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What does this mean wtfl?
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Sorry… Stuffed up my post. I was told last week at wests ashfield that the leagues club will support a wests magpies team for 2012. Assuming that balmain cannot field a side for 2012 then the magpies should be feeder side for WT. Who will return to the magpies from bret and other clubs? Who can we expect as fringe players from wt?
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Sorry… Stuffed up my post. I was told last week at wests ashfield that the leagues club will support a wests magpies team for 2012. Assuming that balmain cannot field a side for 2012 then the magpies should be feeder side for WT. Who will return to the magpies from bret and other clubs? Who can we expect as fringe players from wt?
That’s good news if it comes to fruition in regard to the Magpies. Not sure that Balmain are done and dusted yet though. -
Latest turn of events:
West magpies will field a nsw cup side and wests tigers will also field a side based out of leichhardt oval. Wests magpies nsw cup side will not feed into wt. Leo epfiana will coach wt nsw cup side. Still a messy structure. We shall see what pans out for 2012
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Latest turn of events:
West magpies will field a nsw cup side and wests tigers will also field a side based out of leichhardt oval. Wests magpies nsw cup side will not feed into wt. Leo epfiana will coach wt nsw cup side. Still a messy structure. We shall see what pans out for 2012
Posted using RoarFEEDWhere’s this coming from? Last I heard Balmain still had a team with Fletcher as the coach, but Epifana was out of Wests and had some role with WT……
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So we are going to see Wests v Wests Tigers…geez that’s weird!
Thank goodness the WT’s are so strong and marketable because the disfunction between the Magpies, the two leagues clubs and what’s left of poor old Balmain is unbelievable.
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Latest turn of events:
West magpies will field a nsw cup side and wests tigers will also field a side based out of leichhardt oval. Wests magpies nsw cup side will not feed into wt. Leo epfiana will coach wt nsw cup side. Still a messy structure. We shall see what pans out for 2012
Posted using RoarFEEDWhere’s this coming from? Last I heard Balmain still had a team with Fletcher as the coach, but Epifana was out of Wests and had some role with WT……
Its sounds like Balmain still have a team but they might be called the Wests Tigers ??
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West magpies will field a nsw cup side and wests tigers will also field a side based out of leichhardt oval. Wests magpies nsw cup side will not feed into wt. Leo epfiana will coach wt nsw cup side. Still a messy structure. We shall see what pans out for 2012
Posted using RoarFEEDWhere’s this coming from? Last I heard Balmain still had a team with Fletcher as the coach, but Epifana was out of Wests and had some role with WT……
Its sounds like Balmain still have a team but they might be called the Wests Tigers ??
Really its just crazy isn’t itWill be interesting to see how this pans out.
A WTs team (not Balmain) coached by the former coach of the Magpies.
Leo is a great coach and hopefully is on to bigger and better things, although sad to see a died in the wool Magpie no longer is the nest so to speak.
Hopefully the Magpies can put together a competitive team and give the WTs some stick.
Interested to see what happens if the Maggies come up with a gun player, does he go to the WTs, does Sheens call him up or is he a Magpie fullstop. ?
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Good gig for Leo if this is the case. Sounds like poor old Wests will struggle to attract talent if the WT state cup squad is playing out of Leichardt though.
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If this is all true, I can see Wests Magpies playing on the same day and location as Wests Tigers as often as possible.
I am still sceptical Wests Magpies will come up with the funding though.
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When will all the speculation be confirmed by the Wests Tigers Football Club Inc?.
We all know the woes expererienced by the Balmain side from the debacle of the re-development of their Leagues Club site but there are also murmurings coming from the Campbelltown(Wests) Leagues club that appears to suggest they don’t want to support the Magpies even though they play at Campbelltown.
It’s reassuring to know that the Ashfield club is at least supporting someone, all this conjecture is disconcerting to a fan who is a Wests Tigers fan firstly but always hoped that both sides of the joint venture were equally able to be sustainable in being a support base for the ‘joint venture’.
