FURTHER UPDATE:
Simon Cook has respectfully replied to our correspondence and invited us to meet with him
This is excellent and I hope a genuine move to hear from fans and not just lip service to settle the mob.
Great work guys. Hopefully it gives us an insight (if the Board have any) of how we dig ourselves out of this mess. Appreciate the info 👍
And still the signatures and comments come. Thank you so much to everyone that has supported the petition, we hope to have a significant update on the progress of this action next week. In the meantime, if you haven’t already, please sign the petition calling for a thorough external review of the Wests Tigers now. https://www.petitions.net/external_review_of_wests_tigers_operations
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@jirskyr If he's been involved in Wests RL and cricket clubs from the time these were small time community clubs (in the 80's) then good on him. You tip your hat to anyone that gives up their time voluntarily.
I hope bringing these people and their identities to the forefront a bit more can help put pressure on them to reconsider their position.
Here is a photo from 2018 with the WT board posted by the now departed Marina Go.
I can identify
Burgess (first on the left)
Myatt (third from left)
Andreacchio (little bloke at the front)
Stapleton (brown shoes white laces)
Simon Cook (recently departed from the board but still runs Wests ashfield as CEO)
Pascoe
Wayde
Liubinskis (departed the board earlier this year and replaced by Julie Romero)
Does anyone know the others?
Of course, Mike Bailey (deceased) 2nd from left.
The push for change at the Wests Tigers is gathering momentum as a group of supporters campaigning for a full review of the club’s management prepare to meet the powerful Wests Ashfield group.
The group contacted Wests Ashfield boss and former Wests Tigers board member Simon Cook this week to update him on the petition they have kicked off, which now has more than 1100 signatures.
The petition is asking for the Tigers to be subjected to a thorough external review. At some point, it is likely to be discussed by the board of Wests Ashfield, who own a 90 per cent stake in the Tigers.
The other 10 per cent is owned by the Balmain Tigers. Wests Ashfield hold the whip hand.
They are the entity that have the power to usher in change at the Tigers – there have been recent murmurs that they may look to take sole control at some point in the future, although that has been denied by those with knowledge of the club’s operations.
The Tigers continue to labour this season and there are still issues in the background that threaten their ability to turn things around. The fact that a group of fans have been able to generate such support for their petition suggests there is a mood for change among those who fill the hill at Leichhardt Oval.
There’s an old saying that if you start listening to the fans, you’ll end up sitting with them. That said, it can’t hurt to hear their frustrations. The Tigers need all the help they can get at the moment.
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@the-last-ronin Brent read is in regular contact with us and wants to follow our progress
@the-last-ronin Brent read is in regular contact with us and wants to follow our progress
excellent. That’s great to hear there is ongoing engagement with the story. I guess he thinks it will go somewhere
Can Brent link to the article?
@the-last-ronin Brent read is in regular contact with us and wants to follow our progress
excellent. That’s great to hear there is ongoing engagement with the story. I guess he thinks it will go somewhere
He’s definitely taking a keen interest. I’m hoping it gets a run on 360 because the exposure will lift our petition numbers. I know Read is impressed with the numbers so far
That’s a very interesting mention in there that Wests Ashfield are/have considered taking over the whole thing. This could be a good move/chance to wipe the slate clean and start again.
It could be a positive, I would like it if they had separation of the leagues club and Wests Tigers board. WA appointed board but no members allowed on both. Would give a level of accountability for the Wests Tigers board.
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Well, I have to back Lee on this one, it was piss poor form of jonesy in my opinion.
the club put the team in their current position, over the last 4 years, fans and members deserve answers.
@the-last-ronin Brent read is in regular contact with us and wants to follow our progress
Steve do you think Simon Cook is cool with this info being in the press so quickly?
