The WT Identity

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Our story is that we are nomads, wandering the wilderness of rugby league. We survive through tooth and nails. Our team has nowhere to call home. We have no comforts. Our administration has always been a shambles. We never give in and keep coming back for more.

Wests Tigers is more of a cult/mental illness than it a hobby/business.

 

[Honkylips]

We are not the Western Suburbs Magpies
We are not Balmain.

We are the WESTS TIGERS.
That’s who we are. That’s our identity.

Just like the young woman in the stands thumping the WESTS TIGERS emblem on her chest and screaming WESTS TIGERS ‘till I die.

That’s who we are.

Canwe sign that young woman then? 🙂

 

[Guest]

**The Tigers have lost their plot, and salvation lies in storytelling**

The West Tigers have no idea who they are.

My earliest memory of the Tigers is at a grand final party and my Dad screaming out “why?” Benny had just hit the crossbar in 1989. I was four.

After 30 years of watching the Tigers in their different iterations - a lifespan that included my own failed attempt at professional sport and a period where I’ve set up an organisation that provides a pathway for marginalised youth and those inside the margins to come together to build more equality - I’ve sat on an empty hill at Leichhardt, soaking in the elders’ conversations and watched Laurie Nicholls throw his punches.


As Balmain, even in the worst days we had something. We had a link to a town that founded the Labor Party; a town that was changing, yes, but had roots. Our team were battlers and that meant something.

It meant hoping against the odds, knowing your team didn’t have the same cash as Manly but, when you knocked over the Silvertails in the opening round, every point meant something.


Then Super League panic hit and what a shitfight it was, we buckled and were suddenly the Sydney Tigers. We had purple in our socks, an aged Garry Jack returned and we were lost.

Souths said ‘no, not us, we’d rather leave this party than merge and have our roots ripped apart’.

The Tigers have bent and borrowed identities. In 2005, we had the luck of youth on our side, we were entertainers and the kids had a point to prove. We can play in the big time, they said. Watch us defy your rules, your structures, watch us play.


And isn’t that meaning of it all - to play?

Having worked with youngsters who have felt lost I’ve found the art of change lies in story, but today’s Tigers haven’t found their modern story, their identity, there is no feeling of any history, and the fact that they are broadcasting their every living moment shows how lost the storytellers are in the joint.

It’s why the team plays well one week, or for moments, and then look lost the next. They are mirroring the shortsightedness of the stories they are told.


What’s the vision of this club? To make the finals? That’s not a vision, that’s an outcome. This ain’t a business. At their heart sporting teams bring hope to people. They help us escape our individual struggles and feel a sense of union, of mission. We ride out the pain of our weeks in every tackle, and struggle, in every battle for a blade of grass.

Steve Waugh knew this when he reminded his players their job was to entertain the crowd. Richie McCaw and Dan Carter knew this when they cleaned up the sheds after every game. Sam Kerr and company have a story. Patty Mills and the Boomers have a story.

The Laurie Nichols plaque in the tunnel at Leichhardt Oval.
The Laurie Nichols plaque in the tunnel at Leichhardt Oval.

Maybe it’s beyond the club’s story, maybe the soul started to run away when Darling Street went beige, changing the town hall hotel into a gym, the milk bar into a lingerie store and the corner stores into whatever lycra sells the most. What’s to fight for in an earth-toned wilderness swallowing Balmain with money like the darkness eating the heart of Fantasia?

The hope is in the west. It’s bigger than a story of a football club, it’s at the heart of a story of Australia.

Can we be more complex, can we have different ways of communicating, complex stories in different languages to the ones we’ve known since colonisation?

Memo to the Tigers: rip up the endless cycles of strat plans, Facebook marketing meetings and commissioning reality TV shows. You’ve lost the plot. Look up the Yellow Pages and find yourselves a storyteller asap - ideally someone from the west who has some idea what the modern Australian narrative actually is.


The Tigers don’t need another coach and they don’t need more players. They need the story to be told of who they are, a story of what it means for two battling original clubs, with people from working class suburbs coming together.

They and the modern day Labor Party are losing the story, so people from working class communities vote Liberal, or James Tedesco goes to the Roosters and becomes their captain.

If you stand for something bigger than money, something more important than yourselves - then you have something to fight for.

Jack Manning Bancroft is the Founder & Head of Design at AIME, a global network making unlikely connections between marginalised youth and those in the margins to create a fairer world. He has been a Tigers fan for 36 years.

Nice story about the Balmain Tigers.
Pretty typical of most on this forum that think the Wests Tigers are the deceased Balmain Tigers.

This team is not, I repeat is not an iteration of the Balmain Tigers.
It's a 20 year old joint venture of the Magpies and the Tigers.
If I believed it was I'd give up on rugby league tomorrow.

Have not and will never be a Balmain Tigers supporter.
Am a rusted on too emotionally involved Wests Tigers supporter.

