drd23 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 5 hours ago, khodder said: The only team that has "home" games moved to the MCG are Geelong That's not exactly true. I'm pretty sure Essendon and Carlton play home games at the 'G when their home is technically Docklands for the same reasons (money/allowing bigger crowds to attend) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khodder Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 17 hours ago, drd23 said: That's not exactly true. I'm pretty sure Essendon and Carlton play home games at the 'G when their home is technically Docklands for the same reasons (money/allowing bigger crowds to attend) True, But I'm also pretty sure that neither fan-base minds that. I know plenty of Carlton fans who would much rather play at the G. Geelong is really the only fanbase I've heard complain about it, which I fully understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drd23 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 3 hours ago, khodder said: True, But I'm also pretty sure that neither fan-base minds that. I know plenty of Carlton fans who would much rather play at the G. Geelong is really the only fanbase I've heard complain about it, which I fully understand. And most of them complain because they lose the significant competitive advantage that is playing at their weird shaped ground. I'm sure they'd see the problem if they were effectively locked out every time they played an away game against a popular team or had to travel to Tassie to play the Hawks instead of the MCG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khodder Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 3 hours ago, drd23 said: And most of them complain because they lose the significant competitive advantage that is playing at their weird shaped ground. I'm sure they'd see the problem if they were effectively locked out every time they played an away game against a popular team or had to travel to Tassie to play the Hawks instead of the MCG Tassie is a great place!! Carlton don't have a competitive advantage anywhere right now From what I saw - Essendon play the G better than Marvel Stadium. Who are your squad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drd23 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 2 hours ago, khodder said: Who are your squad? Nominally Essendon, but I don't follow them all that closely any more. I don't even think I've been to a game this millennium More than happy just to watch whatever game is on tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketheadsdad Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 9 hours ago, drd23 said: And most of them complain because they lose the significant competitive advantage that is playing at their weird shaped ground. I'm sure they'd see the problem if they were effectively locked out every time they played an away game against a popular team or had to travel to Tassie to play the Hawks instead of the MCG I've tried to see if I can find an "overlay map" allowing me to superimpose different grounds on top of one another. I keep hearing that GMBHA is "cigar shaped." I don't see that on TV here in the states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drd23 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Bucketheadsdad said: I've tried to see if I can find an "overlay map" allowing me to superimpose different grounds on top of one another. I keep hearing that GMBHA is "cigar shaped." I don't see that on TV here in the states. IIRC its about 20-30 metres narrower than the MCG, so now it and the SCG are the only regular home grounds that are significantly differently shaped (Subiaco is/was significantly bigger than other grounds but is no longer an AFL venue) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khodder Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) # Stadium Sponsored Name City State Capacity Dimensions 1. The Melbourne Cricket Ground N/A Melbourne VIC 100,021 160.0m x 141.0m 2. Stadium Australia ANZ Stadium Sydney NSW 82,500 160.0m x 136.0m 2. Docklands Stadium Etihad Stadium Melbourne VIC 53,355 159.5m x 128.8m 3. Adelaide Oval N/A Adelaide SA 53,000 167.1m x 123.9m 4. The Sydney Cricket Ground N/A Sydney NSW 43,386 149.0m x 136.0m 5. Subiaco Oval Patersons Stadium Perth WA 43,500 175.6m x 122.4m 6. The Gabba N/A Brisbane QLD 41,000 156.0m x 138.0m 7. Kardinia Park Simonds Stadium Geelong VIC 28,300 170.0m x 115.0m 8. Carrara Oval Metricon Stadium Gold Coast QLD 25,000 160.0m x 134.0m 8. Sydney Showgrounds Spotless Stadium Sydney NSW 25,000 164.0m x 123.0m 10. York Park Aurora Stadium Launceston TAS 21,000 165.0m x 135.0m 11. Marrara Oval TIO Stadium Darwin NT 17,000 175.0m x 135.0m 12. Bellerive Oval Blundstone Arena Hobart TAS 16,200 175.0m x 133.5m 13. Manuka Oval StarTrack Oval Canberra ACT 14,000 162.5m x 138.4m MCG tends to be significantly wider than most grounds. Kardinia park, like Subiaco was and to a lesser extent Adelaide Oval are all longer, but narrower. The SCG is a weird one; much shorter. Edited September 5, 2018 by khodder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketheadsdad Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Tigers put the rest of the league on notice today. That was an absolute thrashing of the Hawks. Damn, they are a good club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketheadsdad Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Tip of the cap to the Dees for today's dismantling of the Cats. Geelong was completely overmatched. Best of luck going forward Dees. Time for a serious look into the mirror, Cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketheadsdad Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Swans certainly laid an egg this morning. Pies and Eagles played a dynamite game. Going to be a couple of great matchups next week. Dees and Hawks should be dynamite, and the Eagles and Giants have both battled some injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketheadsdad Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Six teams remain. Richmond and West Coast get another week to heal and prepare, while the Hawks/Demons and Pies/Giants battle it out for a spot in the semi-finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khodder Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 The atmosphere at the Dees vs Cats game was incredible. 91,000 probably a good 70% Dee's fan (Thanks in part to the heavy Dees lean of the MCC). I'll be there again as they take on the Hawks. Big hopes for this squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketheadsdad Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 7 hours ago, khodder said: The atmosphere at the Dees vs Cats game was incredible. 91,000 probably a good 70% Dee's fan (Thanks in part to the heavy Dees lean of the MCC). I'll be there again as they take on the Hawks. Big hopes for this squad. Best of luck. Friday morning at 5:50 am here. I'll have the game on in my classroom before the school day starts. (Probably even as the kids come in, as they inevitably watch the game with a degree of confusion. (Most think it is rugby.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketheadsdad Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) On 9/11/2018 at 3:07 AM, khodder said: The atmosphere at the Dees vs Cats game was incredible. 91,000 probably a good 70% Dee's fan (Thanks in part to the heavy Dees lean of the MCC). I'll be there again as they take on the Hawks. Big hopes for this squad. I hope you enjoyed the game! The Dees are really peaking at the right time. They are becoming a very, very good club. It is a good thing for the Eagles that they're playing at Optus, in front of a home crowd, because I think the Dees are going to give them all they can handle. I think with Nic Nat gone for the season, West Coast doesn't have much to throw at Max Gawn, other than hoping he spends the day eating popcorn and watching Gilmore Girls. Watching that game this morning, I surely thought the umpires had placed their bets on the Hawks. Those two free kicks on "low tackles" (one on Jordan Lewis) were horrible calls. Edited September 14, 2018 by Bucketheadsdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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