Why the SCG doesn't cut it come finals time

[Dave]

from realfooty:

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2005/08/29/1125302508216.html

This quote from it:

A decision to travel early has been partly forced on the Swans by the lack of large AFL grounds in Sydney. "There was a ground at Campbelltown we might have considered in the past but apparently that's not in great shape at the moment," said Roos.

Say no more.

[Provost]

I don't see how the SCG doesn't cut it come finals time. The SCG clearly dosen't cut it when it comes to preperation for games at Subiaco. We do need to locate a ground with large size that can still accomodate a closed training session.

[NMWBloods]

Doesn't help when practising for the MCG either!

[stellation]

You can buy sausage rolls at Homebush.

[Provost]

Off you go...............
Sausauge Roll Sighted At Scg

[Dave]

Originally posted by Provost
I don't see how the SCG doesn't cut it come finals time.

Because the ultimate final (and any away finals for that matter) is played on a ground that dwarfs the SCG.

It just aint big enough to be a proper AFL ground.

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Dave
Because the ultimate final (and any away finals for that matter) is played on a ground that dwarfs the SCG.

It just aint big enough to be a proper AFL ground.

They shouldn't be allowed to play AFL at Subiaco either. It's so much narrower than any other AFL ground it's a joke. More like a nature strip than an AFL oval. (And, considering how hard it is, maybe more like a runway than a nature strip.)

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by Go Swannies
They shouldn't be allowed to play AFL at Subiaco either. It's so much narrower than any other AFL ground it's a joke. More like a nature strip than an AFL oval. (And, considering how hard it is, maybe more like a runway than a nature strip.)

Or Kardinia Park, which is even skinnier than TS.

Heck they should just play all the games at the G. That way we have no confusion or bias.

[Wil]

Originally posted by Schneiderman

Heck they should just play all the games at the G. That way we have no confusion or bias.

Don't be stupid.

All games are already played at only MCG AND the Telstra Dome.

[Egan]

Western Australian Ovals are bigger then that seen in the eastern states.

Its just history having the bigger ovals...thus over here we don't make any complaints about the size of the ground.

Only when I went to melbourne did i see how big Subiaco was...well actually I remember going to AFL games at the WACA.

How I suppose Sydney wish that we still played games at the WACA...

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by Wil
Don't be stupid.

All games are already played at only MCG AND the Telstra Dome.

So I went to the SCG eight times this year and imagined a game on?

Its just as stupid to claim the SCG somehow "doesn't cut it" for any reason. All of asudden size matters.

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Schneiderman
All of a sudden size matters.

Do you try the same rationale in your private life, too?

[sharp9]

Call me a central control freak but if I were Angry Anderson I would be agitating for a much more even spread of ground size...ie bring in the goals at Subiaco and bring in the wings at the MCG, and push for a new cricket stand at one end of the SCG....about 10 metres back!

It really is silly IMHO to have such huge discrepancies in ground size. Adds nothing but irritation to the competition..and at least he couldn't be accused of interstate bias if he tried to regulate ground size somewhat.

BTW can't believe that the new stadium in Geelong wasn't built back a bit. Skilled is 20 metres narrower than the G and the SCG.

[desredandwhite]

Originally posted by sharp9

BTW can't believe that the new stadium in Geelong wasn't built back a bit. Skilled is 20 metres narrower than the G and the SCG.

That's because the new stand at Kardinia Park is LITERALLY right up against the road! You can't walk around the back of the stand (which was a major point of irritation when I was there for the Geelong/Freo game)

[j s]

Originally posted by desredandwhite
That's because the new stand at Kardinia Park is LITERALLY right up against the road! You can't walk around the back of the stand (which was a major point of irritation when I was there for the Geelong/Freo game)

So is the Gabba but they found a solution there. They could have just pinched a bit of the road - it doesn't need a parking lane.