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

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Jedi_Tiger said:
unless they are of the opinion Magpies are going to change the name to wests Magpies
sad thing is it has been 25 years for both clubs
if the new wests Magpies teams did get up they will lose a hell of a lot of support overnight so good luck with that if it happens
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What opinion.

Balmains 10% ownership means they can veto any name change or structural changes to the club within the WT licence that's just been resigned.

If Balmain or Wests want to go alone they must apply for a new licence....Buckley's.

This crap is running off petition/review process as outside parties look to take advantage off destabilisation.

Who knows for certain groups it may even be a design feature.
 
TigerJunior4 said:
It’s worth noting the article mentioned the Kea reached out to Balmain but didn’t have any evidence or provide any information about Balmain engaging in those discussions. If anything the article noted that many Balmain officials wanted to remain part of the Wests Tigers.

I’m not usually one to take this opinion but it just seems like pure speculation from the Mole at this point to try and stir the pot further. He’s not the most reliable reporter anyway to say the least.

Like @cochise said too, this is exactly why having the review recommendations in place is so important. It would be far easier to put stories like this to bed if we had a board that wasn’t branch stacked, operated with the majority of independents and was structured in the best interests of Wests Tigers not Balmain or the Magpies.
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Wouldn't make any difference.

Balmain or Wests could still apply for a new licence or aim to destabilise the joint to allow for a private owner or even a preferred chair.

In fact it seems certain people are using the non binding review as a lever and threat already.
 
Joel Helmes said:
This is not about Magpies v Balmain, it is about professional management and proper governance to give our club a chance at sustained success.
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You can’t have a discussion about professional management and proper governance unless both sides can get around a table and see eye-to-eye. Mismanagement at our club has been followed by discussion on the viability of the JV, and that shouldn’t be the case every time we hold a review in governance of the club
 
joshc-e23 said:
So sick of old Balmain and Magpies supporters trying to rip apart the JV. It was a JV 25 years ago, but I wish people would think about all the diehard WT fans (myself included) who have only ever supported the one club. Balmain and the Magpies have been dead for 25 years. Let them both RIP and move on
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Most ex Balmain and Magpies supporters know their old clubs are dead and have no intention of trying to raise the deceased,it is just a very loud and vocal tiny minority who can't accept the truth and want their old club returned.It will never happen and their delusion is causing issues that should not exist.I speak as one of the most staunch Balmain supporters that existed(not putting tickets on myself but it is a fact),however my old club is extinct but it lives on as one of the parents to WT with the magpies being the other.WT is the only future that we have as a club and if we stuff it up the club is finished and most os us will not have a team to support but sadly some people would rather see that happen in a crazy chase to ressurect a corpse that died 25 years ago.
The media will feed on this if you let them,LET IT GO because Balmain and the Magpies are dead.LONG LIVE WT
 
jadtiger said:
Most ex Balmain and Magpies supporters know their old clubs are dead and have no intention of trying to raise the deceased,it is just a very loud and vocal tiny minority who can't accept the truth and want their old club returned.It will never happen and their delusion is causing issues that should not exist.I speak as one of the most staunch Balmain supporters that existed(not putting tickets on myself but it is a fact),however my old club is extinct but it lives on as one of the parents to WT with the magpies being the other.WT is the only future that we have as a club and if we stuff it up the club is finished and most os us will not have a team to support but sadly some people would rather see that happen in a crazy chase to ressurect a corpse that died 25 years ago.
The media will feed on this if you let them,LET IT GO because Balmain and the Magpies are dead.LONG LIVE WT
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Agreed. Tigers and Magpies are dead. This team is what it is. Balmain are delusional if they think anyone would get into bed with them considering they have no money and a ground that is not far off being unusable.

The fact that they would want a NZ team to play half the games in Sydney is the dumbest idea I've heard this year.
 
