JeffDunne
TheBrownDog
They'll move the Melbourne Cup to Dapto before they move the Grand Final.
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I agree.Possible troll but possibly the best suggestion in this thread.
A national comp. And we still use "interstate" as a term. A bit sad when you stop to think about it.
Now how could you possibly organise such a thing? Think about it. You have a weeks notice to organise the biggest single event in Australian sport. You can't simply award it to the minor premiers as they might not even get there. No world class event gets determined one week in advance. It might be doable in a little domestic soccer or basketball league, but not in the AFL, NRL, NFL, FA Cup, European Cup, etc.Not a neutral venue. It should be at the venue of the team that actually deserves it. West Coast earn't the right for it to be their home game but instead it is being played at Hawthorn's home venue.
They AFL won't do anything to cost themselves money, that's their principal motivating factor.They'll move the Melbourne Cup to Dapto before they move the Grand Final.
Fine I'll rephrase. It's an unfair disadvantage to ANY team that has to play a GF at the oppositions home ground. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it being played at the MCG, but the AFL could at least let other teams play there more often to lessen it slightly. Surely you agree?St Kilda have played in GF's where we only played one H&A game at the G.
We also had the disadvantage of having to play the lead up finals at the opposition's home ground.
Christ you non-Victorians bitch and moan.
Two boxers fight.You perceive there is an unfair advantage, and when actual facts prove you wrong you ignore them. You don't happen to belong to the tea party do you?
How did Hawthorn go in the finals when they played at West Coast's home instead of their home ground?Rubbish, they play about a dozen game in Melbourne each season, both WCE and Fremantle had the double chance and home finals yet today the Hawks who had to travel twice won, its fair, it doesn't need to change.
Born and bred.You cant be from Victoria...
It would be an interesting exercise to compare how many H&A games Hawthorn played at the MCG in the past four seasons in comparison to their opponents (all non-Victorian sides).Fine I'll rephrase. It's an unfair disadvantage to ANY team that has to play a GF at the oppositions home ground. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it being played at the MCG, but the AFL could at least let other teams play there more often to lessen it slightly. Surely you agree?
How did Hawthorn go in the finals when they played at West Coast's home instead of their home ground?
I asked finals. Try again.Sure the Hawks lost but they beat the Eagles earlier in the season over there.
Fine I'll rephrase. It's an unfair disadvantage to ANY team that has to play a GF at the oppositions home ground. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it being played at the MCG, but the AFL could at least let other teams play there more often to lessen it slightly. Surely you agree?
I asked finals. Try again.
Hawthorn today had a clear undisputed advantage to the point it was farcical.
There's not much the AFL do that is actually equal or fair. No interstate team could ever dominate like Hawthorn has. It simply could not ever happen.
Not really.Fine I'll rephrase. It's an unfair disadvantage to ANY team that has to play a GF at the oppositions home ground. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it being played at the MCG, but the AFL could at least let other teams play there more often to lessen it slightly. Surely you agree?
If people here truly want a fair and equal league, playing the GF at a neutral venue should be part of that argument.Born and bred.
This might sound shocking but I want a fair league.
Take out the corporate tickets and competing clubs will still have more tickets if every ticket was split 50/50 between the clubs - it's stupid how little tickets competing clubs get
Yes, no interstate team could ever win three premierships in a row or anything, especially not... ooh... 10-15 years ago.
Either neutral venue or the team with the better H@A record gets the home advantage.If people here truly want a fair and equal league, playing the GF at a neutral venue should be part of that argument.