Finals schedule

[Greasyrhys]

I'm expecting week 1 will be:

Friday night: Tigers (6th) v Roos (7th)

Saturday arvo: Dockers (2nd) v Hawks (3rd)

Saturday night: Bulldogs (5th) v Cats (8th)

Sunday: Eagles (1st) v Swans (4th).

 

[MWPP]

I'm expecting week 1 will be:

Friday night: Tigers (6th) v Roos (7th)

Saturday arvo: Dockers (2nd) v Hawks (3rd)

Saturday night: Bulldogs (5th) v Cats (8th)

Sunday: Eagles (1st) v Swans (4th).

This would be very unfair on the top 4 teams , as the losing top 4 teams would end up with a shorter break than their opponents
I'll be fuming if we play on sunday if we finish second, let alone first.

 

[BigVic]

Dunstall and Frawley on Bounce tonight were saying that at least one of the prelimins has to be played at the G. That's just not correct these days is it?

That rule is abolished

 

[telsor]

That rule is abolished

No, it was amended...Rather than 1 game every week, it's averaged over 5(?) years.

 

[The King!]

Be confident of hosting a prelim with that week one

Eagles switch to first i may have to get drunk to watch

 

[Tiges1229]

Things now becoming clearer about which games will be played when. Still a lot to be decided about positions.

If Freo and West Coast finish 1/2, then one QF1 will be played on the Saturday (so 1st place avoids back-to-back 6 day breaks) and QF2 on the Friday. The rest of the finals works around that.

After having done the ladder predictor, I have it working like this (I've assumed higher finishing team wins each final):

Week 1

Friday night: QF2 - West Coast v Hawthorn (Subiaco)
Saturday afternoon: QF1 - Fremantle v Sydney (Subiaco)
Saturday night: EF2 - Richmond v North Melbourne (MCG)
Sunday afternoon: EF1 - Western Bulldogs v Adelaide (MCG/Etihad)

Week 2

Friday night: SF2 - Hawthorn v Richmond (MCG)
Saturday night: SF1 - Sydney v Western Bulldogs (SCG)

Week 3


Friday night: PF1 - Fremantle v Hawthorn (Subiaco)
Saturday afternoon: PF2 - West Coast v Sydney (Subiaco)

Week 4

Saturday afternoon: Grand final

Derby GF would be a cracker, bash the crap out of each other i reckon.

 

[Suma Magic]

I'm expecting week 1 will be:

Friday night: Tigers (6th) v Roos (7th)

Saturday arvo: Dockers (2nd) v Hawks (3rd)

Saturday night: Bulldogs (5th) v Cats (8th)

Sunday: Eagles (1st) v Swans (4th).

Zero chance that 1st will play on Sunday.

 

[BigVic]

Derby GF would be a cracker, bash the crap out of each other i reckon.

The neutrals ideal GF. You'll have Masten against Suban again. Throw in Crowley and Ballantyne returning for Fremantle as well as Silvagni after his lengthly suspension, you'll have the ingredients of a great GF. The MRP will be busy the following Monday.

 

[MWPP]

It will be:
-Friday 2nd v 3rd - ?? Eagles v Hawks 18:10 WST
-Sat arvo 1st v 4th ?? Freo v Sydney 14:40 WST
-Sat night- 5th v 8th ?? Rich v Adel 19:50 EST
-Sunday - 6th v 7th ??? WB v North 13:10 EST

 

[BigVic]

Zero chance that 1st will play on Sunday.

1st vs 4th will be a Friday night
2nd vs 3rd will be a Sat arvo
6 vs 7th will be Sat night
5th vs 8th will be a Sunday arvo.

 

[Suma Magic]

1st vs 4th will be a Friday night
2nd vs 3rd will be a Sat arvo
6 vs 7th will be Sat night
5th vs 8th will be a Sunday arvo.

1st will be Saturday. Aligns with Friday PF and also rewards first by not giving them back to back 6 day breaks.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Derby GF would be a cracker, bash the crap out of each other i reckon.

I would expect the Masticator to have a busy day.

 

[Tiges1229]

The neutrals ideal GF. You'll have Masten against Suban again. Throw in Crowley and Ballantyne returning from Fremantle as well as Silvagni after his lengthly suspension, you'll have the ingredients of a great GF. The MRP will be busy the following Monday.

Would be good to watch.

 

[Tiges1229]

I would expect the Masticator to have a busy day.

Odds on that there would have to be in all in brawl at some stage during a Derby GF .

 

[Van_Dyke]

Odds on that there would have to be in all in brawl at some stage during a Derby GF .

100% surely.

 

[tigs2010]

If Dogs v North occurs will it be mcg or etihad?

 

[Suma Magic]

Odds on that there would have to be in all in brawl at some stage during a Derby GF .

I'd like to think that Masto and Susan would engage in an epic bite-off.

 

[Cemos]

Well if a Vic team (most likely you) wins the qualifying final it will be. However if two interstate teams win the qualifying finals then I'm pretty sure gill said they'd be played at that team's home ground, whether they're both in Perth or one is in sydney

the fact that this question even has to be asked is fecked

 

[Lemma]

Fri Night: 2 v 3
Sat Day: 1 v 4
Sat Night: 6 v 7
Sun Day: 5 v 8

 

[Mitchell Madness]

If Dogs v North occurs will it be mcg or etihad?

Should be Etihad, but then that'd mean the league couldn't force Hawthorn to play a home game there next year

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

The neutrals ideal GF. You'll have Masten against Suban again. Throw in Crowley and Ballantyne returning for Fremantle as well as Silvagni after his lengthly suspension, you'll have the ingredients of a great GF. The MRP will be busy the following Monday.

These 2 wouldn't play...

 

[ManWithNoName]

No, it was amended...Rather than 1 game every week, it's averaged over 5(?) years.

Yep. But they're miles ahead of the target, so if WC and Freo both earn the right to host prelims they'll both be played at Subi.

Won't even be the first time both prelims have been played outside Victoria, the fact there's still media confusion about it is just embarrassing.

 

[Scotland]

Should be Etihad, but then that'd mean the league couldn't force Hawthorn to play a home game there next year

They'll play it at the MCG on the basis that the crowd will be 60k+ then the crowd will be 35k.

 

[Allan Shorty]

Or you could finish 6th/7th and win the EF.

Oh and you played Friday nights against Collingwood and Geelong in 2012.

Oh yes. It just feels like we don't play Friday's.

 

[kirky]

If Dogs v North occurs will it be mcg or etihad?

That would depend on how many games that weekend are played on non-Victorian grounds. AFL wants to have as many games at the 'G' for to cater for both AFL and MCC members.