One home ground

[cochise]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I could be 100% wrong but I think west’s Campbelltown only ever had 5 or 10% ownerships of the JV and they gave it up when we were going through that NRL bailout period. West’s Ashfield is now dominant and rich. Not sure whether they still care about rugby league but they won the war. I have a suspicion they would happily be bought out by a rich benefactor (like Crowe) and focus on the pokies but I could be wrong

You are wrong lol, not having a go though mate. They originally had 25% and gave that up well before the NRL bailout of Balmain.

 

[TigerTownSFS]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I'm aware of that. I'm looking where the people live and where they are going to live. Theres no reason Wests Asfield can't takeover or even build something out there. Panthers were all over everything around NSW.

There is plenty of reason, Wests Campbelltown was originally part of Wests Ashfield but in the late 80's it was made independent.


Didn't the Campbelltown locals perform a coup and took over the club and distance themselves from Wests Ashfield and the Wests Tigers? Pretty sure at one stage they even wanted to change the name of the club. Or have I got it all wrong?

Campbelltown pulled out of club ownership because they felt Wests Ashfield was siding more with Balmain than them. This was when Balmain had 50% WA had 25% and WC had 25%. From memory they were upset with decisions like Balmain Ryde Eastwood being the reserve grade. WA took over their 25%

But still sponsor Wests tigers and fund the macathur nursery. Taking all home games there could bring them back on board with smart negotiations.

I wouldn't be against playing out of Campbelltown, just don't think it is a viable option, much like the Liverpool option.

I would be happy with a dominant Campbelltown owner. At the moment they have zero ownership interest. There is still a juniors alignment for now but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them side with south’s soon

 

[Furious1]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I'm aware of that. I'm looking where the people live and where they are going to live. Theres no reason Wests Asfield can't takeover or even build something out there. Panthers were all over everything around NSW.

There is plenty of reason, Wests Campbelltown was originally part of Wests Ashfield but in the late 80's it was made independent.

Yeah i suppose you're right. Well there's no chance of Bankwest then either given Parra Leagues is right next door. Looks like it's Homebush or the City.

I actually meant your suggestion of Wests Ashfield taking over the Wests Campbelltown. My fault my post wasn't clear enough.

No worries. I wasn't clear either as i didn't really mean take over Wests Campbelltown. I was referring to other clubs in the area just like the Panthers group did all around the state. ( admittedly they sold a fair few of them off but they still have a couple of good ones).
Given where the ownership of WT stands these days i would have thought there would be at least some room to open some discussions with Wests Campbelltown particularly with other clubs starting to put a lot of time into the South West.

 

[the_third]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I could be 100% wrong but I think west’s Campbelltown only ever had 5 or 10% ownerships of the JV and they gave it up when we were going through that NRL bailout period. West’s Ashfield is now dominant and rich. Not sure whether they still care about rugby league but they won the war. I have a suspicion they would happily be bought out by a rich benefactor (like Crowe) and focus on the pokies but I could be wrong

pretty sure its part of their charter or strategy to focus on sports and community. been a while since I read it though.

 

[cochise]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I'm aware of that. I'm looking where the people live and where they are going to live. Theres no reason Wests Asfield can't takeover or even build something out there. Panthers were all over everything around NSW.

There is plenty of reason, Wests Campbelltown was originally part of Wests Ashfield but in the late 80's it was made independent.


Didn't the Campbelltown locals perform a coup and took over the club and distance themselves from Wests Ashfield and the Wests Tigers? Pretty sure at one stage they even wanted to change the name of the club. Or have I got it all wrong?

Campbelltown pulled out of club ownership because they felt Wests Ashfield was siding more with Balmain than them. This was when Balmain had 50% WA had 25% and WC had 25%. From memory they were upset with decisions like Balmain Ryde Eastwood being the reserve grade. WA took over their 25%

But still sponsor Wests tigers and fund the macathur nursery. Taking all home games there could bring them back on board with smart negotiations.

I wouldn't be against playing out of Campbelltown, just don't think it is a viable option, much like the Liverpool option.

I would be happy with a dominant Campbelltown owner. At the moment they have zero ownership interest. There is still a juniors alignment for now but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them side with south’s still on

The juniors are actually called the Wests Tigers Macarthur Junior Rugby League so I don't see them aligning with anyone else soon.

 

[Geo]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I'm aware of that. I'm looking where the people live and where they are going to live. Theres no reason Wests Asfield can't takeover or even build something out there. Panthers were all over everything around NSW.

