Minotaur wrote:Spargo wrote:LaughingKookaburra wrote:Wedgie wrote:A part of me wishes the Anzac Day match was between two good teams but another part of me thinks it's genius having these two teams pulling a great crowd when they're both so ordinary.
For me these 2 clubs deserve Anzac Day and this should not be taken away for any club any where else. The 2 biggest clubs in Australia going head to head! Forget the bullshit with Essendon the last 5 years- they are a massive club and will rise again and deserve this day!
Sorry, no one "deserves" it, no footy club is owed ANZAC Day - no matter how "big" they allegedly are.
pretty sure these 2 clubs built the day in to the spectacle we see today. In the early days it struggled for traction but they forced the AFL to stick with it. I'm not a supporter of either club but just seems that now its considered one of the biggest games of the year everyone else wants their piece of the pie! At least the crows are trying something different and trying to own Thursday night footy. Have games around ess v coll but never change it. The tradition is ingrained already
As is my tradition - I won't watch 5 minutes of it.