I hate Thursday night games at home... there's absolutely no way I can get there...
I hate Thursday night games at home... there's absolutely no way I can get there...
You don't reckon you'd be able to link up with any of your fellow NSW folk to arrange a lift or something?)
You'd think wouldn't you...Have you tried getting there via Hell? Or if that fails, high water?
(In all seriousness, that sucks KS
It may be a rant but it's a fair one. Living as far away as you do, it's a great effort to get to any game let alone all of them. Well done.You'd think wouldn't you...
This issue is that I now live 4 hours (in non-peak, or 5 in peak) away from the ground, and travel there every second weekend anyway to watch the swans play at home. To do it on a Thursday, means a half day off work on Thursday, crashing somewhere, and then another half day off work on Friday...
Thursday night games only work if you're within an hour and half of the ground, which is great if you live in Melbourne, but not so crash hot in Sydney. Plenty of our members come from the Penrith, Woollongong and Gosford, which are all within about a 90 min radius of the ground. But plenty more come from the South Coast, Newcastle, and the Blue Mountains, which is at least 2 - 2.5 hours away, and then there's the fanatics, who literally travel for hours.
I've paid for a 5 year membership, with 11 home games at over $600 per year, and they've put at least two of those 11 games on a Thursday!!! I get that I'm an outlier, and they can't arrange the games for people like me, but it sucks!!! I go to every game, rain, hail or shine, and they put it on a Thursday to attract the blow-ins...
Sorry to whinge, but most people I know don't have a clue about AFL, and can't get past the fact that I pay for membership instead of just paying to get in when I feel like going. They have no idea... at least you guys are likely to understand my disappointment!
Rant over... thank you for giving me the opportunity to get it off my chest!
Go BLOODS!!
Just love your passion , GO BLOODSYou'd think wouldn't you...
This issue is that I now live 4 hours (in non-peak, or 5 in peak) away from the ground, and travel there every second weekend anyway to watch the swans play at home. To do it on a Thursday, means a half day off work on Thursday, crashing somewhere, and then another half day off work on Friday...
Thursday night games only work if you're within an hour and half of the ground, which is great if you live in Melbourne, but not so crash hot in Sydney. Plenty of our members come from the Penrith, Woollongong and Gosford, which are all within about a 90 min radius of the ground. But plenty more come from the South Coast, Newcastle, and the Blue Mountains, which is at least 2 - 2.5 hours away, and then there's the fanatics, who literally travel for hours.
I've paid for a 5 year membership, with 11 home games at over $600 per year, and they've put at least two of those 11 games on a Thursday!!! I get that I'm an outlier, and they can't arrange the games for people like me, but it sucks!!! I go to every game, rain, hail or shine, and they put it on a Thursday to attract the blow-ins...
Sorry to whinge, but most people I know don't have a clue about AFL, and can't get past the fact that I pay for membership instead of just paying to get in when I feel like going. They have no idea... at least you guys are likely to understand my disappointment!
Rant over... thank you for giving me the opportunity to get it off my chest!
Go BLOODS!!
www.abc.net.au
I get the rant Kirksy as someone that has to drive 90mins + to get to the games, but aren't our Thursday night games away this year?You'd think wouldn't you...
This issue is that I now live 4 hours (in non-peak, or 5 in peak) away from the ground, and travel there every second weekend anyway to watch the swans play at home. To do it on a Thursday, means a half day off work on Thursday, crashing somewhere, and then another half day off work on Friday...
Thursday night games only work if you're within an hour and half of the ground, which is great if you live in Melbourne, but not so crash hot in Sydney. Plenty of our members come from the Penrith, Woollongong and Gosford, which are all within about a 90 min radius of the ground. But plenty more come from the South Coast, Newcastle, and the Blue Mountains, which is at least 2 - 2.5 hours away, and then there's the fanatics, who literally travel for hours.
I've paid for a 5 year membership, with 11 home games at over $600 per year, and they've put at least two of those 11 games on a Thursday!!! I get that I'm an outlier, and they can't arrange the games for people like me, but it sucks!!! I go to every game, rain, hail or shine, and they put it on a Thursday to attract the blow-ins...
Sorry to whinge, but most people I know don't have a clue about AFL, and can't get past the fact that I pay for membership instead of just paying to get in when I feel like going. They have no idea... at least you guys are likely to understand my disappointment!
Rant over... thank you for giving me the opportunity to get it off my chest!
Go BLOODS!!
There's only one Thursday night match so far. Round 3 against the Dogs at Marvel.
Okay, so now I'm feeling like an idiot... whatever I was looking at last night had 4 Thursday night games, 2 away and 2 at home, but now I see the official site says that only up to round 9 is confirmed! I think my rant may have been all for nothing...
But I do hate Thursday night games!
my typos, copy and pasting on laptop, in bed,watching the cricket.
All good
Jake Niall this morning:
‘Debt free’: A year after losing $6m, the Swans are off the AFL drip
The Sydney Swans have recovered from a troubling $6.1 million loss in 2020 and are no longer one of the AFL’s financially “assisted” clubs.www.smh.com.au
"The Sydney Swans have recovered from a troubling $6.1 million loss in 2020 and are no longer one of the AFL’s financially “assisted” clubs.
Having lost $6.1m, depleting all their cash reserves of $4.5m and forcing them to borrow $1.5m from the AFL last year, the Swans have managed a significant turnaround by wiping off their debt to the league and becoming financially independent, or what the AFL terms an “unassisted club” during the pandemic.
The Sydney Swans have recovered from a troubling $6.1 million loss in 2020 and are no longer one of the AFL’s financially “assisted” clubs.
Having lost $6.1m, depleting all their cash reserves of $4.5m and forcing them to borrow $1.5m from the AFL last year, the Swans have managed a significant turnaround by wiping off their debt to the league and becoming financially independent, or what the AFL terms an “unassisted club” during the pandemic."
Mark Bayes , Paul Kelly Derek Kickett Dale Lewis kicked 6 early etc. The club was just about at it's lowest , s**t crowd , Kenny in full flight and the great Mike Willesee in the stand
Would like to hear something about VFL preseason.
Who your team will play: Travel minimised as AFL unveils pre-season fixture
The AFL has confirmed a round of practice and community series matches heading into the 2022 home-and-away season.
Pre-season practice matches
Sydney v GWS Giants
Matches will be held across the last two weekends of February. Clubs to decide on venue, time, date and the format of each game, including number of players, number of quarters, quarter length.
AAMI Community Series
Sunday March 6
Greater Western Sydney v Collingwood at Giants Stadium, 12.40pm AEDT
Sydney v North Melbourne at Giants Stadium, 4.20pm AEDT
Format and game length as per those in place for the 2022 AFL premiership season.
www.womens.afl
Thanks for the tip.
Is it finished yet ? My TV is at risk of a premature death if my eyes even momentarily glance at that farce.
As the Christmas season envelopes us Ticky I'd like to say a HUGE thankyou for all the work you do on this forum that makes it so much easier for the rest of us. Have a lovely Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.A lazybits article, like popcorn easily consumed and left between the seats
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What every AFL club wants for Christmas
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and time is running out for AFL teams to get their last-minute requests to Santa. Here's what our writers believe each club wants for Christmas.www.espn.com.au
