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

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Merlot said:
imoa you just like to stir the pot n like myself wouldn't complain if the Magpie raised from the ashes
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Magpie_Magic is not on here to "stir the pot" Merlot.

HE'S ON HERE TO SPEAK FROM A "MAGPIES" POV and hasn't once said he wants the Magpies back or for our JV to split, BUT HE GETS TOLD HE IS JUST ON HERE TO STIR THE POT.

WHY ISN'T HIS MESSAGE JUST AS RESPECTED AS THOSE THAT OPPOSE HIM?
 
Does anyone know how the debenture system works? Are they transferable?
Would it be ok for a debenture holder to leave his debenture to a member of his/her immediate family? Or does the recipient need to be unrelated, but at the same time a Magpies fan?
 
BZN said:
Magpie_Magic is not on here to "stir the pot" Merlot.

HE'S ON HERE TO SPEAK FROM A "MAGPIES" POV and hasn't once said he wants the Magpies back or for our JV to split, BUT HE GETS TOLD HE IS JUST ON HERE TO STIR THE POT.

WHY ISN'T HIS MESSAGE JUST AS RESPECTED AS THOSE THAT OPPOSE HIM?
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Why do we need a Magpies or Balmain pov at this stage in our history?
 
twentyforty said:
Does anyone know how the debenture system works? Are they transferable?
Would it be ok for a debenture holder to leave his debenture to a member of his/her immediate family? Or does the recipient need to be unrelated, but at the same time a Magpies fan?
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This is how it works. If you are family. You are in. Wouldn't matter what team you support. Wouldn't matter if you dont follow rugby league.
 
BZN said:
You must be kidding us 🤔 with this post Merlot "that the normally silent [true owners of the club, game] supporters have spoken, enough is enough".

EACH AND EVERY TIME I COME ON HERE AND SPEAK FROM A MAGPIES POV, THERE'S AN "OUTROAR" OF POSTERS PUTTING ME DOWN.

AND JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR "ONCE AGAIN", I HAVE NEVER SAID I WANT THE MAGPIES BACK OR FOR THE JV TO SPLIT UP.
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You're part of the problem. That's why.

Magpies or Balmain is irrelevant here. It's Wests Tigers.
 
hammertime said:
All good mate. Thanks for understanding my view. I worked at the federal central level back in the day. I wandered the back of Parliament House when Johnny H was around. Showing my age! Interesting about Costa - can't remember too much about him.

Despite our different viewpoints on what is going on, I think we both have our fingers crossed for the same conclusion and we get some good news before the trials kick off. Excited to see who the independents will be.
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Totally mate. Just want to go to games and know my side is a chance of winning every game it plays. If we’re competitive and make the eight regularly, I’m a happy man.
Showing my age too, Nick Greiner was probably the best pollie I ever had to work for. He was whip smart. Everyone thought he was arrogant but he was actually a shy and modest man. He actually got done in by the ICAC he created.
 
hammertime said:
As I said on a previous comment, HBG is Balmain. It's more Balmain than Balmain now. They are jointly named after a Tigers and Magpies great and they fund a lot of the Balmain groups.

They are the path we need to get to. Where we are 1 team. Piss balmain off - not sure how many times I need to say it without still being called pro-balmain. I feel like a broken record.

HBG should be the only club based board seat we have in my opinion. They are where we need to get to. But to do that, we need to be secure in good governance.

If you work in politics, then great. I think you should be able to see my interpretation of the conference then. If HBD had been smooth sailing till now, then sure. I wouldn't question it. But they haven't been, so I am. There are several observations I could bring up, but I do not want to.

We must give HBG the chance to complete the review.
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You feel like a broken record having to defend yourself from people possibly accusing you of being pro-balmain.

YOU ARE NOW STARTING TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE FOR 5 YEARS BEING ACCUSED OF BEING PRO-WESTS MAGPIES.
DO YOU LIKE THE FEELING ht?
 
BZN said:
You feel like a broken record having to defend yourself from people possibly accusing you of being pro-balmain.

YOU ARE NOW STARTING TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE FOR 5 YEARS BEING ACCUSED OF BEING PRO-WESTS MAGPIES.
DO YOU LIKE THE FEELING ht?
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The difference between you and me BZN is that the only time I have talked about Balmain is to say to kick them out. They add no value and just add complexity to our board.

You still talk above as "talking from a Magpie POV". It should be a Wests Tigers POV. I think our issue is that a lot a few people are thinking the efforts towards reforming HDB are an attack on the magpies.

I get how some people might feel that. But I can speak for myself, that's not how I think about it... and, going out on a limb, I don't think that's how most think.

They are simply the owner of our team and we all want WT to be a force. I go a bit further and say that they are a true merged organisation with 3 clubs, including markets from Balmain as well as their naming. They are more than Wests Ashfield.

Honestly, HBG have done some amazing things in the past. That being a prime example. They are the natural progression towards 1 owner, 1 team. I would like to see that down the track if they can fix their governance.
 
BZN said:
My feeling is you blokes just can't handle being the minor partner in our JV.
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Your % of ownership is ALL you have to cling onto....

Because you all seem to be overlooking your failures to perform as a top level organisation over the past 30 odd years... In more than one organisation!!

All you do here every day for the last few weeks is accuse all Wests Tigers fans of being Balmain fans,

If your proud Magpies own the Joint, And deserve to run the joint - Let 'em have it.
Can you please get them to do a much better job of it for us all?
For the love of god, We've been putting up with their shit for more than a decade.

Considering, You ARE the self proclaimed online mouthpiece for the Magpies and all.
 
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BZN said:
I could not agree more tf.

I'VE BEEN SHUT DOWN EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN ON HERE SPEAKING FROM A MAGPIE POV.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A WESTS Tigers Forum, not just a Tigers Forum and I'VE KNOWN SOMETHING SINCE I FIRST JOINED THE FORUM.
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I fully understand. Now tell me your MagpiePOV? Firstly what is it that makes you a Magpie? And why do you see it as your duty/obligation to express the Magpie POV on a Wests Tigers footy forum?
 
batboy said:
What don't you get - the 90% stake, and Flooding of the WT's board
makes them 90% responsible for the failures of the Football Club does it not?
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The board has nothing to do with the football club. They are responsible for finances. That's it.
 
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AmericanHistoryX said:
This is how it works. If you are family. You are in. Wouldn't matter what team you support. Wouldn't matter if you dont follow rugby league.
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Sorry AHX I should have given you some preamble. I’m almost certain there will be a reevaluation of the pricing, just trying to get ahead of the game to assess it.
The chair is on around $60k including super.
Deputy not far behind say $45k inc super.
And the others around $38k.
Additional allowances for clothes, computer equipment.
Plus free meals and (reasonable) beverages. Also applies to family.
The WT board is probably something similar, so a good deal if you’re sitting on both boards.
It wasn’t that long ago WT had difficulty signing players with many delays media journos, besides being full of bs, told us a 60 day wait for board members was common. Thanks to God we have improved the boards availability.
 
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