
21st August 2004, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 1970
Location: Melbourne
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Dirt with grass on top.
Home ground advantage should be renamed to plain,"Ground Advantage".
It's to do with the shape and size of a ground that determine whether the ground will suit the teams playing style.
The only Home Advantage that a team gets is the number of supporters that rock up to influence the umpires decisions and perhaps support team moral.
I look at the situation this way:
If Melbourne were playing Geelong at the MCG as a Home game they would get a bonus of 6 points.4 points for ground and 2 points for supporters.
If Geelong were playing Melbourne at the MCG as a Home game then neither team gets a bonus.Maybe 4 points for supporters to Geelong cancelled by 4 points ground for Melbourne.
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