Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell

@Kazoo-Kid said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227166) said:
@Snake said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227157) said:
Great now myself and 10 of my family members can give Benji the send off he deserves .. just a shame the small mindedness of the people that run the club need others to make the right decision to over double the attendance so supporters that want to attend Benji last game can !

bro the crowd is going to be 75% Parramatta supporters. Even Leichhardt's less than half capacity (3000 vs 7500) would have had more of our fans.

The tickets will be first offered to Tigers members if they really want to see the a Legend off they will exhaust the ticket allocation ... honestly get over IT !
 
@Tweed_Tiger said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227141) said:
NRL wouldn't allow it at either of our home grounds, club tried for both but because junior games are being played at both that day NRL forced them to go to bankwest.

Hahaha how embarrassing... Junior footy trumps WTs NRL
 
@Snake said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227165) said:
@mike said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227163) said:
@Snake said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227157) said:
Great now myself and 10 of my family members can give Benji the send off he deserves .. just a shame the small mindedness of the people that run the club need others to make the right decision to over double the attendance so supporters that want to attend Benji last game can !

Enjoy the Parramatta Stadium farewell for Benji.

Well you also can attend if the sole purpose of the Leichhardt change was to give Benji a send off .. but I doubt that !

I’ll be going if I can tickets to Parramatta Stadium.
 
@mike said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227170) said:
@Snake said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227165) said:
@mike said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227163) said:
@Snake said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227157) said:
Great now myself and 10 of my family members can give Benji the send off he deserves .. just a shame the small mindedness of the people that run the club need others to make the right decision to over double the attendance so supporters that want to attend Benji last game can !

Enjoy the Parramatta Stadium farewell for Benji.

Well you also can attend if the sole purpose of the Leichhardt change was to give Benji a send off .. but I doubt that !

I’ll be going if I can tickets to Parramatta Stadium.

?
 
@innsaneink said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227169) said:
@Tweed_Tiger said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227141) said:
NRL wouldn't allow it at either of our home grounds, club tried for both but because junior games are being played at both that day NRL forced them to go to bankwest.

Hahaha how embarrassing... Junior footy trumps WTs NRL

And the advice from a so called bio security / covid expert .. but we can all congregate at Bunnings ..
As I said above were a piss weak club .
 
Ok so no LO or CSS - they should have proposed 50 other grounds rather than Bankwest, including Gulargambone.

Play the Slimeys anywhere but there, what is wrong with the club?
 
@Kazoo-Kid said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227166) said:
@Snake said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227157) said:
Great now myself and 10 of my family members can give Benji the send off he deserves .. just a shame the small mindedness of the people that run the club need others to make the right decision to over double the attendance so supporters that want to attend Benji last game can !

bro the crowd is going to be 75% Parramatta supporters. Even Leichhardt's less than half capacity (3000 vs 7500) would have had more of our fans.

Only if tigers fans living in Sydney let it happen.
 
@gallagher said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227191) said:
@Kazoo-Kid said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227166) said:
@Snake said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227157) said:
Great now myself and 10 of my family members can give Benji the send off he deserves .. just a shame the small mindedness of the people that run the club need others to make the right decision to over double the attendance so supporters that want to attend Benji last game can !

bro the crowd is going to be 75% Parramatta supporters. Even Leichhardt's less than half capacity (3000 vs 7500) would have had more of our fans.

Only if tigers fans living in Sydney let it happen.
Its our home game so we should get majority of tickets
 
@Elderslie_Tiger said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227194) said:
@gallagher said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227191) said:
@Kazoo-Kid said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227166) said:
@Snake said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227157) said:
Great now myself and 10 of my family members can give Benji the send off he deserves .. just a shame the small mindedness of the people that run the club need others to make the right decision to over double the attendance so supporters that want to attend Benji last game can !

bro the crowd is going to be 75% Parramatta supporters. Even Leichhardt's less than half capacity (3000 vs 7500) would have had more of our fans.