There is plenty of reason, Wests Campbelltown was originally part of Wests Ashfield but in the late 80's it was made independent.


Didn't the Campbelltown locals perform a coup and took over the club and distance themselves from Wests Ashfield and the Wests Tigers? Pretty sure at one stage they even wanted to change the name of the club. Or have I got it all wrong?

Campbelltown pulled out of club ownership because they felt Wests Ashfield was siding more with Balmain than them. This was when Balmain had 50% WA had 25% and WC had 25%. From memory they were upset with decisions like Balmain Ryde Eastwood being the reserve grade. WA took over their 25%

Not quite how it happened..Wests Group was made up of Wests Ashfield, WSDFC and Wests Cambelltown which was 50% of WT..with a 3, 1 an1 split on the Wests Tigers Board..Wests Cambo opted to leave Wests Group with their seat going to Wests Ashfield therefore forgoing any financial responsibility to Wests Tigers..At that point financial responsibility was a 50/50 split with each party limited to what the other party could contribute..

So it wasn't to do with Club politics more $$$$ In other words WC sold the seat to WA to absolve costs in the JV

 

[cochise]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I'm aware of that. I'm looking where the people live and where they are going to live. Theres no reason Wests Asfield can't takeover or even build something out there. Panthers were all over everything around NSW.

There is plenty of reason, Wests Campbelltown was originally part of Wests Ashfield but in the late 80's it was made independent.


Didn't the Campbelltown locals perform a coup and took over the club and distance themselves from Wests Ashfield and the Wests Tigers? Pretty sure at one stage they even wanted to change the name of the club. Or have I got it all wrong?

Campbelltown pulled out of club ownership because they felt Wests Ashfield was siding more with Balmain than them. This was when Balmain had 50% WA had 25% and WC had 25%. From memory they were upset with decisions like Balmain Ryde Eastwood being the reserve grade. WA took over their 25%

Not quite how it happened..Wests Group was made up of Wests Ashfield, WSDFC and Wests Cambelltown which was 50% of WT..with a 3, 1 an1 split on the Wests Tigers Board..Wests Cambo opted to leave Wests Group with their seat going to Wests Ashfield therefore forgoing any financial responsibility to Wests Tigers..At that point financial responsibility was a 50/50 split with each party limited to what the other party could contribute..

So it wasn't to do with Club politics more $$$$ In other words WC sold the seat to WA to absolve costs in the JV

Thanks mate, I knew you would correct me if I was wrong.

 

[TigerTownSFS]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I could be 100% wrong but I think west’s Campbelltown only ever had 5 or 10% ownerships of the JV and they gave it up when we were going through that NRL bailout period. West’s Ashfield is now dominant and rich. Not sure whether they still care about rugby league but they won the war. I have a suspicion they would happily be bought out by a rich benefactor (like Crowe) and focus on the pokies but I could be wrong

pretty sure its part of their charter or strategy to focus on sports and community. been a while since I read it though.

100% as a non profit it would be. Whether they support west’s tigers is another question. South’s and roosters both trying to expand on the area. MacArthur bulls aligned with the rabbits. I have no knowledge but the leagues club politics would hint that Ashfield and Campbelltown are not friendly

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]


Disagree with the conclusion.


I'm sure many will.

Neither Stadium Australia or the SFS are appropriate for our use.


In your opinion.

One of them we average less than a quarter of the capacity and the other is in the Eastern Suburbs. A side called Wests playing in the Eastern Suburbs is just stupid. I also don't see how that is any less the Roosters' stadium than Bankwest is Parramatta's.

Again in your opinion. Myself and others have a different view. Western Sydney Stadium is in the heart of Parramatta, the leagues club is right next door. Rugby Leagues fans from everywhere know it is Parramatta's home ground. You only need to walk up Church Street to know. SFS is in far more neutral territory as is Stadium Australia.

The SFS is in the Eastern Suburbs, don't let the name change fool you they are the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Parramatta Leagues makes no difference as I don't go there. Though I'm at Panthers regularly.

I am actually hopeful the club will have a preferred venue in Parramatta soon.

You may not go there but hundreds of others would which helps Parra Leagues Club revenue stream which in turn helps the Slimeys.
SFS to far out of territory
Stadium Australia would probably serve our needs but we would need to develop a top 4 team to ensure crowds are healthy and the stadium is not only 1/10 full.
If government is true to their word a a new Stadium at Liverpool would be perfect .
It's in Wests Tigers Territory
Would have latest technology and facilities
Would be walking distance of railway
Not far from M7 & M5
Both Leagues Club if they could show there pro active side could organise buses that could return patrons to there venues.

