If ever a supporter needed evidence that EFC management is more interested in making money than minting GF wins, it’s my 100% guarantee that they will sign up for another 25 yrs at dorklands.
Unpopular opinion: Etihad has a better atmosphere. The MCG feels too big and sparse for me. I was in the cheap seats at the Mugpies game and it felt pretty lifeless all round
100% Richmond don’t win 19 in a row at the G if it wasnt their home ground. People have locked them in for the premiership all year for the MCG factor.
The size and importance of the MCG should be why a giant like Essendon bases themselves there. Unfortunately there isn’t much the club has done right since the turn of the millennium but since emerging from the garbage of the saga I feel like we’re on the right track.
Club hopefully isnt short sighted in any decision to extend our Etihad agreement due to our financial position from the saga. I do wonder whether the contract is invalid now that the AFL owns the stadium.
It is never going to occur but I would have no problem playing all Melbourne sides + Sydney at the MCG and all interstate sides at Docklands. That would roughly be a 7 + 4 split.
If today was our home game against Hawthorn, history suggests it would be 50/50 to be played at Docklands in front of 45k. This would have been farcical.