The ABC is an inner sydney city centric organisation at its core.
They tried to move it out of Ultimo once and the staff all squealed like stuck pigs.
It also has too much british influence.
Im an SBS guy personally when it comes to public broadcasting.
FWIW, ABC News in Mackay covered all three games plus last night, with some story to each. Failed to show a ladder or final match-ups at the end of it, though.
I love how tickets are 10 dollars and kids free.
Talk about a nice way to take the family out 
Oh yeah they have a conscious almost OTT charter to be balanced in all that they do. Im not abc bashing, i have it on right now!
I do however like my SBS a little more than my ABC. And the national broadcaster would be better i think for moving its national news out of central Sydney.
All things permitting I will be there Sunday arvo, cannot wait. Iāve been to a handful of AFLW games at the Cattery and it is not a friendly place for the oppo - weāll need as many as we can get cheering on the girls. YTG, go Dons!!
We beat them not long ago we can do it again!
Not clear if members of each club are being offered different wings. I got one option of general admission and it says enter Gate 13 (western side).
Not sure.
I got the same entry gate.
They probably just stack all the Geelong supporters in the Reg Hickey Stand to begin with.
Then realise Essendon supporters outnumber them and let them into that stand so that the broadcasting at least picks up a decent crowd.
Anyone remember if Geelong are letting people behind the southern goals ā i.e. allowing movement between the east and west?
Iām happy to be slightly better shaded from the sun and on the interchange bench side, but it seems silly if the teams are roomed on the opposite side to their fans.
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Jumping back to the actual game this weekend.
Another finalist, Geelong, may be without Kate Darby after she was offered a one-match suspension for rough conduct against Jas Fleming during the Catsā big win over Hawthorn.
Iām still traumatised 4.5 years later:
At one point we were behind 3-31ā¦ and ultimately it was a heartbreaking 5.9.39 loss to 7.2.44
We donāt have Ally Anderson or TiwiMania running wild over them this week. So itās only fair they donāt have Darby.
PvP III:
They mention 7000 days without a finals win 
but say that NO Essendon side has won. Ummm VFLW flag 2022?
The number 1 trigger for my rage is people saying āEssendonā havent one a final in x days.
Listen, I drank champagne out of a 
. I didnāt dream it.
ā¦it tasted like metal. 10/10 wouldnāt recommend but would do again.
Days since Essendon won a final: 126
Were one straighter kick from back-to-back Grand Finals, with a very young team.
We need to break the losing streak that followed that, though.
Iāve drunk out of worse things
Very happy we copped the Cats rather than the Suns. We were no match for GCS when we played them in McKay, they were too big and fast. In fact I reckon theyāll beat the Swans then trouble the top 4 sides.
Having said that the Cats are a handful and will be hard to beat. Theyāve smashed a few teams since we beat them in Warrnambool and they have a good spread of talent. Obviously the Prespakis sorority clash will be a highlight. I wouldnāt be surprised if Nat Wood sics Nanscawen on to Georgie P at the stoppages because NOBODY in the comp tackles better and more quickly in stoppages than Nans.
But the real barometer for the Cats is Chloe Scheer. Sheās been up and down this year and generally when sheās up the Cats win. Their last loss was by 6 points vs the Pies and Chloe was kept to just 3 touches. Weāll need to put some work into her - and I wonder who our best matchup would be. Van Dyke? Gamble? Iād be interested to hear thoughts from DJR, Caty Lio and other AFLW pundits on this site.
Well, only one of those two is a fullback, or in good form.
