The round the boundary advertising in the China game makes for interesting reading...

It could be called the Gas and Ore cup with the big natural gas boys (Woodside etc) and iron ore (Rio Tinto, etc) figuring frequently.

Strangely enough I haven't noticed BHP... the big Australian.

Not too many detailed crowd shots but it looks Anglo Saxon in the main and less than half full.

With a population of around 27 million in the greater Shanghai area one would have thought that free ticketing would provide a decent crowd.

this peptides vs carltank match be the worst game i've seen this year and i watched every minute of our mob's 1 point victory over gc17

Even when it's not the Demons involved the West Coast crowd [censored] me to tears. Bunch of wankers.

Go Dogs!

GWS - 31 scoring for 126 points 

Port - 29 for 139

WCE - 28 for 133

Melbourne - 28 for 88

 

Drownings:

GWS 0

Port 0

WCE 0

Geel 0

C'wood 0

Adel 0

Haw 0

MFC 1

 

Straight kicking elite sports science pushing players to the limit will be the difference that wins a flag

A funny thing happened on the way to the Dumpling Cup.....

Port Adelaide took on St Kilda in China on Sunday afternoon (AEST), but fans quickly noticed there was something amiss at the stadium - there was almost nobody there.

 

The game, held at Shangai’s Jiangwan Stadium, is underwritten by a Chinese company, which also booked several hundred seats for staff and other guests to attend the game.

Unfortunately, things din’t go to plan.

According to Fox Footy’s Alastair Lynch, several buses which had been arranged to ferry hundreds of would-be spectators were sent to the wrong stadium.

“The Shanghai company which underwrites this game has 400 guests and staff members on buses to come to the game,” Lynch reported at half time.

“They were taken to the wrong stadium.

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl-china-sponsor-mix-up-port-adelaide-st-kilda-081228999.html

So, buses for 400 people go to the wrong stadium and that’s the reason why 10,000 people from the ‘sellout’ crowd didn’t turn up? 

1 hour ago, TRIGON said:

So, buses for 400 people go to the wrong stadium and that’s the reason why 10,000 people from the ‘sellout’ crowd didn’t turn up? 

The 10,000 didn’t turn up because their team wasn’t playing. The Gold Coast Suns do have the same colours as the Chinese flag.

So the Suns were the sacrificial lambs last year. This year, the Saints based on their 2018 performance.

Which hapless losers will be in the firing line for a home game at next year's pantomime football? Not Brisbane. Carlton? Maybe they still have enough clout at AFL house to get out of it. The mighty MFC? Can see it all too easily.

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

So the Suns were the sacrificial lambs last year. This year, the Saints based on their 2018 performance.

Which hapless losers will be in the firing line for a home game at next year's pantomime football? Not Brisbane. Carlton? Maybe they still have enough clout at AFL house to get out of it. The mighty MFC? Can see it all too easily.

If you could have the same amount for one game as we get for two in the NT plus a guaranteed bye the following week would that change your mind.

My problem with China football wise is that it is too late in the year weather wise. As an opening round played say on a Wednesday with the next game on the Sunday week it could work well.

The obvious choices for the game are the WA teams due to proximity, time zones and being a big mining state (after all it's a trade delegation) but no way will those clubs give up a home game.