and 6 at Campbelltown will kill off more than half of the teams supporter base IMO we should play every game at anz and form a training base In the homebush region .i can't believe people still have an us versus them attitude when it comes to the weststigers .Balmain saved wests and like any marriage you stick together in sickness and in health .anybody who seriously thinks the Nrl will let western suburbs stand alone again will be waiting for a long long time .Harry will buy the team before that even gets close to happening .

I agree with the training base being in the inner west but for you to say Playing 6 at Campbelltown and 6 at ANZ will kill off 50%of the fan base is an absolute joke considering 99.99% of old Balmain fans live west of Leichhardt.Gladesville and West Ryde is all old balmain and its closer to Homebush anyhow so for someone to give up on the tigers because there is no more games at Leichhardt would mean they are not a true supporter.Sure Leichhardt would be a massive loss regarding the history but this club needs to stop living in the past and embrace the future.If a state of the art training facility was built at Balmain that will be superb to be based there(the players want to train near there homes).But the 6 games Anz 6 games Campbelltown is definitely the way to go for the future just dont know whether some of us old Balmain types can admit it.

 

[Abraham]

As I said in another thread if you want to achieve your goal of playing NRL football,you would travel anywhere to achieve that goal..
How the world has changed… :stuck_out_tongue: :unamused: :unamused: :sign:

Don't think we want players looking for an opportunity… We want top line players who can pick and chose their clubs.

If you boss said you can work 15 mins down the road or an hour down the freeway for the same money, which destination would you choose?

Can't understand how anyone cannot comprehend what a difference location makes to players who will be travelling to training 4-5 days a week.

In a crowded Sydney market we need every competitive edge we can get.

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So are all these top line players who won't travel for training, living together somewhere within 15 minutes of the inner west?
Also by your logic we probably should set up our training facilities at Bondi because top line players want to live by the beach and have 24hr access to a latte.

Doesn't have to be inner west, just somewhere central.

By the way, do you have something permanent lodged up your backside, because you seem to have this passive aggressive attitude in a lot of your posts?

Would help you to engage people with abit more decency than what it seems you are capable of.

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[TrueTiger]

Many people travel vast distances for work everyday to earn a living.Why should we pander to NRL players,they want the big bucks and the limelight,well EARN it like everybody else has to.
If it means travel say 1/2 an hour to training,then do it it's part of the salary requirement and your employment.
Don't forget that the people who battle and scrape every week to save some money to take their kids to an NRL game so they can see their Heros play,don't have an option of saying I don't want to travel it doesn't suit me,they have to do it to make a living….

Most of the NRL players have nothing to do other than train and play...

 

[Jerry_Seinfeld]

Many people travel vast distances for work everyday to earn a living.Why should we pander to NRL players,they want the big bucks and the limelight,well EARN it like everybody else has to.
If it means travel say 1/2 an hour to training,then do it it's part of the salary requirement and your employment.
Don't forget that the people who battle and scrape every week to save some money to take their kids to an NRL game so they can see their Heros play,don't have an option of saying I don't want to travel it doesn't suit me,they have to do it to make a living….

Most of the NRL players have nothing to do other than train and play...

What you are saying is very true regarding fans and the princess mentality of the ffirst graders of today.But like it lump it if Grant Mayer and co share your opinion when trying to recruit players we will sadly miss the top shelf players time and time again.Facts are facts and while I agree with you if its good enough for the fans its good enough for the players re travel in the real world of (nrlpa/players dominates nrl/clubs)the rich young players with a lot of spare time and testosterone most certainly do have a leaning towards the inner city and the beaches.Why.Look below.
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[TrueTiger]

@Jerry,point taken…
It's the way it is,maybe that's why there isn't so much talent on the market at the moment...regarding players..that is..
I know that times change and they have to make the most of it,it now really shows how big money has changed things from what they used to be.When I played at my club many years ago,you lived where you could afford the rent and you travelled to training if you wanted to play football.

Good luck to them and thanks Jerry... :smiley: :sign:

 

[wtfl1981]

Just out of interest where do Saints train, Kogarah or Wollongong ?

Wollongong

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[sideline_eye]

Having read all of the argy bargy on this thread, it seems to me that the real question in the minds of players potentially coming to us is not "Where do we train?" but "What are the training facilities and the S & C staff like?" With us being recognised as having the worst facilities in the league we need to do something about that wherever our training base is.