SeanT said:
Agreed. Tigers and Magpies are dead. This team is what it is. Balmain are delusional if they think anyone would get into bed with them considering they have no money and a ground that is not far off being unusable.

The fact that they would want a NZ team to play half the games in Sydney is the dumbest idea I've heard this year.
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I think you mean "Balmain" and not "Tigers" when you said that and i completely agree with you
 
Telltails said:
This is turning into a real circus now and the media are circling like vultures. There has to be a response by the club as the silence in this case only creates more uncertainty in relation to the future of this club.
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Totally agree. The club can stop this whole circus dead by coming out and making a definitive statement saying the JV is rock solid and the review recommendations will be implemented with a timeline for doing so. I sincerely hope the silence is not because everyone's on leave.
 
Telltails said:
This is turning into a real circus now and the media are circling like vultures. There has to be a response by the club as the silence in this case only creates more uncertainty in relation to the future of this club.
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By which club ? These are issues with the owners which are a separate entity to Wests Tigers. What it does tell me is both HBG and Balmain boards should go (all of them) and start afresh.
 
So which board member are you, just tell us. Denny?? Your words are perhaps too coherent for him though
TigerJunior4 said:
It’s worth noting the article mentioned the Kea reached out to Balmain but didn’t have any evidence or provide any information about Balmain engaging in those discussions. If anything the article noted that many Balmain officials wanted to remain part of the Wests Tigers.

I’m not usually one to take this opinion but it just seems like pure speculation from the Mole at this point to try and stir the pot further. He’s not the most reliable reporter anyway to say the least.

Like @cochise said too, this is exactly why having the review recommendations in place is so important. It would be far easier to put stories like this to bed if we had a board that wasn’t branch stacked, operated with the majority of independents and was structured in the best interests of Wests Tigers not Balmain or the Magpies.
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There is just no need for anyone with ties to the magpies or Balmain to have anything to do with the management of Wests Tigers. None.

They can show up on game day and have drinks with punters, that's their role
 
Magpie_Magic said:
Sadly what I was worried about since this process started.

It will probably get worse as more people lever off process.

Any public process like this was always going to be destabilising in a JV with a broad fanbase.

And Sadly peoples true colours are coming out in this forum........seems anyone not fully onboard petition/review process even if supportive in a nuanced way gets abused and shouted down.

Very disappointing, and this BS is actually turning me off club.
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Good . If you’re not 💯 behind the wests tigers , then that’s a good thing . This one foot in nonsense is tiresome and self serving . You’re either all in or you’re not . Because the division is the reason we are in this mess
 
Lestronge said:
Good . If you’re not 💯 behind the wests tigers , then that’s a good thing . This one foot in nonsense is tiresome and self serving . You’re either all in or you’re not . Because the division is the reason we are in this mess
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I am 100% behind Wests Tigers.

I couldn't identify with a return of the maggies after 25 years as WT.

However, I'd like Balmains and Wests heritage deeply embedded into the club in an inclusive and engaging way so it's a continuum

Weak argument.
 
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coivtny said:
Totally agree. The club can stop this whole circus dead by coming out and making a definitive statement saying the JV is rock solid and the review recommendations will be implemented with a timeline for doing so. I sincerely hope the silence is not because everyone's on leave.
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I know we disagree on a lot of things , but this I’m 💯 in agreement . It’s very simple . But the reason it hasn’t is the reason the petition exists . Because like @BZN I genuinely think these people actually are delusional enough to think people give a shit about Balmain or the magpies that 1 or either would thrive without each other . Nope that ship has definitely sailed and the only thing left is Wests Tigers . The only reason potentially a Kea Tigers might work is the NZ portion . Not the Balmain side . The LO stuff would tokenism at best . Just a way to cash in on an established brand that has minimal fans but is recognisable .
Wests Tigers is the only way forward . And anyone advocating for either to return is a dinosaur stuck in 1999 . They’re on the wrong side morally and ethically .
 
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