Petition: Demand an end to the Melbourne Football Club playing at Etihad Stadium

[Coat of Harmes 2]

Ladies and gentlemen,

This dire situation must be brought to the AFL's attention, so please sign the petition and get behind the cause.

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/171/915/467/demand-an-end-to-the-melbourne-football-club-playing-at-etihad-stadium/

[In Harmes Way 7,492]

I'd rather petition the footy club to work out a way of winning at Etihad. We're not going to make the finals until we do. Avoiding the venue isn't the answer IMHO.

[Adzman 2,085]

Can I sign a petition to draft players who can learn how to play on etihad instead??

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

Good teams learn to play well everywhere. 

Demanding to not play at certain venues is a cop out.

[dazzledavey36 48,707]

When are people going to realise that playing at a stadium 3km from the MCG has no bearing in our game day performance.

Seriously that petition is the funniest thing I have seen for the day!

Cheers for the laugh.

[biggestred 4,275]

We cna play there. When we play an away game against teams who have it as their home ground.

We should have 11 home games at the G - end of story.

Every club should have 11 home games at their home ground.

Its not rocket science

[NowWeKnow 130]

Petition: Demand an end to the Melbourne Football Club losing at Etihad Stadium

[KLV 1,626]

Or, if we have to play a home game there, can it be at least against an interstate club, not a side that call Etihad home

[Bombay Airconditioning 5,875]

6 minutes ago, demondame said:

Or, if we have to play a home game there, can it be at least against an interstate club, not a side that call Etihad home

The most valid point so far and the only point.

 

The thread can end now.

[Monocology 1,108]

Can anyone confirm please wether or not Saturday's Metricon clash is a home or away game?

[Demon_spurs 1,658]

32 minutes ago, Monocology said:

Can anyone confirm please wether or not Saturday's Metricon clash is a home or away game?

That's about the worst spell of whether I can remember

[Ethan Tremblay 28,358]

5 minutes ago, Demon_spurs said:

That's about the worst spell of whether I can remember

I've seen worse spells.

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

This sounds like a kid who brings the ball to the park and then cracking the sh1ts and running off home with the footy cause he couldn't get a kick.

[Binmans PA 25,993]

Are we serious here? What an equally arrogant and defeatist attitude.

[dee-tox 4,796]

I don't mind the sentiment. We all complain about hosting home games at shitihad. The mcg is our fookin ground. The other Johnny-come-latelys can bugger off. Someone needs to tell the MFC and AFL of how we feel!

[Biffen 12,323]

Good idea. 

We still have to play there. 

Our home games should never be there.

Thats the point. 

Leave it to the other clubs that signed on there and get their home games OFF the MCG.

[Jaded No More 57,784]

No issue playing there. 

Big issue playing HOME games there. Unacceptable. 

Just like being one of the only Vic team to play Geelong once a year in Geelong is not acceptable. 

[Monocology 1,108]

So what financial benefit is it to the club exactly? 

[Juicebox 596]

My issue with Etihad isn't the fact we don't win there. That's our problem to deal with.

The issue I have with playing games at Etihad is with the stadium itself. It is a soulless, concrete monstrosity. 

[BillyBeane 211]

I remember when we won something like 9 of our first 11 games there...ahh the early 2000s...it ain't the ground

Edited May 2, 2016 by BillyBeane

[thevil1 421]

I went to the game & have always hated that venue, I go every year at least a few times & every time I swear it'll be my last. Away games is one thing but home games should never happen there!!!! 

I am a paid melbourne member with a reserved seat at the G, same seats we have had continuously for 21 years & at a home game for my club we could hardly find a seat I was happy with. We did ok in the end but there were no where near enough bays opened up on level 1 for melbourne members, no where near enough staff working ticket booths & gates to get the crowd in on time, as many supporters we know missed half the first qtr getting in. I just sat down in time for the first bounce after getting there 45 minutes early & finding a reasonable spot on level 1. There was no way we were going up to the nose bleed section after our whole family have paidfor top tier memberships, we pay that sort of $$ so we can sit where we like. I don't mind level 2 but thats not an option at shitihad. Further, I'm barely 6 foot average build, none of our party are fat & the seating felt squashed in compared to the G.

Did I mention I [censored] hate this ground?!? Win or lose, I really hate it. There's something so [censored] about it, which is probably why the AFL are keen to tear it down now & looking for the state government to bail them out. [censored] heads!!!!!

[Dee Dee 1,043]

It is up to the Melbourne Football Club to learn to win games at Docklands. And it is churlish to think otherwise.                             Remember a couple of months ago we won a pre season game against StKilda at that very same venue, and we won the last game of the 2015 season there as well ( and witnessed by a "record" crowd).

I loath the joint, but every team plays there and so must we. However I don't like playing home games at the ground against tenants of the ground. But then again Essendon's home games against us have recently been at the Gee!

To see Geelong, Hawthorn and other top sides win and win often at Docklands shows to me at least, that the problem isn't the ground ( loathsome as it may be) but the Melbourne Football Club.

[TRIGON 4,715]

It's so dark and gloomy I feel like I'm attending my own funeral.

And when it's a home game it's as if I'm nailing in the coffin from the inside.

[pineapple dee 2,892]

10 hours ago, Demon_spurs said:

That's about the worst spell of whether I can remember

"Weather it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous whether (like today's )

ps The petition,though well intentioned, misses the point. We have to be better there. Full stop. 

[JTR 2,627]

11 hours ago, demondame said:

Or, if we have to play a home game there, can it be at least against an interstate club, not a side that call Etihad home

What was the crowd figure to break even on gate takings?  17,000 or something like that?

Good luck not having to send a cheque to Etihad if we play home games there vs interstate teams.