The Twilight Grand Final

[Sir Why You Little 36,954]

There goes the RED Footy....

[Cards13 9,117]

On 17/03/2017 at 8:07 AM, Uncle Fester said:

No. Leave the game alone.

Every freaking year the norbits that run the show want to tweak it, and they always get it wrong. Always.

Leave it alone. It ain't broke, don't try and fix it.

Accountants... it’s the money men who tweak it. How do we squeeze every brass razoo out of everything we touch.

[Cassiew 1,903]

It doesn’t work for the NRL, it won’t work for us. If we win a grand final, I’d be up all night partying. If it was on at night, I wouldn’t go to bed until late afternoon the next day.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,129]

1 hour ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

Love how after consulting fans, we get told due to their opinions the GF won’t change in 2017, then in 2018 without any consultation we get told fans opinions are changing.

 

Nice on Dill.

The year of the fan was last year, this year they don't give a stuff. I'm sure the price of pies and chips will return to normal as well 

[jnrmac 20,053]

Don't care what time we win the Granny........

[Ethan Tremblay 30,817]

4.45pm EST is a better time for Perth. #Voteyes.

 

Edited March 7, 2018 by Ethan Tremblay

[deelete my account 1,194]

No half measures, just have a night grand final with Panasonic as major sponsor. We'd have our hands on the cup already.

 

Edited March 7, 2018 by Doodle Dee

[In Harmes Way 7,735]

8 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

4.45pm EST is a better time for Perth. #Voteyes.

 

Gives you more travel time to get over and watch it?

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,686]

12 hours ago, Cassiew said:

It doesn’t work for the NRL, it won’t work for us. If we win a grand final, I’d be up all night partying. If it was on at night, I wouldn’t go to bed until late afternoon the next day.

Why do you say that? I'm not a follower of the NRL, but I thought the NRL twilight GF was considered a success...and one of the prime arguments used by those proposing a twilight AFL GF.

I find it somewhat ironic and also sad that the least popular timeslot for AFL throughout the year is being proposed for its most important game.  

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,686]

On 17/03/2017 at 10:14 AM, Dr. Gonzo said:

They've agreed to it it will be announced just prior to round 1 or on the Friday following the Blues/Tigers so it will get lost in the news cycle

Well, Dr Gonzo, you said this almost 12 months ago. Prescient.

[Roger Mellie 3,966]

When Gil said it's inevitable, he meant 'it's inevitable that we cave into the media and hold the GF at night'

Leave it tf alone

[Ethan Tremblay 30,817]

 

 

[DubDee 25,526]

Like the idea of a late arvo kick off.  Im getting too old to start drinking at 11am.

A  BBQ and crack the first can at 2pm works for me.  or if im out, the game finishes at 7pm so prefect for kicking on

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

52 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Like the idea of a late arvo kick off.  Im getting too old to start drinking at 11am.

A  BBQ and crack the first can at 2pm works for me.  or if im out, the game finishes at 7pm so prefect for kicking on

Im with you DUbDee. I am a traditionalist but that is the best reason I’ve heard so far to justify a twilight GF. 

[Clintosaurus 7,828]

Very much like the ides of a 5pm start - finished by 8pm and one week to celebrate when we win.

[deebug 1,754]

2 minutes ago, fndee said:

Im with you DUbDee. I am a traditionalist but that is the best reason I’ve heard so far to justify a twilight GF. 

This reminds me of a story some one told a few years back. The guy and a few of his mates were going to GF so they thought they would start the day, with a few beers before the they got to the match. The only problem was the cops nabbed them at the gate and they spent the whole GF in the M.C.G cells for the whole match, they let them out at the end of the match.

[DeeZee 7,361]

This injury has taken him 6 Months to recover from and he is still not right .

Id be shocked if he played round one.

[Cassiew 1,903]

8 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Why do you say that? I'm not a follower of the NRL, but I thought the NRL twilight GF was considered a success...and one of the prime arguments used by those proposing a twilight AFL GF.

I find it somewhat ironic and also sad that the least popular timeslot for AFL throughout the year is being proposed for its most important game.  

New Zealand complains that it’s on too late. Also, it’s hard to let the kids stay up that late. They reverted back in 2008, but became night again for some reason in 2015.