happy_tiger
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@Chunk said:
Last time I checked we were the Wests Tigers . We are a single indentity now . Leave it at that .
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Last time I checked we were the Wests Tigers . We are a single indentity now . Leave it at that .
851
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@Chunk said:
Quality post,did it take you long to think up :astonished:
Alf_Duguid
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@tiger4ever said:
Well instead of being based out at Camp Concord base yourself out Liverpool / Campbelltown / Oran Park / Gregory Hills areas. Do a dodgy like the Titans and build a Centre of Excellence with the acres of land available out there. The inner west is not a growth area and when the time comes to cull teams we may well be on the chopping block again. If we are smart we can guarantee our future existence along with Parra and Penrith (the real growth areas of the state). If we are up against Souths or Easts to remain, we will be culled make no mistake about it. Once the NRL truly becomes the NRL we need to have a long term strategy in place to ensure our survival.
We have the NSW premier as a vocal supporter, hit him up for some cash and build this centre of excellance. Even better, it would take away funding from Brookvale Oval or other teams that are asking for upgrades.
MightyMaggy
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@Chunk said:
Cripes! How many more posts are going to end up with Balmain versus Wests idiocy? After ten years, now there is no Balmain team and Wests Magpies have almost disappeared, why do we have to put up with people, who want to dredge up this rubbish?
Maybe the moderators should add there is to be no Wests Magpies versus Balmain posts allowed. I, for one, am heartily sick of it!
@Alf Duguid said:
Rest easy Alf. We are the Wests Tigers. We agreed to a joint venture to avoid being punted in the first place. We are financial. We represent the inner to outer western Sydney. And like it or not, the NSWRL, ARL, NRL and the upcoming ARLC has always held an influential Balmain official to protect our interests.
innsaneink
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He's dividing this place like never before.
You only have to look at this board….quite a split forming ifaics like none ive seen for many a year.
Rumours of player unrest, division in the camp.
Bravo humpty
You only have to look at this board….quite a split forming ifaics like none ive seen for many a year.
Rumours of player unrest, division in the camp.
Bravo humpty
supercoach
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@innsaneink said:
Maybe if the players took a hard look at themself and their performances over the past few years the club would not be looking at roster changes. Maybe we should let the players run the club!!!
innsaneink
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Those **running** the club have **allowed** this to continue and fester over the past few years
wests4ever
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Come on u guys get a grip on it!!!!!
These guys will make sure that everything works out perfectly!!!!!!
Dano,scrano,scotty,g man,micky,P man they got it covered!!!!!!!
These guys will make sure that everything works out perfectly!!!!!!
Dano,scrano,scotty,g man,micky,P man they got it covered!!!!!!!
I think your assessment on the Fifita situation is pretty spot on palms. You can't match the offers all the time on your players… We've been pretty fortunate on keeping our best players.
Personally I think Humphreys is doing a great job. Even with the loss of Gibbs and Fifita, our side looks a hell of a lot better than it did 2-3 years ago. A lot of sides are losing some pretty good players. The Sharks lost Kade Snowden and Luke Douglas. Off the field the club has never been stronger. He makes himself available to the press and always handles himself well.
Plenty of people dislike the man because they blame him for the Magpies state cup team losing players.
Personally I think Humphreys is doing a great job. Even with the loss of Gibbs and Fifita, our side looks a hell of a lot better than it did 2-3 years ago. A lot of sides are losing some pretty good players. The Sharks lost Kade Snowden and Luke Douglas. Off the field the club has never been stronger. He makes himself available to the press and always handles himself well.
Plenty of people dislike the man because they blame him for the Magpies state cup team losing players.
Gary_Bakerloo
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@TigerGene said:
Yep, sounds a good strategy. Rest easy, we merged so we have to be in the competition and worse case scenario we should have someone on some committee that will protect us. Sorry, that is not good enough for me and as Alf said, when push comes to shove, we are still behind Easts, Canterbury, St. George and Manly within the walls of power so their interests will come before Wests Tigers.
Our club is in a unique position and with an opportunity that is the envy of other clubs. We have a solid and diversified fan base within the city and the greater south west. We also provide a unique offering to sponsors. Both factors have led to us having strong sponsorship and the highest home crowds in Sydney. Yet I don't think we should be satisfied.
With our unique position, we should be aiming to become the Brisbane Broncos of the Sydney market. Dominate the sponsorship market and have average crowds of 30,000\. Now, that is not possible unless we play all games at either the SFS or Homebush, but I was interested in Humphrey's comment regarding the game splits - primarily how we take high profile games to the SFS because at Leichhardt and Campbelltown "we can't afford to turn away 10,000 fans." If we are to dominate the market, the current method is not sustainable into the future will not take this club to the next level such that we easily compete with regional and one-city clubs. What happens if/when both Campbelltown and Leichhardt are sellouts for every game? We could be turning away 80,000 fans (8 x 10,000). That is a lot of revenue to lose.
A further issue in the background is AFL in the west of Sydney. The NRL could panic and not be satisfied with just 4 games in Campbelltown and offer a couple million dollars for a club to play permanently at Campbelltown.
What do we do? Surely the club has a 10 year strategic plan. Humphreys is on record saying Campbelltown is both the club's biggest opportunity and problem. Well, what is he doing to resolve this dilemma? Does Campbelltown Stadium need to be expanded? Do more games need to be played in Campbelltown? Should we move all Campbelltown games to Lidcombe Stadium? What if we start selling out Leichhardt every match? Do we move all Leichhardt games to the SFS? What about Alf's idea of some junior academy in the south west? Surely we as fans and members can be provided with what the club's plans are for the next 10 years? As a fan, I want us to dominate and beat all clubs in Sydney into submission and have sponsors begging to use us.
Hopefully we can move to 5 games each at leichhardt and ctown plus 1 x magpies or balmain heritage match at scg plus one big event clash at sfs. Good balance to me. Panthers,parra,manly,dragons play at suburban grounds and that gives them a good advantage (kogarah especially) corporate support is always important though
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iam from the old balmain side of merger .but the hump well what in the hell is going on in the joint players told to leave. no one coming in nothing about blair being sighned. i dont want blair if we have to release a dozen players. serious we wont have a side next year. weve let our best young prospect just waltz out .so what shop at franklins again for a couple of fringe players but release heaps of first grade players gee whiz . we dont need to release players we need to be buying them.and not having sighned blair before leing a housnad players go is like leaveing oure job withou having anoher lined up. i love this club followed them for more than fory yers but i fear for their future :wtf
innsaneink
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@palms said:
If I come across as bitter then maybe I am. Bitter we allow one of our best junior prospects to be snatched away like it was nothing.
We wanted him, we had him…we tried to keep him on the cheap, we shouldve secured him better.
We shouldnt have been in a position with our cap we need to let good players go.
If he feels not wanted, who can blame him....we sure as hell dont seem to concerned
But yeah lets do all our players a favour and let em walk out to other clubs.
:crazy
Bitter? Yeh probably....what should I feel?
.Happy?
bigdamo relax and dont stress too much you must be in a state your typing and spelling all over place relax the TIGERS will be around for a long long time buddy longer than you or me.
There is nothing to fear mmm maybe your own state of mind, best to get a check up. Its all good have faith
There is nothing to fear mmm maybe your own state of mind, best to get a check up. Its all good have faith
