Opinion Which club currently has the biggest home ground advantage in the AFL?

[MC Extra Dollop]

And West Coast got thumped by just about everyone in Perth, so I guess there's no advantage to playing in Perth?

The Eagles definitely had a home ground advantage, so I'm a little unclear as to what you're on about. It was nothing like Gold Coast though.

West Coast was 33.3% at Perth Stadium and 9.1% everywhere else.

Gold Coast was 81.8% at Carrara/Marrara and 20% everywhere else.

 

[AstonSouffle]

Gold Coast in Darwin - window into what an NT team would be like, they'd kick the pants off everyone every season up there then head down to a place like Ballarat and then get walloped by 120 points.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

In 2018 as an example, who had by far the easiest path to the GF? Tigers who played Hawks and Pies at neutral MCG, or Eagles who played Pies and Demons in Perth?

So whilst an MCG tenant may often have the advantage in the GF, it’s often a much easier path for non-Vic teams to make the big dance.

So would you rather a finals run for an MCG tenant v a non-VIC team of:

MCG tenant: Neutral / Neutral / Home

Non-Vic: Home (95% crowd) / Home (95% crowd) / Away

The odds across the entire finals series are heavily stacked for the non-Vic team … but everyone only ever focusses on the GF, not lead-in finals.

Even Geelong in 2007 were not done any favours in comparison to Port, who got 2 x huge home ground lead-in finals and Cats played MCG tenants on their way to the GF.

Keeping in mind a non-Vic team gets very generous crowd support at the Grand Final, especially Lions and Swans.

So I don’t shed any tears for non-Vic teams , as they often have a much easier path to the GF than MCG co-tenants.


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You win nothing getting to a GF. So who has the easiest path has no relevance. To win the flag you have to win at the G on GF day. The Vic team has the advantage.
Do you know how many premierships you have won winning the preliminary finals? you win nothing.

 

[Bugs1977]

GC in Darwin

Slip N Silde Stadium

 

[VinnieB]

Oh my, it’s just such a struggle for the poor MCG teams isn’t it. How DO they cope with the world against them, their 14 or so games at their home ground each year, their long, long road trips occasionally down the tramway to Docklands where their supporters must rug up like Robert Scott and Captain Oates and brave the conditions, and their supporters leave home and tell their loved ones ‘I’m going out for a walk, I may be some time’ and no one really knows if they will ever make it back, and they have to leave notes at incremental points along the way to tell people of their remarkable journey to and from the venue.

It’s a hard life.

Where this makes no sense is that the MCG is the home ground for several clubs. So, when they do play each other, it's not a major advantage for one over the other.

 

[PhatBoy]

Where this makes no sense is that the MCG is the home ground for several clubs. So, when they do play each other, it's not a major advantage for one over the other.

So what. It’s not a major disadvantage when you are ‘travelling’ either, is it.