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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on December 02, 2007, 04:54:48 AM
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Working class hit
02 December 2007 Sunday Herald Sun
Glenn McFarlane
THE Australian worker and the spirit of Eureka are to be celebrated in a proposed new AFL blockbuster match between the Kangaroos and Richmond next season.
The Eureka match is the brainchild of master promoter, Kevin Sheedy, who has helped create and promote other blockbusters such as Anzac Day and Dreamtime at the 'G.
Kangaroos chief executive Rick Aylett confirmed yesterday the two clubs were working to make the Sheedy plan an annual event, starting with the Round 2 twilight game clash at the MCG on March 30.
" 'Sheeds' came to us with the idea and we thought it was fantastic," Aylett said.
"He wanted it to be against Richmond and we agreed. Both clubs are in agreement to pump this match up into a bit of a blockbuster."
Aylett said businesses and union groups had offered their support.
"I don't want to give too much away from what our marketing department has planned, but we are hoping this will become a big event for the clubs.
"It is all about the Australian spirit and the contribution the workers have given to the Australian community and the economy over the years. The workers are just an intrinsic part of the community and we would be hoping to get a big crowd there."
This year's twilight clash between the Kangaroos and Richmond at Telstra Dome attracted 33,583 fans.
The two clubs would likely share gate receipts and sponsorship, a bonus for the embattled Kangaroos, who are fighting one last ditch effort to remain in Melbourne.
It is believed the Eureka flag - the image of the Southern Cross used at the Eureka Stockade battle 153 years ago tomorrow - would be used in association with the game.
There is even a plan to have Jimmy Barnes sing Working Class Man as part of the pre-game entertainment.
Sheedy said it was time Australian workers were honoured for their contribution to the country, just as the Anzacs had been in the Anzac Day game and indigenous Australians in the Dreamtime game.
"Working people have given a great deal to this country over the years and it is time we honoured them," he said.
"This is the best way to do it and we can help out two clubs as well."
Sheedy said the match could also serve as a history lesson with Australians gaining a greater appreciation of how the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854 shaped our history.
"The outgoing Prime Minister has spoken about getting history back in the classrooms. Well, we can put it on the sports fields with Anzac Day, Dreamtime and Eureka," he said.
"We need to give people a better understanding of how this country got its great working spirit."
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22854845%255E20322,00.html
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:thumbsup
It's nice to be in the papers for all the right reasons for a change. The off field department appears to be working very hard.
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It's nice to be in the papers for all the right reasons for a change. The off field department appears to be working very hard.
ditto :thumbsup
nice work RFC and Kev :thumbsup
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Fantastic.
We're setting ourselves up very nicely. Now please get it right onfield because off we are clearly growing very well.
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I guess the gameplan for this game is to stand altogether in the middle with the opposition surrounding you ;).
Well done RFC with a big thanks to Sheeds.
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is this the unofficial sign that sheeds is back at tigerland doing the behind the work scenes. lets hope wallace and miller can swallow some pride and welcome sheeds back. firstly KB and possibly sheeds.
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is this the unofficial sign that sheeds is back at tigerland doing the behind the work scenes. lets hope wallace and miller can swallow some pride and welcome sheeds back. firstly KB and possibly sheeds.
I would be surprised if there was an issue. Both Miller and Sheedy are sly dogs so I would think they probably understand each other. I doubt TW or Sheedy would care much about what happened in the past. They both have pretty thick skins. That's my take on it anyway
Wonder how much Essendon will miss out on since Sheedy will probably be keeping his distance, at least until Knights has settled in.
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is this the unofficial sign that sheeds is back at tigerland doing the behind the work scenes. lets hope wallace and miller can swallow some pride and welcome sheeds back. firstly KB and possibly sheeds.
I would be surprised if there was an issue. Both Miller and Sheedy are sly dogs so I would think they probably understand each other. I doubt TW or Sheedy would care much about what happened in the past. They both have pretty thick skins. That's my take on it anyway
Wonder how much Essendon will miss out on since Sheedy will probably be keeping his distance, at least until Knights has settled in.