Only if tigers fans living in Sydney let it happen.
Its our home game so we should get majority of tickets

We should be able to sell 7500 tickets and eliminate most pawwa fans
 
How does it work now?
That stadiums pretty much all reserved seating... Do they go on sale for all supporters at the same time or do we get first crack?
Ppl keep suggesting we can control it somehow
 
@innsaneink said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227205) said:
How does it work now?
That stadiums pretty much all reserved seating... Do they go on sale for all supporters at the same time or do we get first crack?
Ppl keep suggesting we can control it somehow

You can sell your home tickets to your members first. We have 19k apparently so 7500 should be snapped up.
 
@innsaneink said in [Tigers to sacrifice $100K for Leichhardt farewell](/post/1227205) said:
How does it work now?
That stadiums pretty much all reserved seating... Do they go on sale for all supporters at the same time or do we get first crack?
Ppl keep suggesting we can control it somehow

Pledged Members pre sale..

then Members pre sale..

then General public any allocation not exhusted..

Usually a day between each..
 
@Newtown said in [Benji Marshall Leichhardt Oval Farewell Not On](/post/1227234) said:
Tyson Otto 4pm 10.9.20

Not like this. Not like this.

Benji Marshall’s fairytale farewell from the Tigers at Leichhardt Oval has been shut down by the NRL.

The Wests Tigers confirmed on Thursday afternoon its plans to relocate its Round 20 home game to the iconic suburban venue has been pulled because of the league’s biosecurity fears.

The club statement revealed the plan was derailed because Leichhardt Oval would have been double booked with earlier junior league grand finals. on the same day.

Under advice from the NRL’s health experts, the league stopped the plan because it was impossible for the Tigers to transform the venue from local football oval to NRL venue in the space of a few hours.

“Both grounds are scheduled to host junior league Grand Finals on the weekend of Round 20, with biosecurity experts advising that there would be insufficient time to transform either ground from a junior league football venue to the standards required to meet the Apollo Protocols in time for the 7:30pm kick off,” the club statement claimed.

“With Junior League Grand Final Day scheduled on this date, Wests Tigers saw this as a potential opportunity for our club to showcase rugby league and connect with our Junior League clubs. With this in mind — and under the current strict biosecurity measures implemented by the NRL — the club was unable to get this initiative approved based on the increased level of high-risk for all involved.”

Campbelltown then. Please not Bankwest.
 
@TillLindemann said in [Benji Marshall Leichhardt Oval Farewell Not On](/post/1227245) said:
@Newtown said in [Benji Marshall Leichhardt Oval Farewell Not On](/post/1227234) said:
Tyson Otto 4pm 10.9.20

Not like this. Not like this.

Benji Marshall’s fairytale farewell from the Tigers at Leichhardt Oval has been shut down by the NRL.

The Wests Tigers confirmed on Thursday afternoon its plans to relocate its Round 20 home game to the iconic suburban venue has been pulled because of the league’s biosecurity fears.

The club statement revealed the plan was derailed because Leichhardt Oval would have been double booked with earlier junior league grand finals. on the same day.

Under advice from the NRL’s health experts, the league stopped the plan because it was impossible for the Tigers to transform the venue from local football oval to NRL venue in the space of a few hours.

“Both grounds are scheduled to host junior league Grand Finals on the weekend of Round 20, with biosecurity experts advising that there would be insufficient time to transform either ground from a junior league football venue to the standards required to meet the Apollo Protocols in time for the 7:30pm kick off,” the club statement claimed.

“With Junior League Grand Final Day scheduled on this date, Wests Tigers saw this as a potential opportunity for our club to showcase rugby league and connect with our Junior League clubs. With this in mind — and under the current strict biosecurity measures implemented by the NRL — the club was unable to get this initiative approved based on the increased level of high-risk for all involved.”

Campbelltown then. Please not Bankwest.

Exactly, the hotspots are in Balmain now
 
This was written prior to decision to host at Bankwest seems to make some valid points.

**Home isn't where the heart is for Wests Tigers
Lachlan Jeffrey (Roar Pro)**

There are few sporting teams in the world with a history like the Wests Tigers, a joint venture that was formed by two struggling foundation clubs in the aftermath of the most tumultuous period in rugby league’s history.

The agreement of Balmain and Western Suburbs in forming the merger was that the board would be a 50-50 of members from both sides and would play half their games at Leichhardt Oval and the rest at Campbelltown Stadium.

