NIGHT GRANNY ??, No way, Pendles !!

[Flashman]

[watt price tully]

A twighlight game starting say at 6-7 pm is fine & I support it because the view, the vibe, the atmosphere & the spectacle is wonderful at night.

Corporates need to be breath tested before entry: Raised alcohol levels & halitosis bars entry.

This should be a members only event first & foremost for participating club members. The rest can please themselves.

However, the price we pay is not merely metaphorical, this will be corporate more than ever & will serve to push ordinary fans further away from attending the GF.

That is the downside & a huge downside it is.

[Jezza]

Maybe I'm too much of a traditionalist but I'm completely against the idea of a twilight or night Grand Final!

The current format works fine and if we're going to base the day Grand Final on last year's game between Hawthorn and Fremantle then I think that's silly because it was just one of those boring Grand Finals with a predictable result in the end. Hawthorn were constantly playing a chip kicking style of football and Fremantle was playing its ultra defensive game plan under Ross Lyon. As a result the match was boring and very unspectacular but in previous years we've had magnificent with very good atmospheres despite the corporate element being prevalent on these days.

The atmosphere at Grand Final is considered to be somewhat 'poor' in recent times because of the commercialisation of the game and the way corporates obtain many of the best seats at the MCG. If 'true' footy fans were to gain all 100,000 seats at the MCG the atmosphere would be electric on Grand Final day on a traditional Saturday afternoon.

I hate the idea that this is strongly being considered but I have a bad feeling that it is inevitable that the Grand Final is going to be played at a time other than the traditional 2:30pm timeslot. A twilight Grand Final is awful timing for many people and a night Grand Final just has a copycatting written all over it. I'd rather that we stay traditional and unique.

I love Pendles as a footballer but I completely disagree with his viewpoints on this one. The Super Bowl and the AFL Grand Final are incomparable. The Super Bowl is always about entertaining the masses pre-match or at half-time. The match itself is boring that the crowd needs to be pleased through other forms of entertainment. The Grand Final doesn't need any other forms of entertainment to draw people into the gates of the MCG. That's why I've always believed that Grand Final entertainment is overrated to say the least because people will turn up regardless of whether there is other forms of entertainment or not.

I just hope the AFL can preserve at least one tradition!

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

[1061]

[punkologist]

Bring it on. But I want it on a Sunday night and a public holiday the day after.

[Flashman]

^^^^^^^^^
Has plenty of merit.