The Association Football AFL Thread 4.0

[RPCB]

All week?

Yeah. North are going to be on Perth for two straight weeks.

 

[RPCB]

The whole thing is funny and Fremantle fans must be laughing. They get to play an extra home game but have it billed as an away game in name only.

 

[Bradesmaen]

That surprises me. We get 3m of local activity on average, and it is often higher with night games.

Bars, restaurants, motels and hotels etc.
A full Eagles crowd and travelling NM fans filling hotels all week. It'll bring in domestic tourism at the very least.

Geelong is a lot bigger place. They don't even have a stadium so it's all temporary stands etc which costs money. No proper entrance gates, fencing etc. Freo or Eagles fans won't stay in a hotel, they'll go back up.

 

[SM]

Yeah. North are going to be on Perth for two straight weeks.

Thats fine but I doubt anyone is taking a week off work just to watch North.

 

[RPCB]

Geelong is a lot bigger place. They don't even have a stadium so it's all temporary stands etc which costs money. No proper entrance gates, fencing etc. Freo or Eagles fans won't stay in a hotel, they'll go back up.

Sounds very Friday Night Lights when the players built a stadium to play in.

 

[RPCB]

Thats fine but I doubt anyone is taking a week off work just to watch North.

Yep, I doubt many North fans will even travel tbf. As you suggested, it would be a nightmare.

 

[Quivorir]

North fans barely want to travel to home games in Melbourne. Really can't see many forking out to go over to WA.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

All week?

The deal has them playing Freo one weekend and WCE the next or vice versa. The idea being to get NM fans over for both games and a week in Perth.

Whether it works remains to be seen. They are quite poor after all.

Just hope it doesn't set a dangerous precedent allowing powerful clubs to buy home games.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Geelong is a lot bigger place. They don't even have a stadium so it's all temporary stands etc which costs money. No proper entrance gates, fencing etc. Freo or Eagles fans won't stay in a hotel, they'll go back up.

I was responding to "not Perth".
Perth is the more likely destination to benefit imo. Eagles fans will buy tickets and fill bars.

 

[DBAH0]

Surprised it took so long.

 

[RPCB]

Surprised it took so long.

Club review being handled internally. Wild.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

With the cost of living + North’s performances over the last few years, who the hell is gonna head to Perth!!

 

[RPCB]

Rumoured to be going after sub 10 disposal, 200+ gamer Gary Rohan

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Gary Rohan

Age

33

Ht

189cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

1.2

4star

. Make it make sense.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Rumoured to be going after sub 10 disposal, 200+ gamer Gary Rohan. Make it make sense.

Rohan for Martin straight swap

At least ones a premiership player.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Was a good pick up for a late draft selection.
But he's cooked now imo.

 

[jd2010]

Rohan for Martin straight swap

At least ones a premiership player.

Both probably will by the time you get Martin cherry ripe for 20 games in 2025!

 

[SM]

The deal has them playing Freo one weekend and WCE the next or vice versa. The idea being to get NM fans over for both games and a week in Perth.

Whether it works remains to be seen. They are quite poor after all.

Just hope it doesn't set a dangerous precedent allowing powerful clubs to buy home games.

Who in their right mind takes a week off work for that?

 

[Bradesmaen]

With the cost of living + North’s performances over the last few years, who the hell is gonna head to Perth!!

It makes more sense for the WA Government to pay Fremantle or WCE to play a home game down there against say Collingwood, Carlton or Essendon because at least they would bring fans over. Membership is "up" but those figures are now dodgy thanks to the way they sell membership with 3 game tickets just to boost their numbers. (well I know some clubs do). 21k average attendance at home this year with only GC and GWS lower.

 

[Kram]

North is fairly well supported in wa believe it or not. Well at least with middle aged people and older.

 

[SM]

North is fairly well supported in wa believe it or not. Well at least with middle aged people and older.

So no hotels or boost to the economy.

 

[Bradesmaen]

North is fairly well supported in wa believe it or not. Well at least with middle aged people and older.

Yeah thanks to Barry Cable I assume, but that was 50 years ago. By the time they won another flag WCE and Freo were in.

 

[gaskin]

My dad was a Norf supporter before Freo because of the South Freo players that went over there in the 70s and 80s.

 

[Kram]

Yeah thanks to Barry Cable I assume, but that was 50 years ago. By the time they won another flag WCE and Freo were in.

They are popular with people my age that grew up in the 90s when they were good with Carey and Friday night footy.

But that's a long time ago as well now.

 

[Bradesmaen]

They are popular with people my age that grew up in the 90s when they were good with Carey and Friday night footy.

But that's a long time ago as well now.

You old fart.

 

[Kram]

You old fart.

At least I don't act like one like Art Vandelay_ even though he is younger