If you want decent juniors coming through the club (and the Wests Tigers will never ever be in a position to poach talented juniors from other clubs), then you must maintain games in the Liverpool-Macarthur district no matter what.
It`s quite simple, the Wests Tigers would not survive without a strong junior base and if they do anything to further distance themselves from the Liverpool-Macarthur region, then the club will fold !!!
It`s quite clear, plain and simple, yet some of you don`t seem to understand !!!
Back to Westie`s initial statement, I do believe that a new stadium in Liverpool where the Bulldogs were going to build is the way to go. It may only be 20mins up the road from Campbelltown, but it is a much more central location and should be looked at as the Wests Tigers future base !!!
Ask youself this simple question, who was the last decent footballer that was a genuine Balmain junior, from the Balmain junior district (not a cast off from Parramatta, Penrith or the Bulldogs), who was available to represent the Balmain district (being NSW and Australia) and who was a genuine class player ???
Now you can only half claim Robbie Farah as he is from original Magpie territory and these days Bulldogs territory, but poached to Leichardt Wanderers (who was that coach ? He should be the President of the BDJRL, obviously the smartest bloke to come through the club in 100 years !) and the only other recent claim to fame is Mark O`Neill who was a good honest toiler, but nothing more and certainly wouldn`t make our current side, even if he was at the peak of his career !!!)
