Sttew
Brownlow Medallist
Parroting me. What's your point?Yes, Hardwick is a great coach.
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Parroting me. What's your point?Yes, Hardwick is a great coach.
Given cats fans are supposedly boycotting this game, are they gunna protest the club for spitting in the face of its own members by again having the BnF at Crown (or is Crown relocating to Belmont?)
If I worked in a pub and decided to have my birthday party at another pub am I no longer employed at the original pub?
I don't know I don't get involved in other people's affairs.How are cats fans supposed to attend the BnF when it's so many hours away?!?!?
Was the Sphinx Hotel booked out that night???
I don't know I don't get involved in other people's affairs.
Yes probably it is a premiere night spot.
I guess the question to ask is what incentive is there for one team not to aim for as high on ladder as possible, what do Geelong earn for finishing first that they wouldn't have got if they finished 2nd or 5th or 6th. Hell they finished 8th last year and got the same result as this year.
I understand the arguments for both having the final in Geelong and not.
Firstly. Anything less than 11 games in Geelong is being shafted. Any argument to the contrary is bullshit.Forced to have 2 home MCG matches each season giving more time on the Ground they end up playing many finals on. Terrible experience for the players. They will be at risk of block buster fatigue also
Forced to go to the MCG against Ess when it’s an away game rather than be scheduled to Essendons home ground.
Forced to play 7 games at the G in 2018 and 5 in 2019 excluding finals when other Vic clubs who are non tenants on the G often hardly see the place in the H&A season.
Have a great ground upgrade largely paid for by the state i.e. non Geelong supporters, giving the club the most cosy stadium deal and the only real home ground advantage of any Victorian side
Yep the Cats are doing it hard.
The whole supporter base should follow your lead and boycott the G next Friday. I am sure Scott and the players would value that solidarity.
TBH, this discussion has been done to death. It was started by, guess who? A Tiger supporter, the premise being Steve Hocking would give Geelong a home final. It didn't happen. Yet by a considerable margin Tigers posters have kept the discussion alive
Sorry I thought this thread was about where the games were played?You got a double chance finishing 8th?
Firstly. Anything less than 11 games in Geelong is being shafted. Any argument to the contrary is bulls**t.
Secondly, that pantheon you play 14 games at each year was paid for by whom exactly? That’s right, the taxpayer. So don’t play that card, in fact we actually contributed to ours. Did you pour hard earned in the MCG redevelopment?? Didn’t think so.
Thirdly, you don’t think we’re sick of seeing the same clubs at home each season? Don’t think those clubs think it’s unfair that the silver spoon brigade are exempt. You’re among a privileged bunch deemed too important to come down the highway and it stinks.
Clever tiger supporters ...though Pies stand to reap the benefits!!TBH, this discussion has been done to death. It was started by, guess who? A Tiger supporter, the premise being Steve Hocking would give Geelong a home final. It didn't happen. Yet by a considerable margin Tigers posters have kept the discussion alive
I think the biggest problem is the fact it's Chris Scott and Geelong who are discussing the issue. If it was Luke Beveridge and the Bulldogs arguing they should host home finals at Marvel Stadium if they have earned a home final, would Tiger fans have their noses out of joint as much as they've shown in this thread?
Somehow I doubt it.
And since then?Scott inherited a team which had lost its best player weeks before he walked into the club and had been embarrassed by Collingwood in the Prelim the year before, and beat the same Collingwood side 3 times the following year, the only team to do so.
I think you’ll find your coach has kept the discussion alive.TBH, this discussion has been done to death. It was started by, guess who? A Tiger supporter, the premise being Steve Hocking would give Geelong a home final. It didn't happen. Yet by a considerable margin Tigers posters have kept the discussion alive
70% win/loss record overall. And yes, 40% finals.And since then?
That post reflects the myopia that seems to be afflicting many down at Sleepy Hollow.
I'd suggest that not many would be too upset about such a proposal from Beveridge; Docklands holds about 53,000 and is a shared home venue, at which other teams also regularly play and get exposure. No team gets the huge advantage of both training and playing there. Not that difficult to comprehend.
Far be it from me to defend Richmond, but this comparison is a joke.Richmond played 13 games on the MCG during the H & A season in 2019 - 9 of those against teams that are non-MCG tenants. Geelong played 9 games on their home ground at GMHBA.
So that's 9 clear advantage home games to geelong and 9 for Tigers.
But where do Richmond train?I'm tired of reading posts from (of all people) Richmond supporters about Geelong getting the biggest homeground advantage in Victoria.
Let's stick with the facts:
Richmond played 13 games on the MCG during the H & A season in 2019 - 9 of those against teams that are non-MCG tenants. Geelong played 9 games on their home ground at GMHBA.
So that's 9 clear advantage home games to geelong and 9 for Tigers.
Tigers played 4 games at the MCG with other MCG co-tenants - that is 4 neutral games with no advantage for either team.
Geelong played 11 away games at the oppositions home ground and 1 home game the MCG against Essendon and 1 home game on the MCG against Hawthorn. - that is an equivalent of 9 homes games, 12 away games and 1 neutral compared to Richmonds 9 home, 4 neutral and 9 away.
So that blows away this whole Home and Away advantage to Geelong myth.
Next comes finals, only chance that Richmond and Collingwood can possibly not play on their home ground in ANY final will be if they play an interstate club who have won the right to a home game.
Fun fact, in 2017 Richmond were the ONLY team in the top 4 to play all of their finals on their home ground.....end rant!