That might be true but there are a couple of factors worth pointing out, they don't play anyone decent down there & they lock out oppo fansThanks Tim. Same period.
90% could be the correct number or it could be a case of journalistic licence (rounding, laziness, favouritism). Or I'm out by 1.5%.
Either way it's a terrific record down at their dump of a bowling alley.
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I reckon it is whingeing, it's an annual topic they like to bring up. Dimma was only saying our fans hate Marvel which is true. Cats need to accept the fact that their ground isn't fit for big games hence they will never host Finals unless it's against Freo/GWS/GC (AFL does state this every year) & get on with it.
From a crowd perspective they are also hurting their own supporters if they play finals at Kardinia Park. During the year they can get away with only having a couple of thousand opposition supporters at a game at most, but In finals there are rules that would mean they would be forced to let more in.
AFL made a rod for it's own back when they let the cats play a final against Freo in Geelong, which I think they lost actually.
If the Cats stadium was a proper AFL shaped ground and if they allowed 50% of the crowd to be opposition and if they gave the profits for that match to the AFL, like all other finals are, then they might have some merit in whinging. But as they are now all Scot's finals time whinging does is make the rest of the AFL ecosystem turn against them.
Long may it continue.
If the Cats stadium was a proper AFL shaped ground and if they allowed 50% of the crowd to be opposition and if they gave the profits for that match to the AFL, like all other finals are, then they might have some merit in whinging. But as they are now all Scot's finals time whinging does is make the rest of the AFL ecosystem turn against them.
Long may it continue.
And they recruit players like Rohan who seems to develop an allergy to the ball in finals.
What ppl tend to overlook incl Cats fans is that for H&A games the home Clubs gets majority allocation & in these times have been able to chose the allocation the oppo fans get, for Finals the AFL controls all of that. So for all the Cats fans whingeing about the ground they are much less chance of getting in to the game if it's not at the 'G.
I simply don't get why they got him, he was a known quantity well before they got him & i can't understand why they kept him. I guess he fits their "goes missing in September" culture so there is that.
FWIW on Cats & home games, i know someone that works closely with our Club (but not at the Club) who went out of their way to e-mail the equivalent person at the Cats about allocating more tix for opposition fans as a way of helping their cause to get big Clubs/games down there, they laughed at the suggestion so they get what they deserve.
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Sadly, memory loss amongst the elderly in our community is a common affliction. It feels like a new club because, well, it is to him and his fellow seniors.
Wonder if the umpires would ever ping him for throwing the ball?
