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Could interstate clubs sell games to the MCG?
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Supporters won't be having that. We make more than enough money so it will never happen at the Eagles.
Why doesn't every team just play all their home games at the MCG? Problem solved.
Wouldn't be a problem if we didn't get sent to bloody Tassie all the time.
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We played the Pies in Melbourne at Eitthad. Didn't realise that was the Pies home ground...
Ed (probably deliberately) misses the point once again. There's a lot of absolute stupidity on what he said but my favourite bits are:
"Why was there no outcry when Hawthorn had to travel to Perth for a cut throat final" Umm probably cos Freo finished top Ed. Nobody thinks Hawks playing grand finals at MCG is unfair if they qualify higher
(Paraphrasing) "Port Adelaide have home ground advantage at Adelaide Oval for 12 gamss but there's absolutely none at the MCG" erm what, either playing at home is am advantage regardless (in which case Pies get it 17 times a year) or its only an advantage when you play an interstate side, in which case Port only get 10
But my favourite was his "life isn't equal but it's not disequal enough to..." then trails off as pinhead Darcy starts mumbling. The one man involved in the AFL who has done more to remove perceived inequalities now says "eh it's close enough" when it comes to this. The man is a caricature
"Why was there no outcry when Hawthorn had to travel to Perth for a cut throat final" Umm probably cos Freo finished top Ed. Nobody thinks Hawks playing grand finals at MCG is unfair if they qualify higher
(Paraphrasing) "Port Adelaide have home ground advantage at Adelaide Oval for 12 gamss but there's absolutely none at the MCG" erm what, either playing at home is am advantage regardless (in which case Pies get it 17 times a year) or its only an advantage when you play an interstate side, in which case Port only get 10
But my favourite was his "life isn't equal but it's not disequal enough to..." then trails off as pinhead Darcy starts mumbling. The one man involved in the AFL who has done more to remove perceived inequalities now says "eh it's close enough" when it comes to this. The man is a caricature
All Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Richmond, Melbourne and Hawthorn home games should be at the MCG.
All St.Kilda, Bulldogs, and North Melbourne home games should be at Docklands.
All Geelong home games should be at Kardinia Park.
Could allow for non Vic sides to get 3 MCG games each season.
He wants Collingwood to face Carlton on Friday nights in both matches for 2016.
Should be riveting viewing.
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It's not the worst idea. Say the Round 2 game between West Coast and Carlton at Subiaco was in Round 20, the Eagles offer Carlton to move the game to the MCG to get experience on the MCG for September. A fee is agreed to & Carlton get to make money off the deal and an extra game in Melbourne.
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My favourite Eddieism was from a few years ago prior to the Gold Coast coming in. The AFL wanted games to be played up there to increase the exposure of the game, and of course Eddie said that the biggest club in the AFL in Collingwood should be playing in those games to get the best exposure for the sport.
The catch being he wanted interstate clubs to have their home games moved there, and Collingwood would play them there at the neutral venue.
haha yep, six away games at the GC (and no visits to Brisbane/Perth/Adelaide/Sydney) as part of the deal IIRC
no issue with him advocating this in his role as Pies president (albeit it makes him look like a fool IMO, others will disagree) but when he hides behind the veneer of "oh i'm a journalist so this is for the good of the game" - eddie pls give me a spell
oh FFS, people need to realise that Etihad HAS to get a big drawing crowd if they dont get a final, so that means there's an extra Collingwood, Richmond, Hawthorn game there. 6 tenants at the G, 3 of which get Etihad games because of the contract.
And * the West Coast fans in Perth?
The Grand Final should always be at the MCG.
But every side should get a reasonable opportunity to play at the MCG during the season.
The big question of course is when Victorians can start to be trusted to negotiate fair contracts that dont drag third parties through the wringer?
How about we just go through the season playing each club at their home ground rather than being shipped off to every corner of the country to meet some spurious agenda for the other club?
Cant make enough money at your own home ground? Get out of the league, amateurs.
How about we just go through the season playing each club at their home ground rather than being shipped off to every corner of the country to meet some spurious agenda for the other club?
Cant make enough money at your own home ground? Get out of the league, amateurs.
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We played Melbourne in Darwin , and the Pies at Etihad this year. Typically also play Hawks in Tasmania. Potential MCG games wasted. If teams actually played all their home games at their actual home grounds this wouldn't be such a problem . We also played 2x games in Queensland (and Adelaide, though not complaining about that ) and none in Sydney/not as many as usual in Melbourne . Go figure .
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We call that one 'doing a Carlton.'
That was their suggestion when they voted to kick us out of the league in the early 90s. They'd play their 'away' games at the SCG (and take all our best players).
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How generous of them
All should be played at the MCG.
Get ****ed Ed.
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Pay to play a home Grand Final...
Now we are talking.
Now we are talking.
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