Balmain, divisive crap like this is offensive.

 

[Honkylips]

We are The Orphans from the movie The Warriors....

 

[Merlot]

**The Tigers have lost their plot, and salvation lies in storytelling**

The West Tigers have no idea who they are.

My earliest memory of the Tigers is at a grand final party and my Dad screaming out “why?” Benny had just hit the crossbar in 1989. I was four.

After 30 years of watching the Tigers in their different iterations - a lifespan that included my own failed attempt at professional sport and a period where I’ve set up an organisation that provides a pathway for marginalised youth and those inside the margins to come together to build more equality - I’ve sat on an empty hill at Leichhardt, soaking in the elders’ conversations and watched Laurie Nicholls throw his punches.


As Balmain, even in the worst days we had something. We had a link to a town that founded the Labor Party; a town that was changing, yes, but had roots. Our team were battlers and that meant something.

It meant hoping against the odds, knowing your team didn’t have the same cash as Manly but, when you knocked over the Silvertails in the opening round, every point meant something.


Then Super League panic hit and what a shitfight it was, we buckled and were suddenly the Sydney Tigers. We had purple in our socks, an aged Garry Jack returned and we were lost.

Souths said ‘no, not us, we’d rather leave this party than merge and have our roots ripped apart’.

The Tigers have bent and borrowed identities. In 2005, we had the luck of youth on our side, we were entertainers and the kids had a point to prove. We can play in the big time, they said. Watch us defy your rules, your structures, watch us play.


And isn’t that meaning of it all - to play?

Having worked with youngsters who have felt lost I’ve found the art of change lies in story, but today’s Tigers haven’t found their modern story, their identity, there is no feeling of any history, and the fact that they are broadcasting their every living moment shows how lost the storytellers are in the joint.

It’s why the team plays well one week, or for moments, and then look lost the next. They are mirroring the shortsightedness of the stories they are told.


What’s the vision of this club? To make the finals? That’s not a vision, that’s an outcome. This ain’t a business. At their heart sporting teams bring hope to people. They help us escape our individual struggles and feel a sense of union, of mission. We ride out the pain of our weeks in every tackle, and struggle, in every battle for a blade of grass.

Steve Waugh knew this when he reminded his players their job was to entertain the crowd. Richie McCaw and Dan Carter knew this when they cleaned up the sheds after every game. Sam Kerr and company have a story. Patty Mills and the Boomers have a story.

The Laurie Nichols plaque in the tunnel at Leichhardt Oval.
The Laurie Nichols plaque in the tunnel at Leichhardt Oval.

Maybe it’s beyond the club’s story, maybe the soul started to run away when Darling Street went beige, changing the town hall hotel into a gym, the milk bar into a lingerie store and the corner stores into whatever lycra sells the most. What’s to fight for in an earth-toned wilderness swallowing Balmain with money like the darkness eating the heart of Fantasia?

The hope is in the west. It’s bigger than a story of a football club, it’s at the heart of a story of Australia.

Can we be more complex, can we have different ways of communicating, complex stories in different languages to the ones we’ve known since colonisation?

Memo to the Tigers: rip up the endless cycles of strat plans, Facebook marketing meetings and commissioning reality TV shows. You’ve lost the plot. Look up the Yellow Pages and find yourselves a storyteller asap - ideally someone from the west who has some idea what the modern Australian narrative actually is.


The Tigers don’t need another coach and they don’t need more players. They need the story to be told of who they are, a story of what it means for two battling original clubs, with people from working class suburbs coming together.

They and the modern day Labor Party are losing the story, so people from working class communities vote Liberal, or James Tedesco goes to the Roosters and becomes their captain.

If you stand for something bigger than money, something more important than yourselves - then you have something to fight for.

Jack Manning Bancroft is the Founder & Head of Design at AIME, a global network making unlikely connections between marginalised youth and those in the margins to create a fairer world. He has been a Tigers fan for 36 years.

Nice story about the Balmain Tigers.
Pretty typical of most on this forum that think the Wests Tigers are the deceased Balmain Tigers.

Divisive much?

thought we all understood the Western Suburbs Magpies run the show Dwight?

 

[Merlot]

ugly parents,beautiful kids

 

[FinestTigers]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

 

[barra]

We are not the Western Suburbs Magpies
We are not Balmain.

We are the WESTS TIGERS.
That’s who we are. That’s our identity.

Just like the young woman in the stands thumping the WESTS TIGERS emblem on her chest and screaming WESTS TIGERS ‘till I die.

That’s who we are.

For sure Mike! **She gets it, people like her are the future of our fan base, not old dinosaurs who can't stop reminiscing about what the old club meant to them.** Just like the new wave of players coming through, their childhood memories are Marshall and co, not Gary Jack.

I get the point of the article but having a cool story is more the icing on the cake, and despite what he says, on-field success is the main driver of success of the club.

