:lol:

Or like watching a bunch of shirts in a tumble dryer.

i am a fan of gws since i dont mind afl and they are our local side, but i have never been to their games and do not intend on going to their games.
However, the advice of mr football makes afl supporters sound like snobs and something to avoid altogether

That does make you balanced but you are still viewing this from a Victorian perspective, and as such you can't understand just how little profile AFL has in the northern states. The only time it comes up in conversation up here is when it is mocked with those old chestnuts about knock ons, girlie fights, tight shorts and a point for missing.

Yeah, well when the A League started it had an incredible feeling around it, with new clubs promising a vibe and whatever excitement generated by the fans.

At MV that first year was amazing. The vibe surrounding having a new club was infectious. And we didn't even have a good first year, lol.

I think what's happening now is that fans are looking forward to each new season more and more as the league gets better and better. The anticipation for this season was unprecedented.

Something you now can look forward to.

56, actually

thanks i always looked forward to the A-league but its so much more exciting when you have a team that your passionate about

But a team created 5 minutes ago by the governing body is just so much more authentic.

Was that shirts or skirts?

Yet the Swans were given a parade through the city, which was extremely well patronised.

Did SFC get that for two championships? (it might have done, I don't know)

Seating capacity is 53,359.

Capacity and seating

•The fixed seating capacity of Etihad Stadium for AFL is 53,359. Etihad Stadium can alter seating plans to vary from 12,000 to 74,000 for sporting and entertainment events

Essendon has no general admission at its home games, so for its home games, the seating capacity is the relevant number.

I would like to offer an olive branch to all soccer fans on 442.

You were right - I was wrong.

I've just been reading this article on the world's best paid teams, which surveys the average salaries of the teams from the biggest sporting competitions in the world:

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/05/01/revealed-the-worlds-best-paid-teams-man-city-close-in-on-barca-and-real-madrid-010501/

I'm embarassed to say that the 17 AFL clubs (from 2011) are near the bottom of the pile, between nos 231 and 250.

To make matters worse - we sit there alongside the SPL! (very embarassing)

The good news for all Australian football fans is that at least we are ahead of the CFL and MLS, in fact, the best paid MLS team, Chivas, is an average $18,000 below the worst paid AFL team, the bulldogs.

The best paid AFL team, Gold Coast, is an average $155,000 below the worst paid La Liga team, Gijon.

Far out, the mind boggles (that they get that much).

I guess they need to in order to get the better players in order to have the competitive team?

-PB

Looks odd, I'm not sure how they work it out.

Gary Ablett was earning $2 million per annum - maybe that was enough to drag the average up?

I don't know.

Are the Bulldogs still in the AFL? How long can the AFL continue to support this poorly administered, poorly followed, cash stricken club. I thought they went along with Fitzroy & Sth Melb. I suppose the AFL needed someone for GC & GWS to be competitive with.

Latest on GWS' membership sales for the 2013 season: 6,929.

http://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/

It's a small number, but you have to start somewhere.

This thread is STILL going? ](*,)

It's a pretty good thread - a diversity of opinion, some intelligent discussion, ruined in parts by some antagonistic posting, but on the whole, it's a thread that I recommend to all.

The best paid AFL team, Gold coast ... has only won 6 games out of the past 44 matches. I wonder if there is ANY sporting league in the world that rewards mediocrity to the extent of AFL?

Is there any team in the world, who have a win rate of 14%, but their players are the highest paid in the competition?

I note that Rangers were quite high up the list, despite the fact that they have dropped down to the 4th tier of Scottish soccer.

It's also worth noting that they didn't bother including any Asian soccer leagues - all deemed insufficiently important enough.

Not due to mediocrity though? They were put there due to financial calamity

I guess it depends on how you are to define mediocrity.

6 wins from 44 games defines it pretty well

For a new team? It's not the A-League where a team can be assembled in 5 days and win the whole shebang!

Anyway, others would describe going broke as another form of mediocrity.

Edited by Mister Football: 11/1/2013 12:47:37 PM

With trying to be offensive or condescending, I have to ask: Are you actually into football? It seems you are always trying to start arguments in regards to code "battles" or arguing that a particular sport is doing things better than football, not to mention make statements such as the one i have quoted above which serve no purpose other than to antagonise A-League supporters...

I for one couldn't care less about such arguments, but it is a bit weird that you would participate in football-based discussions on a football forum with football fans if you don't follow the sport?

Edited by sydneyfc1987: 11/1/2013 01:04:41 PM

The Sicilians love their football as much as their food & their organised crime. Of course the great Schillaci comes from the same island as Mister Football, but alas the time spent with Aussie boofheads turned him from his natural love to the barbaric football he now follows. He pines to return, but his mates won't let him, hence his forays to this football site.

Mr Football would be short and hairy then?

Not as short as Del Piero!