Essendon has a middle-class proddie background but it does make you wonder if this is a subtle backhander from Sheeds to the Essendon board for the way they got rid of him.
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The AFL are stretching the term "blockbuster". We haven't had big crowds against North since the mid-90's.
R14 11.13-79 14.20-104 L Docklands 33,583 08-Jul-2007
R11 15.12-102 9.13-67 W M.C.G. 42,841 10-Jun-2006
R12 10.20-80 17.7-109 L Docklands 40,444 12-Jun-2005
R11 12.8-80 24.10-154 L Docklands 31,700 05-Jun-2004
R11 13.11-89 13.14-92 L Docklands 43,200 06-Jun-2003
R11 11.18-84 14.11-95 L Docklands 30,889 07-Jun-2002
R21 13.14-92 13.10-88 W M.C.G. 37,776 24-Aug-2001
R6 19.15-129 12.6-78 W Docklands 39,773 04-May-2001
R18 7.14-56 20.14-134 L S.C.G. 9,198 08-Jul-2000
R3 20.14-134 27.8-170 L M.C.G. 37,543 24-Mar-2000
R18 11.13-79 15.11-101 L M.C.G. 38,196 30-Jul-1999
R3 13.12-90 15.10-100 L M.C.G. 46,173 09-Apr-1999
R12 19.13-127 14.8-92 W M.C.G. 43,497 14-Jun-1998
R20 14.13-97 14.12-96 W M.C.G. 29,620 17-Aug-1997
R5 7.4-46 21.15-141 L M.C.G. 44,449 27-Apr-1997
R22 16.13-109 21.15-141 L M.C.G. 61,740 01-Sep-1996
R8 14.5-89 20.24-144 L M.C.G. 49,939 18-May-1996
QF 12.12-84 17.12-114 L M.C.G. 68,226 08-Sep-1995
R19 15.10-100 16.14-110 L M.C.G. 51,247 11-Aug-1995
R4 21.8-134 13.7-85 W M.C.G. 62,606 24-Apr-1995
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Personally I cant see this being a big success for us, but theres no harm in pretending to support the save North effort. To that end, we've all seen that a percentage of supporters who have lost there clubs, Sth Melbourne and Fitzroy that some of the supporters move on to new clubs and dont support the relocated club. We may pick up North support when the inevitable happens and North goes to the Gold Coast especially now that we can come up with our growing interest in Craigieburn and the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne.
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I think we should see this game as a huge bonus regardless of the theme or opposition.
We have to play the Kanga's regardless so why not make it a 'blockbuster' and perhaps the typically ill supported game will bring in more numbers because it has been more promoted.
We really can't lose from this situation. The 'Working Class' theme is a bit tenious at best but it will more than likely mean more exposure, media coverage, revenue and crowd numbers to our glorious club.
I for one will definately be there. I can't stand the Roos anyway!
Stripes
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:rollin @ blockbuster Are you ready Steve - One positive is we get to play them @ the G instead of turd dome.
Any less games at auschwitz the better :shh
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Why are we so bad at the Thunder Dome? Is it because we don't have the room to run and our size deficiency is further exploited with additional one-on-one play? Is it because we are unfamiliar with the ground because we rarely play there? Is it the teams who call it home? Is it the price of food?
Whatever the reason I lolth watching us get pole-axed every time we dare venue out onto its patchy lawn.
Stripes
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We get smashed out the midfield (we haven't had a decent midfield since '95) and you really pay for it at the smaller Dome. That whole Geelong game was Geelong tap, Geelong clear and Geelong goal then back to the centre and repeat for 120 minutes :-X. Also the sterile conditions mean turnovers are easily punished and we turnover the ball more than anybody.
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Yes I suppose we can help the Roos out this once.
If it means we pick up their leftover supporters in 2010 when they move to the GOld coast so be it.
