Cyclone Watch: How late is too late...

[tropicaltiger]

I remember that St Kilda v Brisbane Bears game at Waverley where players were shielding themselves from hailstones. The game wasn't stopped.

would be now those hailstones could cause a nasty concussion

 

[voorhees]

Mitch Cleary tweeted that Gold Coast vs Essendon has been postponed

this whole weekend of 'footy is back' is going to be so deflating

 

[tropicaltiger]

Wont be any footy in Queensland this weekend. At any level.

shift the lions/cats and gc/dons games to cazalys cairns, problem solved

 

[speedpeck23]

shift the lions/cats and gc/dons games to cazalys cairns, problem solved

Lions/Cats Round 3, Bombers v Suns at Marvel on Sunday.... play the return match later in the season at GC.

 

[tropicaltiger]

But sadly completely unsurprising.

andrew & sybil discussing opening round

 

[Pavlovs Cat]

Rain falling in Ippy right now. Reckon it's here to stay for about five days.

 

[Billy ray]

Put Gold Coast v Essendon on the Thursday or Friday night in the pre-finals bye.
If either team alive, big ratings.

 

[speedpeck23]

andrew & sybil discussing opening round

Sunday night match at Marvel would be a ratings bonanza....Holiday Monday in Melbourne.

 

[Feerits Elf]

Essendon play Geelong

Carlton and Richmond: woah woah woah woah woah hold the fort there guys, let's not do anything crazy here

 

[PP34]

Does the AFL want game 1 to be a joke?

Because with the rain and slosh that will be the playing conditions with next to no crowd as a spectacle it would be a horrid look.

Most TV viewers will look elsewhere as well. No-one enjoys are AFL water polo game. No-one.

Hilariously stupid of the AFL if they’re going to continue with this rubbish every year.

You’ll end up with 2/4 games for the round being played under torrential rain with soaked ovals with the occasional potential for a cyclone.

 

[Dan26]

I posted this a couple of posts earlier, but I'm just going to expand on it a bit.



OPTION 1:
Round 14: Gold Coast hosts Essendon in round 14. (Essendon vs Geelong moves to round 16 where both clubs currently have a bye)

Round 15: Gold Coast hosts Melbourne in round 15 and GWS now have a bye in that round

Round 16: GWS host Gold Coast in round 16 and Melbourne has a bye (along with Brisbane)

Done. Fixed

Bombers and Suns don't get a mid-season bye, but our Bye is in round 4. Unfortunately, If our bye remains in round 4 and that round remains unchanged, then we aren't getting a mid-season bye. Otherwise that would mean ourselves and another club can only play 22 games instead of 23.

The only way we get a mid-season bye, is if we don't get a bye in round 4. Some might say, play Essendon and Hawthorn two times in 4 weeks (i.e play in round 4 where they both have a bye). That doesn't work because the Bombers and Hawks only meet once this year, so having them play twice would require a complete restructure of the entire fixture.

Option 2:

The only other option is to play it over the spare weekend before the finals.




If anyone can come up with any other option that actually works I'd like to hear them. I'm open to ideas.

I think option 1 is good. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

 

[jim boy]

usual AFL site efficiency:

 

[Seattle Mariners]

Do we look at moving GWS/Pies to Saturday night so we've got something to watch that night...

 

[STPer18]

Time to put flOpening Round in the bin.

 

[JPetro83]

Do we look at moving GWS/Pies to Saturday night so we've got something to watch that night...

Or we could just get on with life haha

 

[JPetro83]

Time to put flOpening Round in the bin.

or just have Round 1 played over 2 weeks. 4 games 1st week and 5 the next. split round. That way the AFL can start earlier.

 

[Purple Suit]

or just have Round 1 played over 2 weeks. 4 games 1st week and 5 the next. split round. That way the AFL can start earlier.

Don't be silly. That makes way too much sense for the AFL.

 

[Dagz]

I posted this a couple of posts earlier, but I'm just going to expand on it a bit.

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OPTION 1:
Round 14: Gold Coast hosts Essendon in round 14. (Essendon vs Geelong moves to round 16 where both clubs currently have a bye)

Round 15: Gold Coast hosts Melbourne in round 15 and GWS now have a bye in that round

Round 16: GWS host Gold Coast in round 16 and Melbourne has a bye (along with Brisbane)

Done. Fixed

Bombers and Suns don't get a mid-season bye, but our Bye is in round 4. Unfortunately, If our bye remains in round 4 and that round remains unchanged, then we aren't getting a mid-season bye. Otherwise that would mean ourselves and another club can only play 22 games instead of 23.

The only way we get a mid-season bye, is if we don't get a bye in round 4. Some might say, play Essendon and Hawthorn two times in 4 weeks (i.e play in round 4 where they both have a bye). That doesn't work because the Bombers and Hawks only meet once this year, so having them play twice would require a complete restructure of the entire fixture.

Option 2:

The only other option is to play it over the spare weekend before the finals.




If anyone can come up with any other option that actually works I'd like to hear them. I'm open to ideas.

I think option 1 is good. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

This one doesn't really impact any other teams apart from GCS and ESS so might be an option for a mid week game

R14 - GCS bye
R15 - move GWS v GCS from Sunday to a Friday night (FRE v ESS stays on the Thursday night)
R15.5 - GCS v ESS on a Wednesday night
R16 - GCS v MEL on a Monday night / ESS have the Bye
R17 - ESS v GCS on a Sunday night

 

[Hot Dogma]

Brisbane should be stripped of the 2024 flag until such a time that they can provide decent weather.

 

[jdisc]

just move the games to perth

positives:

• no delays
• perfect sunny weather
• better beers at the ground
• Kane Cornes will have an aneurism

 

[Freomaniac]

Suspect decision will be made tomorrow

Round zero is a terrible concept and the wrath of God justified

I don't know what's more dangerous. The wrath of god or the wrath of the AFL?

 

[Freomaniac]

Worst case scenario is the game is played in round 3

 

[kozi]

Reschedule to round 3 where they both have the bye would be too simple and obvious for the AFL to pull off

 

[eth-dog]

Makes perfectly good sense what other options are there?

The Geelong vs Brisbane game will be round 3. Gold Coast vs Essendon likely to be a midweek game not long after the bye rounds

 

[Hollow Knight]

lmao at the AFL saying they postponed the games out of “an abundance of caution”.

More accurate to say they delayed the postponement out of an abundance of capitalism.