GNR4LIFE
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You’ve never seen a black and white Tiger?
Who here actually supports Western Suburbs in the KOE NSW Cup?
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GNR4LIFE
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This will be a pissing contest till the end of time. Old Magpies arguing they are being charitable to Balmain currently, and old Balmain fans arguing they saved Wests 25 years ago.
People always say this, but hardly provide any genuine examples of how it's actually "holding us back". Mainly just some vague notions.
Our own CEO has said it's a good arrangement that saves Wests Tigers time and money by having the Magpies handle NSW Cup game-day operations.
The only people who seem determined to keep revisiting it are a handful of rusted-on ex-Balmain supporters, or those looking for another excuse to grind their already well-worn axes.
wstigers11
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Why would cost cutting our reserve grade team be a good thing?
No, I don't that's a reasonable assessment. Most of us are more interested in the WT having the best first grade team. State Cup is an important pathway step. So, no, I'm not satisfied to save money and let the Ashfield crowd run that. Frankly I dont trust them to run a sausage sizzle. There are a few of them far more invested in the Magpies doing well compared to the WT. So if that all means WT putting up money for a good coaching staff and facilities, so be it.
The team is run entirely by Wests Tigers. It's part of the club's pathways system. They employ the staff and the players and provide facilities.
Nobody from Ashfield is running the reserve grade team. The Magpies footy club (which is not HBG btw) just host the game day event, sell some sponsorship and membership.
Ironically Wests magpies do actually run the sausage sizzle at game days.
Rock Hopper Steve
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Do they supply the Silver Bullets too, HBG love that beer.
I’m a Wests Tigers supporter through and through.
I think it’s important to connect to both Western Suburbs and Balmain for history reasons. Regardless which team you supported before the merger, we should be grateful they did. Who knows which team we would be flowing now.
I don’t usually reply to these sort of comments but I just wanted to get my 2 cents worth in.
Regardless what our NSW cup side is called I follow them to, and have no issues with them being called Magpies, some of them end up in Wests Tigers jersey.
You'd have to ask the CEO. Since wests tigers completely run the footy side of reserves, you'd have to assume it's saves some money paying staff to run reserve grade only gigs?
cochise
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The catering is now outsourced.
