Have you even looked at a map of Sydney you f**king muppet?
If there was a Western Sydney "superclub" it would be an amalgamation of PENRITH AND PARRAMATTA and would probably be based at Blacktown.
If you merged Wests Tigers and Penrith the only geographical centres between them would be Badgerys Creek or Liverpool.
One is in the middle of f**king nowhere - the other might have an airport built on it..... I mean is Bulldogs territory as much as anything else.
But another poster has hit the nail on the head - if Balmain go arse up, the NRL franchise will go to Wests Tigers as an independent team. The reserve grade stuff will most likely all become Wests Magpies. Funny that.
Smeg/Gronkathon is right. I know where Penrith and Cambelltown are. Penrith and
Parramatta makes obvious sense, except if the magpies territory became available, they
could create a far less painful merger between Wests and Penrith (dumping the
Balmain side altogether). Wests and Penrith are two problem areas for rugby league.
Penrith is in the West, Campbelltown the south west. They have similar cultures.
They have far more in common than Balmain and Wests. Destroying Parramatta
is simply a no go zone in my opinion. If Wests Tigers go belly up, they will likely
get the licence in their own right, but they won't waste a licence on the magpies.
SFS to Campbelltown would be similar distance to Campbelltown to Penrith. Maybe
a 50/50 split.
If the IC is crazy, they might just try and merge all three, if Wests Tigers went belly
up.
Additionally, the possibility of being the magpies being merged with Penrith has
been discussed at some length on the magpies forum if they manage to break
the merger and aren't readmitted in their own right. Old magpie supporters
feel Balmain has screwed them and Wests Tigers is nothing but a reincarnation of
Balmain. A number of magpie supporters would rather be merged with Penrith.
There is a group of magpies supporters currently agitating to break the merger.
Funny that.
