Bulldogs 'not moving aside' for soccer Grand Final

[bornadog]

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Agreed, we are playing for 4 points and we play our best footy at Eithad, so soccer can find another venue. In fact they can go to Kardinia Park

[BulldogBelle]

Ask for half million if they want it or to bad.
l prefer us to keep it and soccer to go where ever. It is footy season and the ground is ours.
Maybe soccer should start the season earlier or have a shorter season if they want the footy venues.

[Axe Man]

Have to feel for Victory if they are forced to play what should be a home grand final interstate. It's not their fault the A League have screwed this up.

I wouldn't mind too much if we moved the game to Geelong (or even Whitten Oval), if we were handsomely compensated. Ordinarily a game v Freo at Etihad means we would be writing out a cheque.

[bulldogtragic]

Compo helps fix it. Anyone know a good class action lawyer to negotiate for us?

[whythelongface]

Non issue as the Victory won't make the GF.

[chef]

Loooking at the big picture, Victory should get the dome for a Grand final

[Twodogs]

I'd prefer we worked with Victory to try and sort out a solution that benefits everybody. We have something they want they might but if they are prepared to give something up then maybe we can change the venue of our game.

[Webby]

If they really, really needed to, they could move our game to 7:40 the night before (Sat night) at the MCG...

Otherwise, they could offer us a few hundred grand to move it to Geelong... Although I think Freo could actually lay claim to playing Kardiniaan Park better than any team in the country!

Seriously, if push really came to shove, we could be open to a couple hundred grand and a shift to the night before at the G..!?

[bornadog]

Loooking at the big picture, Victory should get the dome for a Grand final

The big picture for me is the 4 points.

[chef]

The big picture for me is the 4 points.

Grand final has got to take precedence to me.

[Sedat]

I'd prefer we worked with Victory to try and sort out a solution that benefits everybody. We have something they want they might but if they are prepared to give something up then maybe we can change the venue of our game.

Agreed. Let's use this to our advantage and obtain an unexpected financial windfall for the club. As a lover of both codes, I hate the whole soccer vs football rhetoric that is spewed forth by over-zealous people on both sides of the equation. Playing Freo at the MCG will not disadvantage us any more - in fact it would be a wonderful test for our young players to experience a finals-like intensity on the ground where the finals are held in Melbourne.

If Victory were to host the GF, it really should be at Etihad - show us the money

[BulldogBelle]

Grand final has got to take precedence to me.

AFL should not give into soccer. They could have booked the ground but they didn't.
It is Footy season now, let the A league work it out $$$.

PS. As you can tell l dont care for soccer.

[chef]

AFL should not give into soccer. They could have booked the ground but they didn't.
It is Footy season now, let the A league work it out $$$.

PS. As you can tell l dont care for soccer.

Fair enough, I don't get this AFL v Soccer thing.

[SonofScray]

I am OK with a bit of bluster and making the FFA pay dearly for their poor planning. Would prefer we played the game as scheduled but to grab a few 100k out of nowhere can't hurt, especially if we can still play in melbourne.

[Flamethrower]

How is this still a story? The Melbourne Victory have already notified their members that if they earn the right to host the A League Final, it will be played on the Friday night at the MCG. (According to one of my work collegues who is a foundation member of the Victory).