Round 23 Fixture

[port_adelaide_1870]

Any information about round 23 and predictions can be found in these threads
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-23-fixture.1070272/
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/when-does-the-round-23-fixture-get-released.1070061/
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/predict-the-round-23-timeslots.1068655/
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/predict-round-23.1066098/

 

[Schache It Off]

When will the round 23 fixtures be released?

 

[Ahern2Boof]

Where is Round 23 at?

 

[Clark G]

Please AFL schedule the Essendon versus Carlton game for afternoon or twilight so that BT is avoided!

 

[Clark G]

Won't happen but this is a chance for the AFL to try two Friday night matches. Crows could still make the 8 so why not chuck their game on the Friday night as well?

 

[SA HAWK]

On the Hawthorn website it says Hawthorn are playing collingwood on Friday the 29th of August at 00:00 am. It must be the default setting

Awesome another 6 day break.

I guess at least we will get a 7 day break before the first final.

 

[hitthepost]

Won't happen but this is a chance for the AFL to try two Friday night matches. Crows could still make the 8 so why not chuck their game on the Friday night as well?

Two words: Broadcast Rights.
Fixture is floating but has to fit into the same set of timeslots.

 

[Clark G]

Two words: Broadcast Rights.
Fixture is floating but has to fit into the same set of timeslots.

Unless there is a public holiday in there. If you can fiddle with the fixture to suit public holidays you can surely fiddle with it to accommodate all possible finals bound teams.

 

[FootyJunkie]

I agree about about doing two games on Friday night, (second game from Perth), and a double header on Ch 7. Go for an early start, say 6:40pm (if Perth punters can do it 3 times per year, certainly Melbourne punters can do it just once). The whole thing wraps up on Ch 7 by midnight and Perth punters get an extra 30 minutes to get to the ground for a 7:10pm local start.

The floating fixture is not fool proof... the AFL could schedule Adelaide v St.Kilda and Gold Coast v West Coast on the Sunday, then Adelaide, Gold Coast and West Coast get a purple patch going in August and all three make it into September, making the finals fixture inflexible anyway. Moving one of the Sunday games to Friday Night as a one-off Friday Night double header (the Ch 7 game) would reduce the risk of an inflexible Week 1 Finals fixture even further.

Would have to make sure that which ever WA side gets the home game in Round 23 don't play on the Sunday in Round 22, which is not the case for Freo this year.

 

[hitthepost]

Unless there is a public holiday in there. If you can fiddle with the fixture to suit public holidays you can surely fiddle with it to accommodate all possible finals bound teams.

We know what public holidays are in-season, those dates are part of the broadcast agreement. Not so much "fiddling" as making plans based on known changes to the norm. Same with split rounds.
It'd have to go into the broadcast rights agreement, otherwise people will cry foul when they get a Friday night match without full monopoly of the market for the night, as happens now.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Unless there is a public holiday in there. If you can fiddle with the fixture to suit public holidays you can surely fiddle with it to accommodate all possible finals bound teams.

I thought they did have a year where only two games were played on the Sunday.

 

[FootyJunkie]

I thought they did have a year where only two games were played on the Sunday.

Back when there were 16 sides.

 

[Pies_101]

The AFL website said that Collingwood vs Hawthorn is likely on Friday night and Carlton vs Essendon likely on Saturday night

 

[HappyChappy35]

The AFL website said that Collingwood vs Hawthorn is likely on Friday night and Carlton vs Essendon likely on Saturday night

Link?

 

[Crawb]

Games with Certain Finalists:
Collingwood V Hawthorn
Fremantle V Port Adelaide
Geelong V Brisbane
Sydney V Richmond
North Melbourne V Melbourne

Priority needs to be given to these games. These 5 games will all be on Friday/Saturday.

Games with 50/50 Contenders for Finals:
Essendon V Carlton
Gold Coast V West Coast
Adelaide V St. Kilda

Now a normal timeslot allows 1 of these 50/50 games to be scheduled for Saturday - the other two will be the first two games on Sunday. However perhaps the AFL is pushing to have 6 games on Saturday. It is do-able venue wise to include 2 of the 50/50 games on Saturday. If Adelaide lose to Collingwood next week, the decision as to which two games they schedule on Saturday becomes much easier. But will the broadcasters allow something like this to happen?

 

[FootyJunkie]

If Adelaide lose to Collingwood next week, the decision as to which two games they schedule on Saturday becomes much easier. But will the broadcasters allow something like this to happen?

If Ch 7 don't get to show the news at 6pm, the world will end.

Then again, they could always use 7TWO for the news.

 

[SterlingArcher]

Friday Night: Hawthorn v Collingwood (MCG)

Saturday 1.10: Geelong v Brisbane (KP)
Saturday 1.40 (WA time): Fremantle v Port Adelaide (Pattersons)
Saturday 4.40: North v Melbourne (Etihad)
Saturday 7.40: Sydney v Richmond (ANZ)
Saturday 7.40: Carlton v Essendon (MCG)

Sunday 1.10: Gold Coast v West Coast (MS)
Sunday 2.50: Adelaide v St Kilda (AO)
Sunday 4.40: W.Bulldogs v GWS (Etihad)

Logic would dictate that they hold off announcing the games for a bit longer to see whether they can squeeze a 6th game on Saturday depending on Adelaide and GC performances, but they would have a 7 day break anyway so I don't see the big deal if they both have to play on Sunday. 7 days is fine when they both have home games, and very unlikely to have to go to WA.

 

[FootyJunkie]

Saturday 1.10: Geelong v Brisbane (KP)
Saturday 1.40 (WA time): Fremantle v Port Adelaide (Pattersons)
Saturday 4.40: North v Melbourne (Etihad)
Saturday 7.40: Sydney v Richmond (ANZ)
Saturday 7.40: Carlton v Essendon (MCG)

Can't see them stray from the usual timeslots.

7 gets a game a game at 1:45pm to show at 3pm
- Geelong v Brisbane or North v Melbourne

Fox gets a game at 2:10pm, then at 4:40pm
- Geelong v Brisbane or North v Melbourne, followed by Freo v Port

 

[_RT_]

FRI
COL V HAW (7) 7.50
SAT
GEE V BRI (F) 1.45pm
CAR V ESS (7) 2.10
FRE V PA (F) 4.40
SYD V RIC (7) 7.30
NM V MEL (F) 7.30
SUN
WB V GWS (F) 1.10
ADE V STK (7) 3.20
GC V WC (F) 4.40

 

[SkyHawk]

And you thought Thursday Night footy was bad now?

It's the new Friday morning time-slot...

 

[The Swans Blog]

Can an early game in Freo happen, due to TV and timezones? More likely a twilight/night game.

Yep the twilight game so that it's still early afternoon for them. Otherwise it's a 5.40pm kick off twilight/7.40 aest

 

[BobaFett]

What a surprise Collingwood being given the friday game, what a joke. They won't even be in the finals, should go freo v port friday night

 

[The Prosecutor]

What a surprise Collingwood being given the friday game, what a joke. They won't even be in the finals, should go freo v port friday night

Just completely ignore Hawthorn...

 

[spudmaster]

What a surprise Collingwood being given the friday game, what a joke. They won't even be in the finals, should go freo v port friday night

On a five-day break?
And as mentioned earlier, it isn't Collingwood getting it but rather they happen to be playing Hawthorn. And the harsh reality is that Chnl7 will want a big drawing Vic match to telecast.

 

[BobaFett]

Just completely ignore Hawthorn...

Fremantle v Port Adelaide should get it. Two certain finals teams. Or Sydney for finishing on top