SA Footy

I know the season hasn't even started yet, but this is good news, I reckon...

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl ... 6870124413

In above article, Reece Homfray wrote:

"With just two days until Norwood and Port meet in the season opener at Coopers Stadium, it has also been confirmed that all four weeks of SANFL finals this year will be played at Adelaide Oval with suburban finals put on hold."

Definitely the best bit about that story

Didn't the sanfl confirm that finals were to be played at suburban grounds last year?

Yes, but the broadcaster wants to telecast double headers in the finals, which rules out most suburban grounds as they cannot cater for 4 league teams on the same day.

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Didn't the sanfl confirm that finals were to be played at suburban grounds last year?

Yep lol, didn't take long

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Didn't the sanfl confirm that finals were to be played at suburban grounds last year?

Steven Triggs been giving them lessons on how to say something and do then opposite.
Oh well, its more games I don't have to pay for now and close to home.

dedja wrote:Yes, but the broadcaster wants to telecast double headers in the finals, which rules out most suburban grounds as they cannot cater for 4 league teams on the same day.

Wouldn't that depend on which teams were there

joke

Didn't see this mentioned on the fixtures thread and don't listen to Adelaide radio much, but something that seems to have been overlooked is that the City-Bay will be on the morning of the GF. Is this a good thing or bad thing?
Sunday Mail and Advertiser all seem to promote it strongly given their sponsorship Ch 10 and 5AA also, so that will obviously take some exposure away from the GF.
Might be hard for people needing to get there for the u/18's game.
Alternatively, can the SANFL somehow piggyback it's promotion onto it, being community orientated etc, perhaps free tickets for those who finish? Maybe reversing the run would be ideal, but can't see that happening as assume it would bring $$'s to Bay traders.

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Didn't the sanfl confirm that finals were to be played at suburban grounds last year?

Last 2 years

Cant cope with 4 teams at one venue? How do they cope with 18's, Reserves and League on one day then????

Dutchy wrote:

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Didn't the sanfl confirm that finals were to be played at suburban grounds last year?

Last 2 years

Cant cope with 4 teams at one venue? How do they cope with 18's, Reserves and League on one day then????

they all use the same rooms. But two different clubs can't use the same rooms

FlyingHigh wrote:Didn't see this mentioned on the fixtures thread and don't listen to Adelaide radio much, but something that seems to have been overlooked is that the City-Bay will be on the morning of the GF. Is this a good thing or bad thing?
Sunday Mail and Advertiser all seem to promote it strongly given their sponsorship Ch 10 and 5AA also, so that will obviously take some exposure away from the GF.
Might be hard for people needing to get there for the u/18's game.
Alternatively, can the SANFL somehow piggyback it's promotion onto it, being community orientated etc, perhaps free tickets for those who finish? Maybe reversing the run would be ideal, but can't see that happening as assume it would bring $$'s to Bay traders.

Yep can't be a good thing competing with a (?????k) event which is growing each year.

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Didn't the sanfl confirm that finals were to be played at suburban grounds last year?

apparently the abc put the kybosh on it last year, highest ranked sides homeground - port and crows dont have home games do they?

stampy wrote:

The Sleeping Giant wrote:Didn't the sanfl confirm that finals were to be played at suburban grounds last year?

apparently the abc put the kybosh on it last year, highest ranked sides homeground - port and crows dont have home games do they?

Port do

Good idea to take advantage of the new Adelaide Oval and see if we can get some big crowds back for finals. What would be even better is each team getting the chance to play a game there prior to the finals series, a couple of double headers would do, you'd only need two.

the finals at Adelaide oval will draw good crowds, but for how long????

and when the double header crowds go back to 10k, what then?????

10,000 at Adelaide oval will be similar to the atmosphere at footy park

How does qualification work for the AFL listed players. How many games do they have to play at SANFL level to qualify for finals?

how does top up players work in finals for their original sanfl club?

Even more reason our GF should be after the AFL now its at Adelaide Oval - It would also disadvantage Port and Crows having the GF when their seasons are finished and this is another positive and reason why we need to review this poor decision for 2014

Tech1 wrote:Good idea to take advantage of the new Adelaide Oval and see if we can get some big crowds back for finals. What would be even better is each team getting the chance to play a game there prior to the finals series, a couple of double headers would do, you'd only need two.

Agree with this. Don't see why they can't schedule a few more games at Adelaide Oval during the year, even if it means having more rounds in the season and getting rid of the Foxtel Cup, or even allowing the Crows to use as their home ground for SANFL matches - just not as a curtain raiser to the AFL.

The time to experiment with suburban finals was the last few years. Glad that they are using Adelaide Oval for all the finals now it is available. Perhaps suburban finals need to be revisited in a few seasons if crowds are poor.