Poo Mega Thread AFL asking Eagles to delay bye so Richmond doesnt need to travel twice to WA

[Brunswick Trap King]

Umpires pushed the Tiges to dig deep for tonight’s win, surely this’ll help the Eagles coming into next weeks game.

Umm OK?

 

[living_in_syd]

Wc should be happy with this outcome. Good chance this game would have been moved to Sydney after the bye

 

[SuperVolley11]

Wc should be happy with this outcome. Good chance this game would have been moved to Sydney after the bye

Or it just remain the way it was but have to put up with hardwick and co complaining.

 

[SuperVolley11]

The AFL likely had 3 options:

1. They one they've chosen: Move the game forward by 4 days and push the Eagles and Tigers bye back a week.

2. Play the game as a neutral site game due to WA's strict border rules, likely in Sydney. Costing the Eagles a home game.

3. Massively reshape the fixture. The Eagles probably would have to play Brisbane after the bye as the only non Vic teams due to play Vic teams. Richmond would play North. Then a whole bunch of other games would get shuffled, assuming the AFL could even work out an order that gets all the games in.

It's clearly the best option for the AFL and for Richmond, and might be the best option for the Eagles too by avoiding a massive reshuffle. It's a tough game next week but they get the Tigers in their 4th consecutive week on the road and then get a shorter sprint in the back half with the later bye.

I don't think the Eagles have a good case to argue this one.

What about option 4. Tigers spend 4 extra days in Sydney and keep the fixture the same.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Surely Victoria will have it’s shit together in 2 weeks won’t they?...

I can handle the Sunday switch, no big deal.

Anything to avoid an inconvenient Thursday game is fine with me.

 

[longsuffreosupp]

Umpires pushed the Tiges to dig deep for tonight’s win, surely this’ll help the Eagles coming into next weeks game.

If the umpires are Margetts and Dalgleish they won't need anymore help

 

[Asapartyhat]

Hope we checked the long range weather forcast before agreeing

 

[JackOutback]

Umpires pushed the Tiges to dig deep for tonight’s win, surely this’ll help the Eagles coming into next weeks game.

Wut? I was at the game, umpires got some big Bronx cheers when they finally paid Essendon some frees. Richmond got a very good run tonight.

 

[Infamy]

What about option 4. Tigers spend 4 extra days in Sydney and keep the fixture the same.

I genuinely cannot believe you still don't understand this properly.

What you are suggesting would be for Richmond to go back to Sydney and spend their bye away from their families, come back to Perth, play West Coast on the Thursday night and then go straight back into the season, essentially losing the week break that the players association has negotiated for them.
What you propose is not just an extra 4 days up in Sydney, its losing their entire bye having to stay in a hub away from their families.

Had the schedule stayed the same, they would be back in Melbourne tonight or early Sunday, be on their break and be able to spend the next 11-12 days with their family before flying out to play again. Now that this has been changed, they stay away for 1 more week, but get to go home, likely after the Melbourne lockdown is over and still get to have a proper break at home with their family.

For those saying it's about us complaining, it's just not, it's about WA's border restrictions and the AFL committing to players that they won't need to move into hubs for more than 3 weeks. It's not rocket science, but boy do some of you idiots turn this into something for more complicated than it needs to be.

 

[Infamy]

There was a key difference though in that the Richmond hub was a defined length of time and when West Coast went to the Gold Coast they were not given any indication how long they would be there for. It was the main contention of Simmo's perceived whinging.

What do you mean that the Richmond hub was a defined length of time? It was meant to be 30 days, it ended up being something like 115 days.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

If the umpires are Margetts and Dalgleish they won't need anymore help

Anyone who thinks Margetts favours us clearly hasn’t watched any of his recent games against us.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

Surely Victoria will have it’s sh*t together in 2 weeks won’t they?...

I can handle the Sunday switch, no big deal.

Anything to avoid an inconvenient Thursday game is fine with me.

Doubt we'll be out of lockdown for another 6 or so weeks tbh

 

[eastfreo75]

Entitlement

 

[fargothegreat]

Surely the Eagles fans are happy to cop playing a game four days early so Richmond's players can get home to their families? It's not a massive ask.

 

[amazingjoshy]

You guys all still bitching in here know it's been agreed to and accepted by all parties with minimal fuss yeah?

Time to move on I reckon

 

[Seadog]

Ditto. Loved only by locals, most of whom have never been 50km beyond their own sandpit.

The most vanilla place on earth.

Na, the most vanilla place on earth is the space between your ears.

 

[Numero Uno]

Anything that sets the Budgie supporters off is fine by me.


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Maybe freo supporters can get a group discount on their obsession with west coast

or just come to the realisation that freos 27 years of embarrassing failure is 100% the fault of freo

 

[Numero Uno]

If the umpires are Margetts and Dalgleish they won't need anymore help

The lies freo desperately cling to

 

[Football Tragic]

The AFL are simply trying to keep the competition going. They need another game to be played next week so this is the simplest option. We have plenty of injured players that would love another week to recover. Prestia may have been able to play against WC if the bye was next week for example.

Bringing the Tigers back into plague-riddled Melbourne and then expecting the WA government to allow them back in again, is optimist at best. This is not about the AFL favouring Richmond. This is not about trying to allow Richmond less travel time. This is about the AFL trying to keep the competition, that's it.

Maybe its time to take that chip off your shoulder mate and see the bigger picture.

 

[YeoShuey]

If the umpires are Margetts and Dalgleish they won't need anymore help

Wtf. Dalgleish is arguably the best umpire in the league at the moment.

 

[captain blood 17]

The only people sooking are the tigers fans who got their way anyway.

yes, by playing your home game at your stadium. Well thought out.

 

[captain blood 17]

Jeezus you must’ve been disappointed how your club handled a trip to Marvel going by this effort ^^^

I love Marvel.

 

[captain blood 17]

It's just a game

Then why has a WCE supporter started another whiney thread then?

 

[captain blood 17]

Can you check your notes for the time before that? I'll also accept if you can find any of Adelaide, West Coast, Fremantle, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney or GWS having an extended run of home games / games without leaving the state before 2020.

Collingwood 2010, but that never suited anyones narrative But, because Richmond in 2019, you know, anything in 2020 doesn’t count. Just ask Kane. By the way, care to show me the Richmond v Port games played analysis?

 

[MightyTiger]

Wtf is wrong with you lot, bunch of adults acting like ****ing children. Each side trying to point score with who's had it worse, grow the heck up and discuss a topic at hand without having to resort to shit.

But sirrr he started it, no he started it. Wahhhhh

Can't ****ing read or discuss a genuine topic without it resorting to actual shit.

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