All players should collectively choose ‘Take me home, country road’ as the only song to play after each goal.

If the AFL want music let’s simultaneously make it meaningless, and ruin the fun for Queenslanders.

5 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

All players should collectively choose ‘Take me home, country road’ as the only song to play after each goal.

If the AFL want music let’s simultaneously make it meaningless, and ruin the fun for Queenslanders.

happy with this

Hoping someone goes with 'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again'

I hate this. I hate it so much.

I would love to see any data which supports the proposition that music after goals makes people enjoy going to the game more.

We are just a couple seasons away from the forward line doing choreographed dances after a goal.

Seems an appropriate video.

30 minutes ago, Nascent said:

We are just a couple seasons away from the forward line doing choreographed dances after a goal.

they already do that with the celebrations

21 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

they already do that with the celebrations

Not like this they don't.

18 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Not like this they don't.

Give it time

2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

I hate this. I hate it so much.

I would love to see any data which supports the proposition that music after goals makes people enjoy going to the game more.

Why can’t people sit in silence, build suspense.

This generation is so worried about being bored, talking to each other and not being entertained 24/7. It’s insane.

Eg: people don’t want as many movies any more so the watch reels.

I think if these songs after each goal is kicked continues, it will be my last season attending. Horrible.

Unfortunately noise filling in the fearful silence is largely the way of the world. Go to a 'popular' restaurant for dinner chances are there's a table of Babelites, babbling, boorish, banalities at volume next to your table. You'd wish they'd just shut up and eat. Or the management has decided to change the restrained musical accompaniment to near shouting just to be heard. Eat to the beat, let's forget table manners if you ever had them. No need for empathy or due consideration if you're already half cut. Reflective. objective, individual thoughtfulness is out, pay your mindfulness guru here.

At the football it's bread and circuses, (user pays). Complete with PA'd cacophonic messaging to trigger the desired collective responses. Add electronic visual over overkill and fill the gaps with AFL sanitised 'football'. Forget the organic roar of the crowd, we've got a machine cranking it out at 119 decibels. With 'Walk Out Song' and 'First Goal Song', whatever the 'choices' made. 'Hells Bells' was just a serenade.

Edited March 8Mar 8 by Tarax Club
quiet edit

23 hours ago, JTR said:

Hoping someone goes with 'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again'

Particularly if it can get the appropriate crowd response!

Does anyone know anything about our “new run out location?”

Does this mean we will run out of the race that is alongside the Ponsford stand?

It's all part of this ridiculous idea that every game has to be an "event".

You are no longer allowed to go and support your team - in fact, it is probably frowned upon in some quarters.

Apparently it is far better to have a crowd full of people who spend half the game looking at their phones and adding to their insta feeds, and the other half standing in queues to buy food and drinks.

There will come a point where the coverage is less about the actual result, and more about the surrounding [censored] - what the players wear when the arrive at the game, who they arrive with, what songs they play, etc.

I can't stand Collingwood or their supporters, but at least they care and create some atmosphere. Most other games are completely lacking in soul thanks to the AFL and their media goons.

21 hours ago, poita said:

It's all part of this ridiculous idea that every game has to be an "event".

You are no longer allowed to go and support your team - in fact, it is probably frowned upon in some quarters.

Apparently it is far better to have a crowd full of people who spend half the game looking at their phones and adding to their insta feeds, and the other half standing in queues to buy food and drinks.

There will come a point where the coverage is less about the actual result, and more about the surrounding [censored] - what the players wear when the arrive at the game, who they arrive with, what songs they play, etc.

I can't stand Collingwood or their supporters, but at least they care and create some atmosphere. Most other games are completely lacking in soul thanks to the AFL and their media goons.

The problem is that the AFL focuses on how good it looks when 80,000 people are in the MCG going bananas over a home and away game, and forget that for every blockbuster there's a lot of games involving drab, unglamorous clubs that can't be sizzled up.

They can play 100% Hits Volume 18 after every goal, it's still going to look terrible when the top of the Ponsford (and the Southern on days when the MCC feels particularly tight) is shut, making a respectable 25-30k crowd come across on TV like 5000 because most people are on the camera side of the ground.

On 08/03/2026 at 14:35, Bleasey as that said:

Does anyone know anything about our “new run out location?”

Does this mean we will run out of the race that is alongside the Ponsford stand?

What like to know this too. Unsure why it says new run out location when I thought we would always have the smaller race in mcc as it feels more special as that’s always packed with dees supporters. Weird to have new run out location if it’s the same run out we’ve always used which is mcc

I saw this last night - you don't even get to give an option for the 'first goal kicked' music, just a choice from what looks like the playlist of a boring 50 something middle class bloke (like me!). I mean...Robbie Williams, Blur...John Farnham FFS?!

As an aside, as a Pom, I've never understood that when it comes to major events in Australia, we have to revert to music from 50 years ago, when there is so much great new Aussie music. Is it the choice of the executives in charge? Darryl Braithwaite, Mike Brady...even Jimmy Barnes - all fantastic artists in their time, but how about something a bit more...now? Why not a bit of Amyl and the Sniffers to mix it up a bit?

Edited March 10Mar 10 by 3183 Dee

Did anyone suggest this whenever we play the Doggies?

the new run out location will be the race near the ponsford stand/ opposite cheersquad. i believe we were the only home team using the smaller run out for a couple years

We need an uprising.

26 minutes ago, harveylangfordisthegoat said:

the new run out location will be the race near the ponsford stand/ opposite cheersquad. i believe we were the only home team using the smaller run out for a couple years

My understanding is that we and Richmond used the “smaller” race and Hawthorn and Collingwood used the “bigger” one.

Why did we need to swap? The “smaller” one was in the middle of the members, the one part of the stadium that’s usually full at our home games. It was uniquely us (except for once every 1-2 years when we were away to Richmond).

Guerra sheds light on this, and other “game day activations”, here:

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/nba-style-how-the-demons-plan-to-amp-up-their-home-games-to-get-crowds-back-at-the-g-20260313-p5oa86.html

1. Moving to the other, bigger, race to make use of more/bigger screens

2. More use of LED signage

3. Songs after goals (Let Me Entertain you after the first goal of the match, then players’ choices)

4. More in-game information from announcers (eg as to injuries)

The change is here and I’m going to embrace it. I don’t care if somethings not my cup of tea at the new look home games. I’ll support it and who knows… we may actually enjoy it.

What is the song that the players are running out too?