josephine666
Senior List
Despite the AFL and media crush on the Giants, there will in fact be two teams playing in the prelim next Saturday twilight. Of course the Giants are entitled to a home state final, but the fans of their opponents, one of which has over 75,000 members should also be afforded the opportunity to attend.
We accept (but we shouldn't) that the Grand Final is a corporate affair and few fans can afford to fork out $1500 for a ticket, but we can't allow the AFL to further marginalise fans by denying them the opportunity to attend the penultimate game.
Gil must think we are morons to believe his spin. To justify using a ground with only 24k capacity because only 4000 away supporters turned up to a home and away game is beyond contempt. IT"S AN EFFING PRELIM! If Gil is so out of touch with the football public that he doesn't understand that the average football fan will make much more effort to travel for a final then he should step down.
The media is no better (with the exception of Mark Robinson who highlighted the likely lockout in an article on Sunday). Caroline Wilson (and others) were regurgitating the AFL line using 4k as the number of expected away fans should it be the Hawks and congratulating the AFL on it's decision. It shows that Jacko was right about one thing, the AFL media IS 'toilet trained' and the poor suffering aussie rules lover has no-one to turn to when we are treated with such disdain.
Next week when thousands of Doggies or Hawks fans are unable to buy a ticket I can already hear the spin from Gil and his media lapdogs congratulating themselves on the 'unexpected' support in NSW and what a wonderful problem it is to have. It will make my blood boil but what can we do?
The prelim is for the fans and to fail to use the ground NEXT DOOR with a far greater capacity simply on the basis that it won't sell out is yet another slap in the face for us fans. Does anyone other than the AFL actually care if they see empty seats while watching a game on tv? If yes, what on earth for?
It was the wrong decision to play the 2013 Qualifying final at Simmonds. Who knows what an extra 20k+ cats fans would have done to get them over the line, but either way I am sure there were thousands of members from both teams who missed out on attending because of capacity.
I know ANZ is a shithole but so too is Spotless (don't let the word 'boutique' give you any illusions, Spotless is a sty). If it had an appropriate capacity I don't give a toss, I just want the ability to attend if my team makes it.
Does anyone care about fans getting constantly screwed over by the AFL agenda? Or are we really as apathetic as the AFL want us to be?
We accept (but we shouldn't) that the Grand Final is a corporate affair and few fans can afford to fork out $1500 for a ticket, but we can't allow the AFL to further marginalise fans by denying them the opportunity to attend the penultimate game.
Gil must think we are morons to believe his spin. To justify using a ground with only 24k capacity because only 4000 away supporters turned up to a home and away game is beyond contempt. IT"S AN EFFING PRELIM! If Gil is so out of touch with the football public that he doesn't understand that the average football fan will make much more effort to travel for a final then he should step down.
The media is no better (with the exception of Mark Robinson who highlighted the likely lockout in an article on Sunday). Caroline Wilson (and others) were regurgitating the AFL line using 4k as the number of expected away fans should it be the Hawks and congratulating the AFL on it's decision. It shows that Jacko was right about one thing, the AFL media IS 'toilet trained' and the poor suffering aussie rules lover has no-one to turn to when we are treated with such disdain.
Next week when thousands of Doggies or Hawks fans are unable to buy a ticket I can already hear the spin from Gil and his media lapdogs congratulating themselves on the 'unexpected' support in NSW and what a wonderful problem it is to have. It will make my blood boil but what can we do?
The prelim is for the fans and to fail to use the ground NEXT DOOR with a far greater capacity simply on the basis that it won't sell out is yet another slap in the face for us fans. Does anyone other than the AFL actually care if they see empty seats while watching a game on tv? If yes, what on earth for?
It was the wrong decision to play the 2013 Qualifying final at Simmonds. Who knows what an extra 20k+ cats fans would have done to get them over the line, but either way I am sure there were thousands of members from both teams who missed out on attending because of capacity.
I know ANZ is a shithole but so too is Spotless (don't let the word 'boutique' give you any illusions, Spotless is a sty). If it had an appropriate capacity I don't give a toss, I just want the ability to attend if my team makes it.
Does anyone care about fans getting constantly screwed over by the AFL agenda? Or are we really as apathetic as the AFL want us to be?
