Some good news for Vic. fans

[floppinab]

Here's the requests.

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/06/22/1087844937550.html?from=storyrhs

Club chairman Richard Colless said the club had received negative feedback from Melbourne-based Swans members, and feared they were not getting value for money with only four Sydney games in Melbourne and one in Geelong.

"We are very keen to play six games in Melbourne, we've got 6000 paid-up members there and we are targeting 10,000," he said. "They are just not getting enough value for money."

Now to get the games.
Still nothing on Sunday arvo games tho

[ScottH]

Interesting!!

Some one is listening!!!


I guess we will see very soon if they care!!!

[Mike_B]

Originally posted by hemsleys
Interesting!!

Some one is listening!!!


I guess we will see very soon if they care!!!

Yes, the club is listening, but do the AFL care????

[EMJ]

Good to see the Swans are trying for the Melbourne fans.
AFL has to now sit up - if they don't listen - blame AFL not
Swans.

[dendol]

does more melbourne games mean less games in adelaide and perth?

[Damien]

Originally posted by dendol
does more melbourne games mean less games in adelaide and perth?

Unless the Bulldogs game is returned to melbourne - the games would have to be taken from Adelaide, Perth, and Brissie yes.....

(Big time if we got that deal lol)

[dendol]

theres nothing like killing two birds with one stone: give our loyal melbourne supporters more games to see live (hopefully giving us more experience at the MCG), and ridding ourselves of the dreaded trips west.

[Mike_B]

IMHO the AFL would be very reluctant to only have Sydney and Brisbane play once a year - so working off that assumption, compared to this year, the extra Melbourne game would replace a trip to Perth.

[Damien]

Originally posted by Mike_B
IMHO the AFL would be very reluctant to only have Sydney and Brisbane play once a year - so working off that assumption, compared to this year, the extra Melbourne game would replace a trip to Perth.

What an awful, awful scenario

[Mike_B]

Well yes - it would mean we're becoming more like Collingwood - barely any trips to Perth!

[Damien]

Originally posted by Mike_B
Well yes - it would mean we're becoming more like Collingwood - barely any trips to Perth!

Now we just need to find Colless a game show to host -

[DST]

Well done Tony Moorwood, thank you for passing on to head office our comments regarding the 2005 fixture.

While writing a letter might have sounded rather corny at the time, it shows what can be acheived by letting people know your views in a civil, calm and rational way.

The ball is now firmly in the court of the AFL, to now grant our request for the extra(s) game next year.

DST

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by Damien
What an awful, awful scenario

Perth's not such a bad place guys. But it's bloody far away. And the flights are expensive.

So another game in Melbourne gets my vote.

The pizza is so much better in Clarendon St than in Hay St Subiaco. And you don't have to bloody book 3 weeks in advance to score a table.

JF

[stellation]

Re: Some good news for Vic. fans

Originally posted by floppinab
Still nothing on Sunday arvo games tho

I still can't believe that the St Kilda game is the last SCG game for the year for those with little ones...

[Bart]

Originally posted by Mike_B
IMHO the AFL would be very reluctant to only have Sydney and Brisbane play once a year - so working off that assumption, compared to this year, the extra Melbourne game would replace a trip to Perth.

Well. What it would mean is one trip to Perth and one trip to Adelaide per year. However, it is not as simple as it sounds. Each SA and WA team plays 11 home games. Lets paint a picture where all teams over west play each other at home one, i.e. Freo play Eagles, Crows and Port. This reduces the number of home games to be filled to 8 each or 32 in total. If every non-WA and non-SA team played once in each city, this would still leave 8 games to be filled, meaning that 8 of the remaining 12 teams would have to travel 3 times. Have we as good a case as anyone to be one of the 4 that travels only twice, sure, but be aware that the odds aren't great.

I think it makes a great deal of sense that the Lions and Swans play each other twice every year, which leaves 4 matches to work with

1. Kangaroos in ACT - strong strategic reasons to keep this
2. Bulldogs in Sydney - will this agreement remain ?
3. One less WA/SA match - will be one of 4 teams who can get this
4. Geelong - would Vic members accept 5 matches in Melbourne instead of 4 and 1 in Geelong ?