Is everyone else enjoying Whitebluestripes' unnecessary rage as much as I am?
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MCG unlikely to host finals in Week 1
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It's true that North America don't need 3.5 spots, FIFA have just done that so the USA are guaranteed a spot. FFS they only have Mexico and the USA, that means that 1-2 crap teams make the tournament from that group every time. Consider that Sth America only has 4.5 one more spot and has Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela, etc and in Europe it's even harder, 1-2 gun teams miss out every time.
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Give me Costa Rica over New Zealand anyday
I'm not suggesting Oceania gets a whole spot, but hey, Nth America has 1 too many. Give a 1/2 to South America and a 1/2 to Asia since Australia is joining.
That way Costa Rica can still make it by beating New Zealand. Just no Trinidad and Tobago
vinnie
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The after effects of the game on the interest in Melbourne Victory are going to be enormous.
It's going to spill over to increased interest in the A-league and result in more attendances and memberships for Melbourne Victory, so its a win for them. Most Victorians will not have a team in the finals.
The fact that soccer can hold a game of this magnitute and standing, and international interest (even if you're not intered at all) goes to the game's credit.
It's going to spill over to increased interest in the A-league and result in more attendances and memberships for Melbourne Victory, so its a win for them. Most Victorians will not have a team in the finals.
The fact that soccer can hold a game of this magnitute and standing, and international interest (even if you're not intered at all) goes to the game's credit.
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Soccer can go and jump.
Well of course I mentioned it, because you are the one who brought it up.
What ever I don't care anymore, there is no argument left, the finals will be played at the MCG and the Soccer will be played there of the Tuesday, and I've also had enough of arguing with a 12 year old, Is it school holidays over in Vic?
Back on the topic, The AFL should strign up the MCC by the balls for breaking contract rules.
They forced teams to play away from home at a direct disadvantage and this is the second time they have been caught out.
However, the AFL wants to keep victorian footy alive so they wont take any action. is extremely weak. All interstate clubs should make this the biggest fiasco of the century.
They forced teams to play away from home at a direct disadvantage and this is the second time they have been caught out.
However, the AFL wants to keep victorian footy alive so they wont take any action. is extremely weak. All interstate clubs should make this the biggest fiasco of the century.
Optimax
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Load of Bollocks it is not that bloody hard to wash off chalk and chalk up new sponosrs and lines also they did it last year before the Collingwood bulldogs game and it was perfect stop stressing the sky is not falling
Not strictly, but virtually, yes.
10 MCG finals in Weeks 1-3 must be played over a five year period. This year will be the second year of the current five year period, so on average 2 must be played each series in Weeks 1-3. AFL are currently on course with 2 MCG finals in Week 1 last year. Melbourne Preliminary Finals must be at the MCG.
There was a clause that ran between 2000-03 that any second Melbourne final in Week 1 needs to be played at the Dome but Collo eventually waived the requirment in 2004 to aide the AFL.
The AFL, if they want to, can schedule finals at the Dome in Weeks 1-2 as long as they continue to meet their MCG quota over the five year period mentioned. However, considering the possibility of non-Victorian dominance, the AFL would be keen to rack up on their MCG quota and shun the Dome to avoid forcing non-Victorian clubs to host finals at the MCG later in the five year term. In other words, a Dome final will likely become a novelty/rarity.
The only time there would be a guaranteed final at the Dome if there were four Melbourne finals in Week 1, with the Saturday arvo one likely to be at the Dome, or two Dome finals in Week 1 if the AFL are not able to fixture a Friday Night Final ie, each final has a club playing on the Sunday in Round 22, and were forced to have a Sunday Twilight final. Very rare.
Soccer to be played on the 11th (a Tuesday)
With the ladder as it is...Geelong will probably host either Hawthorn or Collingwood in a qualifying final....there's a Friday night game right there (West Coast to host the other qualifying final on the Saturday)
If the 4 teams in the bottom half of the 8 stay as they are:
Adelaide v North and Essendon v Port.
One at AAMI and the other at the Dome.
No problems that I can see.
With the ladder as it is...Geelong will probably host either Hawthorn or Collingwood in a qualifying final....there's a Friday night game right there (West Coast to host the other qualifying final on the Saturday)
If the 4 teams in the bottom half of the 8 stay as they are:
Adelaide v North and Essendon v Port.
