Did the new stadium help us playing at the MCG?

[Always Ballin]

I am pretty sure we were undefeated there in 2018. Dramatic turnaround in form compared to the last few years.

Off the top of my head, our losses...
Sydney @ Optus
Sydney @ SCG
Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval
Essendon @ Optus
Melbourne @ Optus
North @ Tasmania or some s**t

As far as who we played at the G?

I know we beat Collingwood twice there (including GF)

We beat Hawthorn in Melb, but was it at the G?

That right there is 3 wins at the MCG against top 4 teams (Obviously Hawthorn wasn't top 4 at the time but Collingwood was in ripping form)

 

[Smeg Head]

I am pretty sure we were undefeated there in 2018. Dramatic turnaround in form compared to the last few years.

Off the top of my head, our losses...
Sydney @ Optus
Sydney @ SCG
Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval
Essendon @ Optus
Melbourne @ Optus
North @ Tasmania or some s**t

As far as who we played at the G?

I know we beat Collingwood twice there (including GF)

We beat Hawthorn in Melb, but was it at the G?

That right there is 3 wins at the MCG against top 4 teams (Obviously Hawthorn wasn't top 4 at the time but Collingwood was in ripping form)

We beat Hawthorn at Etihad. I am wearing the same shirt as that day today (as well as last Saturday) Wooshette

 

[Always Ballin]

We beat Hawthorn at Etihad. I am wearing the same shirt as that day today (as well as last Saturday) Wooshette

Tell me more about the shirt

What color is it

 

[DirtySandman]

Was prob more wet at Optus today.

Imagine having a GF at our home, and losing....

Or not making it....two melbourne teams here.

 

[Smeg Head]

Tell me more about the shirt

What color is it

Red bizarrely.

 

[dajesmac]

You’d have to think so. And/or we’ve seen the trend of recent grand finals and adapted our game plan anyway.

 

[Always Ballin]

I thought we played more at the G this year. Turns out we only played there 3 times including the GF. Collingwood twice and Carlton

Undefeated doe

 

[Wosh]

We beat Hawthorn at Etihad. I am wearing the same shirt as that day today (as well as last Saturday) Wooshette

Don't ever wash it

 

[KERRPOW]

We really should be playing all interstate victorian games at the G - to offset playing the GF there every year for the next 200 years.

 

[getgaff]

Not a shadow of a doubt. Only undefeated team in Melbourne all season

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

Yes

 

[Hai_Newman]

Yes

**** YES!!

 

[DirtySandman]

to offset playing the GF there every year for the next 200 years.

I just know, If I live another 50 odd years, the last thing I'll see on the news, is the AFL announcing they have already extended the GF at the MCG for X amount of decades, once again with no consultation...

"ya know, its like, the deals been done, we cant do anything about it now....sorry"

 

[SirKarl0s]

Considering the GF will always be played at the MCG, we had to do something to even the odds. Having Optus with similar dimensions was a massive reason why we are the premiers. God I love our new stadium.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Considering the GF will always be played at the MCG, we had to do something to even the odds. Having Optus with similar dimensions was a massive reason why we are the premiers. God I love our new stadium.

I think the benefit is more the cauldron nature of the stadium

Subi never had that with the mismatched stands

Our game style is also such that we now prefer an open expanse as we try to spread the defence - which is completely different to what we had a few years back where we tried to shut the game down and the wide expanses were problematic

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Not a shadow of a doubt. Only undefeated team in Melbourne all season

I think that’s the first time it’s ever happened

 

[kaiserchief13]

Too small a sample size so far, but an excellent start so far

 

[Cainozz]

A few of the boys have said that when they ran out on Grand Final day at the G, it felt almost exactly the same as Optus when they run out for a home game.

That's got to be some kind of advantage in our favour for years to come!

 

[Quinz]

A few of the boys have said that when they ran out on Grand Final day at the G, it felt almost exactly the same as Optus when they run out for a home game.

That's got to be some kind of advantage in our favour for years to come!

Perhaps we should start booing the boys as they come out, that way they'll feel perfectly at home when they run out on the G in another GF.

 

[kranky al]

Perhaps we should start booing the boys as they come out, that way they'll feel perfectly at home when they run out on the G in another GF.

No no no no - the mcg is a neutral ground

Equal tickets - same amount of fans from each team

/end vicflogpoast

 

[PerthblueGold]

I am pretty sure we were undefeated there in 2018. Dramatic turnaround in form compared to the last few years.

Off the top of my head, our losses...
Sydney @ Optus
Sydney @ SCG
Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval
Essendon @ Optus
Melbourne @ Optus
North @ Tasmania or some s**t

As far as who we played at the G?

I know we beat Collingwood twice there (including GF)

We beat Hawthorn in Melb, but was it at the G?

That right there is 3 wins at the MCG against top 4 teams (Obviously Hawthorn wasn't top 4 at the time but Collingwood was in ripping form)

Yes it did...and another huge factor was Sam Mitchell....

 

[flyinghi64]

In short,
Yes, 100% of course it did.

With the addition of 20,000 extra (vocal) fans who have been in the wings waiting for their voice to be heard, the new stadium has helped everything.

 

[TY24]

The players all seem to think so. Schoey in particular pointed out that running out on the MCG feels very similar to Optus because they're both just vertical colosseums with tall stands.

The MCG oval we've got at Lathlain would also have helped to an extent.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Yes, it did.

Didn't Tommy Barrass say in that Eagle has Landed vid that when they ran out it felt exactly like Optus?

I would say that would've helped us settle down, but we did end up conceding the first five goals of the game so lol

 

[flyinghi64]

The players all seem to think so. Schoey in particular pointed out that running out on the MCG feels very similar to Optus because they're both just vertical colosseums with tall stands.

The MCG oval we've got at Lathlain would also have helped to an extent.

Ummm, so........... Is this Mitch Marsh??