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Collingwood at Kardinia Park

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We play Geelong at their hoe ground every year. Collingwood haven't played there for 24 years. Their last game there was in 1999. The AFL don't treat team fairly we should stand up to them and demand a fair go.

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    22 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Ask Gery Pert.

    Indeed. And publish his answer here, please.

    What use is IP if it's not used?

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    Write to the club and tell them. While you are at it tell them not to sell home games interstate.

    If you are respectful and constructive they’ll listen and respond.

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    14 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    Write to the club and tell them. While you are at it tell them not to sell home games interstate.

    If you are respectful and constructive they’ll listen and respond.

    Yep, all you can do is ask.

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    1 hour ago, samcantstandya said:

    We play Geelong at their hoe ground every year. Collingwood haven't played there for 24 years. Their last game there was in 1999. The AFL don't treat team fairly we should stand up to them and demand a fair go.

    Was that 6th word a typo or a descriptive term for their ground?  Surprised it passed the auto censor 😮

    The answer of course is that we are Melbourne and they are Collingwood, and Geelong get to pick and choose who they play where - the AFL have no interest whatsoever in fairness of the FIXture.  It is all about $$$$$.

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    Because the draw is unfairly biased towards the wealthier bigger drawing clubs.

    All about money in the coffers, nothing else.

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    It's bizarre that the competition doesn't alternate between home and away. Its fair and common sense. It's how it's done in every league in every sport that I know of.

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    When was the last time we played them in a H&A at the G??

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    because the Pies draw big crowds

    and we don’t 

    it’s a manipulated fixture to earn the most money 

    is this new information?

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    2 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    When was the last time we played them in a H&A at the G??

    2021 where the infamous football action of Toms flying elbow fractured May’s face. 

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    9 hours ago, DubDee said:

    it’s a manipulated fixture to earn the most money

    This is a given, but what I don't understand, is why play a top drawing earner at Tax Payer Park with a ground capacity of 21,000 when you could have pulled 60K+ at the G or even 40K+ at Marvel? Both venues were free on Saturday.

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    Money of course. At least we’ve had a crack at Geelong on the G in 18, 20 (write-off), 2021.

    The more bizarre fixture quirk in recent times is not playing the Eagles at the G since 14. Maybe they’ll give us a 10yr reunion next year. 

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    I’m hoping with the upgrades to their narrow little dung hill this might change and some of the protected clubs such as Collingwood, Richmond, Carlton May finally get shunted down there from next season 

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    1 hour ago, Roger Mellie said:

    This is a given, but what I don't understand, is why play a top drawing earner at Tax Payer Park with a ground capacity of 21,000 when you could have pulled 60K+ at the G or even 40K+ at Marvel? Both venues were free on Saturday.

    Because the same argument applies to every Melb-based club and particularly Collingwood, Richmond, Essendon and Carlton. 

    They have to play some Melb-based clubs at GMHBA (they currently have 9 games there and can’t host all 8 interstate sides so there are 2-4 games a year for Melb-based clubs to play).

    It routinely means it’s us, St Kilda, the Dogs or North. 

    The AFL continues to let them play two home games at the G. I don’t know whether that’s the AFL forcing Geelong, or Geelong asking for it to make money and/or get more games on the G. Regardless, until that ends and Geelong plays all 11 home games in Geelong, which is what should be happening, we will continue to be overburdened with trips down there to offset the absence of the bigger sides. 

    In the interim, it beggars belief that Hawthorn, in some respects a smaller club than us and currently a weak on-field club, gets to avoid the trip. They should be down there next year. So should Carlton and Essendon, two sides who haven’t succeeded in finals in a decade. 

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    12 hours ago, monoccular said:

    Was that 6th word a typo or a descriptive term for their ground?  Surprised it passed the auto censor 😮

    The answer of course is that we are Melbourne and they are Collingwood, and Geelong get to pick and choose who they play where - the AFL have no interest whatsoever in fairness of the FIXture.  It is all about $$$$$.

    It was a typo but an apt one on reflection.

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    And as I said to the cats supporters around me if they built a proper size stadium they would get finals there.

    But since they decided to add on only a tiny amount of seats for a ridiculous amount of money instead or razing it to the ground and building a 60-70k seater enjoy the home finals in Melbourne.

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    19 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    Presumably Fitzroy is down the bottom of the list because if a club doesn't exist, even the AFL hasn't worked out how to force them to play down there.

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    6 minutes ago, sue said:

    Presumably Fitzroy is down the bottom of the list because if a club doesn't exist, even the AFL hasn't worked out how to force them to play down there.

    Still it is quite remarkable that extinct Fitzroy has played there more than Collingwood. 

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    12 hours ago, DeeZee said:

    Because the draw is unfairly biased towards the wealthier bigger drawing clubs.

    All about money in the coffers, nothing else.

    I would buy this argument in 2011-2021, but not anymore.

    The AFL missed out on 30,000 extra attendees if they played this game at the G on a Friday or Saturday.

    19,000 people at a Victorian game featuring the last 2 premiers, both Victorian sides, is a stinker from a financial and brand perspective.

    The AFL just completely stuffed this fixture up.

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    2 hours ago, Roger Mellie said:

    This is a given, but what I don't understand, is why play a top drawing earner at Tax Payer Park with a ground capacity of 21,000 when you could have pulled 60K+ at the G or even 40K+ at Marvel? Both venues were free on Saturday.

    fair point. but i imagine the Cats and the ground are guaranteed so many home games per year. the AFL picks the lowest drawing teams to play there

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