One at AAMI and the other at the Dome.
No problems that I can see.
Worst case scenario - 4 finals at the Dome in Week 1. No Friday Night Final.
Week 1 - Saturday Night, Sunday Twilight, Monday Night, Tuesday Night
Telstra Dome
Week 2 - Sunday Twilight, Monday Night - MCG
MCG
Week 3 - Saturday Night, Sunday Afternoon
MCG
Week 4 - Saturday Twilight Grand Final
MCG
<Vince McMahon>"Not a chance in hell."</Vince McMahon>
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or FIFA not to mention their little rule to the MCC ?
I don't know , everyboding is assuming nobody's quite that dumb .
But if they are , FIFA will just say that AFL is not a sport .
End of story .
Well they did say soccer is "football" so how can AFL be football ?
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I realise its an AFL ground but playing footy on the MCG does a fair amount of turf damage in comparison to what you'd see at a usual world class soccer stadium so you can see the logic behind the FIFA rule.
old_clint
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Irrespective of any respite for the surface when early Sept rolls around, unless all of the northern side has been re-laid and had time to settle, the MCG will be well below FIFA spec. Negligible growth, wear and tear, plus another couple of tonnes of the green sand will see to this. Perhaps the plan is to re-lay a soccer pitch-sized area in the middle around early August.
Get off your high horse, d*******.
What a crock of shit, last year they played Australia v Greece on a Thursday night when there were games the previous weekend, thats less than a week. The pitch was in awful shape when that friendly took place so that means there were games a few days before.
Its only a friendly match not a world cup match where stadiums have to be in tip top condition.
Its only a friendly match not a world cup match where stadiums have to be in tip top condition.
Monday night and Tuesday night finals? LOL what are you smoking
You people need to calm down, nobody is taking the soccer friendly or the finals away from you
Besides, Im pretty sure the official FIFA date is September 12 not 11, so even if there were a problem its not considered an official fifa date.
If the World Cup was to be in Australia in the future though, there would be no games at the G for a good 3 months as the ground cant be played on for SIX weeks prior to the tournament, if the final was here then thats another 4 weeks for the duration of the tournament.
But for a friendly its not going to be a problem, as I said last year the Greece friendly was held 3 days after AFL matches were played. Also this match was scehduled originally for tomorrow so its clearly a load of tripe
Calm down nobody is going to take your precious finals from you
BTW, whitebluestripes quit embarrasing yourself, you give the rest of us soccer fans a bad name
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This is a disgrace
Oh the Humanity
Defiling our church like this
Blah Blah Blah de Bloody Blah
Oh the Humanity
Defiling our church like this
Blah Blah Blah de Bloody Blah
Like I said. Worst Case Scenario.
* If only the Dome was available for Melbourne finals in Week 1 and...
* There were supposed to be four Melbourne finals in Week 1 and...
* All four Week 1 finals had a club that played on Sunday in Round 22, there would not be a final on the Friday night to avoid a five day break.
* They can't play more than one game at the Dome in a day
So that leaves us with a game at the Dome on a Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
Again...Worst Case Scenario.
Like I said. Worst Case Scenario.
* If only the Dome was available for Melbourne finals in Week 1 and...
* There were supposed to be four Melbourne finals in Week 1 and...
* All four Week 1 finals had a club that played on Sunday in Round 22, there would not be a final on the Friday night to avoid a five day break.
* They can't play more than one game at the Dome in a day
So that leaves us with a game at the Dome on a Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
Again...Worst Case Scenario.
I think you are forgetting Skilled Stadium.
I know it has been said in the past that no finals will be held down there but if the above situation was to occur and Geelong earnt the right to host a final I think it would be more likely that a final would be held at Geelong rather than on a Tuesday
they will definately play both games, if it comes to it.
Last year:
collingwood vs geelong -May 20th (Saturday night)
australia vs Greece- May 25th (Thursday night)
they did it last year, so they will do it again if they have to
Last year:
collingwood vs geelong -May 20th (Saturday night)
australia vs Greece- May 25th (Thursday night)
they did it last year, so they will do it again if they have to
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