"they" havent run a .... football team for 25 years.
"they" have only been in control of the football club since around 2020
Yes, in that time WTs have ended up with the wooden spoon, but if you look at what is actually going on at HBG right now, there are 2 board members who have managed to ingratiate themselves into the leagues club, the Magpies, the holding company and the WTs board... those two gents who actually had near god like power across those organisations have now gone.
The club has been unsuccesful for 22 out of our 25 year history. Putting all that blame onto the board of HBG is disengenious and also laughable.
I don't understand this argument.
HBG is simply a rebranding of Wests Ashfield, they even say so themselves and claim establishment in 1955.
Holman Barnes Group membership, including Wests Ashfield, Croydon Sports Club and markets Club, has grown steadily over the years and is now recognised as one of the most culturally diverse of any club.
holmanbarnesgroup.com.au
And I always found it interesting that they named themselves with a unified moniker, assuming to absorb the heritage of Keith Barnes when they absorbed the Balmain Leagues Club, but without anyone from within HBG is actually being from the Balmain side of the merger?
Balmain first lost Board control in 2014 due to debts and it's the same Wests Ashfield names popping up since then - Rick Wayde, Tony A, Simon Cook. It's the same small group of people putting themselves forward. Mike Liubinskas and Mike Bailey used to be on the Board - also debenture holders.
Since 2016 when Wests first took majority ownership of Wests Tigers, it's been a downhill of results and bad or unlucky decisions, getting worse year on year - 9th, 15th, 9th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 17th.
I have nothing personal against these people but the results speak for themselves - time for fresh faces. Let them focus on running a successful pokie den.