- Dec 14, 2002
- 19,301
- 29,321
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
- Other Teams
- Sturt, Liverpool
And, while I'd prefer Carlton too - I think we have a more genuine rivalry with them, I could live with it being the Dogs.I would personally prefer to play Carlton than the dogs. In saying that I have no doubt that if both north and the dogs went to the supporters in the lead up to the game and said the onus is on us to draw a big crowd to prove the justification of giving us good Friday I'd expect 45,000 plus at Etihad. If we cant produce that neither club deserves it!
Like Gordon has said, give it time to build too. Don't necessarily expect it to be successful immediately. Obviously playing Carlton would increase the chances of success, sooner, but over time I reckon it could work no matter who as long as it is a stand alone game that gets exposure.