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Seriously flawed in so many ways. No crowds any venue in the country how is this relevant to anything. Cats can lose at the G as at home. If it’s good footy and generally when the Cats play it’s exciting that’s what matters. the fact that the leader at the end of the season hosts a home final should be in stone despite the sooks at Richmond and their precious BS. If the Gold Coast finished top they certainly wouldn’t host Richmond at the G. That’s the only relevant thing here, equalization for all and if you earn a home final so be it. In Cats case they get to play at GMHBA. Eagles play at Home and yet G has twice the capacity so the “can’t fit the fans in” argument is flawed at a fundamental level
How Geelong could quickly become the laughing stock of the AFL
Well stated Scotty. Tigers get 16-17 home games. Cats 9. Fair – No. But it is what it is.
Chris Scott says don't knock the AFL
Leave the game alone. Current time for quarters is fine. Keep screwing with the rules and other bits and it lessens the appeal our great game has. The players should have 100% of the say on this as it is them who actually play the game for us to watch. Yes they are paid well, some very well but this has no bearing on the game. Personally I would leave it as is (pre COVID19).
Dangerfield unsure of shorter quarters
I was sober Paul……lol and the bloke I went with. Perhaps the other 398 were kids.
When life’s great distractor can no longer distract
It was 30 years+ ago. I can’t recall seeing any. My point was not about family atmosphere but more the social “out” for people who otherwise have not much to look forward to. Alas, our great game is user friendly and same implications of mums and dads enjoying “outside” time with their kids.
When life’s great distractor can no longer distract
Whether people like it or not “sport” is an out, a reason to celebrate, yell, cheer and at times cry in despair. I was in the UK in the late 80’s and witnessed 30,000 at an EPL match of which 29600 were reasonably drunk. They weren’t violent and you couldn’t buy alcohol in the stadium but the joy and passion on display by a well behaved drunk crowd was something special. Why? Because it was their “out” from normalcy, work, depression and anything else in their heads. People get joy from sport and we shouldn’t lose sight of that. Yes we will survive and our health is more important than watching any sport, that said a lot of our mental health can be attributed to having that out once a week – footy, cricket or whatever.
When life’s great distractor can no longer distract
The Geelong team of 2007 was the best team of all time in my view. No-one comes even a close second. The deliberately challenged themselves to “come from behind” to test how much they could do and nailed it almost everytime. Truly a remarkable side.
Geelong can take another big step this year