Opinion Future of the Pink Lady game

[PerfectFooty]

What is the future of this game, it seems to be diminishing yearly? I've been talking and thinking about it a lot lately with a mate BallaratBulldog who started a similar thread on the Western Bulldogs board. The game at it's inception was a great idea, in 2010 in rainy conditions 45,444 people rocked up to watch us and the Dogs play a thriller on a friday night. As it stands 45,444 is the highest Home and Away crowd between us and the Bulldogs since 1990 (Couldn't bother studying further back) and probably the highest Home and Away crowd for our sides of all time. Even the match in 2014 player on a dewy saturday night returned the third highest crowd between the two.

I love this fixture and it's really more than footy, but it's diminishing. The Pink Lady match went from a big game on a Friday night 6 years ago, to hiatus, to being revived in 2014 on a saturday. Then last year we had the complete confusion of it being played against the Swans rather than the Dogs. Now the game has been moved to a sunday afternoon, the weekend after mothersday. Which confuses me further!

I like this fixture and know some of our supporters do and so do the Western Bulldogs, but if i didn't know better it feels like the AFL is slowly trying to phase it out, because outright dumping it would be incredibly insensitive

So what is the future of this fixture? i'd love to hear the from anyone on here on what their thoughts are as well as welcome any lurking Bulldgos fans to discuss

 

[Sellout Scully]

One of my favourite memories was against the Crows I think maybe in 2006? when they did a massive 'field of women' and formed a giant pink lady shape in the middle before the game

 

[schmuttt]

Dumping it on a Sunday was pretty poor IMO, and playing Sydney last year was bizarre.

At least if it was on mothers day it would have made sense.

 

[Go the Biff]

One of my favourite memories was against the Crows I think maybe in 2006? when they did a massive 'field of women' and formed a giant pink lady shape in the middle before the game

That was outstanding. The aerial shot looked amazing with the "G" lit

It needs to be a Friday or Saturday night I believe. Free to air TV where the pre-game show can be used to highlight it. And the AFL need to get off their arse and give it the marketing it deserves. They've dropped the ball on this.

 

[PerfectFooty]

One of my favourite memories was against the Crows I think maybe in 2006? when they did a massive 'field of women' and formed a giant pink lady shape in the middle before the game

Didn't they do the same thing in 2010?

 

[Max Power 83]

Has to be Melbourne v Bulldogs, at night. Put it on a Saturday night (perhaps night before Mother's Day) and play the women's match as the curtain raiser.

 

[Big Jim 11]

Has to be Melbourne v Bulldogs, at night. Put it on a Saturday night (perhaps night before Mother's Day) and play the women's match as the curtain raiser.

This.
Astonishing the AFL keeps deviating away from tried and tested

 

[Proper Gander]

AFL should reinvest some time and effort in making this an occasion. It was great when it was introduced and seems to be slowly being undermined. It remains a great cause and the way it was conceived was a really impressive spectacle. A bit of effort please - and a few less introductions of pointless new "themed" games to satisfy bloody Sheedy's megalomania (Farmer's round, FFS!)

 

[BallaratBulldog]

It got a bit of air time on afl360 last night, probably will tonight on the footy show. That's a start.

 

[rhaz]

Is there a round/game to raise awareness of mens health issues? Prostate cancer? Or just cancers more generally?

 

[PerfectFooty]

Is there a round/game to raise awareness of mens health issues? Prostate cancer? Or just cancers more generally?

EJ whitten game?

 

[Bluelegs]

What is the future of this game, it seems to be diminishing yearly? I've been talking and thinking about it a lot lately with a mate BallaratBulldog who started a similar thread on the Western Bulldogs board. The game at it's inception was a great idea, in 2010 in rainy conditions 45,444 people rocked up to watch us and the Dogs play a thriller on a friday night. As it stands 45,444 is the highest Home and Away crowd between us and the Bulldogs since 1990 (Couldn't bother studying further back) and probably the highest Home and Away crowd for our sides of all time. Even the match in 2014 player on a dewy saturday night returned the third highest crowd between the two.

I love this fixture and it's really more than footy, but it's diminishing. The Pink Lady match went from a big game on a Friday night 6 years ago, to hiatus, to being revived in 2014 on a saturday. Then last year we had the complete confusion of it being played against the Swans rather than the Dogs. Now the game has been moved to a sunday afternoon, the weekend after mothersday. Which confuses me further!

I like this fixture and know some of our supporters do and so do the Western Bulldogs, but if i didn't know better it feels like the AFL is slowly trying to phase it out, because outright dumping it would be incredibly insensitive

So what is the future of this fixture? i'd love to hear the from anyone on here on what their thoughts are as well as welcome any lurking Bulldgos fans to discuss

AFL has put no faith in it and as a result has suffered. It went from a Friday night to a Saturday night, got taken away from the Bulldogs for a year and now shoved aside to a Sunday afternoon.

 

[Bluelegs]

Well this is a bad look.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/...ialSF&utm_source=HeraldSun&utm_medium=Twitter

Though it sounds like the fault of the council and the club is just a bystander here.

 

[schmuttt]

Well this is a bad look.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/...ialSF&utm_source=HeraldSun&utm_medium=Twitter

Though it sounds like the fault of the council and the club is just a bystander here.

Be interested to see what we do as a club as they've asked us if we can move.

 

[Bluelegs]

Be interested to see what we do as a club as they've asked us if we can move.

I think it would depend if we're contracted to train there with the Casey Scorpions/whether Gosch's paddock will be available that day.