VFL Curtain Raisers Return to G in 2019

[Demonland 64,962]

 

[FarNorthernD 5,840]

Reserve matches to be played before the main game feels like bit of an antidote to AFLX

[Demonland 64,962]

35 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

Reserve matches to be played before the main game feels like bit of an antidote to AFLX

Seems like most games will finish an hour before the Dees game so you'll need to get there early to even catch the tail end or even miss the end watching on TV when you have to leave to get to the G. 

[binman 38,134]

Good idea. Credit largely goes to 7 though it would seem. 

[Diamond_Jim 11,772]

don't get too excited...

around 60 games per year on the MCG and they are offering 4 VFL games

"An agreement, in principle, struck on Monday between the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) and AFL sees four VFL fixtures set for the MCG prior to AFL matches next year. 

In a boost for fans, it will also result in the AFL reducing the time between the end of a curtain-raiser and the start of an AFL matches from around 60 minutes to a minimum of 35-45 minutes."

And why is it happening:

AFL.com.au understands the move was originally raised by Channel Seven in a cost-saving strategy to create a VFL-AFL double header prior to their broadcast Sunday 3.20pm AFL game.

[Deeminion 345]

I used to love going to the footy as a kid and catching the end of the Ressies match. I'd hear all the die hards around me who had seen most or all of the match retell how so and so had played a blinder and was a shoe in for next week. 

[Deemania since 56 6,141]

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

...and about phriggin time, too...well overdue...absolute necessity...let's hope it is more inclusive of teams and matches than just a restricted offering...week by week analysis and A FULL DAY AT THE FOOTY!

[Its Time for Another 4,054]

15 minutes ago, Deeminion said:

I used to love going to the footy as a kid and catching the end of the Ressies match. I'd hear all the die hards around me who had seen most or all of the match retell how so and so had played a blinder and was a shoe in for next week. 

When I started going to thre footy you could watch the U19’s, Reserves then the Seniors. From memory  Robbie Flower went through all 3 in the one season by May. and never left the Seniors. 

[Dee Zephyr 17,508]

28 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

don't get too excited...

around 60 games per year on the MCG and they are offering 4 VFL games

"An agreement, in principle, struck on Monday between the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) and AFL sees four VFL fixtures set for the MCG prior to AFL matches next year. 

In a boost for fans, it will also result in the AFL reducing the time between the end of a curtain-raiser and the start of an AFL matches from around 60 minutes to a minimum of 35-45 minutes."

And why is it happening:

AFL.com.au understands the move was originally raised by Channel Seven in a cost-saving strategy to create a VFL-AFL double header prior to their broadcast Sunday 3.20pm AFL game.

Not very exciting for us if it’s only Sunday 3:20 games. We only have one 3:20 Sunday game in Melbourne next season and it’s at Marvel.

[DV8 2,271]

4 hours ago, Deeminion said:

I used to love going to the footy as a kid and catching the end of the Ressies match. I'd hear all the die hards around me who had seen most or all of the match retell how so and so had played a blinder and was a shoe in for next week. 

And that storytelling was very important between follow supporters of any team persuasion...   it helped fans connect with one another.

A really Aussie way of attending the Footy.

 

bring it on.

[Demonland 64,962]

1 hour ago, DV8 said:

And that storytelling was very important between follow supporters of any team persuasion...   it helped fans connect with one another.

A really Aussie way of attending the Footy.

bring it on.

Now everyone one just sits in their seats and stares at their phones. I'm guilty as charged.

[Sir Why You Little 34,493]

What a TV Gimmick Sunday 3.20 games. 

What about all the other fixtures??

what a con

[daisycutter 28,549]

it may be a meagre offering (4 games on sundays) but at least it's a start (just)

[Demonland 64,962]

13 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

it may be a meagre offering (4 games on sundays) but at least it's a start (just)

Hopefully Ch 7 and the AFL are testing the waters and if successful we'll get more.

[Demonland 64,962]

5 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Not very exciting for us if it’s only Sunday 3:20 games. We only have one 3:20 Sunday game in Melbourne next season and it’s at Marvel.

The article mentions it also happening at Marvel with the Bulldogs likely to be involved so it's possible that we'll at least get to see Casey play then.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,585]

5 hours ago, Deeminion said:

I used to love going to the footy as a kid and catching the end of the Ressies match. I'd hear all the die hards around me who had seen most or all of the match retell how so and so had played a blinder and was a shoe in for next week. 