 

[magpiecol]

Last time I heard, Loti lives at Leichhardt and plays for Souths. So, did they let him train at Leichhardt Oval by himself or did he have to go to Redfern?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Last time I heard, Loti lives at Leichhardt and plays for Souths. So, did they let him train at Leichhardt Oval by himself or did he have to go to Redfern?

I wonder if Rusty drove Burgess and Inglis around Redfern looking for real estate when he signed them. Not the most appealing place to have as your heartland if you wanna attract players, yet they do pretty well.

 

[tigerbalm]

Melbourne is 12 hour drive to bondi..how do the storm keep the big 3? St kilda beach is ok I guess.

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[glebe_tiger]

Having read all of the argy bargy on this thread, it seems to me that the real question in the minds of players potentially coming to us is not "Where do we train?" but "What are the training facilities and the S & C staff like?" With us being recognised as having the worst facilities in the league we need to do something about that wherever our training base is.

this is true and hope it can be rectified asap as changing personel has been a quick and easy fix, finding new place to train with adequate facilities is a major issue at the moment.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

like we're gonna decide

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[Abraham]

Last time I heard, Loti lives at Leichhardt and plays for Souths. So, did they let him train at Leichhardt Oval by himself or did he have to go to Redfern?

I wonder if Rusty drove Burgess and Inglis around Redfern looking for real estate when he signed them. Not the most appealing place to have as your heartland if you wanna attract players, yet they do pretty well.

You serious? People paying upwards of a million dollars for a tinbox redfern terrace would probably laugh at you saying its not an appealing area to live in. Have you been to Redfern recently, its been gentrified beyond belief.

But that's besides the point as most of the Souths players live in and around the eastern suburbs anyway, which is a short stroll from redfern oval. That's why location isn't a factor for Souths, they got beaches and the 'trendy' suburbs on their doorstep.

And magpiecol, you could jog from Leichhardt to Redfern without breaking a sweat. Not exactly the same as travelling from the Eastern Suburbs out to Sydney's fringes on our fantastically inefficient and log-jammed roads is it?

Not the best examples to come up with guys, and way too easy to shoot down.

Anyway i'm assuming all this talk about location not mattering is actually a joke … i'd be extremely worried if anyone was actually serious that a club's location makes no difference to top-line players who have the ability to pick and choose their destinations, other things being equal.

Cant believe so much time is being wasted on such a glaringly obvious fact.

 

[tigerbalm]

Last time I heard, Loti lives at Leichhardt and plays for Souths. So, did they let him train at Leichhardt Oval by himself or did he have to go to Redfern?

I wonder if Rusty drove Burgess and Inglis around Redfern looking for real estate when he signed them. Not the most appealing place to have as your heartland if you wanna attract players, yet they do pretty well.

You serious? People paying upwards of a million dollars for a tinbox redfern terrace would probably laugh at you saying its not an appealing area to live in. Have you been to Redfern recently, its been gentrified beyond belief.

But that's besides the point as most of the Souths players live in and around the eastern suburbs anyway, which is a short stroll from redfern oval. That's why location isn't a factor for Souths, they got beaches and the 'trendy' suburbs on their doorstep.

And magpiecol, you could jog from Leichhardt to Redfern without breaking a sweat. Not exactly the same as travelling from the Eastern Suburbs out to Sydney's fringes on our fantastically inefficient and log-jammed roads is it?

Not the best examples to come up with guys, and way too easy to shoot down.

Anyway i'm assuming all this talk about location not mattering is actually a joke … i'd be extremely worried if anyone was actually serious that a club's location makes no difference to top-line players who have the ability to pick and choose their destinations, other things being equal.

Cant believe so much time is being wasted on such a glaringly obvious fact.

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Come on Abe! Stop these thinly veiled arguments. We get it! You love your balmain tigers and will do anything to maintain as much as you can in Wests.
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Personally, i have relocated interstate and overseas for career progression. I'd imagine most top flight sports folk would be in the same boat. They have 10 years to earn and win as much as possible.
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I agree with you in that concord is more desirable than Bradbury…and in wests current form why would any player live in a area or commute further than they have to, but and it's a big but, if wests can build into a winning organization it won't matter where they are based, players will want to come.

And if they don't, meh? Imagine the mentality of a player who won't play for a club because he has to leave home 30 minutes earlier.

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[GNR4LIFE]

If we ever got into a position where we were a powerhouse on and off the field, rich and always contending GF's, it wouldn't matter where we were located, we'd have no issues attracting players. Fact.

