AFL Grand Final 2023 AFL Grand Final: Collingwood vs Brisbane

[Hammer#8]

Isn't the allocation of seating 70% corporate and 30% members, which means it won't be a mad Collingwood crowd list the PF.

 

[Windy Cindy]

hate collingwood but i hope they win, **** Brisbane and there ever growing list of A grade flogs

 

[Powerade 08]

Isn't the allocation of seating 70% corporate and 30% members, which means it won't be a mad Collingwood crowd list the PF.

Fremantle supporters were booing JHF in round 23. So yes, people are that stupid. The media will tell them who to barrack for.

 

[Janey]

There’s plenty to dislike about both teams, it will just come down to which one I dislike the least on the night.

 

[ibd77]

Just love the Collingwood fans sooking about not getting a ticket to the Corporate Shindig aka the AFL Grand Final. Its a shambles that 40,000 tickets are only available to club members for both clubs combined. The remaining goes to free loaders who probably rarely go to an AFL match during the year.

 

[ibd77]

28 degrees.

Nice Brisbane weather by the looks.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Have I missed the bit where they're flying a bit of Gabba turf down to plant on the MCG?

 

[jakey]

Happy 19 years since we last won a premiership, True Believers! Just remember it's not the SANFL anymore and you can't expect to win it every second year!

We exist to be statistically worse than average.

 

[Palpatine_Power]

We exist to be statistically worse than average.

But not bad enough to bottom out and actually get a decent draft hand. Or we do and it's at the exact time expansion teams are brought in and take the first 10 picks each year.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Play the man

 

[jakey]

Play the man

If he could get a medal and yell 'Ken Hinkley you were wrong' into the mic, I'd sure appreciate it.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

If he could get a medal and yell 'Ken Hinkley you were wrong' into the mic, I'd sure appreciate it.

I'd prefer "Big show this Hinkley you flog" but yours would be great too

 

[bomberclifford]

This will be me when Frampton gets his medallion.

 

[bomberclifford]

Hot Pies (in our faces) 36pts

 

[chiwigi]

Just love the Collingwood fans sooking about not getting a ticket to the Corporate Shindig aka the AFL Grand Final. Its a shambles that 40,000 tickets are only available to club members for both clubs combined. The remaining goes to free loaders who probably rarely go to an AFL match during the year.

The situation is in a big part due to the way Eddie rinsed the government for money for Collingwood, so those ****ers can complain least of anyone!

 

[JimmyBC]

Brisbane have got this imo.

 

[backtozero]

Brisbane to win it but BBBF to win the Norm in a losing side ala Buckley.

 

[YoungsterPA]

Think Collingwood will have an easy win

 

[afl2004]

If the lions lose it will be because of accuracy, they have spray merchant forwards

 

[_VXV]

Waiting for our SM team to tell us to raise our scarves for BBBF…

 

[simba_]

go you lions

 

[Hammer#8]

MCC has 205000 people on their waiting list, just insane exclusivity.

 

[TeeKray]

The worst is the laughably named 'AFL Members' which is essentially just a 'Victorian football season ticket'. They get ~20k seats too, just like the MCC.

 

[Papa G]

Just love the Collingwood fans sooking about not getting a ticket to the Corporate Shindig aka the AFL Grand Final. Its a shambles that 40,000 tickets are only available to club members for both clubs combined. The remaining goes to free loaders who probably rarely go to an AFL match during the year.

This is kinda bullshit. In reality, Collingwood (and other MCG tennant clubs in particular) have large MCC memberships which are counted as members. This list is a few years old, but you'd think it would be close to the same:
Numbers breakdown are as below;

Melbourne 22,932
Essendon 17,792
Collingwood 15,947
Carlton 12,784
Richmond 11,729
Hawthorn 11,070
Geelong 10,939
St.Kilda 7,248
North Melbourne 4,217
Western Bulldogs 3,294
Sydney 3,163
Brisbane 3,163
Other teams 1,845
No team listed 6,853

I couldn't find the numbers for AFL Membership but considering that Collingwood play out of the MCG you'd have to say they'd have large numbers of AFL members too. Between the MCC and AFL Memberships, they are allocated up to 45,000 tickets. WHo has access to these? that's right Collingwood members first and foremost. According to an article I read, only 15,000 tickets are "Corporate"...... And who do you reckon, given that the game is held in their city with access and knowledge of those tickets and where to procure them is easiest? That's right those that live in teh town the game is played in.

The idea that the MCG is even close to a neutral ground when a Vic Club is playing a non Vic Club is the biggest myth peddaled. Collingwood's support on Saturday will be upward of 70%.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

The Shovel

JUST IN: Ticketek has apologised for the AFL grand final ticketing fiasco and has ordered an extra Commodore 64 and dot matrix printer to help cope with next season's demand