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On 7/17/2021 at 12:11 PM, Skuit said:

And I really like Chris Scott. There, I've said it. 

Now you have outdone your former kinkiness.

 
On 7/17/2021 at 12:11 PM, Skuit said:

And I really like Chris Scott. There, I've said it. 

I'm down with you doing a Collingwood supporter but saying you like either Scott brother, Mate you just put me off me dinner.

On 7/17/2021 at 8:18 AM, Engorged Onion said:

Heh! I was there for that game in amongst the Geelong supporters. Staring off into the middle distance for 3 and half quarters.

I've said it a few times here, but the comeuppance was when they celebrated Corey Enright's 300 *prior* to the match with plenty of fanfare. It felt like they believed the home win was a foregone conclusion.

 If I recall Bernie Vince played a blinder down here and we won by perhaps 3 goals. It was deathly silence. And instead of staring off into the middle distance... I stared every [censored] in the eye... ?

Anyway, 186 wasn't Geelong's doing. It was the MFC's doing.

 Only ground in Victoria i aint been to. Can't say it's on Any list to complete either. Happy to play them in a Final at the G.

 

I hate the cats.

But no reason they should have to play their home game at their opponent's home ground, especially with no fans. AFL has really dropped the ball here.

7 hours ago, Jaded said:

It’s a joke that all Victorian clubs don’t have to play there like us. But that aside, you can’t just move venues at the drop of a hat. The AFL is dealing with so much trying to keep the season going. 
Geelong’s minor inconvenience is literally the last of anyone’s concerns. That they even bring it up right now shows what a complete bunch of arrogant self centered [censored] they are. 

This is happening literally every week.

There's merit to your argument that the AFL has better things to think about than this, but it's not that much of a strain on the AFL to move this game.

And if the shoe was on our foot, there's no way you'd call it a "minor inconvenience". I mean, look at how we reacted to being asked to play in Darwin.


9 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

This is happening literally every week.

There's merit to your argument that the AFL has better things to think about than this, but it's not that much of a strain on the AFL to move this game.

And if the shoe was on our foot, there's no way you'd call it a "minor inconvenience". I mean, look at how we reacted to being asked to play in Darwin.

I’m not sure how you can compare playing in Darwin at short notice versus playing at the MCG, a ground where Geelong will be playing finals in a few short weeks, and a ground that is literally an hour drive away! It’s actually not a disadvantage to play at the G!
It might seem like a simple thing to move venues, but it’s not. Even with no crowds ground staff would be booked, broadcasting would be planned, security etc. just because it’s happening all the time now doesn’t make it easy. It’s happening out of absolute necessity. Moving Geelong’s game is not a necessity. It’s just another headache the AFL has rightly chosen to ignore. 
 

Edit: it was apparently denied due to commercial signage and the MCC agreement the AFL has in place. As I said, it’s not that simple to move games. It’s only happening out of sheer necessity. 

Edited by Jaded

They just don't stop their whinging.  Again it is about venue - playing in Hobart this week.

"Geelong coach Chris Scott has labelled it “a bit strange” his side could travel with North Melbourne to Tasmania next week to play in Round 20...As far as we’re aware. It’s a bit strange that we’ve got two Victorian teams getting on a plane in this environment but that seems to be the program.”

We shared a flight with North in the last covid lockdown on a FIFO basis.  Fair to both teams.  So Scott should get with the program and do their bit.  Unreasonably selfish - their last 3 games are at GMHBA and are complaining about a one hour flight to Hobart and completely oblivious to the '000,000 dollars North will get for the game.  

3 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

They just don't stop their whinging.  Again it is about venue - playing in Hobart this week.

"Geelong coach Chris Scott has labelled it “a bit strange” his side could travel with North Melbourne to Tasmania next week to play in Round 20...As far as we’re aware. It’s a bit strange that we’ve got two Victorian teams getting on a plane in this environment but that seems to be the program.”

We shared a flight with North in the last covid lockdown on a FIFO basis.  Fair to both teams.  So Scott should get with the program and do their bit.  Unreasonably selfish - their last 3 games are at GMHBA and are complaining about a one hour flight to Hobart and completely oblivious to the '000,000 dollars North will get for the game.  

Whilst I agreed with them seeking to move their Richmond home game to GMHBA, I agree with you on this: clubs have been flying all over Australia over the last two months, with Sydney and GWS sharing a plane at least once.

This sort of stuff cheapens their legitimate gripes: fingers crossed if we end up finishing in the top 4 slated to play away to them in the first final, this comes back to bite them!

 

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