Originally Posted by
Scraggers
Okay ... Long story, but I have just returned home after travelling from Perth to Melbourne to Sydney to watch the game. I annually go with mates and we try and fit in 4 games plus training sessions of multiple clubs over a six day trip.
I have been to a lot of interstate games, including all games our Dogs play here in Perth, but I have never seen such bad sportsmanship as displayed by the SCG.
1. The before game commentators saying Sydney were in such good form as they had come back against the Dockers but lost, whereas the Bulldogs were going okay and should be competitive in a few seasons time ... They even continued to say that the Bulldogs were everyone's second team (a direct shot at our new CEO or coincidence) ... Banter ... I can handle that.
2. Bulldog theme song comes on as the Dogs enter the ground, you can hardly hear it ... Didn't think I was in the cheap seats 10 rows back right in the middle of the wing ... Maybe I'm sitting near s faulty speaker ... BLAM ... No I'm not the Swans theme song comes on and nearly blows an eardrum.
3. Our sub never announced. Not before the game not as the sub was changed ... Not even mentioned. Whereas every Swans player introduced and the Swan sub changed announced. We are the away team ... I get it
4. We win one of the best games I've seen us play live in all my 46 years on this earth and it sounds like the theme song is the announcer playing it through his iPhone next to the microphone. It could not be heard. We missed singing it after the game it was played so low. The reworded Up There Cazaly (Up There For Sydney) was played louder than that.
Poor sports / Bad losers ... You decide !!
What I know, DAMN that was good ... Well worth the trip