Jux said:
B_Tiger said:
I think Noyce is a bastard for suggesting fans are unhappy with leichhardt and campbo...""The feedback we've been getting from supporters, sponsors and corporate partners is that transport and public amenities have been less than adequate and seating capacity and covered seating is limited."
f**k "less then adequate", Leichhardt offers the best rugby league experience of any ground in the competition, and if he honestly believes fans can't put up with sh*t toilets at a footy match, then he has no idea who fans of the wests tigers are. Sitting in that shithole at homebush is what is less then adequate. He can claim money pushed him to homebush, but he has no right to say fans are unhappy with leichhardt. If a few fickle fans show up to leichhardt once in a while and don't show up enough to know the good places to park, then that's there own f***ing problem and our decisions certainly shouldn't be tailored to their needs. The corporate wankers who run our game need their luxury seats in a big fat arse stadium because they don't give a sh*t about the game, and it's a f***ing shame we have to suck their arses just to stay alive. I f***ing hate our administration.
Without the 'corporate wankers' you refer to, how do you hope to retain the services of players like Benji and Bronson ? Sure the atmosphere is great at the Den, it used to be fantastic at Lidcombe Oval too. Unless you can bottle this 'experience', and see if our stars coming of contract (or any potential signings) will accept it in lieu of Australian dollars, you'll have to go with Noyce's decision.
As for your deep hatred of the administration, does it stem from them making business decisions that will actually make us money ? Funny enough, you'll find successful clubs like the Dogs and the Broncos are prone to make these type of decisions all the time.
They have moved 4 extra games to a location 10 minutes from Leichhardt. If the team wins, don't worry buddy, the feeling will be great.
I never denied corporate wankers weren't necessary, which is why I said it was a shame we depended on them. However, I think the corporates get very good value out of our game and all clubs badly undervalue their worth (and as such we get kicked around more easily). so of course benji and bronson are there due to corporate dollars, but they shouldn't have any influence over where we play our matches.
As for the board, they led us to the merger and now they lead us to homebush in our crappy superleague jerseys. not a great strike rate. What more damage can they do, apart from completely killing both clubs?
I hated superleague for a reason, and the bulldogs and broncos were superleagues biggest supporters. I don't follow my club because they are financially viable or because they are a success on the field, I follow them because they were the balmain tigers. the futher they get from that great past, the less I care about them.
