See my post above, I saw a Reel on this last week with someone noticing there appeared to be grass under the extended seating area.
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Fixture How can Swans host a local final at a smaller stadium, but Geelong can’t?
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See my post above, I saw a Reel on this last week with someone noticing there appeared to be grass under the extended seating area.
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It's all a bit vague at the moment about whether the AFL could even book the venue, if their contracts even allow it, but just two years ago we hosted literally the biggest club in a prelim at the SCG. With Collingwood and Essendon missing the finals, and Carlton (I'm sorry) not likely to make it past week one, I can't see a scenario where either Sydney or GWS would be forced out of their preferred stadium this year.
If GWS end up hosting Collingwood in a prelim, I could see the AFL scheduling it at either the SCG or Accor if the NRL don't have it booked. But obviously that can't happen this year
i tell you what Geelong would of made manyyy more GF's in the last decade if they had proper Home Ground advantage which in many cases they earnt.
SCG will eventually have to evolve in capacity
SCG will eventually have to evolve in capacity
Kardinia Park isn't fit for finals and there's a far better option just down the road where they also play home games.
If it's based on this year's finals series, the thread title should be updated to "How can Swans host a local final at a smaller stadium, but Geelong and the Western Bulldogs can’t?"
In the past 16 years there's been 1 final at Marvel and 1 in Geelong, both in weekends with 4 Vic finals. Unless there's another weekend with 4 Victorian finals, if the AFL are to ever allow Geelong play a final at GMHBA, they must at the same time start allowing Marvel tenants to host home finals too. If anything Marvel tenants (excluding Essendon and Carlton) have a greater claim to that based on it being a bigger stadium than GMHBA, and the MCG not being a part time home venue like it is for the Cats.
Geelong should be banding together with North, St Kilda and the Bulldogs to lobby for this right, not going it alone.
In the past 16 years there's been 1 final at Marvel and 1 in Geelong, both in weekends with 4 Vic finals. Unless there's another weekend with 4 Victorian finals, if the AFL are to ever allow Geelong play a final at GMHBA, they must at the same time start allowing Marvel tenants to host home finals too. If anything Marvel tenants (excluding Essendon and Carlton) have a greater claim to that based on it being a bigger stadium than GMHBA, and the MCG not being a part time home venue like it is for the Cats.
Geelong should be banding together with North, St Kilda and the Bulldogs to lobby for this right, not going it alone.
The AFLs rule back in the day (if it was one) was that finals had to be played at the largest stadium within the state, hence why we played there but it is more or less the NRLs ground now.
Long story short it was Sydney’s version of VFL Park, Swans fans mostly hated going there.
However in saying that, if the shoe where on the other foot and GWS were the home side I wouldn’t be against us playing a final there.
Would be interesting to see what would happen if that scenario eventuated.
We did play a round 1 game there not long ago (22,23?) and it got around 50k IIRC
Long story short it was Sydney’s version of VFL Park, Swans fans mostly hated going there.
However in saying that, if the shoe where on the other foot and GWS were the home side I wouldn’t be against us playing a final there.
Would be interesting to see what would happen if that scenario eventuated.
We did play a round 1 game there not long ago (22,23?) and it got around 50k IIRC
IMO a Marvel game will only happen if
- there are 4 games in Melbourne on the first week
- the away team is GWS or GC
Homebush is an NRL ground now. There are two games scheduled there this weekend - it is not available.
Its really a multi-purpose venue now
It may be - but it is booked by another code. It is not available.
Perhaps, but my point would then be - if so, that should also be the case for Geelong.
If anything the rules should be looser for Marvel sides due to added capacity, but that's never really discussed.
You’ve got to love how you make out that this is only a Geelong issue, when last time I looked the 3 Marvel tenants who only play home games there also play their home finals at the MCG.
Even though they generally only play 2 home and away games at the MCG each H&A season, while Geelong play there about 6 times.
So not only are Geelong not the only team in this boat, but it’s much less of an issue for them, given they play there so much more than the Marvel teams.
What it does highlight though is just how much the Geelong folks complain about it, compared to the Marvel ones.
So much so that many, like you, think they’re the only team in this boat.
Especially astounding given that the very team you are playing this week, is playing their home final at your home ground, rather than at theirs.
The mind boggles.
Going off their finals record at their Home ground, I recon they would have made less.
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entire thread is pointless when there's a league game there this weekend
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The MCG is Geelong's home ground as well and you can't expect to play a final on an oval that's not symmetrical and no one knows.
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It's fine, we've won the most Grand Finals at the MCG this century. You'd have to combine all the big MCG Melbourne clubs in Collingwood(2), Richmond(2), and Carlton(0) just to equal our total. We make it work regardless.
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This article sums it up.
www.sen.com.au
Debate rages over whether AFL made the right call to hold St Kilda final at MCG
No ‘home’ final for the Saints.
www.sen.com.au
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Even if they did have a contract. NRL would have first preference. Which occurred in 2012 when the AFL had to schedule the Swans game for the Friday Prelim when the Hawks as the top of the ladder team should have been given the Friday Prelim leading to the longer lead into the GF.
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4 flags in the last 61 years is not that hot.
It actually highlights just how infrequently the Marvel tenants have hosted MCG teams for home finals since their stadium was built, actually. Mostly because they aren't consistently contending for premierships.
Look how many top 2 finishes there have been between St Kilda, Footscray, NM, Essendon and Carlton since Marvel was built. Not many.
When Bulldogs and St Kilda contended for premierships 2008-2010 era there was just one (flag possible) side getting real home finals: Collingwood. Hawthorn in 2008.
Please stop spouting this crap
GWS held their home derby there in 2022 and it got a rather miserable 25k, which is why they are not doing it any more and are instead looking at the SCG for hosting big non-derby games:
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The ground is not symentrical ,that's a fact.
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Why are you using 61 years as a benchmark? Most of those years include amateur league stuff with zones and buying flags.
21st century flags won at the MCG:
Big Melbourne clubs:
Essendon: 0
Carlton: 0
Collingwood: 2
Richmond: 2
=4
Bumpkin Geelong clubs:
Geelong: 4
=4
MCG is our cheat ground, one of many. We work with what we have.
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