 

[cochise]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I'm aware of that. I'm looking where the people live and where they are going to live. Theres no reason Wests Asfield can't takeover or even build something out there. Panthers were all over everything around NSW.

There is plenty of reason, Wests Campbelltown was originally part of Wests Ashfield but in the late 80's it was made independent.

Yeah i suppose you're right. Well there's no chance of Bankwest then either given Parra Leagues is right next door. Looks like it's Homebush or the City.

I actually meant your suggestion of Wests Ashfield taking over the Wests Campbelltown. My fault my post wasn't clear enough.

No worries. I wasn't clear either as i didn't really mean take over Wests Campbelltown. I was referring to other clubs in the area just like the Panthers group did all around the state. ( admittedly they sold a fair few of them off but they still have a couple of good ones).
Given where the ownership of WT stands these days i would have thought there would be at least some room to open some discussions with Wests Campbelltown particularly with other clubs starting to put a lot of time into the South West.

Too be honest I don't think Wests Campbelltown are that interested.

 

[cochise]


Disagree with the conclusion.


I'm sure many will.

Neither Stadium Australia or the SFS are appropriate for our use.


In your opinion.

One of them we average less than a quarter of the capacity and the other is in the Eastern Suburbs. A side called Wests playing in the Eastern Suburbs is just stupid. I also don't see how that is any less the Roosters' stadium than Bankwest is Parramatta's.

Again in your opinion. Myself and others have a different view. Western Sydney Stadium is in the heart of Parramatta, the leagues club is right next door. Rugby Leagues fans from everywhere know it is Parramatta's home ground. You only need to walk up Church Street to know. SFS is in far more neutral territory as is Stadium Australia.

The SFS is in the Eastern Suburbs, don't let the name change fool you they are the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Parramatta Leagues makes no difference as I don't go there. Though I'm at Panthers regularly.

I am actually hopeful the club will have a preferred venue in Parramatta soon.

You may not go there but hundreds of others would which helps Parra Leagues Club revenue stream which in turn helps the Slimeys.
SFS to far out of territory
Stadium Australia would probably serve our needs but we would need to develop a top 4 team to ensure crowds are healthy and the stadium is not only 1/10 full.
If government is true to their word a a new Stadium at Liverpool would be perfect .
It's in Wests Tigers Territory
Would have latest technology and facilities
Would be walking distance of railway
Not far from M7 & M5
Both Leagues Club if they could show there pro active side could organise buses that could return patrons to there venues.

Good post mate, to be honest I don't sit around and worry how others spend their money and what happens with it, that is their business not mine.

I think Liverpool would be great but as I said earlier I really don't think the club does.

 

[TigerTownSFS]


Disagree with the conclusion.


I'm sure many will.

Neither Stadium Australia or the SFS are appropriate for our use.


In your opinion.

One of them we average less than a quarter of the capacity and the other is in the Eastern Suburbs. A side called Wests playing in the Eastern Suburbs is just stupid. I also don't see how that is any less the Roosters' stadium than Bankwest is Parramatta's.

Again in your opinion. Myself and others have a different view. Western Sydney Stadium is in the heart of Parramatta, the leagues club is right next door. Rugby Leagues fans from everywhere know it is Parramatta's home ground. You only need to walk up Church Street to know. SFS is in far more neutral territory as is Stadium Australia.

The SFS is in the Eastern Suburbs, don't let the name change fool you they are the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Parramatta Leagues makes no difference as I don't go there. Though I'm at Panthers regularly.

I am actually hopeful the club will have a preferred venue in Parramatta soon.

You may not go there but hundreds of others would which helps Parra Leagues Club revenue stream which in turn helps the Slimeys.
SFS to far out of territory
Stadium Australia would probably serve our needs but we would need to develop a top 4 team to ensure crowds are healthy and the stadium is not only 1/10 full.
If government is true to their word a a new Stadium at Liverpool would be perfect .
It's in Wests Tigers Territory
Would have latest technology and facilities
Would be walking distance of railway
Not far from M7 & M5
Both Leagues Club if they could show there pro active side could organise buses that could return patrons to there venues.

Good post mate, to be honest I don't sit around and worry how others spend their money and what happens with it, that is their business not mine.

I think Liverpool would be great but as I said earlier I really don't think the club does.
I would love the club to commit to Liverpool. I just don’t see it happening

 

[cochise]


Disagree with the conclusion.