Many people gave them no chance, saying they would fall apart due to infighting on the club’s board, financial issues or fans abandoning their team because of the merger. For a few years it seemed that they’d be right. But then in 2005, just five years after they played their first game, they won the premiership out of nowhere.

It seemed like the rocky marriage was working. They had a good coach in Tim Sheens, experienced leaders in Brett Hodgson, Scott Prince and John Skandalis and exciting youngsters like Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall.

Flash forward 15 years and the 2005 premiership seems like a lifetime ago. Since then they have made the finals just twice (2010 and 2011), have experienced infighting on the board and financial hardship. They have many problems with player and club culture, but their biggest issue is they don’t seem to know exactly who or what they represent.

They started out playing with an even split of home games at Leichhardt and Campbelltown, roughly six games per season. Since then they’ve taken multiple home games each year to the Sydney Football Stadium, ANZ Stadium and now Bankwest Stadium. Their traditional homes get only three games per year, usually against out-of-town teams that don’t draw a crowd, such as Melbourne, North Queensland and Gold Coast. Not only that, but they train somewhere in the middle of all this at Concord.

Unsurprisingly, crowds have dwindled, and this is being used as an excuse to play fewer games there. When the club plays actual derbies at those grounds they still pull near sell-out crowds.

People around Campbelltown have lost interest in the club because they no longer feel like the club represents them. Campbelltown Stadium has had Macarthur FC soccer flags hanging up for over a year. Not once have they been taken down to support Wests Tigers. It’s no surprise people aren’t interested in a team that hasn’t actually played in front of a crowd there all year.

Sydney’s south-west is one of the fastest-growing regions in Australia, projected to grow by over 300,000 people in the next two decades, as well as welcome the construction of a new airport. The A-League have already made their intentions clear by forming Macarthur FC to play at Campbelltown from 2020-21. If Wests Tigers aren’t careful, they could lose one of the most important rugby league heartlands.

The solution is simple: they need to start investing in Campbelltown again. They can’t keep this nomadic existence across Sydney going. They need to be based out of Campbelltown full-time. There have been proposals to build a ‘mini-Bankwest’ stadium at Campbelltown, which the club should jump at.

Being based permanently at Campbelltown wouldn’t mean the end of Balmain or Leichhardt Oval. They could still play some games there and do school visits, training days and fan days. It would just mean that, for the first time, the club could actually represent something and develop a proper club culture. They can simplify things to improve the club.

If they were to play eight games at Campbelltown and four at Leichhardt, that would be as close to perfect as this club and its fans can ask for. Honour the inner west past and embrace the south-west future.

Fair points made rather than being dictated to by the NRL to see off club legends at Parramatta stadium......
 
@851 said in [Benji Marshall Leichhardt Oval Farewell Not On](/post/1227247) said:
@TillLindemann said in [Benji Marshall Leichhardt Oval Farewell Not On](/post/1227245) said:
@Newtown said in [Benji Marshall Leichhardt Oval Farewell Not On](/post/1227234) said:
Tyson Otto 4pm 10.9.20

Not like this. Not like this.

Benji Marshall’s fairytale farewell from the Tigers at Leichhardt Oval has been shut down by the NRL.

The Wests Tigers confirmed on Thursday afternoon its plans to relocate its Round 20 home game to the iconic suburban venue has been pulled because of the league’s biosecurity fears.

The club statement revealed the plan was derailed because Leichhardt Oval would have been double booked with earlier junior league grand finals. on the same day.

Under advice from the NRL’s health experts, the league stopped the plan because it was impossible for the Tigers to transform the venue from local football oval to NRL venue in the space of a few hours.

“Both grounds are scheduled to host junior league Grand Finals on the weekend of Round 20, with biosecurity experts advising that there would be insufficient time to transform either ground from a junior league football venue to the standards required to meet the Apollo Protocols in time for the 7:30pm kick off,” the club statement claimed.

“With Junior League Grand Final Day scheduled on this date, Wests Tigers saw this as a potential opportunity for our club to showcase rugby league and connect with our Junior League clubs. With this in mind — and under the current strict biosecurity measures implemented by the NRL — the club was unable to get this initiative approved based on the increased level of high-risk for all involved.”

Campbelltown then. Please not Bankwest.

Exactly, the hotspots are in Balmain now

But Bunnings at Ashfield today was packed
 

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