Comments on: AFL season in doubt if World Cup bid successful

By: OzFootballSherrin

OzFootballSherrin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:00:14 +0000

It’s kinda interesting revisiting this thread.

from my nom de guerre at the time – - I can pretty happily say

“I told you so”.

By: PaddyBoy

PaddyBoy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:02:51 +0000

If they play it every four years in Australia.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:41:12 +0000

Tifosi,
I think Miss Argentina had the best ball control .

By: Melbwolve

Melbwolve — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:23:44 +0000

Does anyone want a salad sandwich?

By: Melbwolve

Melbwolve — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:06:41 +0000

LOL. You lads are forgetting the indirect earnings that flood into a nation through a world cup.
Enormous amounts of cash flow in from overseas. Germany made a fortune.

By: Melbwolve

Melbwolve — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:04:12 +0000

Only the AFL doesn’t own the grounds and the Government is behind the bid.
The truth is the AFL want to come out of this with something.
Don’t be surprised to see massive upgrades to AFL facilities in stadia around the country.
But consider this; I live in a town of under twenty tousand and there are almost two thousand kids playing football. Auskick can’t get a league together and this is an AFL dominated state.
More and more kids are not changing codes as they grow up now due to the new opportunities open to them.
Aussie Rules, a hybrid game based on several English football rules along with Gaelic rules, will cease to be the major code in Australia in our lifetime.

By: Robbos

Robbos — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:02:32 +0000

Michael C,

You haven’t asked any questions for me to answer.
You just come up with the same old ‘My sport is better than yours’ line.
Of course it is, but it’s only an opinion, yours.

Now that we have moved on from that.
Yes I would like to have the A-League as big as the AFL in this country, but it s not. I accept that.
That does not worry me, I have my A-League, which I’m happy with following my Sydney FC.
I hope one day it will as big as AFL one day, but maybe I won’t be around for, but for now I am happy that I see my local team play in my favourite sport every weekend in my country.

By: Macs.football

Macs.football — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:42:03 +0000

It’s still painful being a Melburnian today.

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:58:21 +0000

that’s news.

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:48:57 +0000

creativity is the norm for me

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:39:59 +0000

as long as he leaves his wig on.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:31:55 +0000

Thanks Norm,
I didn’t think Andie would be very funny.

I got a call from Bert Newton’s agent about doing the MC gig, a few jokes and a coupla tunes.

Interested?

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:30:38 +0000

that would be new for you.

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:26:36 +0000

jimbo
Christmas party next Sat night from 8 till late! KB’s bringing along the dvd series he recorded during our WC road trips in the Toyota Coaster, some interesting shots of him with the Geishas in Japan.

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:21:42 +0000

Norm
we need to be circumspect about our comments

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:20:02 +0000

oh dear pippy boy you’re not even original.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:15:18 +0000

Pip. If there are 600K who go to watch AFL every week, then the AFL average attendance would be 80K not 35K so the weekly numbers are closer to 200K than what you are suggesting.

You are not the most important football code in the world – just accept it.

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:13:43 +0000

Norm
I wouldn’t describe Lowy and Buckley as prejudiced and ignorant – I don’t think that’s fair – but their actions are certainly bordering on devious and incompetent.

By: jimbo

jimbo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:11:37 +0000

KB
I think the whole article and discussion is disgusting.

When’s the RSL CHistmas party and who have you and normo lined up for the entertainment.

Andie Dimitriou has offered to do some AFL standup . . .

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:11:28 +0000

Jimbo
in fact, there are over 600,000 AFL members – that’s a lot within Australia.

It doesn’t actually matter what FIFA thinks – do they have executive powers within Australia?

By: jimbo

jimbo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:04:06 +0000

Only 1 in 20 Australians are interested in AFL.
There are not 7 million AFL spectators for AFL – its the same 200K who go every week because they paid money for a membership.

AFL is not as imprtant as you people think – particularly to FIFA.

By: KB

KB — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:19:24 +0000

I have to agree with Norm, that line of comment is disgusting …

By: KB

KB — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:10:37 +0000

Kurt,
take your economical points to Price Waterhouse & Co and the Australian Trade commission with a please explain $5 billion injected into the Australian economy … I will listen …

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:06:01 +0000

make that prejudice & ignorance.

By: dasilva

dasilva — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:55:16 +0000

Pip

Ok FIFA are corrupt, unelected and foreign

Foreign – Is there anything wrong with being foreign?

Unelected – As far as I know they are elected. Not exactly universal suffrage but Blatter is elected by all the member states of FIFA. Maybe it isn’t the most transparent process in the world but Blatter, Platini, Bin Hammen and all the rest of the major football big players had to be voted in by the representative of the football community. Bin Hammen almost lost the last election. They are accountable to their constituency. Bin hammen certainly soften some of his stance since his last election. So it’s pretty false to say they are unelected.

Corrupt – No doubt they are. Really no more corrupt then most politcal organisation.

In the end, FIFA is not telling us what to do. FIFA is not telling us to stop all the football seasons etc. Your beef should be with FFA for wanting to use the MCG and not FIFA. The stadium issue has nothing to do with FIFA.

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:08:27 +0000

In dealing with Australia, there are courts of law deciding matters of property rights, and a democratically elected legislature oversighting a legal and economic framework allowing for the enforceability of contract rights.

In dealing with Qatar, FIFA would not need to worry about such impediments to conducting business.

Furthermore, in transferring large sums of money from the Qatari bid team, to the accounts of individual members of the FIFA executive, there would be no need to worry about probity or pesky journalists.

Buckley and Lowy may not have that same freedom – although you’re right, that remains to be seen.

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:02:10 +0000

Just as I thought, prejudice drives your views.

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:27:14 +0000

Norm
let us just say, in the words of “The Godfather”, Qatar is a place with which FIFA can do business.

By: Norm

Norm — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:25:28 +0000

Do Qataris indulge more in corruption & cronyism than Australians or not?

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:12:20 +0000

Is Qatar a liberal democracy or not?