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  • Dirtyburt
    Suspended by the MRP
    • Apr 2012
    • 853

    #46
    Originally posted by Cheer Squad
    Why "thankfully"?

    From all accounts, Skoda Stadium is not a bad sort of venue.

    If we're going to pull sub-20K crowds against some teams, I see no reason we couldn't experiment with the occasional home game there.

    It would be a bit of fun - something different. I'm sure the Giants would sell us the right to do it.
    Because our home ground is the scg. We don't need to beg gws to play at their home ground. We are not the dogs, north, Richmond or Melbourne who have to shop their games around.

    That is why

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    • liz
      Veteran
      Site Admin
      • Jan 2003
      • 16773

      #47
      Originally posted by Cheer Squad
      Why "thankfully"?

      From all accounts, Skoda Stadium is not a bad sort of venue.

      If we're going to pull sub-20K crowds against some teams, I see no reason we couldn't experiment with the occasional home game there.

      It would be a bit of fun - something different. I'm sure the Giants would sell us the right to do it.
      Regardless of how many people turn up to any game, the Swans will have pre-sold around 20k tickets to any SCG game via memberships, not to mention anything they are entitled to from SCG memberships. Wouldn't get that for a game played at Skoda.

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      • jono2707
        Goes up to 11
        • Oct 2007
        • 3326

        #48
        Originally posted by Dirtyburt
        Because our home ground is the scg. We don't need to beg gws to play at their home ground. We are not the dogs, north, Richmond or Melbourne who have to shop their games around.

        That is why
        Exactly. Our home.

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        • HAWKS HEROES
          On the Rookie List
          • Dec 2004
          • 52

          #49
          no thanks cost me enough for my tickets airfare and accommodation

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          • Cheer Squad
            Sydney Swans
            • Apr 2007
            • 1948

            #50
            Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
            Prefer SCG but ultimately don't care. I'll go wherever they play.
            I agree with you on this.

            I think it would be great to see us having a run out at Skoda against someone like Port or Freo. I can't see why we couldn't arrange to swap a suitable home game with the Giants, perhaps when they're more established.

            No one is suggesting the SCG is not our home ground. But it's obvious from some of these posts we have a lot of insecure SCG supporters.

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            • Swanner
              On the Rookie List
              • Mar 2006
              • 186

              #51
              How did this become a thread about Skoda!
              That's the last place to play a game. We should play the Hawks at Anz because of its capacity.

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              • BillyRayCypress
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                • May 2012
                • 1379

                #52
                Originally posted by Swanner
                How did this become a thread about Skoda!
                That's the last place to play a game. We should play the Hawks at Anz because of its capacity.
                It would be Simply Clever to play it at Skoda. They have $3:90 chips, Subway, kebabs, great meat pies and fancy wok place.

                The football would compliment the menu alternatives.
                Nothing like a good light bulb moment.

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                • Cosmic Wizard
                  recruit me pretty please!
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 620

                  #53
                  SCG is also a totally hole!!!
                  Cinder is what $6.50??? Beer, mid strength $6.00 something??
                  And as for getting half decent food, forget that!
                  They should allows us to bring our own BBQs and eskies, so we can something nice to eat and hand out some decent beers like Coopers.
                  I am happy to paid big dollars for that, and the atmosphere would be so much better around the BBQ with your mates!!
                  doof-doof

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                  • Dirtyburt
                    Suspended by the MRP
                    • Apr 2012
                    • 853

                    #54
                    Originally posted by Cheer Squad
                    I agree with you on this.

                    I think it would be great to see us having a run out at Skoda against someone like Port or Freo. I can't see why we couldn't arrange to swap a suitable home game with the Giants, perhaps when they're more established.

                    No one is suggesting the SCG is not our home ground. But it's obvious from some of these posts we have a lot of insecure SCG supporters.
                    NFI clearly

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                    • Dirtyburt
                      Suspended by the MRP
                      • Apr 2012
                      • 853

                      #55
                      Originally posted by BillyRayCypress
                      It would be Simply Clever to play it at Skoda. They have $3:90 chips, Subway, kebabs, great meat pies and fancy wok place.

                      The football would compliment the menu alternatives.
                      Lol

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                      • Dirtyburt
                        Suspended by the MRP
                        • Apr 2012
                        • 853

                        #56
                        Originally posted by Cosmic Wizard
                        SCG is also a totally hole!!!
                        Cinder is what $6.50??? Beer, mid strength $6.00 something??
                        And as for getting half decent food, forget that!
                        They should allows us to bring our own BBQs and eskies, so we can something nice to eat and hand out some decent beers like Coopers.
                        I am happy to paid big dollars for that, and the atmosphere would be so much better around the BBQ with your mates!!
                        You should move to south Africa. It's 40 years behind also

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                        • BillyRayCypress
                          On the Rookie List
                          • May 2012
                          • 1379

                          #57
                          Originally posted by Cosmic Wizard
                          SCG is also a totally hole!!!
                          They should allows us to bring our own BBQs and eskies, so we can something nice to eat and hand out some decent beers like Coopers.
                          I am happy to paid big dollars for that, and the atmosphere would be so much better around the BBQ with your mates!!
                          I think that's called the MCG carpark and the Melbourne FC supporters. They enjoy tanking up for games
                          Nothing like a good light bulb moment.

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                          • desredandwhite
                            Click!
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 2498

                            #58
                            I could see us playing preseason or practice games at Skoda - we've already done it at Rooty Hill. Useful when cricket keeps us off the SCG, and it's actually a nice little venue to boot. Won't happen for premiership points obviously.

                            177th Senior AFL Match - Round 4, 2009 - Sydney vs Carlton, SCG. This is obviously out of date. I suppose I'll update it once I could be bothered sitting down with the fixture and working it out....
                            Des' Weblog

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                            • SimonH
                              Salt future's rising
                              • Aug 2004
                              • 1647

                              #59
                              Okay, I screwed up and didn't organise tickets early enough. And I humbly apologise for infecting the thread with cyber-begging. PM me and I'll sell my first-born for 2 tix (or details from a non-attending member that would allow me to purchase them). Actually, it's to attend with my 6 yo daughter who is my first-born, so that wasn't an entirely workable offer. Unless you take delivery of her after the game is over.

                              (And yes, I know it's shameful I'm not a member, but ever since the arrival of children I realistically get to 3 games a year or fewer, and that's just how it is. About to hopefully enter the golden years of attending footy as a bonding father/daughter experience-- she's showing real potential!)

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                              • AnnieH
                                RWOs Black Sheep
                                • Aug 2006
                                • 11332

                                #60
                                Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
                                Next season it would be good to move some of the smaller crowd pulling teams like dogs/Roos/Freo/port to Skoda rather than ANZ.
                                Like to play there. Nice ground.
                                Prefer SCG but ultimately don't care. I'll go wherever they play.
                                Skoda??
                                Serious??
                                That's just crazy talk.
                                I didn't know we were forming an allegience with the Greatest Waste (of) Space.
                                Last place I'd want to play OUR game is their home ground.
                                Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
                                Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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