IMHO the Roos need to bite the bullet and move - I cannot see them surviving in Melb. How many times do they have to have a "suvival call to arms" ??? Which in the short terms stirs the emotions but long term doesn't change a thing ??? :-\
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Am I the only disturbed that the sacrifice at Ballarrat is being commercialised for a football match. It is bad enough that some unions have misappropriated the flag under their agenda's, now this ??
What next, the Ned Kelly/Glenrowan Cup ?
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Am I the only disturbed that the sacrifice at Ballarrat is being commercialised for a football match. It is bad enough that some unions have misappropriated the flag under their agenda's, now this ??
What next, the Ned Kelly/Glenrowan Cup ?
The same could be said though of the Anzac Day clash (commercialised for a football match). All these "blockbuster" games are only designed to drag more people through the gate than otherwise if there wasn't any tag related to it. About 30-40k of the people who go to the Anzac Day game don't go to the Pies-Bombers clash latter on in the year.
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is the Eureka Match still going ahead ???
i think it is great that we are involved ...
Kevin Sheedy needs to come back to Richmond ...
why would he say "Richmond, must be in it" for ???
he still loves us !
the attendance has been good over the years ...
30,000 - 43,000 from 2001 - 2007 is very good ...
making this a "Blockbuster Match" will increase to about 50,000 i believe ...
Go Richmond !
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is the Eureka Match still going ahead ???
why would he say "Richmond, must be in it" for ???
Sheeds meant the blockbuster idea would only go ahead if Richmond was in it. North couldn't pick say Collingwood . It had to be us or North missed out on a much needed financial boost especially if tonight they decide to remain in Victoria and fight against extinction.
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Sheeds says there's no limit to what they can do with the Eureka match as it represents everyone who built this country.
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Sheeds says there's no limit to what they can do with the Eureka match as it represents everyone who built this country.
Cyclops do you have a link for this dribble from Sheedy ?
I am sure the miners that refused to pay 3pound for their license will get free admission.
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Sheeds says there's no limit to what they can do with the Eureka match as it represents everyone who built this country.
Cyclops do you have a link for this dribble from Sheedy ?
I am sure the miners that refused to pay 3pound for their license will get free admission.
I can't find any podcast of it on the SEN site.
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Eureka! It's an AFL game
Ballarat Courier
03 March 2008
THE spirit of Eureka is set to be celebrated in an AFL clash between Richmond and the Kangaroos.
The game would see Ballarat's place in history on show to hundreds of thousands of fans, spectators and television viewers.
Both football clubs are keen to pursue the idea of an annual Eureka match and will meet this morning for further discussions.
With the two set to meet in the second round of the coming AFL season, a trial run could be held as soon as March 30.
The concept was first floated late last year by former Essendon coach and Richmond player Kevin Sheedy, who was responsible for starting two other annual blockbusters - the Anzac Day clash between Essendon and Collingwood and the Dreamtime game between the Bombers and Richmond.
Yesterday, Kangaroos' commercial business manager Thomas Reid said both clubs strongly believed in the concept and the idea behind the game.
He said discussions between the two clubs had been ongoing, with a further meeting to be held today to talk about how to make the game a successful reality.
Ballarat Trades Hall secretary Graeme Shearer said the Victorian union movement had been approached about the game and he had advised he was in full support of the idea.
"It is a terrific opportunity for Ballarat, because the biggest problems we've had is making people aware of the significance of the events of Eureka," he said.
"This game could have enormous spin-offs for the region."
Mr Shearer said he was calling on major players around Ballarat, particularly the City of Ballarat, to form an alliance to push the idea.
"If we, in Ballarat, aren't driving the agenda and working hand-in-hand, we are absolutely neglecting an opportunity that could mean something huge in years to come. These things often start small and build and build - the Anzac game is becoming legendary and the Dreamtime game is also huge."
City of Ballarat Mayor Stephen Jones said the game would be a fantastic opportunity to promote Ballarat and Eureka on a national stage.
http://ballarat.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/eureka-its-an-afl-game/1194993.html
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Eureka! Here's a grand idea
Kevin Sheedy | March 09, 2008
IT wasn't easy to call Collingwood after the brawl and belting in the 1990 Grand Final.
