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If they keep pulling 80k+ why change?
Because we're watching it on TV and Carlton are s**t. The crowd will still go on a Sunday afternoon.
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If they keep pulling 80k+ why change?
Why do people complain about this game so much when there’s literally another relatively good game on the next day?
“We’ve waited 6 month”. Skip the game and wait for one day. Not hard.
A packed out stadium in Perth with 60k, with west coast getting the premiership flag out would be more enjoyable to watch and have better atmosphere than 80k at the mcg wouldn’t it ?
Not if they are playing Gold Coast lol.
But I agree with your point, let the Premiers open the season, I'm all for a GF rematch but if not, then Premiers vs a good team.
The opening game of the season should not be a 4 points winning bye for the Tigers.
I doubt I will watch it. There is only so much savage fun one can get from watching blue witches' hats.
Of course some team will always get a free kick four points in the opening round, but why the Tigers?
Why not fixture the first round around where teams finished up at the end of the previous season? This would mean the Blues playing the GoCo, Pies v West Coast etc.
FWIW, I would be happy to watch the GoCo play the Blues in the opener. It would also help interest in and membership of both struggling Clubs.
I think the grand final rematch is perfect, some supporters can’t get to the grand final so this would be a good way to get a massive crowd for the premiership winning team.
You couldnt even sell out your Grand Final rematch at Adelaide oval. It was round 2 and your first home game in 2018.
So much for that theory. Cant wait for ANZAC day to come around and all the geniuses come out stating that that should be the Grand Final rematch too. If Bigfooty had its way every round would feature the Grand Final rematch.
We didn’t win the premiership king chrome, would Richmond V Crows first game of 2018 at the MCG sold out when Richmond were unveiling the premiership flag? I’ll answer for you, s**t yes it would have
So much for that theory? You can’t even understand what I am writing, way too emotional
I dont really get it either.Why do people complain about this game so much when there’s literally another relatively good game on the next day?
“We’ve waited 6 month”. Skip the game and wait for one day. Not hard.
Youve started the preview thread 6 weeks out due to your desperation to talk down Carltons chances. Carlton is the centre of a Crows fans universe right now. You mob should ease up a bit, Ports gonna get jealous soon.
Don’t kid yourself, Carlton will never reach the level of hatred the Crows have for Port.
Is there a time when I can start a thread. There was a thread started in August for 2019 ladder predictions, have you posted in that one?
I normally wouldn’t have a big issue with this game but I think this year will be it’s last time. Richmond are miles ahead of Carlton and have added 1 of the best tall forwards in the competition. It’s not impossible that Richmond win by over 100 points considering how unlucky Carlton has been this preseason.
The season opener is literally just a regular game played on a weeknight. First game of round 1. All it is. It's not like the season opener happens a week or two weeks before the season.Why is so bad to want a game of high quality for the season opener considering everyone has waited 6 months?
I wonder how much of this is hope and how much is objective analysis. As for your rivalry, Port is all but a forgotten ex with Carlton being the flavour of the month. Your club board has a thread for discusding Port achieving only 60 pages thus far. Your thread about Carlton has 175 pages. Its pretty obvious how thirsty you lot are.
You lot are paying closer attention to our training sessions and media articles than we are. Youve created this thread because why? Are you actually interested in Richmond v Carlton games or are you looking to pot Carlton? You think theyll win by 100 points. Great. Few in this thread share that view. Dont get upset because your desperation to be right doesnt get supported.
It was only 5 seasons ago that the Blues would always beat us, the problem was we were so crap. One year both teams will be on the up and it will be like the good old days
I started the thread because I think this will be the last game between these 2 as an opener. Carlton have been unlucky with injuries again this preseason so I think it will be a boring game. I hope it is competitive but my opinion is it’s going to be a blow out
I want to watch good games of football, the opening game of the season would be great if it was a great game.
Except that wasnt the premise of the thread. You didnt want to discuss who should be opening the season you wanted to discuss best 22s what could impact the result 6 weeks out.
You need to come to grips with your reality and accept Crows fans are living and breathing Navy Blue. You hope its a blow out, but historically these games havent blown out to 150 points. They are generally competitive and good value for neutrals. You want a blow out and you are presenting as someone who based their opinion on emotion rather than hard evidence.
It’s in the first sentence that the “usual grand final teams games”. You are just looking for an argument and twice now don’t actually read anything
If you don’t like the thread then leave. It’s pretty simple.