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Rich Demon
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Now I didn't hear this but I did hear Peter Walsh I think mention of it during the call that Schwab had been on pre match and mentioned that we want to play two consecutive games in Darwin going into the bye ( will there be that split round back next year?).

Has anyone else heard anything along those lines? I know Brisbane tried it once for their Perth games one year (slightly different in that they were away games) and I don't think it was a success.

Personally I don't think it would be a good idea, presumably we'd play the likes of GWS, GC and PA there. Tonight's crowd wasn't overly big though, that's concerning.

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    Tell me you're joking!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    The crowd doesn't matter to us, all that matters is the dollars coming in, and the expectation that we get the 4 points. I really look forward to the day when we don't have to sell games to keep us in the black, personally I'd hate us selling more than one game in one year. Look at the tigers, two sold games, two losses that would've likely been wins at the G.

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    The crowd doesn't matter to us, all that matters is the dollars coming in, and the expectation that we get the 4 points. I really look forward to the day when we don't have to sell games to keep us in the black.

    I don't mind the Darwin game. Going on the number of indigenous kids that I saw before and after the game wearing Melbourne jumpers with 24 on their back, you appreciate how much it means to them to get a chance to see players like Jurrah live. The cheers for Jurrah were phenomenal.

    The players do some good work in the days before at places like Katherine, and the Trachoma project gets good coverage. They had an advert featuring Davey and Jurrah on-screen during the game.

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    The crowd doesn't matter to us, all that matters is the dollars coming in, and the expectation that we get the 4 points. I really look forward to the day when we don't have to sell games to keep us in the black, personally I'd hate us selling more than one game in one year. Look at the tigers, two sold games, two losses that would've likely been wins at the G.

    It may be one 'Home Game', & one away game... If it was 6 or 7 days apart,,, followed by our 'Bye', it might be an interesting Idea. The week between spent on a Bali beach, or for some, shopping in Asia. Or, Kakadu???

    I don't think I'd like to swim @ Darwin though.

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