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If only.
I'm usually one of the last to advocate for the dissolution of an entire club. But gee whiz North make it ridiculously hard to support keeping them around.
Our fixture is completely random this year. We have two home games in a row leading into our bye. Then we play Bombers, Melbourne and Saints in July, despite having played them all May. Don't play Blues or Cats until last two rounds.
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10 day break for the demons whilst we have seven
and people ask why we keep getting injuries or not running out games.
and people ask why we keep getting injuries or not running out games.
Meanwhile Collingwood get to play us for their 5th game in a row in Melbourne off an 8 day break and get another HOME game next week against another interstate team that finished outside top 8 last year.
Also every team we have played are in the top 8 or knocking on the door of it except Tigers whom we beat.
With Melbourne next week all but 1 of our first 10 games will be against top 8, or close to, teams.
Absolutely awesome FIXturing.
Posted something similar on another thread but it @#%$!* me so much I had to do it here as well.
Also every team we have played are in the top 8 or knocking on the door of it except Tigers whom we beat.
With Melbourne next week all but 1 of our first 10 games will be against top 8, or close to, teams.
Absolutely awesome FIXturing.
Posted something similar on another thread but it @#%$!* me so much I had to do it here as well.
As long as a club has 7 days between games they shouldn't be worried about what the oppo get. Hell, a 10 day break may even be counterproductive. A risk of losing a bit of sharpness.
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How so?
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We have double ups against Essendon, Fremantle, Gold Coast Suns, Melbourne, North Melbourne, St Kilda this year. Freo and GC won't make the finals and Norf and St Kilda are trash. We had 2 games in a row in Perth rounds 5 and 6, 2 games in a row in Perth rounds 12 and 13 going into the bye and 2 games in a row in Perth rounds 20 and 21.
I'm not sure we should be complaining too hard about this years fixture.
I'm not sure we should be complaining too hard about this years fixture.
its beginning to feel like a deathride.
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The 2 home games in a row in rounds 5&6 and 20&21 are a natural byproduct of the derby and happen every year.
Consecutive home games in rounds 12 and 13 are a bit of an anomaly but is countered by having to travel 3 times in the first four rounds
We were also handed games against 3 finalists from 2023 plus the team that finished 9th in those 4 games giving us little chance of generating some early season momentum
Our double ups are sides 5th, 7th, 11th, 14th, 15th and 17th which is acceptable but also what you’d expect for a side finishing 18th.
The game against Melbourne this weekend will be our second consecutive home game where our opponent will have had 3 extra days break heading into the game having not travelled the week before like we did
Is our draw terrible? Probably not, but it hasn’t done us any favours either
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We also have no 5 day breaks when most teams have 1 or 2. The break discrepancies are largely a function of the brain dead round zero idea which is something that screws over more than half the competition. I just don't think our draw when looking at its entirety rather than just one month in isolation warrants complaint.
Typical draw for us interstate teams
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FIXTURE: Bombers in primetime, rare Blues v Magpies clash
The AFL releases the full schedule for rounds 16 to 23
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AFL did the same thing with essendon. Make sure they have a nice long break before having to travel.
It would be nice for us to get some forward thinking from the afl
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It's been an awful schedule to date but it's starting to turn a corner.
We still have to play the Saints & North twice & Hawks and Suns at home. All possible wins depending on personnel.
Also better recovery time in the updated fixture they dropped today.
Two six day breaks
Four 7 days breaks
Two 8 day breaks (either side of Tassie trip)
Should be a promising second half, especially if when we can get Yeo, Waterman, Allen and Flynn back on the park.
5-7 wins still a good target to aim for.
We still have to play the Saints & North twice & Hawks and Suns at home. All possible wins depending on personnel.
Also better recovery time in the updated fixture they dropped today.
Two six day breaks
Four 7 days breaks
Two 8 day breaks (either side of Tassie trip)
Should be a promising second half, especially if when we can get Yeo, Waterman, Allen and Flynn back on the park.
5-7 wins still a good target to aim for.
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Hopefully their season is shot by then and they're totally flat
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Yet we still finished all over the top of Essendon. As I said as long we have a full 7 days between games there can be no excuse for not running out the game.
So why is it that the Friday night double headers seem to only come about when it is a game involving two “interstate” teams?
Freo vs Sydney last week after Geelong vs Port.
Our one Friday night game for the year against Gold Coast is preceded by Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne.
Realise the time difference in WA makes it kinda work, though the games still overlap partly.
Smacks of Vic-centricity to me. I imagine it went something like this.
AFL - “Hey West Coast, you can have a Friday night game!”
West Coast - “Gee great, thanks didn’t think our form warranted an appearance on a national stage on Channel 7 but…”
AFL (interjecting) - “National stage? No you’re playing in the afterthought Fox Footy broadcast match against Gold Coast. Our primary focus is the 2021 GF rematch between two traditional VFL clubs. We’re catering for our heartland audience”.
West Coast - “Oh ok, ahh thanks…I guess”.
Freo vs Sydney last week after Geelong vs Port.
Our one Friday night game for the year against Gold Coast is preceded by Western Bulldogs vs Melbourne.
Realise the time difference in WA makes it kinda work, though the games still overlap partly.
Smacks of Vic-centricity to me. I imagine it went something like this.
AFL - “Hey West Coast, you can have a Friday night game!”
West Coast - “Gee great, thanks didn’t think our form warranted an appearance on a national stage on Channel 7 but…”
AFL (interjecting) - “National stage? No you’re playing in the afterthought Fox Footy broadcast match against Gold Coast. Our primary focus is the 2021 GF rematch between two traditional VFL clubs. We’re catering for our heartland audience”.
West Coast - “Oh ok, ahh thanks…I guess”.
Well that’s absolutely why they’ve done it.
Petty is an understatement.
It’s amazing in a “national competition” that you can have had only two standalone (no other match on that day; either during the day on say ANZAC Day/Gather Round or an hour earlier on Fridays) prime time Thursday/Friday night games between two non-Victorian teams over the space of two seasons.
Sydney vs Brisbane on a Friday night in Round 14 2023 and the Showdown on a Thursday in Round 8 this year.
Must just be another quirk of the fixture…
When we played GC last season it was the second of two Friday night games as well wasn't it?
Two teams who won't get much Friday night action getting some, well Friday night action. Have GC ever had a channel seven broadcast Friday (or Thursday) night game?
Two teams who won't get much Friday night action getting some, well Friday night action. Have GC ever had a channel seven broadcast Friday (or Thursday) night game?