The people who are missing out appears to be the Juniors from both sides, who is going to fund all these kids who want to be the next Benji & Robbie (Farah), the next Junior to make it big, after witnessing via the Media the meltdown of some of our high profile signings do any kids still want to play for us?. -
Goldleroy… Wests campbelltown havent supported the magpies nsw cup side since end of 99. The magpies survival truly relies on wests ashfield. Yes i agree we need straight answers from all parties. For me personally i dont like the concept of wests tigers v wests magpies.
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We can only benefit from one state cup side IMO - whatever it is called. We are waisting double the money on state cup by having two teams, and if we are not then we are fielding inferior teams compared to the other clubs anyway.
Play state cup as a Wests Tigers team but in the Western Suburbs jersey! No-one will forget our heritage. Seems to me we are throwing money in to maintain an identity which the WT do not want to lose anyway.
I hope we only play one team - and make it quality. Guys like Miller, Akeripa, Curran, Meaney. Lets put our focus in having one state cup side and one NRL side and making them both consistently strong.
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Extract of Statement re Wests Magpies 2012 and beyond:
Greetings fellow Magpies.
RE: the future of the Magpies, a few things.
Firstly Wests Ashfield Leagues Club have agreed to provided financial support after much debate & negotiation. It is significantly less than what was provided in previous years, but something is better than nothing.
Secondly, the new ‘Board’ is working on an arrangement for 2012 (and possibly beyond) that will see the Magpies remain at the Second-Tier level of the game which is NSW Cup. Both the Harold Matthews & SG Ball Teams remain also, but are currently being managed and run by Wests Tigers.
Thirdly, this arrangement that will be announced when finalised (hopefully in the next couple of weeks) will ensure a bright future for Magpies and continue to ensure the Football Club will continue to thrive and prosper without the assistance of Wests Tigers (Not there is any forth coming anyway)
RE: Leo & Steve. Both men were not shown the door. Leo has taken on a Coaching role at Wests Tigers (most likely will be directly involved with their new Wests Tigers Team which will house ALL contracted Wests Tigers NRL/NYC Players)
The inept performance of the Board & Management are that and a thing of the past. Please ensure, the newly assembled Board has been working tirelessly to ensure that not only will the Magpie ‘Brand’ exist in the NSW Cup, but to ensuring the Football Club remains viable and remains in existence for hopefully another 104 years.
The ‘new’ Board can only apologise for the errors and poor decisions of the past. Self interest, self preservation, personal agenda’s limited the power the Football Club has had when it come to fighting for Equality and Fairness for representation and really just a ‘fair go’.
What’s important from the Football Club’s perspective is now getting supporters and fans to make the step and transition of becoming members of the Football Club. The more members, the more power we as a Club, the Board will have against the powers trying to kill us off, namely in our own Leagues Clubs, Ashield and Campbelltown who have aligned themselves with Balmain and vote as a consensus against the Football Club on all important issues RE: the Joint Venture.
As you may or may not know, the Football Club is 1 of 3 shareholders in what is known as a the ‘Wests Group’ that is a 50% Shareholder of Wests Tigers Rugby League Football Pty Ltd. The other 2 shareholders within the Wests Group are of course both Wests Leagues Clubs, in Ashfield and Campbelltown, both who align themselves to the Balmain Group, when it comes time to vote of decisions such as having ‘one brand’ and ‘one NSW Cup’ team.
Balmain might want to become Wests Tigers and surrender any history and tradition they have left, but the Magpies sure as hell aren’t. The Football Club still sees itself as a crucial part of the Wests Tigers Joint Venture as well as its responsibility of servicing and providing the juniors of the Campbelltown/Macarthur District and pathway and an avenue to play Rugby League at the highest level, hopefully NRL, be it with Wests Tigers or another NRL franchise.
Please ensure, the new Board will not lie down, will not give in and fight for the Magpies to remain as the Western Suburbs District Football Club Ltd as it has done since February 4th 1908.
MAGPIES FOREVER!!!
