Taking a wrecking ball to the club! (Recent Media Reports)

[GNR4LIFE]

Remember when being a footy supporter and talking about football was fun, and you didn't have to support a political movement or face a public verbal stoning?

Those were the days.

You can still face verbal stoning’s. Just for other things. No forum on any topic is ever going to live in harmony. It’s what you get when human nature meets the internet.

 

[vlad]

Remember when being a footy supporter and talking about football was fun, and you didn't have to support a political movement or face a public verbal stoning?

Those were the days.

It’s like that for every other club most of the time

Ocassionly there’s a wimper of unrest like there was at parra a month or so ago but they have elections that everyone has equal rights to vote in & they move on .
If there was equal rights for members of the WTs to vote on leadership then all this noise wouldn’t be happening .

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

all I want to talk about is footy, I hate this stuff.

Unfortunately, this HBG crap is overshadowing the great progress the football side of things has made lately.

 

[BZN]

Seriously???

You continue to ignore the context of the gross over-representation of a small group of faceless debenture holders on the HBG Board - where they are able to install a permament voting block of FIVE directors with only two popularly elected Directors representing the members!

The debenture holders are NOT the sole OR majority owners of HBG - but STILL control 71.4% of Board appointments!

The HBG ownership includes the 17 active debenture holders - and 27,000 voting members of the registered club under the Registered Clubs Act 1976...

Meaning that on a per capita basis the current debenture holders represent 0.0006% of the total ownership - but have a 71.4% controlling stake in the Board!

As @BZN likes to repeat - surely any fair-minded, unbiassed individual can see that this archaic governance model where 17 debenture holders (20 when at full capacity) - have exactly 2.5X the representation on the Board compared to the 27,000 financial members with just 2 is prone to abuse and is entirely unrepresentative of the broader ownership!

All Directors are still bound by the HBG constitution and their Directorial fiduciary duties under ASIC regulations plus the Registered Clubs Act - and that is where Liquor & Gaming NSW will focus any investigations.

Given there are currently public allegations that:

1) The Board acted improperly in suspending the two elected Directors on trumped up & petty charges - due to an undisclosed private agenda

2) The Board did not mandatorily report/investigate an inappropriate workplace incident between a continuing Board member & a club staffer at Ashfield (as per Rick Wayde on Youtube)

3) The Board unanimously voted for a governance review into their subsidiary asset WT (following a petition) - but one Director did not avail herself to the review and has been obstructive to implementation of the recommendations (while making public statements to the contrary)

4) The Chair has since sent threatening emails to the new WT CEO to ensure that the interim Board remains in limbo while the HBG Board continue to undermine the independent skills-based selection process that they publically endorsed).

5) The Board failed in its fiduciary duty when it cancelled the recruitment contract for the Independent WT Directors due to internal politics. With a second tender process leading to re-appointment of the same company who won BOTH contracts on merit!

Note: This duplication not only further delayed the implementation of the independent WT Board - but the huge financial cost of two contracts with the recruitment company and a second tender comes from the members funds (NOT the debenture holders)!

6) Dennis Burgess is an agitator for a Magpies revival - and is unfit as a Director

FACT: The new Chair reinstated Dennis Burgess as the WSDRLFC rep on the WT Board against the review recommendations when the debenture rep Directors executed a coup against Andreacchio!!

While I am happy to stress that points 1-6 above are all just "allegations" - Liquor and Gaming NSW have plenty to sink their teeth into.... and the petition will only help to bring it to their attention!

To those sitting on the fence - ask yourself this:

If any of the above allegations that besmirched them (published in SMH and podcast via Youtube) were GENUINELY untruthful & defamatory to the "Gang of 4"- why haven't Denny and Julie et al - OR HBG as a legal entity engaged a legal team to have the articles/podcast taken down under a concerns notice??

Hint: truth & public interest are defence in a defamation suit!

If not for the initial petition (& I was a doubter) = and subsequent independent governance review - the Axis of Mediocrity aka Hagipantelis/Pascoe would still be at Concord and our 2025 squad would still have fricking Nofa on $500K....

Get that into your thick skulls!!

Good post Snidest 0 👍 you've put a lot of thought into it and put forward some good points.
Happy New Year, I hope you get everything you wish for 🙂.

 

[BZN]

Are you calling me a suck BZN? Apparently that’s a sackable offence around here 😂. I’m not here to protect anyone, a show of solidarity maybe but ultimately I don’t believe your story and I’m not convinced you do either.

Suck no 🙂 Thanks for your courteous post 👍

 

[Tom Shines]

Remember when being a footy supporter and talking about football was fun, and you didn't have to support a political movement or face a public verbal stoning?

Those were the days.

I’ve been thinking what it must be like to support a club like the Roosters or the Storm and your only worry is whether you are going to make the Top 4 or not every year ….

 

[jadtiger]

It's like communism

Or that other repugnant style of leadership Fascism

 

[BZN]

You are already trying to haunt me as a clowns.

Now this is what I call an interesting post, particularly at this time of the year.
Am I trying to haunt you? no not at the moment. But you just wait till I kick the bucket.
You'll have squeaky doors, squeaky floorboards, rattlin chains.
I'll put on a special all frills haunting JUST FOR YOU.
Anyway my s.p. have a stupendous 2025 which gives you everything you deserve.

 

[BZN]

There really is no self awareness with you is there?

NO!

 

[Lestronge]

The Magpies really hung onto the “Fibros” concept, like QLD did with their entitlement to the “underdog.”
It was the time of face slapping, wall punching and Roy Masters.

Yep . I’m just saying it’s not like the magpies was this resonate emblem or mascot . Wests and fibros ? Yea sure , but not magpies .