 

[Abraham]

Last time I heard, Loti lives at Leichhardt and plays for Souths. So, did they let him train at Leichhardt Oval by himself or did he have to go to Redfern?

I wonder if Rusty drove Burgess and Inglis around Redfern looking for real estate when he signed them. Not the most appealing place to have as your heartland if you wanna attract players, yet they do pretty well.

You serious? People paying upwards of a million dollars for a tinbox redfern terrace would probably laugh at you saying its not an appealing area to live in. Have you been to Redfern recently, its been gentrified beyond belief.

But that's besides the point as most of the Souths players live in and around the eastern suburbs anyway, which is a short stroll from redfern oval. That's why location isn't a factor for Souths, they got beaches and the 'trendy' suburbs on their doorstep.

And magpiecol, you could jog from Leichhardt to Redfern without breaking a sweat. Not exactly the same as travelling from the Eastern Suburbs out to Sydney's fringes on our fantastically inefficient and log-jammed roads is it?

Not the best examples to come up with guys, and way too easy to shoot down.

Anyway i'm assuming all this talk about location not mattering is actually a joke … i'd be extremely worried if anyone was actually serious that a club's location makes no difference to top-line players who have the ability to pick and choose their destinations, other things being equal.

Cant believe so much time is being wasted on such a glaringly obvious fact.

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Come on Abe! Stop these thinly veiled arguments. We get it! You love your balmain tigers and will do anything to maintain as much as you can in Wests.
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Personally, i have relocated interstate and overseas for career progression. I'd imagine most top flight sports folk would be in the same boat. They have 10 years to earn and win as much as possible.
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I agree with you in that concord is more desirable than Bradbury…and in wests current form why would any player live in a area or commute further than they have to, but and it's a big but, if wests can build into a winning organization it won't matter where they are based, players will want to come.

And if they don't, meh? Imagine the mentality of a player who won't play for a club because he has to leave home 30 minutes earlier.

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The level of this discussion will go down even further now that you're involved … But anyways I'll bite...

1\. Don't know where you got concord from? I like the idea of homebush, have said it numerous times.

2\. Homebush is not Balmain. Don't know why you brought Balmain into it. Do you own a UBD? I'll lend you mine if you like.

3\. It's not about moving interstate. It's about top players having 9 Sydney NRL clubs to chose from, and having the ability to match those other clubs from a lifestyle point of view.

Sorry to those who live in the MacArthur region, but it can't match other parts of sydney when it comes to catering for the tastes of cashed up 25 yr olds with a lot of spare time on their hands.

Same reason that GWS Giants quietly moved from Blacktown to Homebush... That's just life. Accept it and move on.

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[Abraham]

If we ever got into a position where we were a powerhouse on and off the field, rich and always contending GF's, it wouldn't matter where we were located, we'd have no issues attracting players. Fact.

You need the players to win the GF's in the first place. Fact.

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[GNR4LIFE]

If we ever got into a position where we were a powerhouse on and off the field, rich and always contending GF's, it wouldn't matter where we were located, we'd have no issues attracting players. Fact.

You need the players to win the GF's in the first place. Fact.

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So you're saying guys like Tedesco, Moses, Brooks, Woods and co don't have in them to win us a GF? And you call yourself a supporter.

 

[diedpretty]

As I said in another thread if you want to achieve your goal of playing NRL football,you would travel anywhere to achieve that goal..
How the world has changed… :stuck_out_tongue: :unamused: :unamused: :sign:

Don't think we want players looking for an opportunity… We want top line players who can pick and chose their clubs.

If you boss said you can work 15 mins down the road or an hour down the freeway for the same money, which destination would you choose?

Can't understand how anyone cannot comprehend what a difference location makes to players who will be travelling to training 4-5 days a week.

In a crowded Sydney market we need every competitive edge we can get.

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So are all these top line players who won't travel for training, living together somewhere within 15 minutes of the inner west?
Also by your logic we probably should set up our training facilities at Bondi because top line players want to live by the beach and have 24hr access to a latte.

Doesn't have to be inner west, just somewhere central.

By the way, do you have something permanent lodged up your backside, because you seem to have this passive aggressive attitude in a lot of your posts?

Would help you to engage people with abit more decency than what it seems you are capable of.

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I'd rather stick with my passive aggressive comments than be the arrogant know it all that refuses to acknowledge that others can have a point of view that may differ from theirs. Was that engaging enough or a little too aggressive?