The new Perth stadium should really have the option to expand to 80k, not just 70k, if the line of thinking was that one day they may be able to pinch the GF from the MCG.
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Weird comment. I love the Grand Final. This may shock you, but a sentimental attachment to a concrete structure in Melbourne is not a prerequisite of loving the GF.Then you will probably hate september and october for another 20 years at least.
Are you going to tell that to the 82,258 people there last night for the NRL GF?No one wants to go to Western Sydney. Lets be honest
Another weird comment.You are no Footy lover if you have no attachment to the MCG
I agree. A disgrace. And I'm sure it was fixed the very next day.
I'll tell you what i think is weird.Weird comment. I love the Grand Final. This may shock you, but a sentimental attachment to a concrete structure in Melbourne is not a prerequisite of loving the GF.
Why? If those idiots the Dockers had done their job in the first place we wouldn't be having this discussion!
Heaven forbid that people would discuss the merits of holding the GF at the MCG in a thread about the merits of holding the GF at the MCG.I'll tell you what i think is weird.
People know what the deal is with the MCG and grand final, but still need to whinge about where it's played.
13 grand finals have been played between a Vic v Interstate, and guess what it's 8 to 5 in the interstates favor, now that's weird considering it gives the Vics an advantage.
Haha yeah mate, great "reasoning", there is a contract to play the game there for another 20 years.Heaven forbid that people would discuss the merits of holding the GF at the MCG in a thread about the merits of holding the GF at the MCG.
"They know the deal" do they? That reasoning is the very essence of unthinking conservatism, the belief that nothing should ever be done for the first time.
Maybe explain to me how a game like Aussie Rules has changed so dramatically over the years then.
Which it has, indisputably. But suddenly everyone goes all schmaltzy and misty-eyed when the subject is a bloody concrete donut.
I might be an old fart but I'm damn well not a sentimental old fart.
BTW if you'd read the whole thread you'd see that your "proof" was debunked about 10 pages back. Unless you eliminate every single other factor it's impossible to state categorically that there is no "home" advantage at the G to Melbourne teams. How do we know that those non-Victorian teams wouldn't have won every single one of those GFs if they'd been all held at a neutral ground?
Glad I brought some light into your life.Haha yeah mate, great "reasoning", there is a contract to play the game there for another 20 years.
Not up to me to stop people like you having a good ole whinge about it though, to be honest i find it amusing.
How about you put up the proof that shows that Vic teams have an advantage then.
I'm with you, don't really care where it is played, will be a great spectacle anywhere.Glad I brought some light into your life.
I personally don't give a stuff where the granny is held. Just couldn't resist wading into the sentimental claptrap I'm seeing here, that people clearly believes passes for argument.
And I never said it was a fact that Vic teams have an advantage. I was pointing out the flaw in your argument that you felt showed conclusively there was no advantage. It did no such thing. Have a great day.
This is bigger than city rivalries. Yes, it's a "national" competition, but the MCG is the best stadium in the country (by far, and always will be), and is the spiritual home and cultural home of sport in this country.
This goes well beyond "tradition". There's a romantic affiliation that Melburnians have with the stadium, the sport was born here, and so it should be respected as such as hosting the final game between the two best clubs of the season.
It shouldn't be about "home" vs "away".
Winning on the MCG on Grand Final day is the absolute best thing you can do. Hawthorn has mastered the stadium because it plays there so often, but interstate teams have played and won there many times.
Sydney in 2012? Brisbane x3. Adelaide x2. West Coast x2.
If you want to beat the best, you have to beat them at the cauldron. That's how it is, and how it always should be.
Hosting the Grand Final in Perth or Adelaide would be an indictment on what it actually means to win a Grand Final.
To win a flag, you need to win in Melbourne. Winning an AFL premiership goes hand-in-hand with winning in Melbourne. It's the ultimate honour.
I get that people who didn't grow up in Melbourne don't understand that, but it's astonishing how much some of you are undervaluing how important the sport is to this city. I'm sure it's important to other cities, but AFL is *ours*.
Interstate fans should embrace this and take it head-on, not have a winge that their towns don't host the final match of the year.
If you want to be the best, you need to come to the emerald city and snatch it away from us. We'll happily give it to you.
Made me laugh seeing people from Perth make up fake stories about how Victoria couldn't handle an all-interstate GF. That's just bullshit. We *want* to see the two best teams play, irrespective of where they're from.
Come here and we'll embrace it. Just don't have a cry that it should have been played in your small little city because you finished higher on the ladder.
Want the premiership cup? COME AND TAKE IT!
That's what it's about.
WOWEEEEEE
It's a joke Joyce...Bitter much?
It should, but even I realize it never will.
Enjoy the backwards mentality. Also, that isn't to say Hawthorn should move out.
Hi Mikey.
The designers of the new Perth stadium are making a mistake not to make the width of the ground similar to the MCG's width.
The eagles are making one of the two training grounds at our new complex mcg sized - the other will be the same shape as the new stadiumThe designers of the new Perth stadium are making a mistake not to make the width of the ground similar to the MCG's width.
The cost of one Grand Final ticket if it was held in another venue that holds less than 100K