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[dlanod]

It's not helpful for soccer in Queensland when the Roar have burned bridges with most by trying to avoid paying for their tenancies and generally cheaping out, along with the GC United debacle. You need a compelling value proposition to put your hand out - we only got it with the women's sport angle and then the Olympics.

 

[Tom14]

It's not helpful for soccer in Queensland when the Roar have burned bridges with most by trying to avoid paying for their tenancies and generally cheaping out, along with the GC United debacle. You need a compelling value proposition to put your hand out - we only got it with the women's sport angle and then the Olympics.

And even though, it took the embarrassment of us not being able to hold a home grand final at the Gabba to really kick it off.

 

[M Malice]

Just had this pop up on my Facebook, 1974 it said. I turned 15 that year... ah the good old days.

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Just had this pop up on my Facebook, 1974 it said.

For a guy that was born in 2001, the world looks so different back then compared to now

 

[M Malice]

For a guy that was born in 2001, the world looks so different back then compared to now

I feel like that when I look at photos from 1934.

 

[Dalions]

Just had this pop up on my Facebook, 1974 it said. I turned 15 that year... ah the good old days.

Don’t ya just love a good ole Panel Van!
When it’s a rockin don’t come knockin!

 

[Dalions]

Just had this pop up on my Facebook, 1974 it said. I turned 15 that year... ah the good old days.

Was the Gabba a dog track in 1974?

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Was the Gabba a dog track in 1974?

Yep, the first night of greyhound racing was in April 1972.

 

[Thomasno]

For a guy that was born in 2001, the world looks so different back then compared to now

Everything was slightly more faded in colour back then

 

[Dalions]

Everything was slightly more faded in colour back then

Or was that just the quality of camera?

 

[Thomasno]

Or was that just the quality of camera?

It’s impossible to say, all the photos we have of that era have faded colours, so that’s as much as we can tell.

It was still the early days of colour so things weren’t as vibrant, given colour was only invented in the 50s

 

[lionraven]

Just had this pop up on my Facebook, 1974 it said. I turned 15 that year... ah the good old days.

The beginnings of travesty. Is it any wonder that the modern Australian is obese, spends a few weeks of their life per year in traffic; in a country that is constantly burning; in a world that is heating up; either pushed out further into the fringes, living in tents in public parks or spending half their paycheck to gift to a landlord for their poorly insulated rental so that some 20-something zit-faced grub in a suit can come round every three months to make sure that that corporate boot can be placed firmly enough on your jugular so that your ambition is limited to be nothing more but that cog in that wealth funnel for the landlord. That city in the picture wasn't built for humans. Its built perfectly for cars. As soon as Elon figures out how to download AIs into your car we can finally delete ourselves and let the cars take over what is rightfully theirs.

I wish the Dutch had taken some time to properly explore this land and settle instead of packing their bags and leaving immediately after seeing the west coast. Imagine a properly built city with density, walking tracks and bike paths with lovely green spaces and shade. Maybe some humans could live there?

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Now that's a rant! Nice job.

And at the risk of getting off-track, have you been to some of the places the Dutch did colonise?

 

[Warwick]

I’m just about fed up with this board’s constant moaning over the inadequacies of Dutch colonisation.

Move on.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

I wish the Dutch had taken some time to properly explore this land and settle instead of packing their bags and leaving immediately after seeing the west coast. Imagine a properly built city with density, walking tracks and bike paths with lovely green spaces and shade. Maybe some humans could live there?

While I agree with most of what you said, the identity of the coloniser has nothing to do with it. Any country that was wealthy and growing fast in the 50s and 60s would have followed the US model of low density and highways everywhere. Only issue is we're not smart enough to properly change our ways now that we see the problems.

 

[M Malice]

The beginnings of travesty. Is it any wonder that the modern Australian is obese, spends a few weeks of their life per year in traffic; in a country that is constantly burning; in a world that is heating up; either pushed out further into the fringes, living in tents in public parks or spending half their paycheck to gift to a landlord for their poorly insulated rental so that some 20-something zit-faced grub in a suit can come round every three months to make sure that that corporate boot can be placed firmly enough on your jugular so that your ambition is limited to be nothing more but that cog in that wealth funnel for the landlord. That city in the picture wasn't built for humans. Its built perfectly for cars. As soon as Elon figures out how to download AIs into your car we can finally delete ourselves and let the cars take over what is rightfully theirs.

I wish the Dutch had taken some time to properly explore this land and settle instead of packing their bags and leaving immediately after seeing the west coast. Imagine a properly built city with density, walking tracks and bike paths with lovely green spaces and shade. Maybe some humans could live there?

I didn't think a photo of a 1970s Gabba would elicit such a deep social commentary.... nice.

 

[Son of Superboot]

The pitch isn't even in the middle of the ground.

 

[Kernel Kurtz]

Now that's a rant! Nice job.

And at the risk of getting off-track, have you been to some of the places the Dutch did colonise?

How about Galle Forte in Sri Lanka.
I watched an international cricket match there from the walls of the forte with plenty of locals.
Originally built by the Portuguese and fortified by the Dutch.
Great place to visit.

 

[Section 5]

Channel 7 news just announced that Cricket is to be introduced to the Brisbane Olympics.
I assume 20/20 cricket.

That throws up a lot of other questions in regard to where the Lions new venue will be.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Channel 7 news just announced that Cricket is to be introduced to the Brisbane Olympics.
I assume 20/20 cricket.

That throws up a lot of other questions in regard to where the Lions new venue will be.

You’d imagine there would spread over various regional centres, Allan Border Oval and probably big games played at Carrara.

 

[Dalions]

You’d imagine there would spread over various regional centres, Allan Border Oval and probably big games played at Carrara.

I would imagine they would spread it around the country.

 

[BRAB]

RNA would be a great second venue for cricket

 

[Section 5]

Adding cricket just makes it harder to find suitable venues to play that sport.

 

[Viceregal]

I would imagine they would spread it around the country.

MCG, WACA, Adelaide Oval, Hobart ... basically use all of the test venues around the country

 

[Section 5]

MCG, WACA, Adelaide Oval, Hobart ... basically use all of the test venues around the country

I think that is spreading the Brisbane Olympics a little too far.
AFL would have to be fully behind that proposal.
I know a few other state venues were earmarked for some soccer games on the east coast.