Please, GC and GWS play on the MCG once all season. They could go through undefeated and then play a 7th place Richmond on their home deck in a grand final. The draw is that compromised that finding an issue in the SA getting an extra game seems pointless to me.
If we are going to compare Carlton supporter frustrations to Richmond.
My point was not just about our rucks being weak in that game only. I mean it in a more fulsome sense. Week to week we are weak, so to speak.
And how often do most sides get there? I can speak from experience that waiting 20 years to get there and coming up against a team that plays there 15 times a year isn't so great. I want to win a premiership, not be a good home and away side. Id take having my home ground for the grand final and it's not even a close decision.
No argument to most of that.
It's an extra HOME GAME mate. In a 23 round season, where they already get a massive home ground advantage, it's an issue. Add to that they can all play home finals on their home track, unlike many Melbourne sides, it's a fair old advantage.
If they have a massive home ground advantage then that means they have a massive disadvantage when they travel every second week. Victorian sides don’t have that issue anywhere as much.
Voss spent 10yrs or so, at Port. He assisted coaching numerous games at Adelaide Oval.
Im not against the Gather Round in a particular state,but the teams hosting should be made to play each other like a showdown round.
Kudos to you! I turned the tv off after the first quarter.
Exactly 100 percent! The boys weren't switched on from the first bounce which seems to happen alot when we play interstate games. You'd think the club/staff would address the issue with the players or their mindset leading into these games?
Gather round needs to include the Showdown, simples !!
Maybe the AFL are trying to help out all the Victorian sides by giving them the opportunity to travel more in case they have to play interstate in finals….
True. Add to that the home ground advantage is diminished by multiple teams sharing the same home ground. i.e. Pies/Tigs having 16 or so matches at the 'G is certainly an advantage for them, but a good number of those matches are going to be against teams that also play a significant number of matches there. The "crowd effect" is also diminished - e.g. for a Pies v Tigs match at the 'G, the Pies might have a 60/40 advantage in the crowd numbers. Adelaide/Port/WCE/Freo will have 90%+ at pretty much all home matches (except against their home state rival).
