How does Sydney Stadium drama affect Swans?

[Go Swannies]

I agree with Swansongster; while it's probably slightly offensive to the sensitive, it has never been used around me in any way other than as described by Swansongster , and I've been around football for a looong time.

+1 - often the retort to "aerial pingpong". Never thought of it, or heard it, as homophobic.

[Ludwig]

I didn't know what to make of it when this came with my Sydney Swans Members Pack. Thanks for clearing thing up.

[dejavoodoo44]

+1 - often the retort to "aerial pingpong". Never thought of it, or heard it, as homophobic.

My usual retort to the lame 'aerial ping pong' line, is to enquire, "In what sense is normal ping pong not aerial?"
Strangely, none of them have seemed to have thought of that.

[barry]

Bum sniffers is a term used in the 80s and 90s back in the day where you either loved or hated NRL or AFL. It did used to have homosexual conatations back then. But they were different times.
Now most people can see the merit in all sports so the term had died off.

I always like the term "cross country wrestling"

[barry]

Back on stadiums for a minute. The simple question for Gill the dill is: where will the Giants host finals and big derby games from 2019 onwards?

[royboy42]

Bum sniffers is a term used in the 80s and 90s back in the day where you either loved or hated NRL or AFL. It did used to have homosexual conatations back then. But they were different times.
Now most people can see the merit in all sports so the term had died off.

I always like the term "cross country wrestling"

You must have mixed in different circles to the rest of us Barry. Then you DID enjoy games at ANZ so.......

[Zlatorog]

Back on stadiums for a minute. The simple question for Gill the dill is: where will the Giants host finals and big derby games from 2019 onwards?

Probably SCG.

[barry]

Lol

[aguy]

Back on stadiums for a minute. The simple question for Gill the dill is: where will the Giants host finals and big derby games from 2019 onwards?

Barry I don't often agree with with you but your point here is most valid. It is a shame that there will only be one high capacity AFL ground in the city.

It also becomes obvious that t20 cricket will no longer be able to be played at ANZ

Maybe the AFL will need to fund a massive upgrade of Blacktown

[Zlatorog]

If the South East Light Rail starts operating from 2019 then I'm sure we'll see more AFL games played at the SCG, which might include sharing the SCG as a home ground between the Swans and the Giants, providing the Giants remain a second team in Sydney. Both big grounds in Melbourne are shared between AFL teams, so I wouldn't be surprised if AFL makes similar arrangements with the SCG trust.

[Levii3]

The point of gws is to grow the game in the west if they keep moving east and not even playing in western sydney they might aswell move to Canberra

[dimelb]

The point of gws is to grow the game in the west if they keep moving east and not even playing in western sydney they might aswell move to Canberra

Agree. They don't even work at creating a Western Sydney presence. They live at places like Randwick when they could be anywhere between the Lower Blue Mountains and Parramatta.

[barry]

Having the giants play at the SCG would be a disaster. By 2022 the SCG is going to be looking very second rate compared to the other stadiums.

The simple answer is to increase skoda to 35,000 but not sure where the money is coming from.

The abandonment of ANZ by AFL has many long term impacts for the game in sydney.

[Levii3]

Just on GWS they don't play a game in sydney (spotless) until round six...

[stellation]

Agree. They don't even work at creating a Western Sydney presence. They live at places like Randwick when they could be anywhere between the Lower Blue Mountains and Parramatta.

On the ground up here I'd say they're actually doing a pretty good job of creating a Western Sydney presence. The home ground could obviously be further west, but it's relatively convenient for folks that are driving (moreso than the SCG)- back when the Western Sydney Razorbacks were in the NBL they played out of Homebush.

I don't think where the players live really matters all that much. I doubt all the guys from the Bulldogs live around Footscray.