Hello Twerp, good to see your intelligence has continued its decline towards the King.
If Balmain had merged with any other team, it would not have been Parramatta, because that would be a merger, would it? It would be a friendly takeover.
You are probably (gasp) right that the other options where friendly takeovers, but a merger with Nth Sydney made far more sense than with Wests. If we were going to merge with the second least successful team in the comp, we may aswell have gone for the least successful team.... North Sydney's only problem was its debt, otherwise there was only benefits compared with merging with the Macquarie Fields Magpies.
Western Suburbs should have been taken over by Penrith as its fans and club culture are the same. Imagine the joy of the fans.... it would be like meeting your family for ther very first time, the similarities would be shocking..... you would most likely find that both sets of fans had the same following traits:
1. Average Income - Halfway between a McDonalds burger flipper and the dole
2. Men - Winfield Blues / Women - Horizon 50's / Teenagers - Holidays
3. Average Mullet Length - 16cms
4. Car - Kingswood or pre 1990 Falcom
5. Kids Names - Waaayne, Shaaayne, Waaaynetta, Leeroy, Shazza, Bazza, Kazza, Chip, Buzz, Biff & Zed
6. Average Holiday Destination - Gosford
7. Kids Career Prospects - Frontline of the army, cleaners or taxi drivers
Peeeerrrrrfect.
