Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
Friday night is easily the best time slot for a game. Now we go head to head with the AFL in the same sports precinct.
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brokendown
Bill McLean (32)
at least super rugby is being played FFS
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
We may as well not play. It’s a joke how we get treated
brokendown
Bill McLean (32)
well pack up your bat and ball and go home!,geez !
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
First time we have been home in over a year champ.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
I must say how good the Brumbies have been to the Rebels in the past month, accommodating us with facilities, been prepared to offer a trial match, allowing a last minute switch of fixture. Hopefully all this time in Canberra will sprinkle even the slightest bit of Brumbies formula on the Rebels and they will come out the better for it.
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
Early season games are crucial in Melbourne by the time we have any home games people with have the choice between 4 AFL games and the League. You will only get the die hards in and even then at lot of them will have split allegiance. They have fucked it up big time changing the draw and it will hurt the club’s revenue as you will easily get 2-3k extra on a Friday
Adam84
Rod McCall (65)
Melbourne Storm are playing at AAMI park on the Friday night.
I’m not sure about Friday nights drawing larger crowds, I’m sure I’ve read elsewhere that afternoon games attract larger crowds then late night games.
brokendown
Bill McLean (32)
And how many home games did the force play last season?
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
Well that’s definitely wrong club sports are played Saturday and Sunday so people simply can not go. Friday night is your prime time slot. If we can’t do Friday night because of the Storm at least shift The Force v Tahs game to friend and play the game on a Saturday night FFS. Give the club and the fans something
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
It’s not us who have an issue hosting games it’s all down to your insipid premier. If anyone has to compromise it shouldn’t of been us
Members Section
John Thornett (49)
Well I have officially had enough, I have been in regional Victoria with close to zero infections the whole time lost most of my leave due to work being ‘non essential’ & finally had 2 things to look forward to.
1 actually attending a rugby match
2 my 1st holiday in 18 months (that’s not locked in my house 23 hours a day) going to Canberra then driving down the coast all the way back home to support the bushfire effected regions only to once again have the only thing to look forward to thrown in my face.
F U RA
F U Dan
F U irrelevant bloke out west
F U Gladys for not caring about border ppl because they don’t swing an election
F U scomo (we haven’t heard from him in a yr in this state)
1 actually attending a rugby match
2 my 1st holiday in 18 months (that’s not locked in my house 23 hours a day) going to Canberra then driving down the coast all the way back home to support the bushfire effected regions only to once again have the only thing to look forward to thrown in my face.
F U RA
F U Dan
F U irrelevant bloke out west
F U Gladys for not caring about border ppl because they don’t swing an election
F U scomo (we haven’t heard from him in a yr in this state)
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
100% with you on this
Adam84
Rod McCall (65)
They are getting a home game aren’t they, it’s not like the fans are getting nothing, this seems like an entirely reasonable compromise to a shitty situation. We’ve all endured covid, and this is just one of those compromises.
Making the Force change stadiums removes one of the Forces few FTA matches that it received in 2021.
GoMelbRebels
Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Group hug!
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
May as well play it in a graveyard. It’s a terrible outcome. It’s easy to pretend otherwise when it’s not your club.
Members Section
John Thornett (49)
Adam84
Rod McCall (65)
I’ve sacrificed more then you would know this year, didn’t see my partner for 7 months, spent 8 weeks in hotel quarantine, and didn’t seem my own mother with cancer for 12 months.
So the idea of my club having to play on a Sunday and not a Friday seems a ridiculously insignificant issue, there’s no pretending there.
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
I feel for you personally and hope you are well. But we have got a fucking crap deal here. There is no two ways about it. This deal is absolute dogshit
KevinO
Geoff Shaw (53)
Storm is Friday night, Melbourne City Saturday, so Sunday was the only choice. I'm not a fan of Sunday games, pissed off that we had to wait till round 3 for a home game. Even more pissed off now that it's round 5, miss 2 games for Easter holidays than get one more.
Rebels were given a bull shit draw all along. And anyone from another state who thinks it not harsh just need to think about it. Round 1 should have been home games to the Rebels and Force as a thank you for the sacrifice they made in 2020.
Rebels were given a bull shit draw all along. And anyone from another state who thinks it not harsh just need to think about it. Round 1 should have been home games to the Rebels and Force as a thank you for the sacrifice they made in 2020.