OK, I’m already tired of the trade week discussions as we’ve reached that inevitable point on day one where we all realise that nothing’s going to happen today. So I thought I’d bring up next year’s fixture for a distraction.
Now I’m not a religious reader of the boards, so I apologise if this has been done to death in other threads.
The full fixture is to be released later this month, so I’m interested in:
Below is what I’d like to see, and given out performance in the second half of this year, I don’t think it’s totally unreasonable:
Please, lets not have this turn into a whinge thread about any of these factors or how the AFL hates us etc. etc. Just opinions on what you feel is a realistic fixture for next year.
Now I’m not a religious reader of the boards, so I apologise if this has been done to death in other threads.
The full fixture is to be released later this month, so I’m interested in:
- Has it been released publicly what the club has officially requested out of next year’s fixture (e.g. 19 games @ MCG, guaranteed top 4 etc.)?
- The Cairns home game is confirmed, but is there a Darwin home game confirmed or not?
- What are you hoping for in next year’s fixture (please be realistic, the AFL isn’t going to give the 15th placed club 11 Friday night games & 11 Saturday afternoon games)?
Below is what I’d like to see, and given out performance in the second half of this year, I don’t think it’s totally unreasonable:
- A return to the AFL average of 4 interstate trips (obviously excluding home games sold), instead of the 5 we got this year (3 would be awesome).
- Get the number of home games against interstate clubs down from 5 to 4, including interstate home game(s) (3 would be awesome).
- 2 games against at least 2 of Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon & Hawthorn (3 of them would be great, all 4 would be awesome).
- A maximum of one home game at Etihad (and only against an interstate team), none if we’re playing a home game in Darwin as well as Cairns.
- At least half of our games to be played between Friday night, Saturday afternoon & Saturday night.
Please, lets not have this turn into a whinge thread about any of these factors or how the AFL hates us etc. etc. Just opinions on what you feel is a realistic fixture for next year.