But I had an idea for the Anzac Day game and used courage to make it work. Now that match has become one of the greatest non-finals events and education days of the year.
"Dreamtime At The G" between Essendon and Richmond is getting bigger each year and, after 150 years, we have managed to find a way to put on a showcase to thank indigenous people for the talent in our game.
Now the Eureka game has the potential to become one of the most important fixtures.
This one is a classic because no one misses out.
The reason our game is great is because of the team work on the footy field.
Then there is the team work off the ground, where you are networking and building relationships. I've always said that in life you build bridges with people.
And every Australian works, from mums and dads to kids.
A surgeon works every day never being able to make a mistake. But I always wonder who's got the tougher job, the surgeon or the person who's putting up the last pane of glass at the top of the Eureka building.
Or the captain taking the fish out on a boat in treacherous seas, or a builder, or a chief executive or teacher or pilot or Australia Post worker.
We live in a lucky country and we should say thanks.
Some of these ideas came to me after growing up at Richmond with people such as Alan Schwab, Graeme Richmond and Tommy Hafey. They had excellent core values. In those days the administration made sure you never got ahead of yourself and cared about the people.
The reason for choosing Richmond and North Melbourne is simple. In my era those teams struggled to win premierships. They've still won eight and been to grand finals but they have enormous spirit and aren't like other clubs who are consistently wealthy.
They've both worked diligently to get this going for Round 2 and some of the suggestions thrown around the table have been marvellous. The great Aussie barbecue at Punt Road will be a highlight.
Just imagine if premiership coaches such as Hafey, Ron Barassi, Tony Jewell and Denis Pagan are interviewed before the game.
There were 25,000 people in that Ballarat region at the time of the 1854 Eureka rebellion, which shaped our history. They were from all over the world and it's important to recognise that. Gradually we can build awareness.
Eureka is aptly named because that's probably the first time anybody ever said we don't agree with what happened historically.
It's a genuine idea and we hope fans and corporate Australia will rally behind it.
In future I hope the games will be interspersed so we build up the interest and make it a point for people to get there. What I've learned from Anzac Day is if you do something for the right reason then Australian people will go.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23341625-19742,00.html
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Tribute planned for Tigers and Kangas
Jackie Epstein | March 09, 2008
RICHMOND and the Kangaroos are joining forces to establish a banner game that honours Australian workers in the spirit of Eureka.
The Round 2 twilight match at the MCG on March 30 will involve 100 workers appearing on the hallowed turf to showcase those who have played a role in shaping and advancing Australian life.
North Melbourne chief executive Eugene Arocca said the Eureka game, a brainchild of master promoter Kevin Sheedy, would involve special tributes to our heritage.
"The experience of a match involving Australia's national game, played on the people's ground, shared with family, friends and work colleagues is the perfect way to celebrate the significant contribution we, as Australians, have all made in the workforce," Arocca said.
Richmond chief executive Steven Wright said the concept had the potential to grow into one of the AFL's most significant fixtures, following other blockbusters Anzac Day and Dreamtime at the 'G.
"This game can be an icon match each AFL season as we celebrate the diverse nature of our nation's employment history," Wright said.
Festivities for the match will start at Punt Road from 2pm with a great Australian barbecue along with family activities and entertainment.
A highlight will be the 100 selected workers marching on the field in their uniforms and then creating a guard of honour for the two teams.
Sheedy has issued a "call to arms" for workers to apply online through the club websites, www.richmondfc.com.au and www.kangaroos.com.au.
"We are blessed to be living in this country and I applaud these two great clubs for joining to thank and celebrate the contribution of the worker to this nation," Sheedy said.
"What a wonderful opportunity for fans to represent their chosen professions on the MCG as we thank the workers of Australia. They could be anything from nurses to farmers to construction workers; teachers to postmen and fishermen."
