OFFICIAL Q&A Club discussion with Shaun Mielekamp

[Pringle Gold]

Is there any reason mods continue to delete posts in this thread? Seems a bit heavy handed to me.

 

[achilles]

Might I recommend Shaun to appease the rusted on fan in this forum to

1 when you refer to pathway changes you can then add i expect to announce changes by x date

2 I expect coaching changes to be announced on this date..

Ect ect

Would be good to know when we will hear about big ticket items

P.s whats happened to jock there no injury update

 

[twentyforty]

What HBG doesn’t understand is that the WT fan base in 2026 isn’t the old Magpies fan base of the 80s and 90s. For them, they were proud battlers who were just happy to see their side knock off the “silver tails” (or at least bash them) every now and then, but otherwise just be proud being the perennial underdog.

Today, the fan base is a totally different one with much higher expectations. What we have currently in terms of ownership and governance is no longer appropriate for the times and remains the number one impediment to success.

The fans have spoken and this genie isn’t going back in the bottle.

You want change? Cancel your membership auto renewal and stop going to games. There’s no other way of forcing change.

Yes, just don't turn up to games. We've done it before during COVID19. The NRL is obviously not listening.

 

[twentyforty]

Is there any reason mods continue to delete posts in this thread? Seems a bit heavy handed to me.

Maybe they're only HBG board members' posts?

 

[tigertragic]

Hi Shaun

On what basis are you making your statements re fans

“Is it a challenge to bring the fans together - yes?
Is it a big rift? yes
Does it impact the organisation? yes
Are the fans to blame? absolutely not”

As I have been a supporter of tigers/wests tigers for 65 odd years and in recent times have been following multiple wests Tigers forums/pages and the clear message I get is that the majority of supporters follow wests Tigers and want things done in their best interests (not Balmain or Wests).

The only ‘rift’ appears to be with HBG

I think a more correct statement would be

Is it a challenge to bring HBG and fans together - yes

Is it a big rift between HBG and fans - yes

Does it impact wests tigers - yes

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

The fans are together. They have proved that by staying loyal despite how the club has performed. The only talk of fans being divided comes from HBG showing divide. Thats where the conversation starts. It wasnt even a discussion when the independent board was in place because there was no conjecture that the Wests Tigers are the focus. Various things have occurred that give fans no faith at all that HBG have Wests Tigers best interest at heart. They have the Magpies interest at heart it would seem. Reinstate an independent board or get private ownership. That is the only way for fans to believe the club has Wests Tiges as numher 1 priority over any dinosaur theories about Magpies or balmain.

Apart from the few who get off over bashing one side of the JV over the other, most don't give a shit.

If the club starts winning regularly, this all goes away.

Winning would fix everything with the fan base. The fans are frustrated, that gives way to fans turning on one another. If the club won 60% of their games each season for the next 5 years, there would be bugger all chat about Wests v Balmain, HBG etc...