Giants fans will outnumber Swans fans

[Jenny]

Hi All,

We've just received confirmation that Swans Members will have access to our normal Member's Bar opposite Aisle 126 at ANZ Stadium for this match.
We'll also have member redemptions on the night if you are yet to pick up your cap and other items. Exact locations will be confirmed in next week's eNews.

Hope you're all got your tickets! Remember - your Sydney Swans membership does not give you access to this game.

See you all there!

Jenny

[Wazza]

Have my tickets in section 124 this is close to my normal seating and a great spot as the seats are angled and you get a lot more room.
Anyone from RWO see's me on the day I would luv to say hello I'll have the red and white cap on, ...RWO meetup at members bar??

Cheers

waz

[mcs]

Here's another scenario.

The SCG lobby have been on the club's case for years to abandon Homebush as a venue.

They began seriously boycotting the venue in 2008, decimating attendances and gate takings at our matches, and undermining the "blockbuster" strategy, including at finals. Never mind that large match attendances are a symbol of pride for just about every other club.

Then, in 2009, they succeeded in forcing the club to introduce "SCG only" memberships, further undermining the club's finances.

This season, they've succeeded in getting the club to drop a home game at Homebush, restore it to the SCG, and in the process, abandon our support base in Canberra via the annual Manuka Oval match.

It's bloody-minded stuff, but it's been effective.

Now, they have their sights on the Giants and the AFL itself.

The same logic applies - don't attend, regardless of whether the Swans are playing, because turning up in large numbers will only encourage the club and the AFL to keep scheduling matches there. And who wants to support the Giants via gate takings anyway?

So if we are outnumbered on the night, we won't have to look very far to find a reason.

The Manuka match has nothing to do with this argument at all. The Manuka game was never a Swans home game - over the years its been Dees, Rooboys and Dogs home games. The swans aren't playing down here due to the multi million dollar a year contract between the AFL and the ACT Government, which has the giants playing 4 games (3 normal season plus a silly practice game) down here a year. Obviously, they aren't going to be playing Sydney down here, when that is the only home game in years going forward that should be able to draw a good crowd in Sydney.

[Cheer Squad]

The Manuka match has nothing to do with this argument at all. The Manuka game was never a Swans home game - over the years its been Dees, Rooboys and Dogs home games. The swans aren't playing down here due to the multi million dollar a year contract between the AFL and the ACT Government, which has the giants playing 4 games (3 normal season plus a silly practice game) down here a year. Obviously, they aren't going to be playing Sydney down here, when that is the only home game in years going forward that should be able to draw a good crowd in Sydney.

You're quite wrong.

Whatever the arrangements between the AFL, the ACT Government, and the Giants, there was nothing to stop us requesting that an "away" game be scheduled at Manuka Oval.

All the club has done is sacrifice the annual Manuka Oval match in favour of playing an "away" game against the Giants at Homebush. That allowed the club to meet the contractual requirement to play 3 matches at Homebush, but still appease the SCG lobby by giving them an extra home game.

[mcs]

You're quite wrong.

Whatever the arrangements between the AFL, the ACT Government, and the Giants, there was nothing to stop us requesting that an "away" game be scheduled at Manuka Oval.

All the club has done is sacrifice the annual Manuka Oval match in favour of playing an "away" game against the Giants at Homebush. That allowed the club to meet the contractual requirement to play 3 matches at Homebush, but still appease the SCG lobby by giving them an extra home game.

We will have to agree to disagree. I think the club probably had very little choice in the matter... sure they could have 'requested' an away game in Canberra, but when the only opportunity is to play the Giants (My understanding is that there is an exclusivity agreement that the three home and away games must have the Giants as the home team - which goes back to the debacle when the Roos went off chasing $$$ to the Gold Coast and Canberra wanting as such 'its own team') , then surely such a request would be nothing but a straw-man by the club? The AFL and the Giants are not going to give up a game that should in theory at least, be the biggest drawing game for GWS in Sydney and bring it to Canberra any time soon. And even if the AFL wanted some other team to play the Swans here in a season match, there is no way in the world that the ACT Government would have put more money on the table, after the ridiculous amount of money spent on the GWS games, and unless you put up big $$$, the AFL isn't interested.

[Cheer Squad]

We will have to agree to disagree. I think the club probably had very little choice in the matter... sure they could have 'requested' an away game in Canberra, but when the only opportunity is to play the Giants (My understanding is that there is an exclusivity agreement that the three home and away games must have the Giants as the home team - which goes back to the debacle when the Roos went off chasing $$$ to the Gold Coast and Canberra wanting as such 'its own team') , then surely such a request would be nothing but a straw-man by the club? The AFL and the Giants are not going to give up a game that should in theory at least, be the biggest drawing game for GWS in Sydney and bring it to Canberra any time soon. And even if the AFL wanted some other team to play the Swans here in a season match, there is no way in the world that the ACT Government would have put more money on the table, after the ridiculous amount of money spent on the GWS games, and unless you put up big $$$, the AFL isn't interested.

Well, whatever the situation, the substantial fan base we have in Canberra are not going to see us play for premiership points anymore, at least for the time being.

[wolftone57]

I am a bit confused. My tickets are in GA*G Ailes 115-122, Row GA Seat 4249. I could not find this on the seating map as it doesn't seem to exist. Very confusing. At the G or SCG it is easy but this is a nightmare.

[desredandwhite]

I am a bit confused. My tickets are in GA*G Ailes 115-122, Row GA Seat 4249. I could not find this on the seating map as it doesn't seem to exist. Very confusing. At the G or SCG it is easy but this is a nightmare.

That's what my ticket says, sort of. You are in the GA Swans area. Go around to Aisles 115 to 122 and sit anywhere you like. You are simply the 4249th person to buy a ticket.

[wolftone57]

That's what my ticket says, sort of. You are in the GA Swans area. Go around to Aisles 115 to 122 and sit anywhere you like. You are simply the 4249th person to buy a ticket.

So that's what it is, I would have gone looking for seat number 4249, 8 & 7. Why can't they just say 'open' for open seating it would be less confusing.

[desredandwhite]

I've never seen "open" on a ticket before - "GA" or "General Admission" is the accepted norm as far as I know.

[wolftone57]

Well GA but with no number to confuse. In Adelaide all seating is allocated, the same at the G. Whether GA or not you still are allocated a seat. GA just meaning you are not in a members area

[goswannie14]

Well GA but with no number to confuse. In Adelaide all seating is allocated, the same at the G. Whether GA or not you still are allocated a seat. GA just meaning you are not in a members area

GA in melbourne means just that. No allocated seat, otherwise it is reserved seating. GA is a particular area where you sit where you like.

[Kirkari]

Cheer Squad - Who do you mean when you refer to "the SCG lobby"?

[Cheer Squad]

Cheer Squad - Who do you mean when you refer to "the SCG lobby"?

Club members who engage in the sort of activities I mentioned in post #50.

[jono2707]

The SCG is our home and never more so now that the AFL has deemed Sydney's west worthy of a new team. Therefore all of our home games should be played at our home at Moore Park and people in Sydney who don't like that now have another option...