 

[Lestronge]

6 years Andreacchio, 6 months for Gilbert.

6 years for calling someone’s missus darl , and saying someone was in the wrong corporate box ? wtf!
I’m pretty anti Andrecchio as I think he’s another perennial blazer wearer , and swims whatever direction the current is taking him, still that’s bullshit .
Burgess and Romero . Screw these people and their corruption

 

[BZN]

Who? You know the team you dreamt up and advocated for replacing the Tigers but go ahead, play dumb and keep lying g through your teeth.

If you want to brown nose HBG go right ahead, but don’t think they can do whatever they want to the club and run it into the ground due to ‘owner’s prerogative,’ as you put it.

You call it non-binding but all board members voted for it unanimously. Why vote for it only to walk back on it a few short months later. Shows a lack of conviction and integrity but what would you know about that? It’s clear you’re just here to create division and keep this bs Wests vs Balmain narrative.

There’s also plenty of evidence to support what I’m saying including leaked email from Julie herself. Unfortunately all you peddle is bs, lies, and deception.

Wow!!!!!!! that is such a good rap TigerJunior4 🙂 👍, much appreciated 👍
And would you believe it, Cochise's off sider agrees with you Wow!!!!!!!. that's great.
I said it at the start, I said it in the middle, and I'll say it again Wow!!!!!!!
All jokes aside...Happy New Year 👍.

 

[gallagher]

Yep . I’m just saying it’s not like the magpies was this resonate emblem or mascot . Wests and fibros ? Yea sure , but not magpies .

That's a weird take.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Yep . I’m just saying it’s not like the magpies was this resonate emblem or mascot . Wests and fibros ? Yea sure , but not magpies .

You’re talking about a club that was established in the early 1900’s. I doubt there was much of a contrast of social class back then as there was in the 70’s when the fibro phrase really took off.

 

[Muffstar]

6 years for calling someone’s missus darl , and saying someone was in the wrong corporate box ? wtf!
I’m pretty anti Andrecchio as I think he’s another perennial blazer wearer , and swims whatever direction the current is taking him, still that’s bullshit .
Burgess and Romero . Screw these people and their corruption

I read they got suspended, but was not sure why. If this is the case as you mentioned then some people are really concerned for their positions. It is time for change at the top, sounds like Julie and Dennis are like Koalas very protected species.

 

[BZN]

Well can you explain Julie Romero’s opposition to the review and can you explain or justify her email directions to the board?

Again

How can you possibly say the board isn’t divided when you’ve got Dennis Burgess actively calling for a return to Wests Magpies and Julie Romero effectively instructing the board not to operate?

Julie’s email was nothing short of disgusting and was an attempt to cease the Wests Tigers board from operating and performing its role.

There’s not even a full board in place because HBG headed by Julie and Mop head Burgess keep delaying recruitment attemtps.

Like everyone points except you and your mate BZN, it’s about good governance and leadership structures at the Wests Tigers. We absolutely would not be in this mess if Julie and Dennis actually made an effort to implement the review recommendations. Instead they keep delaying and creating barriers.

It’s nothing short of vomit inducing. Like I said before do us all a favour and go start a bushrangers forum. Spare us your divisive sentiments and trolling behaviour.

Answer 1...NO
Answer 2...where did this New Zealand bid stuff come from? it's the first I have read about it.
Answer 3...I know nutting about this Romeo email. Can you put the actual email up please so I can read it OR any other stuff that indicates its authenticity.
Answer 4...I agree good governance is what will run the show nicely.
Answer 5...apparently a good way to produce vomit is to stick one's fingers down ones throat.
Answer 6...I didn't come up with Bushrangers, but I wish I had, as it could well be a great way of stopping any tension re. our name. No more Tigers No more Magpies...easy.
Answer 7...I guess if you don't like something that's written on here it's pretty easy to call out trolling. But isn't that the easy way out, rather than deal with an alternative view?
I've enjoyed reading your post, thank you.

 

[BZN]

You're either Burgess or more likely Cavanaugh. Being a former head of the Magpies gets you no brownies on here mate.

That's ok as I don't like any sort of brownie. I'd rather cheesecake or pavlova.

Are you that lifeless that you're just scouring old posts to reply to?

Go back to 2010/2011.... Those discussions would be right up you're ally....
- Spoiler Alert, They ended up making the Magpie a tiny bit Bigger for you all

Did they really, that's good eh!

The truth at last… he stands with Julie and ‘Denny’. 🤣

Does he really, the bugger.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Big issue with Harry is his age, what happens when he passes away?

Should be no problem. Pass onto to family. Inbreeding or whatever the rich do to keep their money. Works for Sorros and Murdoch to name a couple.

 

[BZN]

What ? There is no Balmain side nor is there a magpies side . There’s old dinosaurs selfishly clinging to memories form 25 years ago and everyone else !
You’ve been told this 100 times yet it goes in 1 ear and out the other . Absolute oxygen thief !
If you’re not advocating for a united Wests tigers then you’re basically saying F-U to the voiceless , the kids of today and the ones who arnt born yet , who just wanna be like thier hero’s Jahrome Luai , Api Korisau and the future face of the franchise Lachlan Galvin ! They don’t care nor even know who Balmain is nor the magpies ;
Source- my own children . “What’s a Balmain , they’re a coffee shop I saw a petrol station “ . Litterally last week that conversation happened .
Wake up to yourself !

"goes in won ear and out the other". Have you ever shown your kids the handkerchief trick where it appears it is actually going thru the persons head?
If I have been steeling oxygen I apologise. I'll try to breeth less from now on.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

As if BZN is responsible for this debacle or you yourself. Just dont understand why we cannot unite as fans. It seems to me the fans are also fossils of their own mind. WTF.