He said the match could serve as a history lesson with Australians gaining a greater appreciation of how the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854 shaped our history.
"We need to give people a better understanding of how this country got its great working spirit," he said.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23341627-19742,00.html
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Sorry but I just cannot get excited by this whole concept. :nope
Is it just me ??? :-\
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games of nothing that what it is
l dont think anything of them infact it turns me away from going to such games
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Tax Dodge Matches.
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(http://mm.afl.com.au/Portals/0/Eureka-Match_IA.jpg)
Both club chief executives, Richmond’s Steven Wright and North’s Eugene Arocca, said the concept had the potential to grow into one of the AFL’s most significant fixtures.
“Within five years this game can be an icon match each AFL season as we celebrate the diverse nature of our nation’s employment history,” Wright said.
To nominate to be involved in the pre-match entertainment the club asks you email your name, occupation, employer, contact details and member number to eureka@richmondfc.com.au
If successful, nominees will be contacted with further match day details.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/tabid/6301/News/NewsArticle/Default.aspx?newsId=56034
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“Within five years this game can be an icon match each AFL season as we celebrate the diverse nature of our nation’s employment history,” Wright said.
Truly cringeworthy ...
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Personally I don't have any problem with it at all. I may not 'connect' with the theme or even the concept of blockbuster matches but it tells me that the club is being pro-active in trying to market and grow itself as an entity and that is just as fundamentally crucial to our long term survival as on-field success. So many 'supporters' bemoan the fact we aren't one of the fabled "Big 4" yet quickly condemn any club driven initiative. I say take the offer and run with it - if it fails it costs you nothing, if it succeeds we get more visibility, support and revenue. Win win. And anyone who says they wouldn't attend BECAUSE it is a themed blockbuster is either not a true supporter or full of cr@p, .... or both.
:gotigers
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Can tell you the Tigers were reluctant to be involved.
Sheedy has pushed the situation
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Can tell you the Tigers were reluctant to be involved.
Sheedy has pushed the situation
really and this came from your "independant observer", was speaking to steve wright only last week about this game...lets just say either he was lying to me or your "independant observer" likes telling porkies to you.
this above comment is a slight on steve wrights character :banghead, someone whom i know quite well.
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Roos, Richmond to do battle for workers
The Age | March 27, 2008 - 7:12PM
Richmond and North Melbourne have no excuses not to produce a spirited AFL game on Sunday night at the MCG in a match dedicated to Australia's workers.
The Tigers and Kangaroos will contest the inaugural Eureka game, a theme match devised by the AFL's master spruiker Kevin Sheedy and featuring two clubs with strong working-class backgrounds.
Although times have changed to the point where North Melbourne and Richmond are now two of Melbourne's more yuppified suburbs and the launch of the game was held on the 88th floor of the swish Eureka Tower, both clubs predicted spirit would be high.
Richmond coach Terry Wallace said he expected North to rebound at full throttle following their 55-point defeat to Essendon last Sunday and that the Tigers had to be ready for it.
"We know that they'll be steeled up and we know the Kangaroos' spirit and we know a little bit about what this game's about," Wallace said.
"The Eureka game's about the spirit of the two football clubs.
"I'm hoping that's on display from both teams. I'd be disappointed that the Kangaroos, because of their result last weekend, they show more spirit than our guys.
"We've got to match them and equal them in that part of the game and then see who wins the game on their natural abilities."
North coach Dean Laidley agreed, saying both sides would be primed for an unflinching contest in recognition of Australia's working classes.
"Both clubs embody the spirit of the Australian worker, particularly where they've come from, their backgrounds and where they've been situated," he said.
"You'd like to think now that this concept's been born, you see that spirit from both clubs and it's a hard, tough, competitive game of football.
"We need to get back to playing that sort of footy this week because we were pretty poor in that area last weekend."
Laidley said his defence would be "steeled" for a big performance to curb the Matthew Richardson-led Richmond forward line, which outgunned Carlton last Thursday night.
