When Carlton are a genuine premiership threat (top 4 at the end of a season) will less than 35,000 turn up to games against Sydnet et al?

How many Collingwood games draw less than 50,000?

A few years back we had 27,000 members. Now it's 40,000 plus. How many will we have when we're winning flags?

I want to see Carlton hit 50,000 - 60,000 members over the next 10 years. And what of other clubs' supporters. Do they just not go to our home games if we play at a small stadium? I actually don't want to go to games where all the crowd are made up of one group of supporters. Might as well sit around and have a circle jerk.

As pointed out by numerous people if PP were to become the 3rd stadium Carlton won't be playing there and we'd lose control of it.

It's like some of you lot just got accepted into Oxford or Cambridge and instead of looking at your bright, bright future you've decided to stay home and argue with your mate over who's got control of the swings down at the local playground.

Amazing.

I'm sure this argument played out to as far as it could go about 5 years ago now we're arguing over history???

There was a time when a big crowd was predicted they would switch the game to a different venue - Why can't they do that now ????

Jeff Kennett the then Premier and John Elliot the then President had plans for an underground car park.

This should be re-named the “thumbs up” thread.

Didn’t the AFL own Docklands at one stage also?

In conjunction with Melb uni... but the plans didnt get through.....

Sydney Blue understands all about that.... he brings up examples that have nothing to do with Princes Park as examples.

It was tested and it was allowed to go through with NO car park... No lights.. and a significant slashing to the seating.

We couldnt get 35k in that place even if we wanted to.

In case you people missed it... we cant knock down the Gardiner stand as its heritage listed.... its still going to remain up as it decays away into a pile of dust .....

How the hell would you get 35k seating in a place like that?

Where would you find the funds to re develop it anyway??? to "grease palms"
It wouldnt be ours.. and we would have to send our players to timbuck to for training .. and sure we can train on the surrounding ovals....


The whole thing is laughable .......and some people take it seriously...

The fact of the matter was even if you had the massive amounts of cash needed you wouldnt get residents approval for that kind redevelopment.

I know people involved in the last redevelopment.. and it ended up an abortion cos of the residents.

In conjunction with Melb uni... but the plans didnt get through.....

Sydney Blue understands all about that.... he brings up examples that have nothing to do with Princes Park as examples.

It was tested and it was allowed to go through with NO car park... No lights.. and a significant slashing to the seating.

We couldnt get 35k in that place even if we wanted to.

In case you people missed it... we cant knock down the Gardiner stand as its heritage listed.... its still going to remain up as it decays away into a pile of dust .....

How the hell would you get 35k seating in a place like that?

Where would you find the funds to re develop it anyway??? to "grease palms"
It wouldnt be ours.. and we would have to send our players to timbuck to for training .. and sure we can train on the surrounding ovals....


The whole thing is laughable .......and some people take it seriously...

But Jake Niall said.

It's really bloody funny isn't it?

I've met Jake Niall and he's a nice enough bloke but it doesn't take much insight to realise that 99% of sports journalists (Jake included) have no better an analytical perspective on the game than half the people on this site or in the footy community generally. And yet one soppy little article clogged with nostalgia and the "it was better in the old days" mob start jumping up and down again.

Funny...