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CibbuanoBlues rule out switch
August 20th 2008 04:31
CARLTON has ruled out switching its round 22 home game against Hawthorn from Telstra Dome to the MCG.
With Hawthorn star Lance Franklin on 94 goals and Carlton spearhead Brendon Fevola on 90 goals with two rounds remaining, the pair could go into the round 22 showdown within reach of bringing up their first century of goals each in a season.
Such a scenario would mean a potentially enormous crowd if the match was played at the the MCG instead of the much-smaller Telstra Dome.
The MCG is available on the Saturday night of the Blues-Hawks match but will host a match between North Melbourne and Port Adelaide earlier that day.
But Carlton chief executive Greg Swann said it would be difficult for the games to be switched at such late notice and said the club had not even considered approaching the AFL.
Carlton coach Brett Ratten admitted such an occasion was worthy of being played at 'the home of footy' but said it would be up to the AFL to decide whether the match should be played at the MCG.
Ratten also said it was important for his side to remain focused on improving and winning games of football rather than helping Fevola bring up 100 goals.
"We still need to get improvement through the other players and if Brendan is good enough to kick 100 that is fantastic and hopefully he can achieve it because it would be a fantastic individual achievement but at the end of the day I'd rather win the game than maybe him kick ten goals because that is what we are about," he said.
With Hawthorn star Lance Franklin on 94 goals and Carlton spearhead Brendon Fevola on 90 goals with two rounds remaining, the pair could go into the round 22 showdown within reach of bringing up their first century of goals each in a season.
Such a scenario would mean a potentially enormous crowd if the match was played at the the MCG instead of the much-smaller Telstra Dome.
The MCG is available on the Saturday night of the Blues-Hawks match but will host a match between North Melbourne and Port Adelaide earlier that day.
But Carlton chief executive Greg Swann said it would be difficult for the games to be switched at such late notice and said the club had not even considered approaching the AFL.
Carlton coach Brett Ratten admitted such an occasion was worthy of being played at 'the home of footy' but said it would be up to the AFL to decide whether the match should be played at the MCG.
Ratten also said it was important for his side to remain focused on improving and winning games of football rather than helping Fevola bring up 100 goals.
"We still need to get improvement through the other players and if Brendan is good enough to kick 100 that is fantastic and hopefully he can achieve it because it would be a fantastic individual achievement but at the end of the day I'd rather win the game than maybe him kick ten goals because that is what we are about," he said.
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