old news............the merger.

[buda]

wen i went off league for a while was wen the tigers merged with the magpies wat was the deal with that y did the merge :?:

 

[~FiTzYdUdE 02~]

the only rewason ANY team merges is if they are too financially unstable to continue as a stand alone club. so obviously, the maggies and balmain merged because they would be financially stronger together, and now they are a very financially stable club

 

[King Tigerman]

they merged because we wwere broke & we had to stop being forced into mergers that we didnt want to have anything invovled with

 

[Mighty Tiger]

The main reason that we picked the magpies to merge with was that Balmain thought it would remain a 50/50 JV and also it kept one of the old traditional clubs allive at the same time.

We could have merged with other clubs like Parramatta however I garuntee you know that not just the Magpies wouldn't be around in the NRL but no part of the Balmain Tigers would be around either.

Just think yourseleves lucky that at least some part of your club is being represented, sure its with another club - but hey its better than nothing at all (although Tigger will disagree)

 

[izzo]

If I was Balmain I would have gone to Parramatta you would have been better off and West should have merged with the Bulldogs as The Bulldogs were aiming to take over the Liverpool and West Area eventualy.

Cheers

 

[hybrid_tiger]

If I was Balmain I would have gone to Parramatta you would have been better off and West should have merged with the Bulldogs as The Bulldogs were aiming to take over the Liverpool and West Area eventualy.

Cheers

Ahh yes. You mean be taken over by Parramatta and the Bulldogs??

No thanks...

 

[B_Tiger]

I agree that Parra would have been the ideal partner. however, no more games at leichhardt would have been a pretty large sacrifice. I don't think there would be any recognition of Balmain's past and all in all i reckon it would feel a lot like parra, only changed by a new logo and a few new colours.

 

[Bald Tiger]

Was this thread for real or just a gee-up to get us going again?

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

If I was Balmain I would have gone to Parramatta you would have been better off and West should have merged with the Bulldogs as The Bulldogs were aiming to take over the Liverpool and West Area eventualy.

Cheers

You're kidding.

As a Wests supporter I would have preferred a merger with Manly than bloody Canterbury.

If we had merged with Canterbury, Wests would have disappeared altogether. The Dogs were only in it for the Wests Juniors.

Think St. George/Illawarra for the outcome of either a Parramatta/Balmain merger or a Canterbury/Wests merger.

I don't think it's perfect but the current merger is a lot better than the alternatives were at the time.