Opinion Has the MCG become a homogeneous ground ?

[Pistol Night]

Arent you there to watch the footy not gaze in awe at the architecture?

 

[PhatBoy]

The SCG is a dump I have no idea what you mean by looks great

Have you ever watched sport there?

 

[Sky]

Have you ever watched sport there?

yeah I attended the only 100 point loss I have ever seen Geelong have since I started watching football which was in 2014 to Sydney

I stayed till the last minute like a true supporter would but damn that was some unknown territory

 

[Pistol Night]

yeah I attended the only 100 point loss I have ever seen Geelong have since I started watching football which was in 2014 to Sydney

I stayed till the last minute like a true supporter would but damn that was some unknown territory

That could possibly explain why its not your favourite ground?

 

[PhatBoy]

yeah I attended the only 100 point loss I have ever seen Geelong have since I started watching football which was in 2014 to Sydney

I stayed till the last minute like a true supporter would but damn that was some unknown territory

You picked a very bad night to go there.

The place is beautiful to watch cricket at I know that

 

[GroggSquad]

Nope- it’s still a brilliant ground. Love going to it. Views from everywhere are great.

Have you been to literally any other stadium? The view at the G is the worst in Australia.

You can have the best seats in the house Level 2 on the wing and you are still miles away from the action...

 

[Sky]

That could possibly explain why its not your favourite ground?

The 50s are too close to the centre square. And I hate the green roof so hideous

 

[Pistol Night]

The 50s are too close to the centre square. And I hate the green roof so hideous

Not as bad as they used to be when they were inside the centre square. Mason Cox fell over at a centre bounce and hit his head on a goalpost

 

[GroggSquad]

They should have kept the seats in the sun on top of the Olympic Stand scoreboard for a bit of variety

 

[Underarm]

Have you been to literally any other stadium? The view at the G is the worst in Australia.

You can have the best seats in the house Level 2 on the wing and you are still miles away from the action...

Scg has seats blocked by pillars.

 

[iameviljez]

Have you been to literally any other stadium? The view at the G is the worst in Australia.

You can have the best seats in the house Level 2 on the wing and you are still miles away from the action...

Spoken like someone who never went to Waverley

 

[iameviljez]

Arent you there to watch the footy not gaze in awe at the architecture?

I agree, but there's something about not-quite-right footy grounds that gives them a bit of personality.

Everyone knows that the Western Oval blows a gale across it, Moorabbin is a mud pit, Victoria Park involves having urine tipped on you as you go down the race, Waverley is freezing, Kardinia has no wings, and the SCG is tiny. That kind of adds to the romance of footy, a little bit.

 

[GroggSquad]

Spoken like someone who never went to Waverley

Yeah Waverley was worse, but it is hardly a contender if it is no longer used for football games anymore is it?

 

[Pistol Night]

I agree, but there's something about not-quite-right footy grounds that gives them a bit of personality.

Everyone knows that the Western Oval blows a gale across it, Moorabbin is a mud pit, Victoria Park involves having urine tipped on you as you go down the race, Waverley is freezing, Kardinia has no wings, and the SCG is tiny. That kind of adds to the romance of footy, a little bit.

The G is the collosseum. And the home of all of our treasured GF losses

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

its certainly no Hancock Prospecting Stadium (formerly Metricon)

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Thanks for the free advertising for a digusting obscenely rich racist in Gina Rhinehart.

 

[iameviljez]

The G is the collosseum. And the home of all of our treasured GF losses

One day, Peter Moore's runner-up medal will float to the surface like a WW1 grenade on a Belgian farm...

 

[Pistol Night]

One day, Peter Moore's runner-up medal will float to the surface like a WW1 grenade on a Belgian farm...

We'd have enough runners up medals to sink a *n WW1 ship

 

[Pistol Night]

Thanks for the free advertising for a digusting obscenely rich racist in Gina Rhinehart.

Yeah Gina is doing it tough so that plug will be helpful

 

[iameviljez]

We'd have enough runners up medals to sink a *n WW1 ship

If you'd told me at the end of 2010 that Collingwood from that era would just be one-n-done, I'd say you were joking.

How does a team win a flag and yet still arguably under-achieve?

 

[iameviljez]

Yeah Waverley was worse, but it is hardly a contender if it is no longer used for football games anymore is it?

In fairness, there is no other ground with the same capacity requirements as the G.

It's a lot easier to build stands close to the action when you have to seat 50k rather than 100.

 

[Romeoh1]

Have you been to literally any other stadium? The view at the G is the worst in Australia.

You can have the best seats in the house Level 2 on the wing and you are still miles away from the action...

Lol- been to lots of grounds. Enjoyed most of them. Favourite is still the G. Fabulous views everywhere at the g and love the view from the good seats on level 2.
And do you Richmond supporters whinge about everything?

 

[Danw0w]

Some stadiums are immediately recognisable from the inside - such as La Bombonera in Argentina, etc

And so is the mcg?

 

[iameviljez]

And so is the mcg?

Nothing really distinguishing about the MCG tbh.

 

[Danw0w]

There's been no history preserved , there's no grassed areas or trees, the ground coukd be more inviting and pleasant.
It's not all about cramming in as many people as you can.
It's not that enjoyable going there with a small crowd. They could of retained some of the grounds character.

Who goes to the footy to look at a tree?

 

[GroggSquad]

In fairness, there is no other ground with the same capacity requirements as the G.

It's a lot easier to build stands close to the action when you have to seat 50k rather than 100.

Yeah that is fine, but I certainly would not list the view at the G as a perk either way. A poor view is the trade off you get accomodating a 90K+ atmosphere.

Lol- been to lots of grounds. Enjoyed most of them. Favourite is still the G. Fabulous views everywhere at the g and love the view from the good seats on level 2.
And do you Richmond supporters whinge about everything?

Which stadiums have a poor view in your opinion? If you're rating the view at the G so highly, I'd love to know which stadiums fall short...