I'm sure many will.

Neither Stadium Australia or the SFS are appropriate for our use.


In your opinion.

One of them we average less than a quarter of the capacity and the other is in the Eastern Suburbs. A side called Wests playing in the Eastern Suburbs is just stupid. I also don't see how that is any less the Roosters' stadium than Bankwest is Parramatta's.

Again in your opinion. Myself and others have a different view. Western Sydney Stadium is in the heart of Parramatta, the leagues club is right next door. Rugby Leagues fans from everywhere know it is Parramatta's home ground. You only need to walk up Church Street to know. SFS is in far more neutral territory as is Stadium Australia.

The SFS is in the Eastern Suburbs, don't let the name change fool you they are the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Parramatta Leagues makes no difference as I don't go there. Though I'm at Panthers regularly.

I am actually hopeful the club will have a preferred venue in Parramatta soon.

You may not go there but hundreds of others would which helps Parra Leagues Club revenue stream which in turn helps the Slimeys.
SFS to far out of territory
Stadium Australia would probably serve our needs but we would need to develop a top 4 team to ensure crowds are healthy and the stadium is not only 1/10 full.
If government is true to their word a a new Stadium at Liverpool would be perfect .
It's in Wests Tigers Territory
Would have latest technology and facilities
Would be walking distance of railway
Not far from M7 & M5
Both Leagues Club if they could show there pro active side could organise buses that could return patrons to there venues.

Good post mate, to be honest I don't sit around and worry how others spend their money and what happens with it, that is their business not mine.

I think Liverpool would be great but as I said earlier I really don't think the club does.
I would love the club to commit to Liverpool. I just don’t see it happening

Did you just steal half my comment? lol

 

[gallagher]


Disagree with the conclusion.


I'm sure many will.

Neither Stadium Australia or the SFS are appropriate for our use.


In your opinion.

One of them we average less than a quarter of the capacity and the other is in the Eastern Suburbs. A side called Wests playing in the Eastern Suburbs is just stupid. I also don't see how that is any less the Roosters' stadium than Bankwest is Parramatta's.

Again in your opinion. Myself and others have a different view. Western Sydney Stadium is in the heart of Parramatta, the leagues club is right next door. Rugby Leagues fans from everywhere know it is Parramatta's home ground. You only need to walk up Church Street to know. SFS is in far more neutral territory as is Stadium Australia.

The SFS is in the Eastern Suburbs, don't let the name change fool you they are the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Parramatta Leagues makes no difference as I don't go there. Though I'm at Panthers regularly.

I am actually hopeful the club will have a preferred venue in Parramatta soon.

You may not go there but hundreds of others would which helps Parra Leagues Club revenue stream which in turn helps the Slimeys.
SFS to far out of territory
Stadium Australia would probably serve our needs but we would need to develop a top 4 team to ensure crowds are healthy and the stadium is not only 1/10 full.
If government is true to their word a a new Stadium at Liverpool would be perfect .
It's in Wests Tigers Territory
Would have latest technology and facilities
Would be walking distance of railway
Not far from M7 & M5
Both Leagues Club if they could show there pro active side could organise buses that could return patrons to there venues.

Good post mate, to be honest I don't sit around and worry how others spend their money and what happens with it, that is their business not mine.

I think Liverpool would be great but as I said earlier I really don't think the club does.
I would love the club to commit to Liverpool. I just don’t see it happening

Did you just steal half my comment? lol

No wonder it made sense?

 

[cochise]


Disagree with the conclusion.


I'm sure many will.

Neither Stadium Australia or the SFS are appropriate for our use.


In your opinion.

One of them we average less than a quarter of the capacity and the other is in the Eastern Suburbs. A side called Wests playing in the Eastern Suburbs is just stupid. I also don't see how that is any less the Roosters' stadium than Bankwest is Parramatta's.

Again in your opinion. Myself and others have a different view. Western Sydney Stadium is in the heart of Parramatta, the leagues club is right next door. Rugby Leagues fans from everywhere know it is Parramatta's home ground. You only need to walk up Church Street to know. SFS is in far more neutral territory as is Stadium Australia.

The SFS is in the Eastern Suburbs, don't let the name change fool you they are the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Parramatta Leagues makes no difference as I don't go there. Though I'm at Panthers regularly.

I am actually hopeful the club will have a preferred venue in Parramatta soon.

