Adelaide Oval & Demetriou

[catchit]

WTF are soccer loonies thinking whan asking FIFA to send a World Cup to Australia when the domestic competition is the 4th ( at very best ) code in the country and rarely gets over 10k to a match.

seems that there is a lot of resemblance between soccer and port then..

Sorry, how do you make such an assumption?

how many people would go to the mcg to watch the aussies in a world cup game?? how many people would go to a world cup final at the G?? even if that was the only 2 games played it would be worth it surely?? i am not a big soccer fan but the atmosphere at just those 2 games would be electric.. but i guess you are not used of that...

[Rik E Boy]

He's been to an AFL Grand Final so I reckon he might be.

regards,

REB

[am Bays]

Of the course the atmosphere at those soccer matches would be electric, electric from all the tasers keeping the crowds under control....

[Wedgie]

Bit harsh calling him a troll as both crowds are poor relatively speaking.

[Dutchy]

He's been to an AFL Grand Final so I reckon he might be.

regards,

REB

AFL grand finals are terrible from an atmosphere perspective, 50% of the crowd dont follow either team

[McAlmanac]

The FIFA World Cup has the largest television audience of any sports event in the world. More viewers than the Olympics. It attracts sports fans from around the world. Why wouldn't you want to be hosting that?

The AFL Grand Final has undeniable atmosphere. If you were in Sydney in September 2000, you would appreciate the quantum leap in buzz generated by such a world event.

[Turbo]

WTF are soccer loonies thinking whan asking FIFA to send a World Cup to Australia when the domestic competition is the 4th ( at very best ) code in the country and rarely gets over 10k to a match.

Australia won't get the world cup. Our time zones don't match up with the majority of the audience. So any discussion about Adelaide oval hosting world cup soccer matches is irrelevant

[Dutchy]

WTF are soccer loonies thinking whan asking FIFA to send a World Cup to Australia when the domestic competition is the 4th ( at very best ) code in the country and rarely gets over 10k to a match.

Australia won't get the world cup. Our time zones don't match up with the majority of the audience. So any discussion about Adelaide oval hosting world cup soccer matches is irrelevant

Who hosted in 2002?

[catchit]

He's been to an AFL Grand Final so I reckon he might be.

regards,

REB

AFL grand finals are terrible from an atmosphere perspective, 50% of the crowd dont follow either team

thats right dutchy.. so that would make it 47 thousand there to support the 2 teams and halve that again and its a typical port home game.. wow electrifying.. where do i join..

[catchit]

He's been to an AFL Grand Final so I reckon he might be.

regards,

REB

yeah i remember that game.. the only thing eletric about that game would of been the chair port suppoters wanted choco on

[Booney]

He's been to an AFL Grand Final so I reckon he might be.

regards,

REB

yeah i remember that game.. the only thing eletric about that game would of been the chair port suppoters wanted choco on

Yep, in 2004 I would have been happy for chocco to get up on a chair and hold the Cup high in the air.

[Booney]

only if you are a port supporter... your on here bagging soccer crowds and your own backyard is constantly empy.. people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones booney

Ok , I'll go slowly.

I was referring to soccer crowds to show that soccer in this country at this point in time is not drawing very big crowds ( not like it was 3 years ago any way ).

You brought Port's crowds up, not me.

WTF does Port's home game attendances have to do with what I was discussing?

[am Bays]

WTF are soccer loonies thinking whan asking FIFA to send a World Cup to Australia when the domestic competition is the 4th ( at very best ) code in the country and rarely gets over 10k to a match.

Australia won't get the world cup. Our time zones don't match up with the majority of the audience. So any discussion about Adelaide oval hosting world cup soccer matches is irrelevant

Who hosted in 2002?

Precisely why it is unlikely to happen again unless you can advertise directly to at least 100 million people (Japan Korea or China) TV execs in Europe and US are still spewing about it....

[catchit]

only if you are a port supporter... your on here bagging soccer crowds and your own backyard is constantly empy.. people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones booney

Ok , I'll go slowly.

I was referring to soccer crowds to show that soccer in this country at this point in time is not drawing very big crowds ( not like it was 3 years ago any way ).

You brought Port's crowds up, not me.

WTF does Port's home game attendances have to do with what I was discussing?

talk as slow as you want thats another thing you would be used of doing
i know what you were referring to hense my post

[catchit]

He's been to an AFL Grand Final so I reckon he might be.

regards,

REB

yeah i remember that game.. the only thing eletric about that game would of been the chair port suppoters wanted choco on

Yep, in 2004 I would have been happy for chocco to get up on a chair and hold the Cup high in the air.

yep then all was needed was someone to kick that chair while he was in the choking position..

[Rik E Boy]

He's been to an AFL Grand Final so I reckon he might be.

regards,

REB

AFL grand finals are terrible from an atmosphere perspective, 50% of the crowd dont follow either team

Not in 2007. But I'm not sure that Booney was amongst the Cat love in that day.

regards,

REB

[Mr66]

The FIFA World Cup has the largest television audience of any sports event in the world. More viewers than the Olympics. It attracts sports fans from around the world. Why wouldn't you want to be hosting that?

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1/ We play far superior sports.
2/ We don't have the stadia
3/ We don't want ot have our lives disrupted by the scum supporters of various countries
4/ We don't want ot have our lives disrupted period, by the logistics hassle staging this would create.

rant over.

[whufc]

The FIFA World Cup has the largest television audience of any sports event in the world. More viewers than the Olympics. It attracts sports fans from around the world. Why wouldn't you want to be hosting that?

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1/ We play far superior sports.
2/ We don't have the stadia
3/ We don't want ot have our lives disrupted by the scum supporters of various countries
4/ We don't want ot have our lives disrupted period, by the logistics hassle staging this would create.

rant over.

Speak for yourself, i would give up a whole season of AFL to have the FIFA World Cup (greatest sporting showcase in the world) at our doorstep.

[McAlmanac]

The FIFA World Cup has the largest television audience of any sports event in the world. More viewers than the Olympics. It attracts sports fans from around the world. Why wouldn't you want to be hosting that?

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1/ We play far superior sports.
2/ We don't have the stadia
3/ We don't want ot have our lives disrupted by the scum supporters of various countries
4/ We don't want ot have our lives disrupted period, by the logistics hassle staging this would create.

rant over.

Your profile location says it all.

[Hondo]

I got the impression from Steven Trigg's interview on 5AA during the week that the Crows wouldn't have been unhappy to stay at AAMI and that the club is supporting the plan because all parties agreed to show a united front. This makes sense as most of our home games at AAMI are sold out or close to it.

That's not to say I think they are against the move, just that they are the stakeholder with the least to gain out of it.