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No Etihad Final
No Etihad final in the first week and checking the predictor, unless the AFL has a contract to do so, their could be none next week either. So possibly none for the whole final series. Bad luck or the AFL sticking to Etihad management?
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Maybe we should have it at etihad and 40,000 miss out and we get one less game at the G to practice. Makes perfect sense.St Michele wrote:Great isn't it we are top of the ladder to get a home advantage in the finals but have to go to Collingwood's home ground for th final worng I suppoes the good thing is we will get to play again there.
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Why did they choose to make Telstra Dome a ~55,000 seater when they built it? Were there serious cash/size constraints that stopped them from making it say ~75,000?
Presumably if there was ever something happening that stopped the MCG being used for the Grand Final then it would be relocated to TD. At ~75,000 it could still be used for finals and maybe some of the H&A blockbuster games too.
Presumably if there was ever something happening that stopped the MCG being used for the Grand Final then it would be relocated to TD. At ~75,000 it could still be used for finals and maybe some of the H&A blockbuster games too.
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Re: No Etihad Final
Did you come down with the last shower?timclark27 wrote:No Etihad final in the first week and checking the predictor, unless the AFL has a contract to do so, their could be none next week either. So possibly none for the whole final series. Bad luck or the AFL sticking to Etihad management?
It has always been known there will be no final at Docklands, unless all four are in Melbourne.
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Yep they should have made it 75000 so we lose even more money when 30000 turn up. A perfect size stadium that can hold the 4th Melbourne final when there is one.battye wrote:Why did they choose to make Telstra Dome a ~55,000 seater when they built it? Were there serious cash/size constraints that stopped them from making it say ~75,000?
Presumably if there was ever something happening that stopped the MCG being used for the Grand Final then it would be relocated to TD. At ~75,000 it could still be used for finals and maybe some of the H&A blockbuster games too.
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True. Still, you'd think it would be better to make a stadium too big rather than too small. Australia's population isn't shrinking...plugger66 wrote:Yep they should have made it 75000 so we lose even more money when 30000 turn up. A perfect size stadium that can hold the 4th Melbourne final when there is one.battye wrote:Why did they choose to make Telstra Dome a ~55,000 seater when they built it? Were there serious cash/size constraints that stopped them from making it say ~75,000?
Presumably if there was ever something happening that stopped the MCG being used for the Grand Final then it would be relocated to TD. At ~75,000 it could still be used for finals and maybe some of the H&A blockbuster games too.
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Etihad is our home ground and we do play better there.plugger66 wrote:Maybe we should have it at etihad and 40,000 miss out and we get one less game at the G to practice. Makes perfect sense.St Michele wrote:Great isn't it we are top of the ladder to get a home advantage in the finals but have to go to Collingwood's home ground for th final worng I suppoes the good thing is we will get to play again there.
Couldn't give a stuff how many miss out, me included, if it gives us a better chance of making the big one.
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As I have said before were you upset last year when we played Geelong at the G in the first game.gooner wrote:Etihad is our home ground and we do play better there.plugger66 wrote:Maybe we should have it at etihad and 40,000 miss out and we get one less game at the G to practice. Makes perfect sense.St Michele wrote:Great isn't it we are top of the ladder to get a home advantage in the finals but have to go to Collingwood's home ground for th final worng I suppoes the good thing is we will get to play again there.
Couldn't give a stuff how many miss out, me included, if it gives us a better chance of making the big one.
What is the difference between finishing 1st and 4th? Where is the reward?
If I was a Geelong fan I would have been. At least the G was not our home ground.plugger66 wrote:As I have said before were you upset last year when we played Geelong at the G in the first game.gooner wrote:Etihad is our home ground and we do play better there.plugger66 wrote:Maybe we should have it at etihad and 40,000 miss out and we get one less game at the G to practice. Makes perfect sense.St Michele wrote:Great isn't it we are top of the ladder to get a home advantage in the finals but have to go to Collingwood's home ground for th final worng I suppoes the good thing is we will get to play again there.
Couldn't give a stuff how many miss out, me included, if it gives us a better chance of making the big one.
What is the difference between finishing 1st and 4th? Where is the reward?
