No Oppo Supporters OPPOSITION OBSERVATION XXXVIII

[DickieKnee]

What a shame VFL park never got built , it was planned 160k

I used to live near there. When I bought a house they were promising a train line. Still waiting lol.
Imagine 160K people and no train, that carpark was bad enough with 70K at VFL Park.

 

[TigFan1966]

I used to live near there. When I bought a house they were promising a train line. Still waiting lol.
Imagine 160K people and no train, that carpark was bad enough with 70K at VFL Park.

They promised them a lot, train line and bus terminal so they could play the Grand Final there, but basically when John Cain and his MCC member mates realized they would miss out on easy GF tickets they reneged on the promises.

If you look at the capacity of the MCG without MCC members it's less than 80k, Waverly would have doubled that.

 

[Groupie_]

bruzzy maynard what a bloke

 

[DickieKnee]

They promised them a lot, train line and bus terminal so they could play the Grand Final there, but basically when John Cain and his MCC member mates realized they would miss out on easy GF tickets they reneged on the promises.

If you look at the capacity of the MCG without MCC members it's less than 80k, Waverly would have doubled that.

Yeah but without a train line out to Waverley it was never gonna be viable. The main reason VFL Park was demolished was the land value. The AFL made a fortune out of selling that.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

campaigners got a 7% win record at the g tho

fages walks in and shits his dacks before the game even strats

Yeah for sure... Just need to not get in their own heads and get it done. They won't have to deal with 90k toothless supporters either. Will be more neutral

 

[Groupie_]

campaigners got a 7% win record at the g tho

fages walks in and shits his dacks before the game even strats

compared to colonwood 0.5% in grand finals

 

[TigFan1966]

Yeah but without a train line out to Waverley it was never gonna be viable.

The then Vic Govt promised they would build a train line with a station at the Waverly ground as well as a bus terminal, but then reneged on those promises, that's what stopped further development. My Aunt was in the know back then and John Cain said they will never let them move the GF from the G to Waverley. This turned it into a white elephant, and since land values increased the only viable thing to do was to sell the land. They did play the 1991 GF there only because the G was being renovated.

 

[Groupie_]

pies fans ringing in 3aw complaining about tickets HAHAHAHAHAHAAA

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Not many P1 members actually ended up missing out in the end. Just those whose card declined (which they have time to update) and those who didn’t select standing.
Those in P2 that may have got better seats, probably only did because they took single seats that were left overs. The system clearly doesn’t allocate seats very well to avoid that.

 

[Groupie_]

someone should tell those pies fans to stay home as theyre a 1 in 99 chance of winning

 

[Downtown06]

someone should tell those pies fans to stay home as theyre a 1 in 99 chance of winning

Vince McMahon says "hold my beer".

Its their destiny to win it LOL

Its in the script, page 10!

 

[Freddy Swift]

The then Vic Govt promised they would build a train line with a station at the Waverly ground as well as a bus terminal, but then reneged on those promises, that's what stopped further development. My Aunt was in the know back then and John Cain said they will never let them move the GF from the G to Waverley. This turned it into a white elephant, and since land values increased the only viable thing to do was to sell the land. They did play the 1991 GF there only because the G was being renovated.

100% correct TigFan. John Cain did say he would never let them move the GF to VFL Park and therefore would not build a train line. I believe he was also on the board of the MCC so a huge conflict of interest there. The league would have made a fortune from that land though.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

He must have because he kicked 3 goals in 3 finals in 3 different decades.

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[Groupie_]

toby greenes a dill

had the game in his hand

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

17k supporters tickets for each team grand final day,still a joke.

I do feel sorry for that trade draft bloke who can't get a ticket and a die hard Pie.

I remember the stress of getting tickets.

With increasing membership numbers,maybe the G has to be rebuilt?

Eddies wants a roof.

 

[SavDog23]

Not sure why pies fans are complaining about tickets when they can't afford them

centrelink must be off it's chops

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

bruzzy maynard what a bloke


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30secs later said child.

 

[Tiges1229]

toby greenes a dill

had the game in his hand

Yep bloke all by himself 15 metres out straight in front of goal

 

[Groupie_]

Not sure why pies fans are complaining about tickets when they can't afford them

centrelink must be off it's chops

shouldve linked direct to centrelink account

 

[DickieKnee]

The then Vic Govt promised they would build a train line with a station at the Waverly ground as well as a bus terminal, but then reneged on those promises, that's what stopped further development. My Aunt was in the know back then and John Cain said they will never let them move the GF from the G to Waverley. This turned it into a white elephant, and since land values increased the only viable thing to do was to sell the land. They did play the 1991 GF there only because the G was being renovated.

I think the MCG was the right move purely due to its central location.
Waverley was always a bit of a white elephant. Imagine our 2017 Grand Final after party if it was at Waverley? Rowville Macca's would have been busy.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Collingwood campaigners at work trying to get gf tix, they're not even members

 

[JackNah_8]

someone should tell those pies fans to stay home as theyre a 1 in 99 chance of winning

They should be aware that ticket allocation is limited at the Grand Final

 

[kozi]

Voss secretly wanted bears in the granny

 

[Downtown06]

Collingwood campaigners at work trying to get gf tix, they're not even members

LOL dont tell them that, let them try

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Voss secretly wanted bears in the granny

Thanks for updating your profile pic to something suitable