Roast St Kilda robbed of home final

[STPer18]

Ackchyually it's a home state final.

 

[Korol Mira]

Melbourne finals are played at the MCG because the stadium has a higher capacity than Docklands. Seriously are you people new to this league?

 

[maskmcgee]

The MCG is every Victorian teams home ground.

 

[Jeremias]

Not sure why this is an issue. Of course it should be played at the G.

 

[Cmarsh]

Just saw the finals fixture and St Kilda are playing GWS at the MCG. Wtf?
Game should be at Docklands as it's St Kilda's home ground.
It's not like any fans are going to get locked out at Docklands.

St Kilda hosting a home final at the MCG is akin to if Brisbane were made to host a home final at Carrara, if GWS were made to host a home final at the SCG or if Sydney were made to host a home final at Giants Stadium.

Do you think the Saints should be playing at Docklands?
Or do you think the AFL have made the right call?

Most of the posters of the saints board seem ok about it.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Just saw the finals fixture and St Kilda are playing GWS at the MCG. Wtf?
Game should be at Docklands as it's St Kilda's home ground.
It's not like any fans are going to get locked out at Docklands.

St Kilda hosting a home final at the MCG is akin to if Brisbane were made to host a home final at Carrara, if GWS were made to host a home final at the SCG or if Sydney were made to host a home final at Giants Stadium.

Do you think the Saints should be playing at Docklands?
Or do you think the AFL have made the right call?

It "should" be at Docklands, and the Grand Final "should" be at a neutral venue.

All the AFL guarantees though is a home state final and unless there are four Vic finals on the same weekend that generally means Vic finals are at the MCG - even for teams that are supposedly hosting and haven't played there all year. At least they have a travel advantage, though not a home ground advantage.

 

[The Gulden Child]

Ross Lyon would be over the moon. You need to win at the G, to win the flag. Saints getting a leg up (if they are good enough).

 

[PerfectFooty]

I would think if you want to make a good run at it, you'd want to be playing at the venue that hosts the Grand Final. Make it a positive, fill out the G against an interstate side MAKE IT your home.

Also kinda like Geelong with the Hawthorn game (although that rotates) you can't request a big home and away game at the MCG maximising returns (150 year celebration game) and then cry fowl when the AFL wants to put a final on at the bigger capacity ground

 

[HTPunter]

My main thing is as much the MCG is better than Marvel atmosphere, I think a 90% full Marvel is better than 40% full MCG.

I think around 40-45k is a reasonable expected crowd.

39k v Sydney 2011 at Docklands
62k v Bulldogs (prelim) 2010 at MCG

What are others thoughts? Say hypothetically the crowd is 45k either way - do you want that at the MCG less than half full or Docklands nearly full?

 

[HTPunter]

I would think if you want to make a good run at it, you'd want to be playing at the venue that hosts the Grand Final. Make it a positive, fill out the G against an interstate side MAKE IT your home.

Also kinda like Geelong with the Hawthorn game (although that rotates) you can't request a big home and away game at the MCG maximising returns (150 year celebration game) and then cry fowl when the AFL wants to put a final on at the bigger capacity ground

Last point is spot on

 

[MickG88]

It’s clearly not an issue for the St Kilda FC and their fans, not sure who is getting all outraged here ?.

Couldn’t ask for more than a Saturday afternoon final at the MCG.

Better than hosted at Giants Stadium, at least we can go to a final this time.

 

[spudmaster]

Karma for us having to play you there twice this year!

 

[marcus1232]

Only see it as a positive
young kids get experience at the MCG in a final.
All premierships run through the MCG gotta know how to play it.

 

[The hands of stone]

Can't have a home final at Marvel , not big enough capacity wise and the ground has a weird shape to it .
Too unfair for opposition .

 

[WillHayward]

OP is clearly tongue in cheek with a Geelong agenda

Taking the piss.

 

[god_of_the_universe]

Would prefer Marvel, but the MCG is better than our last home final which was played in Queensland.

 

[WillHayward]

Would prefer Marvel, but the MCG is better than our last home final which was played in Queensland.

It's actually pretty funny but in 2011 you lobbied hard to get your home final played at Marvel (then Etihad) and not the G'. I think you had won 30 straight at Marvel or something crazy like that.

The AFL caved in and granted your request.

And then you lost to the Swans .

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Good result for the Saints. GWS looked like lightning on Marvel yesterday, but have lost their last four at the MCG. Saints generally play well there - lost to Richmond on Cotch's 300th in the wet, but use another run there before the grand final.

 

[Mat Mann]

Ackchyually it's a home state final.

that must be why the Giants played finals at Spotless and not the SGC or ANZ, GCS will never be made to play at the GAbba, yet its perfectly fine to screw over the 3 Docklands tenants or Geelong

 

[Mat Mann]

I would think if you want to make a good run at it, you'd want to be playing at the venue that hosts the Grand Final. Make it a positive, fill out the G against an interstate side MAKE IT your home.

Also kinda like Geelong with the Hawthorn game (although that rotates) you can't request a big home and away game at the MCG maximising returns (150 year celebration game) and then cry fowl when the AFL wants to put a final on at the bigger capacity ground

but it's not our home, We play there no more than twice a year, and often as interstate sides, and how much do they sook about that?

1 requested home game at the G every 7 years doesn't mean we have to bend over and take it whenever the AFL feels like it. we already take it on the fixture, when exactly does Stkilda get an advantage? if it's not in a home final? then when???

3 tier league

VIC big 4
everyone else
3 Docklands tenants

 

[My Tilly]

Good result for the Saints. GWS looked like lightning on Marvel yesterday, but have lost their last four at the MCG. Saints generally play well there - lost to Richmond on Cotch's 300th in the wet, but use another run there before the grand final.

It's all about Richmond isn't it.

 

[DeathlyAccurate]

But I’m always told that it doesn’t matter because the best team should usually win, or is that just in grand finals?


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[footy75]

It´s a final it has to be at the MCG.

West Coast, Brisbane, Freo, Port, Adelaide, GWS, Sydney, Suns have to play the Grand Final at the MCG.

St Kilda should be happy they get to play in Victoria at the home of football.

You want to win the premiership you have to win at the MCG.

If you are playing finals in Victoria you are playing at the G.

Quit crying.

 

[Danw0w]

This is nothing compared to us having to travel to the MCG to play our home finals when we earned the right to play at Punt Rd.

We are just the most discrimated against team in the afl......

 

[Whiskers]

Yeah genuinely ****ed over here the Saints

They play at Marvel and I think they go in favourites where as the MCG not so much

Pretty ridiculous but I think the same thing happened to the Dogs v Adelaide a while back

Not sure how they justify a Geelong home final ever again

Well they do it like they did in 2013. If all Richmond, Collingwood and Hawthorn are hosting finals, what do you do if it’s only 3 days of finals?
2013 there were no Thursday night finals and now they don’t do Sunday’s.
That’s how geelong or a marvel tenant can host.

Anyway playing at the G against the giants isn’t a big issue. Wait until you continually come up against well supported Melbourne clubs and play your home final on the oppositions home ground in front of their fans.

David King was on SEN yesterday morning advocating for Collingwood fans to be given access to 75% of tickets against Melbourne .
What a nuffy, they’ll get that anyway and where was this suggestion from him for us every other year?