In regards to the Dismissal, the MFC or just life in general?

Canberra and all it stands for

Cold & Soulless...

This is my point why do we have do everything the american way. On Monday night on 360 deg I heard Buckley talking about his ' line coaches '. Our game is an indigenous sport and we should be promoting it as such not becoming pale imitations of some loud yankee extravaganza.

Totally agree Camillo, I hate this hyped up atmosphere for one team over the other. Guess I am old fashioned but I was embarrassed by the bias towards the Dees at the MCG. We don't need it. It is artificial and over the top.

The game and the crowd create the real atmosphere. The rest is contrived.

I was at the match and was appalled by the announcer and when he actually shut up and stopped running ads we were blasted with loud distorted music. I don't know what happens at the MCG but if it is anything like what happened at Manuka then I'd be deeply embarrassed as a MFC supporter.

One poster excused the announcer on the grounds that he needed to explain things to an uneducated crowd. That is complete nonsense. First of all, shouting the score and stating that GWS would have to catch up etc is hardly educative. Second, the Canberra crowd knows footy as well as any crowd. When public servants were first transferred from Melbourne and Sydney, most came from Melbourne, so there is a long history of footy in Canberra. But the AFL missed the bus (reality or virtual) by doing nothing around the time the Canberra Raiders got under way, with the result that both Rugby codes now dominate in the city. But those who roll up at Manuka know a holding the ball decision from 'no prior opportunity' as well as any umpire. hmmm.....

edit to ad: Congrats to the MFC though. In previous years MFC country members had crud seats behind the goals at the city end. This year we were well placed on the wing. (Fortunately in the second half most of the play was on the other side of the ground.)

Edited April 15, 201510 yr by sue

Your grammar must be in Canberra then...

Boom!

You live there?

I was at the game and can hardly remember the ground announcer... or the second half!

You live there?

No, his Gramma does!

Canberra and all it stands for

Cold & Soulless...

It would be difficult going through life that pizzed off about so much.

I did at one stage moot that certain posters should have theme songs that alert readers that they are posting in the thread. I found one for Dee-luded (Jefferson Aiplane's 'White Rabbit'). I believe I have found yours now WYL (like Saty, I can't go with your new moniker).

https://youtu.be/bkZD7Hgf9hg

Sadly enough, I could imagine you giving the lecture that the father did in the first 1:43 of the video to the playing group if you could.