Finals at SCG

[desredandwhite]

For the good of the many.

It's a lot easier for me to get to Olympic Park (I live in Quakers Hill, a bit past Blacktown), but I'd rather go all the way out to the SCG. Better sightlines, better ground surface, better atmosphere, better facilities, and it's where our training and backoffice operations are based.

The ONLY things ANZ has going for it are a larger capacity and better service from public transport and road infrastructure. Once I'm actually THERE, I prefer the SCG in just about every aspect.

[Doctor]

Swans Members' Bar is the best thing about ANZ Stadium currently. The best thing about the deal at the time was that it force the SCG to lift their game in terms of keeping the Swans happy. The facilities have greatly improved in recent years and it's a far more pleasant experience at the SCG than it used to be.

[WauchopeAnalyst]

The difference between playing any games at the S.C.G. and ANZ Stadium is that ANZ Stadium is a house whilst the S.C.G is 'OUR HOME'.
I previously lived in Sydney and distance and travel times was very similar. I liked ANZ Stadium but loved the S.C.G.

[YvonneH]

Barry... I live in Strathfield - ANZ is extremely convenient for me to get to.

Pity it's such a cold, soul-less place.

I so prefer the SCG, even if I have to catch a train AND a bus to get there.

I live near Liverpool and also prefer the SCG. I have to drive to the station, catch a train and a bus as well. If I go to ANZ I have to drive to the station, catch a train and then another train. Not much difference.

[dawson]

The fact that so much rugby league is played at ANZ is another reason, on top of all the others why SCG is better.
If its wet and we play the day after a league game, the ground is going to be a mess.

I'm of the opinion that playing at the SCG against Geelong in the 2005 final helped that little bit to get us over the line.
It also cost us in the 2003 Prelim against the Lions.

[Mug Punter]

Can't believe we are arguing the toss over barry's ANZ membership again

SCG has a superior surface (in fact ANZ is a disgrace) a much better atmosphere and we play better there. Plus you have Paddington/Surry Hills v Nothing in terms of after match options.

The only advantage ANZ has is a larger attendance but Swans fans have voted with their feet re this and it is no longer a valid argument - 48,000 is more than adequate.

And we are not deserting western Sydney as they now belong to GWS

[AnnieH]

Olypmic Park is only "western Sydney" if you live in the eastern suburbs.
It's regarded as the "inner west".
It's only about 15ks from the city.

[jono2707]

Olypmic Park is only "western Sydney" if you live in the eastern suburbs.
It's regarded as the "inner west".
It's only about 15ks from the city.

It might as well be East Dubbo for us inner-city types ????

[YvonneH]

Would be interesting to see the membership numbers for East v's West. I think East would win, but the Swans do have members that live in the West, and I for one would not give up my membership for a Giants membership. All this talk of East v's West among Swans members is disheartening. We all love the Swans.

[barry]

Would be interesting to see the membership numbers for East v's West. I think East would win, but the Swans do have members that live in the West, and I for one would not give up my membership for a Giants membership. All this talk of East v's West among Swans members is disheartening. We all love the Swans.

Yes, I'm sure the Giants are loving it. Free AFL supporters. Thanks very much.

[desredandwhite]

Yes, I'm sure the Giants are loving it. Free AFL supporters. Thanks very much.

Well. One anyway.

Can't say I've seen a huge rush to the giants upon learning of the club's full commitment to the SCG. Pretty much everyone I know in the west who was a Swans supporter still is.

[barry]

Well. One anyway.

Can't say I've seen a huge rush to the giants upon learning of the club's full commitment to the SCG. Pretty much everyone I know in the west who was a Swans supporter still is.

Ask yourself these questions:

Can the Swans survive long term being an eastern suburbs team like the Roosters ?

Do you think West Coast said to Fremantle in 1994, here you have 60% of Perth all to yourselves ?

Seems odd to me.

Giants may not have many supporters now, but project 5 or 10 years ahead if they have successful run, and the swans fall to the bottom, the roles could be reversed. Swans fans arent as welded on as many would believe, and the dark days of the early 1990's seem to have been lost to some's memories.

[Ludwig]

Ask yourself these questions:

Can the Swans survive long term being an eastern suburbs team like the Roosters ?

Do you think West Coast said to Fremantle in 1994, here you have 60% of Perth all to yourselves ?

Seems odd to me.

Giants may not have many supporters now, but project 5 or 10 years ahead if they have successful run, and the swans fall to the bottom, the roles could be reversed. Swans fans arent as welded on as many would believe, and the dark days of the early 1990's seem to have been lost to some's memories.

Richmond and Hawthorn are just a couple of adjacent neighbourhoods in Melbourne and they have around 150,000 members between them. I think there's plenty of room for both if the game is good and well promoted in NSW. The new AFL media deal should help a lot as there is a substantial new commitment to AFL coverage in the traditional rugby areas.

I'm not a Murdoch fan, but I know money talks and he's got plenty and is ready to put quite a chunk of it into NSW and QLD AFL footy. Eddie McGuire may want to crush footy in the northern states. He thinks he's a big man in the footy world, but he's not the skin of peanut compared the power of Rupert. And Rupert wants a big audience in the norther states. The AFL is a business, and it can make it ugly at times, but in this case I think it helps if you are a supporter of one of the northern clubs.

If both the Swans and Giants can manage to play finals footy on a regular basis the game should grow big time in NSW. And the rivalry can build like the ones in Adelaide and Perth.

[YvonneH]

How do we go about getting Murdoch to go to bat for the AFL to lift the trade ban on us?

[Puppy Eyes]

ANZ Stadium has been the deciding factor in me not flying up to watch various games in the past few years.

I reckon we'll get more travellers at the SCG.