Still the Bloods?

[S.S. Bleeder]

I must be one of the few who had no problems with the Hawks supporters at the GF. We had a fence separating us from them. The worst I saw was them giving us the "shhh" sign (index finger over their lips) and a few other motions they directed towards us whenever they kicked a goal (which was quite frequently). I would just shrug my shoulders at them as if to say WTF is going on. The security was constantly patrolling our area and talking to individuals, including a Swans supporter behind me from Sydney that was acting aggressively towards the Hawks supporters and was nearly kicked out.

I also went to The Cricketers Arms with some Hawks supporters before and after the game and still no issues at all. No-one, even my mates, rubbed my nose in their victory at all.

That said, I have previously had issues with the Hawks supporters. I used to work at VFL Park many years ago and they were always causing trouble even back then.

[Plugger46]

He's clearly drawn too many conclusions from two hours of footy.

Yes, it was awful but between R5 and GF morning, we were a bloody good team. We still are.

If we'd missed the 8 or gone out in straight sets, he'd have a point. No balance at all to the article and this is from a bloke who says that he doesn't watch much footy.

[Margo]

this may not be the right place for my comment but .. ... .. watching the GF on tv last year was torture but it was made worse by the constant ads. It was so hard to understand the flow of the game because every goal scored (and there were lots) resulted in immediate cross to an ad. I don't understand how such a huge game was televised by commercial tv only, and that they were allowed to spoil it so completley. So much happens on the ground after a goal, I wanted to see what the guys were doing then. Does anyone know if this will be the case again this year ?

[magic.merkin]

this may not be the right place for my comment but .. ... .. watching the GF on tv last year was torture but it was made worse by the constant ads. It was so hard to understand the flow of the game because every goal scored (and there were lots) resulted in immediate cross to an ad. I don't understand how such a huge game was televised by commercial tv only, and that they were allowed to spoil it so completley. So much happens on the ground after a goal, I wanted to see what the guys were doing then. Does anyone know if this will be the case again this year ?

At least until the end of this media rights deal and is also due to the anti-siphoning laws

[AnnieH]

this may not be the right place for my comment but .. ... .. watching the GF on tv last year was torture but it was made worse by the constant ads. It was so hard to understand the flow of the game because every goal scored (and there were lots) resulted in immediate cross to an ad. I don't understand how such a huge game was televised by commercial tv only, and that they were allowed to spoil it so completley. So much happens on the ground after a goal, I wanted to see what the guys were doing then. Does anyone know if this will be the case again this year ?

Um... without the ads, you get no free to air games. That's the nature of the media deal. That's where the AFL get their bread and butter money.
You can pay for foxtel and get ad free games.

[Sandridge]

Pick the clubs two worst games for 2014 and judge their prospects for 2015 on that? Did he not see what happened between Round 1 and the Grand Final?

I understand he needs to fill column space. Just hope he's big enough to say "I was wrong" when we -hopefully! - prove him to be!.

[Margo]

Um... without the ads, you get no free to air games. That's the nature of the media deal. That's where the AFL get their bread and butter money.
You can pay for foxtel and get ad free games.

Oh I pay for Foxtel alright ! The game was not on Foxtel.

[Jewels]

Oh I pay for Foxtel alright ! The game was not on Foxtel.

No, that's the only game of the year that isn't telecast on both FTA and Foxtel.

I was at the game, but I was amazed to see it was going to be on Foxtel so I IQ'd it, only to get home to see that there was only something on air at the qtr time breaks and the rest of the time it ws just a camera on empty seats, which was really strange. You'd have thought at least they would have the commentary team discussing what was happening as they were watching it rather than nothing at all.