Now is not the time to externalise our locus of control.

We'll play in Darwin, we'll win, and we'll sit solidly in the top 4.

Then a few weeks later we'll play in Canberra, to claim top spot. With a quick visit to Tasmania first, for conditioning to the climate, of course.

 

I'm a bit on the fence with this, I think we're entitled to review it strongly towards the end of the contract and see if it would be possible to raise the dough another way. 

The AFL are very keen to maintain a regular presence there in the H&A season and regardless of where we are situated we are still their best option. So we should negotiate a deal with the AFL that we continue this on the proviso we ALWAYS have a bye after the Darwin game. I honestly can't believe we don't do this anyway (I can only imagine we've been cautious of not biting the hand that feeds you), but it is a definite disadvantage to our team for not one but two weeks. If they want that presence to continue then they should want to play ball with us. FFS we had the bye after Alice Springs, why didn't we play in Darwin for that and Alice for round 17?

I have already pencilled in the port game as a loss. Hope I am wrong. Playing in Darwin is a joke. Wonder if we would get more money playing o/s in Manila or Singapore ???????

1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

I know,  for Beebub SWYL and others let's have 22 games at the G.

 It's 2017

 

 

Works for me

I would like it gone but it's a commercial question and we don't have all the of the numbers in front of us like others do. All I can say is please bring our home games home as soon as possible.

 

There's a difference between some away games.... and that which we've sold out to pamper afl house with by touting in Darwin.

Today .. I'm Melbourne.... let's concentrate on.,.. MELBOURNE

Its 2017...its always NOW. 

1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

I know,  for Beebub SWYL and others let's have 22 games at the G.

 It's 2017

 

 

Is that the best answer you have got?

You have said Membership Numbers are growing up in the NT, i am asking what are the numbers after nearly 10 years of forfeiting Home Games??

There should be no excuses about Darwin. Fremantle played us there last year then fronted up to Geelong on a SIX DAY BREAK and nearly won. And Freo were pox last year.

 

 

It's not about excuses. Its about WHY ?

We KNOW why

Let'sk kick that to the kerb!!

I heard an interview with Peter Jackson on Triple M about a month ago. They were discussing the China game and asked PJ if Melbourne had thought about it.

Paraphrasing here:

Yes we did look at it very briefly. We ruled it out very quickly as it was not in the best interests of the players. The football department looks at all options with the view of what is best for the players. We already sell games to Darwin and will not do anything further that will compromise our teams chances.

When pressed on the NT arrangement, He said, the Alice Springs game is not much different to playing a game on the Gold Coast; the weather is similar and its a similar flight time. The Darwin game is a bigger challenge. The amount of money we receive is equivalent to a 60,000 attendance game the G and we simply need the money.

Wayne Carey said that surely once we started producing better results on and off the field that we will stop the deal. 

PJ agreed.

Darwin to Melb

V

Gc to Melb

PJ...learn some basic numbers 

I know you know...but thats shlt mate.

If the club feels it needs to and the AFL "support" playing in Darwin then it must be demanded that this is always, for both teams, followed by a bye.

That really shouldn't be hard to arrange if the AFL actually cared. 

If we have to I'll take the Alice game if:

• it is played on the indigenous round
• is televised free to air across the nation
• is publicized by the AFL
• some good charter flights were arranged together with accomodation deals (NT is not exactly cheap!)

We have none of these at present. Over time I could see it building into a good winter road trip for Demon supporters.

Not interested in Darwin for any money

2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Darwin to Melb

V

Gc to Melb

PJ...learn some basic numbers 

I know you know...but thats shlt mate.

Not exactly sure what your saying here?

11 minutes ago, Stinga2 said:

Not exactly sure what your saying here?

None too hard

Gc to Melb is NOT Darwin to Melb

Not that hard

Darwin is TWICE the trip . To say it's no different is not factual.

Ie bullshlt. 

17 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

None too hard

Gc to Melb is NOT Darwin to Melb

Not that hard

Darwin is TWICE the trip . To say it's no different is not factual.

Ie bullshlt. 

PJ was comparing the Alice game to GC not the Darwin game. 

As for the OP's post, yes the Darwin game sucks. Two games in Alice would be preferable, if the NT games must happen.

5 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

I know,  for Beebub SWYL and others let's have 22 games at the G.

 It's 2017

 

 

That's great but has nothing to do with what I posted. 

How many NT members does MFC have? Pretty simple question.

34 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

None too hard

Gc to Melb is NOT Darwin to Melb

Not that hard

Darwin is TWICE the trip . To say it's no different is not factual.

Ie bullshlt. 

Give it another read fella

Frankly, the 'home game' that I have always resented is the one we also had to have at Etihad (often against St. Kilda or another tenant)! Finally, they have taken that away from us just in the year that we have learned to win there! Go figure! ?

7 hours ago, beelzebub said:

None too hard

Gc to Melb is NOT Darwin to Melb

Not that hard

Darwin is TWICE the trip . To say it's no different is not factual.

Ie bullshlt. 

Except PJ compared the GC to Alice not Darwin. So maybe you need to take your own advice regarding facts

13 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

That's great but has nothing to do with what I posted. 

How many NT members does MFC have? Pretty simple question.

I dunno ask PJ he signed off the deal, good enough for me, just another subject for the serial whiners on this forum to go off about now the team is winning

They obviously need it

Me, I don't care if we played on Mars and won

On 6/25/2017 at 0:00 PM, Satyriconhome said:

We also have a growing membershio out of Darwin and the NT, adding to the record membership

You claim it's a growing membership yet have no idea what the figures are. Either put up or shut up.

Has nothing to do with whining, it's a discussion forum we're allowed to discuss these things.

As an exercise I just went through a dummy booking for the Darwin game on AFL travel:

Return flight plus one night in a hotel ... minimum $1,000 !!

Hell ... you can buy a GF package for that.

1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

As an exercise I just went through a dummy booking for the Darwin game on AFL travel:

Return flight plus one night in a hotel ... minimum $1,000 !!

Hell ... you can buy a GF package for that.

I would do just that.

GO DEES

It is what it is. We've got as much chance of beating Adelaide in Darwin as we do at the MCG. I have faith in the club to get the players right for Port a week later. Every team has challenging aspects to its draw, this is one part of ours.

Let's be realistic though, we have four genuine away games this year (Adelaide, West Coast, GWS & North). You can guarantee we would get at least two more if we didn't have the NT games, most likely a trip to Queensland & a second trip to Adelaide.

In an ideal world, yes we would have 11 home games at the G, and draw crowds that would make each of them profitable. But it's not an ideal world. I'd much rather pocket the cash from the NT games, and try to make the NT venues work for us, rather than lose a fortune drawing 15,000 to a MCG game, 10,000 to an Etihad game and travelling interstate twice more.

Having said that, free to air TV coverage should be guaranteed for at least one of those games as part of the deal.

Edited June 26, 20178 yr by poita