Which old ground do you prefer?

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Re: Which old ground do you prefer?

Post: # 1594828Post bigcarl »

Moorabbin. Then again I never saw us at the Juction except once when it was Fitzroy's home ground. From memory we were absolutely thumped.

Moorabbin had a great, parochial atmosphere and characters. It felt like home even when we were a lousy side


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Re: Which old ground do you prefer?

Post: # 1594880Post avid »

saynta wrote:
avid wrote:FOR CONVENIENCE:
1 Junction (I live in St Kilda)
2 Etihad
3 The 'Bin
4 Waverley

FOR SPECTATOR VIEWING COMFORT
1 Etihad
2 Moorabbin
3 Junction
4 Waverley

FOR ATMOSPHERE:
1 Moorabbin
2 Junction
3 Etihad
4 Waverley

FOR SENTIMENT:
1 Junction
2 Moorabbin
3 Eithad
4 Waverley

Clearly I was not a big fan of Waverley
Clearly not if you put viewer comfort at the JO ahead of Waverley.
Yes, I should have made two different categories -- SPECTATOR COMFORT and SPECTATOR VIEWING.

Waverly might beat the Junction and Moorabbin for COMFORT, on the grounds that it at least had proper toilets in the outer.
But it did seem 10 degrees colder there.
And I always preferred standing to sitting.

In terms of VIEWING, though, you always seemed a mile and a half away from the action at Waverley. I felt much more in it at the Junction.
Etihad obviously has superb viewing angles, but lacks just about any other related charm.
Except when we win, and it doesn't matter much where we are.


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Re: Which old ground do you prefer?

Post: # 1594885Post gringo »

Etihad sucks us dry- hate it for that reason alone. I only really knew Moorabin and waverley and Moorabin for the memories of the grand old days of football. Waverley was a more successful era in my life time.


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Re: Which old ground do you prefer?

Post: # 1594903Post Bowey Boy »

Should re-open Moorabbin as a boutique stadium for 3 or 4 games a year when we play the teams from Interstate that have no supporters in Victoria e.g.. Fremantle, Port, Gold Coast and GWS. We will always lose money playing these teams at Jihad.


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Re: Which old ground do you prefer?

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Bowey Boy wrote:Should re-open Moorabbin as a boutique stadium for 3 or 4 games a year when we play the teams from Interstate that have no supporters in Victoria e.g.. Fremantle, Port, Gold Coast and GWS. We will always lose money playing these teams at Jihad.

Got 200 million and a different council?


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Post: # 1594917Post Bowey Boy »

ripplug66 wrote:
Bowey Boy wrote:Should re-open Moorabbin as a boutique stadium for 3 or 4 games a year when we play the teams from Interstate that have no supporters in Victoria e.g.. Fremantle, Port, Gold Coast and GWS. We will always lose money playing these teams at Jihad.

Got 200 million and a different council?
We would save millions by not playing these teams at Jihad to crowds of around 20,000 or so. However I now longer live in the City of Kingston so cannot vote out any opposed councillors I'm afraid.


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Re: Which old ground do you prefer?

Post: # 1594933Post Jacks Back »

Moorabbin and the disco. I miss the old suburban grounds. :(


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Post: # 1595165Post Clayton Davis »

ripplug66 wrote:
Bowey Boy wrote:Should re-open Moorabbin as a boutique stadium for 3 or 4 games a year when we play the teams from Interstate that have no supporters in Victoria e.g.. Fremantle, Port, Gold Coast and GWS. We will always lose money playing these teams at Jihad.

Got 200 million and a different council?
Got da latter, and sheeeiiit partner, dats a mighty fine start.


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Re: Which old ground do you prefer?

Post: # 1595166Post ripplug66 »

Clayton Davis wrote:
ripplug66 wrote:
Bowey Boy wrote:Should re-open Moorabbin as a boutique stadium for 3 or 4 games a year when we play the teams from Interstate that have no supporters in Victoria e.g.. Fremantle, Port, Gold Coast and GWS. We will always lose money playing these teams at Jihad.

Got 200 million and a different council?
Got da latter, and sheeeiiit partner, dats a mighty fine start.

The current council wont let us play AFL games there. Not a hope. By the way when are you funny?


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