You may not go there but hundreds of others would which helps Parra Leagues Club revenue stream which in turn helps the Slimeys.
SFS to far out of territory
Stadium Australia would probably serve our needs but we would need to develop a top 4 team to ensure crowds are healthy and the stadium is not only 1/10 full.
If government is true to their word a a new Stadium at Liverpool would be perfect .
It's in Wests Tigers Territory
Would have latest technology and facilities
Would be walking distance of railway
Not far from M7 & M5
Both Leagues Club if they could show there pro active side could organise buses that could return patrons to there venues.

Good post mate, to be honest I don't sit around and worry how others spend their money and what happens with it, that is their business not mine.

I think Liverpool would be great but as I said earlier I really don't think the club does.
I would love the club to commit to Liverpool. I just don’t see it happening

Did you just steal half my comment? lol

No wonder it made sense?

I read it 3 time trying to work out how my post came under his name. Then realised he pressed enter at the wrong spot lol

 

[Deleted member 3518]

I think we had a chance to stake out Bankwest as our home ground when it first opened. If we had have gone there full-time at the same time ad the squeals then it would be just accepted as home by now.
Nowhere feels like home to me.

That’s why we should just build something new , in association with say the bulls and maybe the dogs . Eg. Liverpool . Much like the COE it creates a refresh, and a way to build new memories . C town and the 8th wonder , bankwest , etc . Just have so many bad ones .

I think Liverpool would be awesone.

So do I, but I don't think it is a realistic option for the club

Do you mean they wouldn't see it as an option?

I don't think so no, I may be wrong but it is the impression I got.

That’s ridiculous really . It’s our catchment , it’s a new ground so no baggage , and it’s not that far really , from Ashfield concord . Plus it’s a hub for train lines . Also with the teams nearby , it could easily be sold to say the nsw government.
What are thier preferences Cochise ? Because the current model , is reall reall unsustainable. And I’m a Balmain roots , 8th wonder , supporter . But that ground needs to be against Souths once a year IMO. Much like the Stadium Australia , Easter clash against the eels .

There are a few things against Liverpool. It is not near the COE or Wests Ashfield. Also it would be a boutique stadium restricted to 20K capacity. That would place us at a great disadvantage against other teams with grounds with greater capacity. It would ensure Wests Tigers were only ever a second tier club.

Why not make it the same size as bankwest ? Easy fix . Having it smaller isn’t necessarily bad . Much like Leichhardt , it makes the experience a premium one , which means if the demand can build to enough , you can sell the seats that are around the players near the sidelines , or corporate boxes for way more . It’s literally the American model . They only get 10k max to most basketball and baseball games . But that’s how it’s sold . We won’t make the revenue of that because it’s 80 games and 163 games respectively , 41 home and 81 home , but the point remains .

Because the government won't. The plans would be for smaller 20K grounds.

Says who ? The only reason Brookvale and Others are being sold that way to the government is because , PVL and the NRL have that agenda atm . If you head there with enough of a business case , there’s no way they wouldn’t shift . Plus your talking about 10k extra seats . I’m sure that’s not just a 50% increase to total costs .

The PVL has.

No he hasn’t . He’s put an emphasis on boutique grounds , key word ; emphasis ie. it takes priority , meaning that other options take a less of a priority . I don’t see anything there saying all options are off the table . Just merely there’s a pecking order . Hence what I originally said , about developing a plan that , and a partnership that would change that .
Don’t bother replying mate , as I’m sure it will be a “I’m right your wrong type thing “ defeating the whole purpose of conversation .

 

[the_third]

I'd throw all my eggs in one basket and redevelop Campbelltown properly. That ground has sufficient space around it to turn it into a 30,000 seat stadium. Leagues club next door, along with a train station - easy to get onto the Hume Hwy. Logistically it makes the most sense to me to play out of there and offer 1-2 games per year at Leichhardt for sentimental value.

Gus Gould may be many things, but I don't believe he's stupid. We've under developed the south-west and Group 6 and that's a huge catchment area which would benefit from WT playing out of there consistently. By all means keep the COE at Concord, but Captain's runs and home games - Campbelltown - give the place a proper identity.

Thank God it's finally been said. The only thing this club should be doing.

West’s Campbelltown don’t own the club. Playing next to that leagues club does not benefit the owner of our club

I could be 100% wrong but I think west’s Campbelltown only ever had 5 or 10% ownerships of the JV and they gave it up when we were going through that NRL bailout period. West’s Ashfield is now dominant and rich. Not sure whether they still care about rugby league but they won the war. I have a suspicion they would happily be bought out by a rich benefactor (like Crowe) and focus on the pokies but I could be wrong

pretty sure its part of their charter or strategy to focus on sports and community. been a while since I read it though.

