AFL 2019 Round 13: Carlton v Western Bulldogs, 7:25pm AEST Marvel Stadium

[Chief]

A tweet said there was a fight in the crowd post match. Don't know the validity of it?

I think someone insulted someone else using spiced crackers with their cheese selection when clearly a plain water cracker was called for.

 

[ossie_21]

Just cancelled out the 3 goals Carlton got from soft frees.

3? Lol

 

[Ron The Bear]

Maybe all fans stay outside the ground for the first quarter and only go n at quarter time...

There are a lot of ideas floating around. Co-ordinating all those who want to send a message is the trick.

 

[Chief]

What’s this boring s**t on Fox?


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[dumb]

Blues shouldn't give up those sorts of leads and expect to win. Took a few gifts to Curnow to stay in touch. Hopefully we're this competitive for the rest of the year.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Punch on behind the AFL members on the siren apprantly.

 

[rog1995]

Rumour is the indian security team walking up down Etihad stadium

 

[ItsGameTime]

Yes Richo. The security should be walking up and down the aisles.

Tom Browne confirming alleged punches thrown near AFL members side after siren.

 

[The Filth]

There are a lot of ideas floating around. Co-ordinating all those who want to send a message is the trick.

Big four could do it....Tigers, Pies, Bombers, Blues...
They still are the top 4 for average home attendances again this year .. Top 3 H&A too...Blues are 6th
If people boycotted a GWS home game, no-one would notice the difference anyway..

 

[Iamspock]

3? Lol

Admittedly, I stopped counting after 3

 

[KnaveyBlue]

Yes Richo. The security should be walking up and down the aisles.

Tom Browne confirming alleged punches thrown near AFL members side after siren.

It's a terrible look to have security patrolling the aisles looking for verbal crimes.

It just adds to the feeling of tension and increases the likelihood of emotions boiling over.

 

[Hoops]

Dogs are shocking this season, might win a game or two more but they are terrible.

They look as good as any side in patches and as bad as any side the other times

 

[Iamspock]

We better watch what we are all saying/writing, the virtual security guards will be walking through the posts...

 

[The Filth]

Nice to see Mick Malthouse in the rooms talking to Daisy on his 250th game.

 

[Chief]

Fox are showing Freo player interviews wtf?

 

[Hoops]

At the games we should all dress up as Handmaids and when we pass security we greet them with "under his eye". Who's with me?

 

[Tas]

Entertaining game, some huge momentum shifts.

 

[Americanpies]

There are a lot of ideas floating around. Co-ordinating all those who want to send a message is the trick.

I don't think any action is required. People will naturally just stop going. I stopped going to the footy years ago, not out of any spite or boycott.. but just because it felt boring and like a waste of time. 80's/90' when I was growing up it was so much more fun.. yeah it was ruff and rugged, but that's what made it exciting. Going there now, and just looking at the crowd.. sitting there, barely moving.. only really animated when someone kicks a goal.. and even then its just a cheer... for me it's just plain boring. So I go to a game maybe once a year now, just for the heck of it... but I really don't look forward to it, have no feeling about being there.. nothing. I just feel hollow, and it feels almost like a chore going there. Watching it on TV is better for me, because if the game is a crap lock down defensive fest... I can go and do something else after the first quarter and I haven't wasted any money watching a few guys kick a ball backwards and sideways, and no dead-crowd atmosphere.

 

[Ma Xiao Long]

Which is a worse look for the AFL, Stratton's pinching last night or the Nazi security guards tonight?

 

[Ron The Bear]

I don't think any action is required. People will naturally just stop going. I stopped going to the footy years ago, not out of any spite or boycott.. but just because it felt boring and like a waste of time. 80's/90' when I was growing up it was so much more fun.. yeah it was ruff and rugged, but that's what made it exciting. Going there now, and just looking at the crowd.. sitting there, barely moving.. only really animated when someone kicks a goal.. and even then its just a cheer... for me it's just plain boring. So I go to a game maybe once a year now, just for the heck of it... but I really don't look forward to it, have no feeling about being there.. nothing. I just feel hollow, and it feels almost like a chore going there. Watching it on TV is better for me, because if the game is a crap lock down defensive fest... I can go and do something else after the first quarter and I haven't wasted any money watching a few guys kick a ball backwards and sideways, and no dead-crowd atmosphere.

Maybe that's why we have the music and flashing lights and pre-game hoo-hah, or perhaps that stuff has displaced genuine atmosphere. A lot of the tribalism has been watered down by the national competition and ground rationalisation - there's somthing NQR about sitting down at the footy. But each to their own.

One of my old pet hates was the "Roar Meter" at Richmond games - the ground announcer would tell the crowd when to make a noise and a meter appeared on the scoreboard, purportedly measuring crowd volume.

There are enough people around who know how to enjoy the game. They're just being impinged upon by those who insist on repeating the experience of watching in their living room; like people who go to a concert and expect songs to be played the same as on the CD.

 

[boncer34]

Punch on behind the AFL members on the siren apprantly.

Well we know security wouldn't be there to break it up.

 

[RAPPA]

Nice to see Mick Malthouse in the rooms talking to Daisy on his 250th game.

If Mick’s there, then Bucks certainly isn’t

 

[ShadeyP]

Which is a worse look for the AFL, Stratton's pinching last night or the Nazi security guards tonight?

Nazi's

 

[Andronicus]

Big four could do it....Tigers, Pies, Bombers, Blues...
They still are the top 4 for average home attendances again this year .. Top 3 H&A too...Blues are 6th
If people boycotted a GWS home game, no-one would notice the difference anyway..

Biggest impact from a GWS boycott would be from family rejecting the free tickets from players.

 

[Nuwanda]

Yep I would have left Marvel annoyed rather than happy if I was a dogs fan

You must have walked out of a lot of games this year.