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The new fixture is pretty much what I expected.
Can't predict the quality of teams next year, and regardless, the way the draw is done it's never gonna be fair.
My two gripes would be
1) ANOTHER game in Geelong, which is supposed to count as a Melbourne game.
2) The TV schedule which I haven't yet seen, but I know is going to be really crap again this year
5 games in Melbourne is not enough for me to buy a membership.
Not complaining about that point, that's just the way it is and the way it will be supporting a Sydney team.
But I have no desire for a Melbourne based membership as the package is just not attractive.
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MADNow this is a thread that i would expect on the ego -centric, wank session that is redandwhiteonline.com...
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tough looking draw but who knows. Saturday day games are an interesting concept in Sydney. I know a lot of league fans mourn the passing of saturday arvo footy. Can be very nice if the weather is decent.
I wish we could get a different last few rounds for once. I know Collingwood has to be late because we dont play them till the split round but surely we could get someone else late in the season.
And why are we playing 4 games at the dump again? We were nowhere near the required average to have to play 4 out there. The weagles game there will be lucky to draw 30000 i reckon.
We're playing 4 games at "the dump" again for a simple reason - demand.
This year we had about 20,000 traditional club members in Sydney, and another 10,000 who purchased a Homebush-only pass. The needs of these Homebush-only people have to be catered for, hence the extra game.
And as far as AFL venues go, it's the SCG that's really "the dump"
thats fair enough cheer squad. I do agree in part that the SCG is a dump, buts it a nice one at that. (well in parts!) The dump I love to go to the footy at is Manuka- has jack all in terms of facilities but its a great day out and like a day at the footy used to be. I just find Homebush so very dead a lot of the time in terms of atmosphere- not that the crowd at the SCG at times is much better!
Only the question of those only going to the games at Homebush, surely the club should be looking to actively promote these people into something closer to full club membership? Maybe a discount on tickets for a game at the G as well or something.
For its all well and good to say there are 10000 that only go to Homebush, but surely in the short term we should be trying to make them into full members. I know its a pain and whatever to get to the scg (Hence why usually 2-3 rds of my trips per year to come to Sydney for matches are to the 3 or 4 games at homebush) but surely if they are offered a decent incentive at least some might move past this point. Maybe we might see something from marketing now that the new stand is open at the SCG. Just a thought!
Excuse my ignorance but what does the N stand for after some games??
Also if we play this yrs top sides twice and a cupl of others thrown in,IMO that means some other teams will get a far easier run than us..what do you think..am i wrong or is the AFL after sydney bigtime..
thanks guys ..suffering from a huge mental block..gee i stupid
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