100% as a non profit it would be. Whether they support west’s tigers is another question. South’s and roosters both trying to expand on the area. MacArthur bulls aligned with the rabbits. I have no knowledge but the leagues club politics would hint that Ashfield and Campbelltown are not friendly

reckon you are on the money. I dont think Ashfield cares about the south west at all

 

[Jedi_Tiger]


Disagree with the conclusion.


I'm sure many will.

Neither Stadium Australia or the SFS are appropriate for our use.


In your opinion.

One of them we average less than a quarter of the capacity and the other is in the Eastern Suburbs. A side called Wests playing in the Eastern Suburbs is just stupid. I also don't see how that is any less the Roosters' stadium than Bankwest is Parramatta's.

Roosters don't have any fans even whe they win with a COE at Concord we are not too far down the road at sfs and a light rail.

 

[mike]

I think we had a chance to stake out Bankwest as our home ground when it first opened. If we had have gone there full-time at the same time ad the squeals then it would be just accepted as home by now.
Nowhere feels like home to me.

That’s why we should just build something new , in association with say the bulls and maybe the dogs . Eg. Liverpool . Much like the COE it creates a refresh, and a way to build new memories . C town and the 8th wonder , bankwest , etc . Just have so many bad ones .

I think Liverpool would be awesone.

So do I, but I don't think it is a realistic option for the club

Do you mean they wouldn't see it as an option?

I don't think so no, I may be wrong but it is the impression I got.

That’s ridiculous really . It’s our catchment , it’s a new ground so no baggage , and it’s not that far really , from Ashfield concord . Plus it’s a hub for train lines . Also with the teams nearby , it could easily be sold to say the nsw government.
What are thier preferences Cochise ? Because the current model , is reall reall unsustainable. And I’m a Balmain roots , 8th wonder , supporter . But that ground needs to be against Souths once a year IMO. Much like the Stadium Australia , Easter clash against the eels .

There are a few things against Liverpool. It is not near the COE or Wests Ashfield. Also it would be a boutique stadium restricted to 20K capacity. That would place us at a great disadvantage against other teams with grounds with greater capacity. It would ensure Wests Tigers were only ever a second tier club.

Why not make it the same size as bankwest ? Easy fix . Having it smaller isn’t necessarily bad . Much like Leichhardt , it makes the experience a premium one , which means if the demand can build to enough , you can sell the seats that are around the players near the sidelines , or corporate boxes for way more . It’s literally the American model . They only get 10k max to most basketball and baseball games . But that’s how it’s sold . We won’t make the revenue of that because it’s 80 games and 163 games respectively , 41 home and 81 home , but the point remains .

Because the government won't. The plans would be for smaller 20K grounds.

Says who ? The only reason Brookvale and Others are being sold that way to the government is because , PVL and the NRL have that agenda atm . If you head there with enough of a business case , there’s no way they wouldn’t shift . Plus your talking about 10k extra seats . I’m sure that’s not just a 50% increase to total costs .

The PVL has.

No he hasn’t . He’s put an emphasis on boutique grounds , key word ; emphasis ie. it takes priority , meaning that other options take a less of a priority . I don’t see anything there saying all options are off the table . Just merely there’s a pecking order . Hence what I originally said , about developing a plan that , and a partnership that would change that .
Don’t bother replying mate , as I’m sure it will be a “I’m right your wrong type thing “ defeating the whole purpose of conversation .

Could be wrong, but was pretty sure the Stadium that were to be built were limited to 20k.

Good luck to you and your campaign. Can’t see it happening nor really should it.

The Wests Tigers are born out of two inner city clubs. The inner city is where the COE is. The inner city is where the club headquarters are. The home ground should be as close to these locations as possible. I know you disagree and that’s OK.

 

[Geo]

You know what is sad an off season topic has been bumped and it's only Round 6..sigh..

Anyhow enjoy the swings and roundabouts for the next 10 pages peeps..

But we value your opinion unbiased input .

Well ANZ for me that hasn't changed the last 7 billion times it's been discussed with 1 game each year at Leichhardt and Cambo..so I can line up for 15 mins to have a pee..

Nothing is going to change until the current deal expires..

The last info from the club had the leases at CSS and LO expiring last year. We moved the contract with Homebush to Bankwest so there s no reason they couldn't be doing your suggestion now.

There is if Stadiums NSW are happy to let the current deal run it's course before commencing negotiations on any new deals..