Tip: Our IDENTITY doesn't come from the future
Can yiu guess where it comes from?

I never said it did mate, I stated that she and those like her are the future of our fan base.

Identity quite simply comes from who you are. In the case of Wests Tigers, it is what it is, you could say. In ten years it could well be different, I hope it's a successful one regardless of what cool spin or story someone wants to tell.

 

[mike]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

 

[FinestTigers]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

Well said again @mike, but i got downvoted for asking for your thoughts???
Could i perhaps get your thoughts on this one?

 

[Merlot]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

bang smack between the Charles ye old Northern.falconer st triangular asian

 

[cochise]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

I actually think a purpose built stadium at Olympic Park would be better than a revamped Stadium Australia.

 

[mike]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

Well said again @mike, but i got downvoted for asking for your thoughts???
Could i perhaps get your thoughts on this one?

Ignore the downvotes, they don’t really mean anything, people can be stupid sometimes.

 

[cochise]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

Well said again @mike, but i got downvoted for asking for your thoughts???
Could i perhaps get your thoughts on this one?

Ignore the downvotes, they don’t really mean anything, people can be stupid sometimes.

I really wanted to downvote you for this comment 😛

 

[mike]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

I actually think a purpose built stadium at Olympic Park would be better than a revamped Stadium Australia.

I could live with that. Wow we finally agree re stadiums. lol

 

[cochise]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

I actually think a purpose built stadium at Olympic Park would be better than a revamped Stadium Australia.

I could live with that.

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

I actually think a purpose built stadium at Olympic Park would be better than a revamped Stadium Australia.

I could live with that.

It is actually my preferred option, I think the club should have fought for the WSS to be built there but I think sadly that option has passed.

 

[mike]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

I actually think a purpose built stadium at Olympic Park would be better than a revamped Stadium Australia.

I could live with that.

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

I actually think a purpose built stadium at Olympic Park would be better than a revamped Stadium Australia.

I could live with that.

It is actually my preferred option, I think the club should have fought for the WSS to be built there but I think sadly that option has passed.

SFS it is then ????

 

[cochise]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

I actually think a purpose built stadium at Olympic Park would be better than a revamped Stadium Australia.

I could live with that.

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

I actually think a purpose built stadium at Olympic Park would be better than a revamped Stadium Australia.

I could live with that.

It is actually my preferred option, I think the club should have fought for the WSS to be built there but I think sadly that option has passed.

SFS it is then ????

Hey! We were close to agreeing on something in this topic. Way to spoil it with your nonsense.

 

[Merlot]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

Well said again @mike, but i got downvoted for asking for your thoughts???
Could i perhaps get your thoughts on this one?

Ignore the downvotes, they don’t really mean anything, people can be stupid sometimes.

check out ya downvotes on the thread you just started

 

[FinestTigers]

After reading most comments here I realised the real problem is that it starts with our fans who are entrenched in “cancel culture” (I don’t like what is being said so forget it and move on)

The article is about how the club’s we followed had a soul and an identity (no matter which side you came from) and that we need to make changes to recapture that, some so-called die hard fans on this forum like to dismiss other people’s experiences because it doesn’t suit them.

Our club is so divided under the surface, it’s like a married couple that hates each other but are only staying together for the children.

As long as we keep demonising each other’s origins we will stay a club that just makes up numbers like we have the last 10 years.

I agree.

Feel sorry fir those who don't see we are the total sum of our past. Both sides.

16 premierships and over 200 years of history.

It should be celebrated not divided and ignored!

Our history will never be ignored, it's in the name for crying out loud: **Wests Tigers**. However we are not the foundation clubs. We are the Wests Tigers. We are making our own identity. Robbie Farah, Benji Marshall, Brett Hodgson, et al. Plus we have new stars in the making. We have passionate fans you see at every game and on TV. The creation of the Centre of Excellence, which will be world class. We even had a TV show just about the Wests Tigers, no other club has ever done that in the history of Rugby League. New external initiatives like The Ambush, engaging the fans. The Wests Tigers are creating their own unique identity and history.

Well said @mike , could i perhaps get your thoughts about having one new homeground that would be located somewhere in the centre of the vast WT territory?

The ideal would have been the Sydney Olympic Park precinct. Close to enough to Balmain, Lidcombe (it’s actually more in Lidcombe than Homebush), Ashfield, and to the COE at Concord. Very easy to get to from the Southwest. Great facilities for interstate travellers as well staying overnight or for the weekend. A revamped Stadium Australia would have been fantastic, a purpose built smaller stadium in the same precinct would be the next best option.

Well said again @mike, but i got downvoted for asking for your thoughts???
Could i perhaps get your thoughts on this one?

Ignore the downvotes, they don’t really mean anything, people can be stupid sometimes.

I really wanted to downvote you for this comment 😛

?? this would be the funniest reply yet.