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Time to get on your soapbox for the round 1 games.
For me despite us getting the 4 points against North why couldn't the roof have been open?
For me despite us getting the 4 points against North why couldn't the roof have been open?
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Foxtel's scoreboard still way too big, I feel sorry for the small forwards this year you wont even see them on the screen. -
The shamozzle of opening round and then round one and the whole FIXture - is the AFL too greedy extending the season. Also, way too hot this time of year to play footyFFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Just switched on SEN and a Carlton supporter gave the biggest spray to his club, the coach, the piss weak players and 30 years of a gut full- he really let go
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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I'm not sure why but Marvel used to show the player numbers of who are on the interchange bench but they seem to have stopped that.
Typical of MarvelWestern Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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Yes I noticed that too.
I think it is also time to ditch the four screens and just have the two largest ones and turn the old smaller ones into seating. Too many screens to look at, and with flashing lights and noise it gets too much. We are there to watch the footy and talk to mates.FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Marvel is a shit heap. We got there early and there were a couple of rows for people to line up in. Those with or without bags.
At the last minute the supervisor decided that line up without bags needed to line up with all the others and get behind them.
Some of them had been there for 20 minutes and had to go to the back of the queue. Mind you the gates always open 5 to 10 minutes after the advertised time.Comment
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Agreed! Friends went to the game and like us, they're not young. They left at 3qtr time as it was too much. The humidity, the heat, the lack of airflow, plus the usual challenge of the steps-which is normally bearable but after the oppressive sauna it was taxing.
There was no chance of rain and the wind was minimal. They weren't the only ones who left either, they reported chatting to small groups milling outside, some with young children who'd become anxious and faint. They asked staff why the roof was on given the conditions and got the "thats above my paygrade-contact management response". Some wondered if the decision was to sell more drinks...... I suspect vendors made more in overpriced cold drinks but lost out on food, being too hot for hot food. They did take refuge at half time at the outdoor eatery overlooking the water overlooking the west but once back in you feel the difference even more.
For its type Docklands as a venue is fine/average but decision making is chronically poor.
Why does the Stadium Management continue to insist on the roof being closed for no good or obvious reason?
Its concrete, it absorbs heat all day-or over several days. The players were impacted, the fans were uncomfortable and exhausted. He said the outside temp was 5* cooler than inside. The relief was palpable once out.
It makes sense when its cold or rainy, but on a sweltering evening it seems reckless and possibly dangerous. They put welfare last. The game at the G was hot but there was air and a slight breeze, the benefit of nightfall under lights.
The last time we went to a game at Marvel it felt like being in an awful video game. Sunny day, afternoon game, lid on. Crazy.
Would really genuinely like to know what the criteria checklist is for roof on or off.
Very glad we didn't make the trip down, we would've been knackered, stressed and irritable, all unnecessarily. After coping with a heatwave up here in Northern Vic for a week why would we drive down to sit in a hot airless concrete and steel stadium where its even hotter. Worse than the long drives we had in the Kingswood and the Valiant on sticky vinyl seats for hours, at least we could wind the windows down!
Is that what the AFL want, more reasons not to go to make effort to enjoy the game live? I wonder what the other teams who have Marvel as Home ground feel about it.
There was no fixture the following day so protecting the surface wasn't an issue. Rain was forecast for Sunday but the roof takes 10-15 minutes to close, why not close it after?
Did somebody misplace the remote control?
Who or what is the Marvel Management trying to protect by closing the lid? What is the benefit? Or is it just a blanket policy with no reasoning? Nuts.Comment
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Whilst we’re giving Marvel a (well deserved) kicking I’ll add in my 2 bobs.
I took in a metal drink bottle to the game and had it confiscated at the gate as I was told it could be used as a projectile.
When I countered by saying I could use my phone in the same way I was told that people wouldn’t want to throw their phone…. But why would someone want to throw a drink bottle?
And they sell beer in metal cans so there’s that as well.
I think I might send them an email.Comment
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The AFL are the ones that make the decisions on the roof and have no common sense to change the current directive to close the roof.FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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All the scribes saying how North couldn't get it done when the narrative should be how well the Dogs went so undermanned.Don't piss off old people
The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...Comment
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