'You know what grinds my gears?' 🔥 9WWOS AFL
"You know what grinds my gears? The fact that whenever we get a team either beaten badly on a standalone game or a crowd slightly under , , 'Take it off them'," he told Nine'sBartel was 'infuriated' by calls for Hawthorn to be stripped of its spot in the annual Easter Monday clash
North Melbourne has also been subjected to similar commentary over the last few seasons regarding its spot in the Good Friday clash. After facing the Western Bulldogs on Good Friday in previous seasons, the Kangaroos faced Carlton this time around., who presided over Collingwood for 23 years as it played showpiece games on Anzac Day and Queen's Birthday.
"They came to me and said, 'What do you reckon?', and I said, 'Leave it alone'. I said, 'This game produced the highest attendance for a home and away game back in 1958. Melbourne are ordinary at the moment, but you've got the MCC members, you've got to give them something', and we kept them going and we let them be the home game as well for years because that was their major fundraiser.
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