 

43 minutes ago, DV8 said:

And that storytelling was very important between follow supporters of any team persuasion...   it helped fans connect with one another.

A really Aussie way of attending the Footy.

 

bring it on.

I can't say I'd ever watched a full game of reserves footy, but always appreciated getting there from around half time of the ressies onwards for the reasons raised above.  It was much easier to casually watch and observe the individual performance of players, in a relaxed way, without getting too worked up about the scores/result.  Good to see the young kids developing, how players comming back from injury/poor form were looking for the next week, or to hang it on an out of form nemesis from the opposition who'd been dropped.

[Dee Zephyr 17,508]

34 minutes ago, Demonland said:

The article mentions it also happening at Marvel with the Bulldogs likely to be involved so it's possible that we'll at least get to see Casey play then.

Let’s hope so. It would be good to at least watch Casey once before the main game. I remember enjoying the reserves games as a kid even it was the last half or quarter. 

I think kids will enjoy the curtain raiser as well, some families like to go early to games and I know in the last 2-3 years we’ve had a few women’s exhibition games along with a couple of U18s matches and my kids have taken notice and actually enjoyed them. It’s definitely better than wasting battery life on our phones like you touched on earlier.

Edited December 19, 2018 by Dee Zephyr

[Demonland 64,962]

58 minutes ago, Demonland said:

The article mentions it also happening at Marvel with the Bulldogs likely to be involved so it's possible that we'll at least get to see Casey play then.

The Casey Fixture came out today and Casey are playing the Bulldogs on the same day as our game against the Bulldogs with the venue as TBC @ 11:40am.

Round 15: Sunday July 14, Footscray, Away @ TBC, 11:40am

It's a safe bet that this will be a curtain raiser to our game at Marvel Stadium.

 

[Demonland 64,962]

Missed opportunity to play the Casey Round 18 game against Richmond as the curtain raiser to our Round 20 night match against Richmond at the G.

[Its Time for Another 4,054]

24 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

 

I can't say I'd ever watched a full game of reserves footy, but always appreciated getting there from around half time of the ressies onwards for the reasons raised above.  It was much easier to casually watch and observe the individual performance of players, in a relaxed way, without getting too worked up about the scores/result.  Good to see the young kids developing, how players comming back from injury/poor form were looking for the next week, or to hang it on an out of form nemesis from the opposition who'd been dropped.

The other thing it does is make you appreciate the quantum leap in standard to the Firsts and just how good they are. A bit of perspective can be a good thing. 

[nosoupforme 3,085]

I remember running out onto the" G" in a reserves match against  Collingwood  after the game in 1969 chasing autographs and came across no. 4 Tony Sullivan who gave me his signature and felt chuffed about it. Only to find that he signed it   Fred Bear. I wasn't impressed to say the least.  Loved the Reserves game.

[Deemania since 56 6,141]

On 12/19/2018 at 8:45 AM, Dee Zephyr said:

Not very exciting for us if it’s only Sunday 3:20 games. We only have one 3:20 Sunday game in Melbourne next season and it’s at Marvel.

Just had to be a catch of some description, given the influence of TV rights over the AFL seniors and tendencies for kickbacks. 

[Deemania since 56 6,141]

19 hours ago, Demonland said:

Hopefully Ch 7 and the AFL are testing the waters and if successful we'll get more.

Depends, really, on the measured criteria of 'successful' and to whom that is relevant. Certainly, the public and supporters will be the last consideration. 

[Deemania since 56 6,141]

9 hours ago, nosoupforme said:

I remember running out onto the" G" in a reserves match against  Collingwood  after the game in 1969 chasing autographs and came across no. 4 Tony Sullivan who gave me his signature and felt chuffed about it. Only to find that he signed it   Fred Bear. I wasn't impressed to say the least.  Loved the Reserves game.

Hell of a footballer, Tony Sullivan. 

[Diamond_Jim 11,772]

1 minute ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Just had to be a catch of some description, given the influence of TV rights over the AFL seniors and tendencies for kickbacks. 

as mentioned it's a money saving exercise by seven.

Interesting thing was that the televised VFL match was on Saturday and these are being televised on Sunday.

I assume no Saturday televised VFL on the weekends of the Sunday game.

VFL games call out for streaming... a few fixed cameras and some IT ... commentary optional... would be a very cheap product.