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 Post subject: Re: Gather round 2025
PostPosted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 3:41 pm 
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Can I just go on record and say I hate the Gill McLachlan Memorial Gather Round (me), almost as much as I hate Opening Round.


I was the same and then I went last year.


Gather round is a normal footy round where every team plays. It also gives us an extra round of footy.

Opening round is a farce. It may have been a sell out but the return games in the ‘normal’ season with the same teams playing each other attracted bigger crowds …not only that, it really stuffs up the fixture, gives teams breaks when they least need it and disrupts the ladder …always playing catch up.

Give us another gather round II will give us another round of footy, not another bye.

Whilst I’m on th3 subject of byes, FFS can the AFL Commission show some respect to the VFL and give them only one bye mid season instead of byes all over the place. Players need continuity and games to show their wares to press for a spot in the AFL team.

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 Post subject: Re: Gather round 2025
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bondiblue wrote:
kingkerna wrote:
DesEnglish wrote:
Can I just go on record and say I hate the Gill McLachlan Memorial Gather Round (me), almost as much as I hate Opening Round.


I was the same and then I went last year.


Gather round is a normal footy round where every team plays. It also gives us an extra round of footy.

Opening round is a farce. It may have been a sell out but the return games in the ‘normal’ season with the same teams playing each other attracted bigger crowds …not only that, it really stuffs up the fixture, gives teams breaks when they least need it and disrupts the ladder …always playing catch up.

Give us another gather round II will give us another round of footy, not another bye.

Whilst I’m on th3 subject of byes, FFS can the AFL Commission show some respect to the VFL and give them only one bye mid season instead of byes all over the place. Players need continuity and games to show their wares to press for a spot in the AFL team.


Just have AFL 2s and play them as curtain raisers. Job done.
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bondiblue
 Post subject: Re: Gather round 2025
PostPosted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 1:14 pm 
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DesEnglish wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
kingkerna wrote:
DesEnglish wrote:
Can I just go on record and say I hate the Gill McLachlan Memorial Gather Round (me), almost as much as I hate Opening Round.


I was the same and then I went last year.


Gather round is a normal footy round where every team plays. It also gives us an extra round of footy.

Opening round is a farce. It may have been a sell out but the return games in the ‘normal’ season with the same teams playing each other attracted bigger crowds …not only that, it really stuffs up the fixture, gives teams breaks when they least need it and disrupts the ladder …always playing catch up.

Give us another gather round II will give us another round of footy, not another bye.

Whilst I’m on th3 subject of byes, FFS can the AFL Commission show some respect to the VFL and give them only one bye mid season instead of byes all over the place. Players need continuity and games to show their wares to press for a spot in the AFL team.


Just have AFL 2s and play them as curtain raisers. Job done.


So obvious.

And with 19 teams, surely we have to add another round of play. Play more teams more than once.

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It's complicated by the stand alone teams

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kingkerna
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Why do they sell everything at once? Why can't they have staggered days/times for the different games?

I have 10,000 people ahead of me in the queue.

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Why do they sell everything at once? Why can't they have staggered days/times for the different games?

I have 10,000 people ahead of me in the queue.


Want to revise that crowd estimate? :wink:
I think it might have to do with selling the Adelaide Oval games in packages. But, yes the Norwood and Barossa games could be down at a different time you would think.
I’m 24,000 and they was going in at 10am Adelaide time.

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down to 2,000th in line, any idea what bay the cheersquad sit in, they'll be at the main grand stand end this time

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kingkerna
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@#$%&! gateway timeout

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hit pay then lost it, so so shit

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 Post subject: Re: Gather round 2025
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@#$%&! gateway timeout


Just got the same on payment screen.
Now put me back at 34,000th. @#$%&! this.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2024 11:17 am 
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Likewise

This is a shocking

Tickets for games should have been staggered
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kingkerna
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turned out that my timeout went through, check your emails if you managed to hit pay

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Got there finally after 2 and a half hours…..
Was easier getting GF tickets in 95 and 99.

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Got there finally after 2 and a half hours…..
Was easier getting GF tickets in 95 and 99.


Zero logic in how this is rolled out.

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turned out that my timeout went through, check your emails if you managed to hit pay

Same here. 2 hours after being timed out I get a confirmation text. Still not convinced. This ticketing set up is a shambles.
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kingkerna
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I chose carlton support area, it really limited how many bays were available - who are they selling these seats to?

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