Time to promote the A-League right

Serie A is possibly the most corrupt league going, so the less said about the integrity of their rivalries the better. Anyway Massimo Moratti said he sold part of Internazionale to Chinese investors to build a new stadium by 2017 because they're tired of sharing with AC Milan. According to this piece Inter's commercial revenues are restricted to 1/3 of AC's as a direct result of sharing the San Siro, via unequal opportunity for sponsorship and mechandising - and the rivalry is undermined by that kind of structural income bias. They're not playing on a level field. http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2012/08/02/inter-milan-sells-minority-stake-to-chinese-to-build-new-stadium-and-expand-in-asia/ Juventus/Torino, Genoa/Sampdoria and Roma/Lazio all agree: when two teams share a stadium the relationship is never fair or equal.

As a South Australian I offer my congratulations to Victoria. Docklands is a wonderful stadium. It is so good that when the ' build a new stadium OR improve Adelaide Oval' debate was happening last year over here it was regularly put up as the standard to aim for a covered multi use stadium in the Adelaide CBD(over the North Tce rail yards) As it isit became political each major part chose one option and then went to the State election with that policy. ALP won so AO v3.0 was given the go-ahead. In 2014 Adelaide will get a modern Oval Stadium a mere 800 meters from ADL central train station and ~ 90% of suburban bus routes(which terminate on or about KWS) In Oval mode docklands is brilliant for AFL footy and the Level 2 and medallion Club seating has got to be the best seating in Oz to take in a game of AFL footy. Its that type of seating that will continue to entice people/fans off their couches and away from their mega Plasma screens to take in live footy. Unfortunately in Oval mode, there is only one worse ground in Australia than docklands for viewing sports played on a rectangular field, sadly that is the great MCG. Mainly due to the shallow rake of the lower tier, this being the tier where the majority of seats are located for your average punter. Its even worse for football than either of the Rugbies as often the ball is obscured by the advertising hoarding placed around the pitch, where as in either Rugby the ball is often at waist height. For football aficionados who like to see the game played on the deck… this is a major turn off. If God had wanted us to play football in the air – he would have put grass up there!” ~ Brian Clough – take that Foz ;-) When the lower tier is brought in, those level 2 seats are still awesome, and the crappy lower tier sightlines are vastly improved. Perhaps in the future the Stadium can be retro fitted with a mechanism that makes it quicker, cheaper and less damaging to the turf to bring the seats in? I don’t really see this happening though as the AFL takes over the ownership of the stadium from2025(?) IIRC. What incentive do they have to investigate this? To date the cost of bringing the lower tier seats in has been borne by whichever promoter wanted to hire the venue and I can only recall one HAL game where the seats have been in MVC v GCU approx two seasons ago….not sure who paid for that one, but the atmosphere was another level up on what MVC fans usually produce at least IMO.

Melbourne Victory have represented Professional football in Victoria since November 1 2004. It is the entrenched team, has represented the WHOLE CITY for over 7 years and is not up to them to create a point of difference because the new lot was too lazy to be anything else than a leach. as for hiking miles....... are you serious? It is 300m from the olympic boulevard entrance of Richmond Station to the stadium! Such comments should be considered as coming from an oxygen thief or a AFL troll.

Well, if they pay a fee. What is it? Unless it has changed in the last month it is free. The Stadium gets to use the games as a selling point, put it to use and when the deal was struck there was no AAMI. The Richmond stadium is actually quite pricey to rent out. There is loads of MV fans who prefer Etihad and do not bother going to the new stadium. Docklands has better car parks, and trains. Have a look at average attendances for the two grounds, you will see the gates are actually better at Docklands. The initial buzz of A-League has worn off and now it is only the die hards going along, so the smaller venues make better sense, yes, but remember the deal was done when it was boom times.

They quote $60,000 to do it, and won't because it takes two days work to pull the seats in, dig holes for the stands to sit on(they weight tonnes), and not to mention the damage to the turf over two or three days. Park your car on the front lawn for 3 days and see how good the grass is after that. It is possible but it is difficult and costly. If you live out west, Etihad is far better. I hate going to that other side of the city. You need to change trains and then hike miles from Richmond to get to AAMI. Let Heart have AAMI, Victory should play at Etihad. Victory should represent the north and western side of town, let the other clowns have the other bit out east. The endless and boring sprawl.

Pipe dream. Nowhere near enough money. The current format is the best, two teams from the two big cities and one from the rest. It's a shame for the roar that Ballymore is in a shite location, otherwise it would be perfect

Perth ad for the Perth market, not an FFA advert. Brisbane can make their own ads :)

Not on facebook and proud!I've found staying off facebook has made me become somewhat of an enigma amongst even my closest friends.

It is Etihad any better when they bring the stadium in? (Like the friendly vs LA Galaxy). I assume cost prevents this happening more regularly?

A very one sided advertisement but that is the way it should be I suppose.

Yeah, it is an irony that 90% of legal challenges made in either code would be illegal in the other code.

Touche! You two have quite a little love affair going on between each other. I'll stay out of it. Good to watch all the same.

"Bloody girls game". :-) Exactly - I, too, laugh when boofheads from Egg Ball make that comment about football, having never played the game. Isn't it interesting that the 2 sacrosanct areas in the EggBall sports are "the head" & "no kicking an opponent". Why? Because it's dangerous. Yet, for footballers, we lead into a contest with our heads & the nature of the game means you'll get kicked in the ankles, knees, shins.

Funnily enough I watched a match between Spearwood Dalmatinac's latter day successors, Cockburn City and Western Knights and happened to see one of the worst two-foot tackles I've ever seen. More things change,... :)

Wow thats amazing you brought that up about the infection.My father whilst playing WA State League in the 80's(for the mighty Spearwood Dallies) had his two front teeth knocked out from a diving header and a bit of his tooth got lodged under the skin in the thigh of the opposing player he collided with.To cut a long story short months down the line the guy was hospitalised and had to have major surgery,my Dad tells me he was a lucky boy and there was talk he'd lose his leg.Bloody girls game.

Im not on social media either. I tried facebook once and found that the less interesting a person was the more likely they were to post and tell everyone about their life.

"Nope. Don’t need it in any way. And I’m not alone." You do realise why they preface the word "media" with the adjective, "social"? Alas, you'll need at least 1 friend to make social media a little bit interesting.

Nope. Don't need it in any way. And I'm not alone.

"Etihad Stadium gives Victory use of their facility for free" I read that sentence & realised Vic is talking nonsense. Can't be bothered with the rest - Vic is an AFL fan, who trolls the football forum every day. Juvenile behaviour that's becoming very boring.

Tell that to the Milanese