Heat concern for Swans v Carlton

[EMJ]

can't wait till Sunday and seeing the guys play. Hope we do win and gain some more money for the club. I am sure we have enough of the young guys, so eager to prove how good they are - that they will pull out a win for us.

We have purchased our tickets but am unsure about parking tickets they have increased the price of parking by 50% and Ticketek have the hide of adding a further $1.50 plus $4.95 to send ticket to you by express post. Outlets for picking up the ticket are either city, Hurstville or Liverpool - not exactly close by.
Therefore total cost of parking at Homebush is $21.45 - a bit rich for me.

[snajik]

Originally posted by Rizzo
38C on the coast!!!! Bloody hell. Anyone going out to the game? It's definitely a few degrees hotter at Homebush.....I was out there for the Sydney Festival,

I suppose I'll have to wear my sluggos. It's not going to be pretty.

[Norris Lurker]

The AFL's applied an extreme heat rule to the game in Canberra, and they'll probably do the same for the Sydney game.
The changes are an extra 2 interchange players, industrial fans (workers in scarves lol) at the players and umpires benches, half time extended to 25 minutes and extra waterboys.
All well and good, but what use are the extra interchange players if they can't be rotated. There'll have to be a lot of use of the bench and moving players on and off. But the runner only being allowed on 5 times a quarter makes that more difficult. In extreme heat conditions, surely that rule should be dropped; as a safety precaution.

[Ryan Bomford]

Temp for Sunday now expected to peak at 29, with chance or light rain. May not be so bad for fans and players

[Bart]

Could be worse. there are games this weekend in Darwin and Cairns

[Nico]

Originally posted by Ryan Bomford
I'm sure you're right but do you mean to tell me that Melbournites spend sunny Sunday afternoons watching 6 hours of preseason football on TV?

The answer is yes, and we are Melbournians thank you very much.

By the way what is the collective noun for people living in Steak and Kidney?

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by Nico
The answer is yes, and we are Melbournians thank you very much.

By the way what is the collective noun for people living in Steak and Kidney?

Sydneysiders, mate.

JF