Opinion Question for Victorians - Does it bother you not having a Vic team in the GF?

[joe444]

Of course not. Sheesh.

I really think the non-Victorian media/fan base have a lot invested in creating a myth of Victorians acting like Gollum, clinging to their precious VFL.

In all the Vic/non-Vic GFs I've witnessed as a neutral, the only time I barracked for a Victorian team was the Bulldogs in 2016.

In matchups like this week, I'll be swayed by the opinion that the Swans are the better team and I'm still bitter from the Prelim. So Sydney for me.

 

[jakson68]

I obviously would rather the Pies play every year but apart from that one request, I couldn't care who plays.

I attend most GF's (and any finals at the G) as I have clients to keep happy.
Truth be known, I have more fun in the box when my own team isn't playing.

Vic team, non-Vic team, doesn't matter, I just want to see a good game.

 

[CharacterFirst]

Nope.

Absolutely fine.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

You do find the odd parochial nuffie who pines for the VFL days and gets upset with no Vic teams in the GF, they are out there

Simps

 

[Matt Stevic]

Nope. If it's not Hawthorn, I couldn't care less.

I'm not Western Australian. Other teams from my state mean nothing to me.

 

[HairyO]

Brisbane has been my 2nd favourite team since the late 90s so Im very happy they made it this far and hope they win.

If they kick straight I think they can.

 

[boncer34]

Lol. Couldn't give a ****.

 

[Rich01]

It’s great actually.
Hopefully an entertaining contest.

It’s a really weak but even year but these two sides are clearly the best.

Not sure why those from non vic states think it’s such an issue.

Most vic supporters I know go for the interstate side in the GF if they are playing a VIC side that isn’t theirs.

 

[Bostonian]

We'd rather an irrelevant nothing club like GC win it than one of our actual proper football rivals win it.

 

[Not a mere cat]

All responses so far a unanimous no - so there’s your answer. NB my answer is no also, just want a good game.

My question is where does this myth come from, made up by interstate teams or is this a Herald Sun fairy tale people actually believe?

 

[00Stinger]

probably not the poll results that the interstate supporters were expecting

 

[vanders]

Not in the slightest. If anything I prefer when teams from outside Victoria win it if we don’t.

 

[mrmonkey]

I with everyone else couldn't care less, the keep it in Victoria crowd are usually people that are 50+ and even then I think it's rare. For me I'm in my 30s and really have only known the AFL so have no feelings about the VFL. Having said that I'm more about equality, for example if it was the Bulldogs or saints that made the gf with a combined 3 premierships I would be happy to see them win as they've been starved of success, it would have nothing to do with the clubs being from Victoria. Same with Geelong in 07, they hadn't won since 63 so I was happy for them but they've had more than their fair share since so was very pleased with Brisbane getting up.

Going slightly off topic if it was and all western Australian gf I would want to see the game played in Perth.

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

I'd rather an interstate team win it as there is less chance I hear from gloating fans than if it were a Victorian team.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Emphatic poll results hopefully puts this ridiculous theory to bed forever

 

[Papa G]

Yes they all say that they don't want a rival Victorian team to win..... but perhaps the question is phrased wrongly. Victorians believe they are the centre of the universe when it comes to Australian Rules Football. When that notion is challenged, like it was back the early 2000s, Royal Commissions are set up, Collusion between the League, the Victorian Government, the MCC and the media are tweaked to pull in one direction. Ridiculous backdoor deals are made. Like the Gladitorial Games in Rome/modern day WWE, the AFL, backed by the Victorian Government to keep the Victorian masses subdued, so they can suffer through things like being locked up in their own houses for 12 months or more......

 

[Franc de Borges]

Yes they all say that they don't want a rival Victorian team to win..... but perhaps the question is phrased wrongly. Victorians believe they are the centre of the universe when it comes to Australian Rules Football. When that notion is challenged, like it was back the early 2000s, Royal Commissions are set up, Collusion between the League, the Victorian Government, the MCC and the media are tweaked to pull in one direction. Ridiculous backdoor deals are made. Like the Gladitorial Games in Rome/modern day WWE, the AFL, backed by the Victorian Government to keep the Victorian masses subdued, so they can suffer through things like being locked up in their own houses for 12 months or more......

 

[Tas]

It is one of the dumbest conspiracy theories that we give a shit about teams that aren't our own.

I think it just goes to show the extent of the inferiority complex outside of Victoria. It is like you guys are stuck in the 80s.

 

[Headless]

It's basically the dream scenario if your own team isn't in it.

Yep - preferable if anything.

 

[Toump Ass]

Out of sight out of mind.

 

[Mofra]

I'd rather an interstate team win it as there is less chance I hear from gloating fans than if it were a Victorian team.

Ditto.

Plus I have some family who are Swans supporters so I'll be hoping they win this weekend.

 

[Gavin Excell]

All responses so far a unanimous no - so there’s your answer. NB my answer is no also, just want a good game.

My question is where does this myth come from, made up by interstate teams or is this a Herald Sun fairy tale people actually believe?

There were some Herald Sun front page covers from the start of the finals series in years past that would show supporters wearing colours of Vic clubs in the finals and getting behind their team.

This seems to be the compelling "evidence" that some grip to of Vic centricism

 

[Gavin Excell]

Yes they all say that they don't want a rival Victorian team to win..... but perhaps the question is phrased wrongly. Victorians believe they are the centre of the universe when it comes to Australian Rules Football. When that notion is challenged, like it was back the early 2000s, Royal Commissions are set up, Collusion between the League, the Victorian Government, the MCC and the media are tweaked to pull in one direction. Ridiculous backdoor deals are made. Like the Gladitorial Games in Rome/modern day WWE, the AFL, backed by the Victorian Government to keep the Victorian masses subdued, so they can suffer through things like being locked up in their own houses for 12 months or more......

And Papa G enters the debate....

 

[Elixuh]

What about if both of the teams in the GF have an academy, does this change your response?

I need to know for scientific purposes.

 

[no. 4]

It's a national competition so no issues with a Grand Final with non-Victorian teams.