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Got a pic? For football it’s hideously uglyThose two old grandstands make it look great. Makes the atmosphere better. It looked awesome during the cricket at sunset the other night.
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Got a pic? For football it’s hideously uglyThose two old grandstands make it look great. Makes the atmosphere better. It looked awesome during the cricket at sunset the other night.
Certainly Waverley was a ground Geelong had a very moderate record at, glad when it closed after 1999. Geelong actually had a pretty ordinary record at Telstra Dome too (Well I'll always call it that even though it's Marvel now) but certainly from '07 onwards it's been fairly imposing.There are different ways of looking at that - and i went their 3-4 times v Crows - and also went to that very important 1990 preseason practise game between Port and Geel - wher 26000 turned up - and thats why Port got offered to join the AFL after the SANFL snubbed the AFL
I agree with you - its in the middle of no where - West Lakes
However purely the football oval/ground kills Ade Oval - Football park was a big - proper size football ground - it reminded me of Waverly - and it was open to the elements - eg wind
And at Football Park - the Crows had a real home ground advantage - Geel had a horrendous record their - a nightmare ground - eg Premiers in 2011 and flogged in 2012 by about 13 goals - and the Crows wernt worlbeaters - similarly Ess and HAW ( who had good sides at the time ) had shocking records their - and Nth Melb i dont think ever won a single game their
Sure Ade Oval - its modern - its right near the city - but it is a skinny ground like Kardinia Park and Subiaco
And opposition teams dont fear playing at Ade Oval - its easy to win their - but Football Park was an absolute graveyard for alot of visiting teams - primarily because it was a very big ground - and open to the elements - Crows had a real home ground advantage - and infinitely harder to beat their than Ade Oval
For something that is supposed to be world class, the SCG really is a monstrosity. But yes it does look a lot better for cricket.
It looks ridiculous. If you want a modern stadium then fine, if you want an old style stadium then fine. They seemed to want both and it ended up looking like a mutant.
I don't know. The surrounds feels like sacred ground for the very sport itself in my view. To think the first matches of the sport were played in the parks and trees surrounding the stands is massive in terms of history for me.To me it's more of an issue for Perth than it is for the MCG. Yes there can be an atmosphere in that ground (I've been there for 50k+ crowds pre Covid), but the reason for the high rating I've always maintained is that nothing like this had ever been built in Perth.
What gives the MCG the aura to me isn't the rebuilding of the stands, but all the history of what's happened on the ground rather than the surrounds.
I get the romance, but I'd sooner see the Carrara Bears back in the AFL before Waverley Park. The reality is that the only way to get 70,000 people reliably and conveniently to the footy is to have the majority of them on a train - and that means a central location, given the all-roads-lead-to-Rome structure of our current PT system.Now, you talking. Bulldoze the shithole and let's build a 70,000 seat ground out in South-Eastern region where people from Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland would likely attend as it less trouble to get home.
Maybe a similar size ground in some outer Northern suburb too.
Why we have two grounds in inner city only in a metro region that spreads out so far, especially in the east and south is just nuts.
When it still had the greyhound trackMiss the greyhound track at the Gabba too.
Alas, I miss the Robert Heatley stand the most...
I did not say Waverley Park. That ground was not romantic to me. It was just a wonderful point of difference to the older grounds in Melbourne and wonderful if you lived way out of city out that way and had fantastic capacity which other grounds could not have.I get the romance, but I'd sooner see the Carrara Bears back in the AFL before Waverley Park.
Ah ok, I thought you were being cryptic and specifically referring to Waverley.I did not say Waverley Park. That ground was not romantic to me. It was just a wonderful point of difference to the older grounds in Melbourne and wonderful if you lived way out of city out that way and had fantastic capacity which other grounds could not have.
Carrara is back already actually. It where Suns play....
The MCG has no character. It's all concrete.MCG is great, looks good imo.
SCG is the ugliest hodgepodge abomination of a ground.
The idea nowadays of having the dishies at the Gabba is just absurdMiss the greyhound track at the Gabba too.
Alas, I miss the Robert Heatley stand the most...
The idea nowadays of having the dishies at the Gabba is just absurd
What the * is this supposed to mean? The same would go for anywhere else?The MCG has demolished every old granstand and is one big concrete ground. You wouldn't know if you were in Dubai or Australia if you didn't know.