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Sell Etihad... really out of left field !!

beelzebub
in Melbourne Demons

Sell or not to Sell 37 members have voted

  1. 1. Should the AFL cut its losses with Etihad and look to build another Stadium ?

    • Yes.. its dangerous, build another City Stadium
      12
    • Yes..upgrade other venues in meantime
      12
    • No.. let it be , let it be
      9

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Mr Everywhere is floating a radical answer to Etihad's perpetual problem i.e the surface...Sell the Stadium and build another !!

Etihad unacceptable

Eddie's thinking is along the lines that the Stadium's so fundamentally flawed ( by design ) that you will never get a decent , non hazardous playing surface there. I reckon hes right too......short of leaving the roof open and rotating the building you arent ever going to have a real chance at that surface maturing or lasting long enough between relayings to not be a potential law suit in the waiting. How they built it wrong in the first place beggars belief..but hey !!

everyone knows the place is stuffed...even Collo probably does privately

AFLPA says Etihad games may have to be moved

something has got to give ( besides the grass !! )

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    Mr Everywhere is floating a radical answer to Etihad's perpetual problem i.e the surface...Sell the Stadium and build another !!

    Etihad unacceptable

    Eddie's thinking is along the lines that the Stadium's so fundamentally flawed ( by design ) that you will never get a decent , non hazardous playing surface there. I reckon hes right too......short of leaving the roof open and rotating the building you arent ever going to have a real chance at that surface maturing or lasting long enough between relayings to not be a potential law suit in the waiting. How they built it wrong in the first place beggars belief..but hey !!

    everyone knows the place is stuffed...even Collo probably does privately

    FLPA says Etihad games may have to be moved

    something has got to give ( besides the grass !! )

    I dont give rats tossbag about that shite souless ground. We play on the best surface in the league !!

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    I dont give rats tossbag about that shite souless ground. We play on the best surface in the league !!

    I do when Jack Grimes rips his hammy on it. And also when I'm watching top liners like Hodge slipping over when they could actually be dazzling us with good footy.

    Give it to the homeless.

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    I dont give rats tossbag about that shite souless ground. We play on the best surface in the league !!

    Oh I agree...but think...if they cant play at Useless Dome... it WILL impact OUR groud... we need to be mindfuly aware of such developments out there !!

    And would we be clever to proposition the AFL/StateGov/ferris to look anew at developing Casey ?? , in the same vogue as Ballaarat ?? A littel short term inconvenience might give us a long term assett ??

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    I do when Jack Grimes rips his hammy on it. And also when I'm watching top liners like Hodge slipping over when they could actually be dazzling us with good footy.

    Give it to the homeless.

    Fair point but hammys go on all grounds. I don't care about other teams or there players. Just Us.

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    Talking about this on Sunday during the game about how we used to have Optus Oval, Waverley etc. When only 18k turn up to some games why not play them in smaller venues then costing clubs $$$ playing at Etihad?

    I think the Ballarat and Hobart move will ease the pressure on Ethihad as less games will be played there but we need a second ground in Melbourne and unless Etihad can miraciously change the surface the AFL need to look at alternates.

    Any suggestions where?

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    E-Gate, E-Gate, ..., .. !!

    that did come to mind :)

    and you could present all sorts of cases :rolleyes::):rolleyes: for a 40,000 cpacity ( in certain rectagularlish configs) Stadium !! :)

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    Sell and redevelop Victoria Park into a 50,000 seat stadium. It's on a train line so is the best suited ground to use.

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    Nothing wrong with Docklands, it's just a media beatup. All players would have played on worse surfaces during the junior footy days.

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    Nothing wrong with Docklands, it's just a media beatup. All players would have played on worse surfaces during the junior footy days.
    true however most players dont play on several different levelled surfaces in footy junior days.
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    Nothing wrong with Docklands, it's just a media beatup. All players would have played on worse surfaces during the junior footy days.

    It's a professional sport. I don't pay to watch junior footy.

    Maybe F1 should have a go-kart track in one round, the NBA should have a few games on Venice Beach and the Ashes moved to Warnie's backyard.

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    I don't think docklands will be the AFL's for another 20 odd years. Then I suspect they will sell it when they can because it will be prime real estate. I don't think it has much to do with the game.

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    Nothing wrong with Docklands, it's just a media beatup. All players would have played on worse surfaces during the junior footy days.

    Yeah ...youre right.. all those footy clubs and players association folk along with players and commentors are just in cahoots...ganging up on lil ol' Collo !!

    yes weve al probably played o worse surfaces. Good ol sticky glue like wickets etc ..yet this is a professioal sport beig played at breakneck speed ulike anything we might have attempted.

    yep..all those injuries are purely coincidental :blink:

    From day 1...even earller , the stadium was acknowleded as flawed, but they said they could overcome it....well...they havent !!

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    Yeah ...youre right.. all those footy clubs and players association folk along with players and commentors are just in cahoots...ganging up on lil ol' Collo !!

    yes weve al probably played o worse surfaces. Good ol sticky glue like wickets etc ..yet this is a professioal sport beig played at breakneck speed ulike anything we might have attempted.

    yep..all those injuries are purely coincidental :blink:

    From day 1...even earller , the stadium was acknowleded as flawed, but they said they could overcome it....well...they havent !!

    Players get injured on other grounds, so I don't see how that point is valid.

    The AFL should reprimand any player or official who publicly complains about the surface, as it will bring the game into disrepute. If they have a problem playing on one of the best surfaces the AFL has to offer, they should go back to the VFL.

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    Players get injured on other grounds, so I don't see how that point is valid.

    The AFL should reprimand any player or official who publicly complains about the surface, as it will bring the game into disrepute. If they have a problem playing on one of the best surfaces the AFL has to offer, they should go back to the VFL.

    Are you being sarcastic? I honestly can't tell.

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    I am being serious. The players should not have a say in how the league is run, they are just employees. If they don't like that, they know where the door is.

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    I am being serious. The players should not have a say in how the league is run, they are just employees. If they don't like that, they know where the door is.

    I disagree. I'm a furniture maker, now if I'm at work and say my mitre saw doesn't have a saftey gaurd on it, I should know where the door is instead of going to the boss "get it fixed" and if he doesn't and someone loses a finger, what's the explanation. "He shouldn't of had his finger there?" no work cover are going to come in and the employee is going to sue the pants off the company. Now etihad have been told about the problem and the players and a officials are not happy with the saftey of the ground. Now if someone does there knee through a direct slip on the turf, look out for one massive law suite.

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    I am being serious. The players should not have a say in how the league is run, they are just employees. If they don't like that, they know where the door is.

    they have every right to discuss their workplace..simple as that.

    There is no way you could decribe the farce that went for a game the other night as typical or a normal occurrance at an AFL venue.

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    I disagree. I'm a furniture maker, now if I'm at work and say my mitre saw doesn't have a saftey gaurd on it, I should know where the door is instead of going to the boss "get it fixed" and if he doesn't and someone loses a finger, what's the explanation. "He shouldn't of had his finger there?" no work cover are going to come in and the employee is going to sue the pants off the company. Now etihad have been told about the problem and the players and a officials are not happy with the saftey of the ground. Now if someone does there knee through a direct slip on the turf, look out for one massive law suite.

    Well said.

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    Who the hell would buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    A developer !!! :lol:

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    Persevere for another five rounds, then shut it down for renovations. Spend the whole summer re-sowing or re-laying the grass and get it done properly. No temporary patch-up jobs. No more ACDC concerts, no more rugby, no more cricket.

    The idea of selling or demolishing a 10-year-old stadium is ridiculous.

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