Western Bulldogs no certainty to host final at Etihad Stadium

[Remi Moses]

Don't really care, but stkilda played Sydney in 2011 at Etihad.
I think if it's Adelaide the game should be at Etihad, but tiges, Norf should be the G.

[ledge]

I got my cheersquad papers today for finals and it says tick which grounds you will go to and etihad isn't there .

[bornadog]

I got my cheersquad papers today for finals and it says tick which grounds you will go to and etihad isn't there .

Well that settles it.

[Rocco Jones]

I got my cheersquad papers today for finals and it says tick which grounds you will go to and etihad isn't there .

Well that settles it.

Not necessarily. Seeing we play every Melbourne home game at Etihad Stadium (because you know, it's our home ground in terms of playing AFL games) we already have a designated spot for our cheersquad. Maybe they don't need to plan for the area if we play at ES, because we will just do what we do in normal home games.

[bornadog]

Not necessarily. Seeing we play every Melbourne home game at Etihad Stadium (because you know, it's our home ground in terms of playing AFL games) we already have a designated spot for our cheersquad. Maybe they don't need to plan for the area if we play at ES, because we will just do what we do in normal home games.

MCG set to host all Melbourne finals

[Twodogs]

MCG set to host all Melbourne finals

Oh well. At least we will all get in.

[The Pie Man]

I'll be happy at the G - I get the home ground argument, but playing at the G is better for our development.

We *should* still enjoy the majority of crowd support should we play Adelaide anyway, with no travel. Still a big advantage

[Sedat]

Oh well. At least we will all get in.

This.

Also to hell with the Etihad stadium owners. Those greedy scumbags have done us absolutely no favours at all in the past, so they can GAGF as far as I'm concerned.

[bornadog]

Oh well. At least we will all get in.

If we play Richmond, I can see over 70,000 there which would be hard to fit into Etihad

We had 50,000 for the round 2 match, so a final would be massive against them. Wouldn't it be nice to knock them out of the finals.

[Rocket Science]

Gee, this Etihad stadium deal just keeps getting better and better...

That said, happily endorse the view - particularly with this group - that we're genuinely undaunted as to who we play, or where we play.

[G-Mo77]

This is where the home ground advantage falls over in Finals for Vic clubs. Etihad is our home ground so if we finished on top we should play there if we choose. If we go over to the G it's the home ground of Richmond, Collingwood and if we play against one of them how is it our advantage? However the advantage is huge for Interstate sides. I personally don't care. The G is where Finals are played, we play there but eventually something will have to be done for Vic vs Vic finals to create a home edge. Maybe give the team who is higher first priority on tickets then the "away" sides. Anyway I'm rambling now......

[Murphy'sLore]

I think we should play at Etihad! The argument that it has to be the G to maximise attendance doesn't wash. If Adelaide had a home final they would play at Adelaide Oval, even though it only holds 50,000. The AFL wouldn't make them play at the G instead, why should they be able to force us to?

Just because it's in the same city doesn't make it our home ground.

[chef]

What a load of crap.

So much for earning home ground advantage, the AFL love to shaft us at every opportunity.

[LostDoggy]

If today/tomorrows matches play out as expected we'll be playing Adelaide at the G in September.

At least it's an opportunity to exorcise some ugly, ugly demons....

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Richmond game there were 49,945, which I guess is the biggest for a long time. (as you say)

The news coming out of Etihad is that they are expecting the Bulldogs to be playing finals at the 'G'.