@jirskyr said in Knee injury may force Matulino to hang up boots:

@GNR4LIFE said in Knee injury may force Matulino to hang up boots:

@hsvjones said in Knee injury may force Matulino to hang up boots:

@rustycage I 2nd that and would be happy to admit I was wrong… Been burnt too many times by the NRL to remain positive with them. If people think the NRL are fair towards us and not trying to push us out they have their heads in sand.

I sometimes read other clubs forums, just for a different perspective, and one thing that is common amongst all of them is that they all think the NRL is out to get them. Believe it or not, even Roosters supporters think it. I find it exhausting enough supporting this club, let alone finding the energy to fight this imaginary force that’s out to get us.

Totally agree. There is an astounding lack of perspective in every supporter base.

NRL can’t do this and that, NRL are frauds, NRL are incompetent, NRL are against us etc.

The reality is that the NRL is currently run as well as it has ever been - as determined by the size of the business, the revenues, the TV ratings, the broadcasting deals, the crowd sizes. That’s not to say the NRL is perfect, far from it, but relatively speaking the business is healthy and profitable.

Whether or not it’s popular with the fans etc. is personal opinion. Ratings and crowds would indicate it’s still a popular product, though emergence of widespread streaming media is producing a TV downturn for all sports, including AFL.

Specifically on the Tigers however, you can count on 1 hand the amount of times the NRL has specifically punished or gone after the Tigers. Literally. If not for the Farahgate issue, there’d be almost zero examples of the NRL seriously penalising or railroading the Tigers. Some folks will complain that the NRL “wants Tigers to move or die” and then conveniently forget that 6 few years ago the NRL bailed out Balmain’s debt to enable the JV to restructure and continue regular operations.

In previous iterations of the NSWRL/ARL, the Chairman wielded enormous nearly unchecked power. Think about blokes like Ken Arthurson and Kevin Humphreys and the self-interested powerbrokers behind the scenes at Phillip St in the 70s and 80s.

The current CEO role has only existed since 1998 and is designed to be more business-oriented, with greater checks on power. The current CEO now answers to the independent ARLC - to the extent that persons with recent ties to clubs can’t even serve on the ARLC at this time.

So to suggest that the NRL “has it in” for one specific club is to suggest that the CEO, 9-member ARLC, including ARLC Chairman, plus associated NRL officers, combined together, have a singular interest to the detriment of one club. Highly unlikely. They are also far from incompetent; on the contrary, the top figures in NRL administration are very successful businesspersons and sports managers. The NRL is too large an organisation to risk hiring nuffies.

Whether or not you specifically agree with the way NRL goes about business is your own personal opinion. Noting of course that any fan is extraordinarily biased themselves - almost certainly more biased than any NRL official, to the point of blindness.

Agree but they are reactionary and need to set penalties in place for on and off field indiscretions so players know if they step out of line they will know what to expect as a minimum

@Telltails said in Stadiums:

Thursday night games against a team not travelling well is not going to attract any more than 15,000 on a good day in Sydney. If the NRL were really interested in getting fans to games in Sydney they would schedule more games on a Sunday afternoon. The game is centred around the TV audience.
There will always be a place for suburban grounds for some games in Sydney it is important for clubs to maintain their links to the community and in terms of TV it presents better than an empty stadium.
Sydney is always going to be a different beast to the other teams. You lose your link to community and that spells out a lot more danger to survival than whether your team is playing at stadium every week imo.

Anticipated low drawing games could be directed
to LO or CSS but when your on Guaranteed payment
to play at ANZ it wouldn’t really matter as has been stated before the game is all about TV and having a world-class stadium to call home should out weigh the negatives

@jadtiger said in Wests Tigers keen to take Matt Moylan off Cronulla’s books:

Definately not the type of player i would prefer, for all of his talent it is largely wasted

Madge wil straighten him out

@TCL said in Chris Lawrence Re-Signs - One year deal for 2020:

Good luck to him. Always puts in, is a clubman that has remained loyal.

Will be a good role model for the young guys coming through

@formerguest said in Chris Lawrence Re-Signs - One year deal for 2020:

@mike said in Chris Lawrence Re-Signs - One year deal for 2020:

Thank goodness. Go Rowdy, have a great final year.

Only have to look at your avatar to see why the club had to extend his tenure.

I can sense a Testimonial coming on .

@Tiger_Steve said in Stadiums:

Does anyone know -

Do parra train at BankWest?
Did Rorters train at Allianz?

Parra and Rorters train outside on fields provided Parra building COE not far away from
Bankwest

@Snake said in Stadiums:

One day all and sundry will wake UP! Either the improved ANZ or BankWest are the only options moving into the next decade!
It is well over due that the club and its soft supporter base Realise the only clubs that will survive past the next decade are the ones that choice to play out of modern arenas … play out of antiquated small suburban grounds at your peril and you will perish .
If this club and its supporter base want to be a power house of an organisation this is the only option … the small minded thinking about CS and Leichhardt is just that these grounds are yesterday’s Swan songs … do not be fooled about the Rosie factor that is put out by the broadcasters these parasites will though our club under a bus When the time comes .
If you want to be one of the big boys of the league play out of the modern stadia that has been provided other wise it will be thanks for the memories!

Playing out of a revamped ANZ Stadium would be a no brainer but how long will it take to rebuild the sleeping giant in the equation is the area around Bringelly to the new airport in our south west heartland.The new airport will be the largest (in land size) in Australia its aticapated that population growth in that area over the next 10 years will be close to 1.5m
If we make ANZ our home possibly shared with the doggies because you could assume that Easts and Souths sharing Alliance. Parra ,Saints
and anyone else sharing Bankwest.
Having ANZ as a home would be perfect playing out of a state of the art facility and would coincide with our run to the 8 and playing out of Grand Final venue

@NT_Tiger said in Matterson unhappy at Tigers?:

@gallagher
I don’t know about the 90’s smell but otherwise I agree.
As a Sydney outsider I really don’t care where we play as long as it’s a good place for the team to call home. But I’m beginning to believe this is one of Wests Tigers main priorities. Get one home Park and stick to it.

Easy to say but hard to have happen the almighty
$$$$ has ruined this game with inducements to play at the big stadiums I can see the day when CSS & LO will be given the go by with ANZ or Bankwest being our home

@kiwitiger said in Bali brawl:

What I don’t understand is how can the governing body of one country ban a player from playing for another. The NRL (Australia) has stopped him playing for NZ. If NZ wanted to step him down fair enough but Australia preventing him playing for NZ is a joke. The NRL should only be able to ban him from their competition.
Lets be honest international RL is a joke but this confirms it.

Who do the NRL think they are destroying the fabric which Australia was built on looking after your mates they have a lot to answer for the sooner Peter V’Landys gets there the sooner he can clean this rabble out

@OzLuke said in 2020 Draw:

Does anyone know the general eta of this? Trying to get some trips planned to see some away games…

NRL web site says shortly.which away games are you planning CSS LO ANZ or Tamworth