The AFL has its share of themed matches and rounds, but Wallace believed the Eureka game could eventually come close in popularity to the Dreamtime game, the annual clash between the Tigers and Essendon which celebrates Aboriginal heritage.
"For the workers of Australia, it's not only looking back on history but it's also an opportunity for celebration of what they do in our society on a day-to-day basis," he said.
"To be able to celebrate that is a great thing for the clubs and it will be up to the clubs to build it."
http://news.theage.com.au/roos-richmond-to-do-battle-for-workers/20080327-21xb.html
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Richmond should be focused on building the Dreamtime vs Essendon, and getting Good Friday vs Carlton. Why are we pee farting around with Norf. ::)
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because miller loves north and he would do whatever he could to help his beloved roos
*just my opinion
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should be a good match
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i hope
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Richmond should be focused on building the Dreamtime vs Essendon, and getting Good Friday vs Carlton. Why are we pee farting around with Norf. ::)
I don't really care who it is. Bring on a blockbuster each week if we must. The benefits of increased market exposure, increased gate revenue and heightened big game experience for the players are substantial and I am very happy that we now (finally) have a forward thinking administration capable of achieving this and a club that has a shifting perception in the wider football community that we are indeed worth doing this with.
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Reckon we are good value at $2.25 in what to me should be a very a close game
Roos are a good honest side, but frankly they looked poor last week and uncharacteristically lethargic and lacking in spirit.
Either way I think it will be close.
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Sunday twilight games suck but the crowd today was laughable if they want to call this a "blockbuster". 39,000 is dreadful. Not that Tiger fans turned up in their droves but where are these supposedly 30k North members when their club complains about not getting blockbuster games ::).
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Sunday twilight games suck but the crowd today was laughable if they want to call this a "blockbuster". 39,000 is dreadful. Not that Tiger fans turned up in their droves but where are these supposedly 30k North members when their club complains about not getting blockbuster games ::).
North Melbourne have hardly been a draw card in 83 seasons of AFL football. I find it a slur on our club that we are affilliated with them for a Eureka thing when there were probably no more than 5,000 of their fans at the match tonight. I have said it before and I will say it again characterless footy club that is emotionless and does nothing for me in terms of sympathy for their past current and future plight and their fans carry on like they have all been born from the same monotonous daggy mould. Would rather play working class footy with the Pies as both clubs come from working backgrounds than these beggars from Arden St. Richmond v Pies as Eureka will draw 70K regardless of ladder positions. Even if both us and Roos were top 4 material 60-65K is the best we will get look at 95,96 attendances and that includes a qualifying final :thumbsup.
Sheeds with the help of the AFL sold us short linking us with these homeless begging squatters and sharing our gate receipts. If we play them as away next yr I will make sure I get a 17 game Rich membership so I don't give these uninspiring and unimportant whackos a cent of my hard earned.
A relative of mine a Hawthorn fan went to the Hawks v Roos semi last yr and in a 75K crowd he was adamant there would have been no more than 10K roos fans there with the rest made up of neutrals/ AFL members and Hawk fans. Pull the plug on these NM losers. No wonder they are struggling financially. Do them and us a favour AFL get Dr Phillip Nitschke in the house and euthanase them. If that is morally incorrect then just refer to your year 10 or 11 biology texts and read about Charles Darwin's theory on Natural Selection and how only the strong shall survive.
North no fans
North no money
North very little success
North no facilities
North no character
North no spunk
North no love
North no interest.
North Just Die and never merge or come back. :thumbsup
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Eureka game shouldnt be a major game for us.
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Tell us what you really think of North HT74 :lol
Even if both us and Roos were top 4 material 60-65K is the best we will get look at 95,96 attendances and that includes a qualifying final :thumbsup.
That Monday night game in 95 is the only time I've been excited by a game against the Roos (too young to remember the 74 premiership). You can't manufacture rivalries.
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39,292. WTF !!1 Less than 40,000. I expected up to 55,000.
Where the hell were the day trippers?