"The humble improve" Wynton Marsalis
So you honestly think we should play at the dome and only 50000 go and we get no finals practice at the G till the prelim or should that be there as well.gooner wrote:If I was a Geelong fan I would have been. At least the G was not our home ground.plugger66 wrote:As I have said before were you upset last year when we played Geelong at the G in the first game.gooner wrote:Etihad is our home ground and we do play better there.plugger66 wrote:Maybe we should have it at etihad and 40,000 miss out and we get one less game at the G to practice. Makes perfect sense.St Michele wrote:Great isn't it we are top of the ladder to get a home advantage in the finals but have to go to Collingwood's home ground for th final worng I suppoes the good thing is we will get to play again there.
Couldn't give a stuff how many miss out, me included, if it gives us a better chance of making the big one.
What is the difference between finishing 1st and 4th? Where is the reward?
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glad you're so confident you'd put spectators rights ahead of a bigger advantage to get the weeks rest! I'd say all saints members get tickets to the dome, the leftovers go to pies members to ballot. i'd rather maximise our chances of winning first week - which then maximises our chances of going all the way.plugger66 wrote: Maybe we should have it at etihad and 40,000 miss out and we get one less game at the G to practice. Makes perfect sense.
and finals game aren't about 'practice' - it's cutthroat and to go all the way you need more than just form - but i would've thought a saints fan would know how hard it is to even make the final, let alone win one!
but it's all academic - the afl is about the money first, equity second - that's the ballpark we're playing in now.
and despite it advantaging some over others - the cats did it (just once mind you) - we're going all the way this year!
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desertsaint wrote:glad you're so confident you'd put spectators rights ahead of a bigger advantage to get the weeks rest! I'd say all saints members get tickets to the dome, the leftovers go to pies members to ballot. i'd rather maximise our chances of winning first week - which then maximises our chances of going all the way.plugger66 wrote: Maybe we should have it at etihad and 40,000 miss out and we get one less game at the G to practice. Makes perfect sense.
and finals game aren't about 'practice' - it's cutthroat and to go all the way you need more than just form - but i would've thought a saints fan would know how hard it is to even make the final, let alone win one!
but it's all academic - the afl is about the money first, equity second - that's the ballpark we're playing in now.
and despite it advantaging some over others - the cats did it (just once mind you) - we're going all the way this year!
I would have thought the saints may have realised the finals would be at the G. Why do people look for excuses before the event. Luckily of players and coaching staff arent like that.
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that's where you don't get it plugger - it's about fairness in sport, not about this, or any other, particular year.plugger66 wrote:desertsaint wrote:glad you're so confident you'd put spectators rights ahead of a bigger advantage to get the weeks rest! I'd say all saints members get tickets to the dome, the leftovers go to pies members to ballot. i'd rather maximise our chances of winning first week - which then maximises our chances of going all the way.plugger66 wrote: Maybe we should have it at etihad and 40,000 miss out and we get one less game at the G to practice. Makes perfect sense.
and finals game aren't about 'practice' - it's cutthroat and to go all the way you need more than just form - but i would've thought a saints fan would know how hard it is to even make the final, let alone win one!
but it's all academic - the afl is about the money first, equity second - that's the ballpark we're playing in now.
and despite it advantaging some over others - the cats did it (just once mind you) - we're going all the way this year!
I would have thought the saints may have realised the finals would be at the G. Why do people look for excuses before the event. Luckily of players and coaching staff arent like that.
you are the one using it as an excuse to justify your argument which basically says, it's how it is, hence it's right (i might add you use this argument a lot).
and then you try to belittle the opposing argument by claiming they're looking for excuses.
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P66 does not support fairness in sport.desertsaint wrote:that's where you don't get it plugger - it's about fairness in sport, not about this, or any other, particular year.
He simply supports those in power in sport.
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No I support us winning the flag and if we cant beat the pies this week at the G then we will not beat them in the GF if we play them. if people really thing the game should be at Etihad then why not the prelim then. How stupid would that be.ace wrote:P66 does not support fairness in sport.desertsaint wrote:that's where you don't get it plugger - it's about fairness in sport, not about this, or any other, particular year.
He simply supports those in power in sport.
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is it? perhaps we can hope it'll be the case - until 2006 interstate teams could be forced to play at the G in the prelims.plugger66 wrote:No I support us winning the flag and if we cant beat the pies this week at the G then we will not beat them in the GF if we play them. if people really thing the game should be at Etihad then why not the prelim then. How stupid would that be.ace wrote:P66 does not support fairness in sport.desertsaint wrote:that's where you don't get it plugger - it's about fairness in sport, not about this, or any other, particular year.
He simply supports those in power in sport.
lucky their people spoke up against this unfairness - lucky they didn't have people who simply shrugged and said - well that was how it was last year too!
anyway - time to put the kid back in bed - again!
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