We can't be serious!

[Cairnsman]

The Bombers are flying to this weeks game in 27 minutes and we are taking a 3 hour bus ride. Has anyone heard what type of bus it is?

[Iceman234]

A Vengabus?

[mr six o'clock]

i'd rather take the bus , than a small plane flight in forecasted wet and windy weather !

[SainterK]

It's not that far...

Maybe you'd fork out the money if it was actually worth 4 points.

[Dr Spaceman]

The Bombers are flying to this weeks game in 27 minutes and we are taking a 3 hour bus ride. Has anyone heard what type of bus it is?

I don't have a problem with our choice.

[Iceman234]

i'd rather take the bus , than a small plane flight in forecasted wet and windy weather !

As if that could go wrong American Pie
Seriously are we that precious that we can’t take a bus ride for a few hours in Vic?
Maybe a bonding session planned, a few quizzes and stories on the way up?
Old fashioned footy.

[Cairnsman]

It's not that far...

Maybe you'd fork out the money if it was actually worth 4 points.

Points have got nothing to do with it. It's the message it sends to our supporter base at a time when we are trying to convince them that we have drawn a line in the sand. If the Bombers see fit to fork out the money to shorten their trip by 2 hours and 33 minutes then let's just hope the club at least has hired a bus with a toilet.

[saintbrat]

It's not that far...

Maybe you'd fork out the money if it was actually worth 4 points.

Points have got nothing to do with it. It's the message it sends to our supporter base at a time when we are trying to convince them that we have drawn a line in the sand. If the Bombers see fit to fork out the money to shorten their trip by 2 hours and 33 minutes then let's just hope the club at least has hired a bus with a toilet.

what on earth is wrong with a 3- 4 hour bus ride- Some supporters do that every week

another theory is that the Bombers forgot to organise accomodation.
i wonder if they do the royal thing and put the coach on one plane and the senior coach on the other
and the captain on one and the vice captain on the other-- they are only 19 seaters- Not full class jets....

[SainterK]

It's not that far...

Maybe you'd fork out the money if it was actually worth 4 points.

Points have got nothing to do with it. It's the message it sends to our supporter base at a time when we are trying to convince them that we have drawn a line in the sand. If the Bombers see fit to fork out the money to shorten their trip by 2 hours and 33 minutes then let's just hope the club at least has hired a bus with a toilet.

If we'd got a plane, would you have started a thread calling them princesses?

[Dr Spaceman]

It's not that far...

Maybe you'd fork out the money if it was actually worth 4 points.

Points have got nothing to do with it. It's the message it sends to our supporter base at a time when we are trying to convince them that we have drawn a line in the sand. If the Bombers see fit to fork out the money to shorten their trip by 2 hours and 33 minutes then let's just hope the club at least has hired a bus with a toilet.

If we'd got a plane, would you have started a thread calling them princesses?

Or perhaps one entitled "No wonder we're losing money"

[dragit]

Last years $1,500,000 loss says - "catch the bus"

[asiu]

Women are like buses .

Another one will come by in 20 minutrs.

[Munga]

Something for our Bombers friends....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkeVHBnPMco

[skeptic]

Sorry Cairnsman,

Cannot believe you think we're the irrational ones on this topic

Catching a plan for the sake of a 3hr bus trip is ridiculous

finacially stupid, poor for the environment, makes them look like primadonnas

[saintbrat]

BTW- the saints have arrived safely in Wangaratta and are tucked into their rooms - watching cricket or sleeping.

[Bernard Shakey]

The Bombers are flying to this weeks game in 27 minutes and we are taking a 3 hour bus ride. Has anyone heard what type of bus it is?

27 minutes?
10 minutes to taxi to the runway, 5 minutes waiting to take off, then being told it's too wet to take off. 30 minutes later all clear to take off. 27 minute flight only to find it's too wet to land, 30 minutes back to Essendon. Too late to take a bus, Saints win as the opposition failed to show.

[Verdun66]

The Bombers are flying to this weeks game in 27 minutes and we are taking a 3 hour bus ride. Has anyone heard what type of bus it is?

27 minutes?
10 minutes to taxi to the runway, 5 minutes waiting to take off, then being told it's too wet to take off. 30 minutes later all clear to take off. 27 minute flight only to find it's too wet to land, 30 minutes back to Essendon. Too late to take a bus, Saints win as the opposition failed to show.

After driving (or getting a bus!) to the airport, and all the mucking around, it will probably take about the same time.

[magnifisaint]

what a stoopid topic

[KingSaint]

The Bombers are flying to this weeks game in 27 minutes and we are taking a 3 hour bus ride. Has anyone heard what type of bus it is?

27 minutes?
10 minutes to taxi to the runway, 5 minutes waiting to take off, then being told it's too wet to take off. 30 minutes later all clear to take off. 27 minute flight only to find it's too wet to land, 30 minutes back to Essendon. Too late to take a bus, Saints win as the opposition failed to show.

After driving (or getting a bus!) to the airport, and all the mucking around, it will probably take about the same time.

Not to mentioned being squashed into a small aircraft...which I can assure you are not designed to carry large athletes.
Seriously...some people have far too much time on their hands.

[KingSaint]

The Bombers are flying to this weeks game in 27 minutes and we are taking a 3 hour bus ride. Has anyone heard what type of bus it is?

27 minutes?
10 minutes to taxi to the runway, 5 minutes waiting to take off, then being told it's too wet to take off. 30 minutes later all clear to take off. 27 minute flight only to find it's too wet to land, 30 minutes back to Essendon. Too late to take a bus, Saints win as the opposition failed to show.

After driving (or getting a bus!) to the airport, and all the mucking around, it will probably take about the same time.

Not to mention being squashed into a small aircraft...which I can assure you are not designed to carry large athletes.
Seriously...some people have far too much time on their hands.

[saints66]

Should have used a furniture truck like in the old days

[Con Gorozidis]

Buses are cool. The boys can sing songs and eat pies on the way home lke in the old days! Those little planes are scary.

Out of interest - does anyone know ahow Premier League teams travel? The reason I ask is they have matches all the time around 3-5 hours away. London to Liverpool, Manchester, Blackburn, Everton etc etc. Do they fly or bus for those games???

[saintbrat]

Buses are cool. The boys can sing songs and eat pies on the way home lke in the old days! Those little planes are scary.

Out of interest - does anyone know ahow Premier League teams travel? The reason I ask is they have matches all the time around 3-4 hours away. London to Liverpool, Manchester, Blackburn, Everton etc etc. Do they fly or bus for those games???

don't some of them have their own planes? or is that the US Basketball?


BTW - if they are concerned on recovery how does an early morning and a very late night in a little plane and 2 flights in one day stack up?
seat belts on guys where as the Saints as you say can wander around the bus.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/e ... 6287778402

Saints will be flying next week anyway in a much bigger plane.

[Enrico_Misso]

The 3 hr bus trip will be fun.

They can sing songs.
Play "I spy".
Brown-eye other motorists.
Hang their scarves out the windows.
Do the "We wanna wee wanna wee" chant.
Watch a chick flick.
Stop at a roadhouse and eat some nice greasy burgers with chips.
Do some handball drills in the bus.
etc.

Just as long as they don't buy any of those bogany blankets that you wear as a coat like the Richmond guys did on their bus trip last year.

[elizabethr]

They can help themselves to the big bottle of green electric kool,aid cordial at the rear!