News 2014 Season Fixture Discussion Thread

[GC2015]

So the 2014 draw comes out tomorrow and it's time we had a thread to discuss it. Now we know we are going to face Richmond at home on March 15 and most of our games will either be afternoon or twilight on a Saturday. I have also heard we will face Brisbane at home in round 3 and the Bulldogs in Cairns in round 17. We'll also have two byes in 2014.

Round 1 - Richmond @ Metricon (6:40pm, March 15)
Round 2 - Fremantle @ Patersons (4:40pm, March 29)
Round 3 - Brisbane @ Metricon (3:40pm, April 5)
Round 4 - Hawthorn @ Metricon (7:40pm, April 12)
Round 5 - Melbourne @ MCG (3:20pm, April 20)
Round 6 - GWS @ Metricon (1:40pm, April 26)
Round 7 - North @ Etihad (1:10pm, May 4)
Round 8 - Bye
Round 9 - St Kilda @ Etihad (4:40pm, May 18)
Round 10 - Bulldogs @ Metricon (3:20pm, May 25)
Round 11 - Adelaide @ Adelaide Oval (12:40pm, 1 June)
Round 12 - Sydney @ Metricon (3:20pm, June 8)
Round 13 - West Coast @ Patersons (2:40pm, June 14)
Round 14 - Geelong @ Metricon (4:40pm, June 21)
Round 15 - Hawthorn @ Aurora (1:45pm, June 28)
Round 16 - Collingwood @ Metricon (4:40pm, July 5)
Round 17 - Bulldogs @ Cazaly's (4:40pm, July 12)
Round 18 - Bye
Round 19 - Brisbane @ the Gabba (4:40pm, July 26)
Round 20 - St Kilda @ Metricon (7:40pm, August 2)
Round 21 - Carlton @ Etihad (2:10pm, August 9)
Round 22 - Port Adelaide @ Metricon (2:10pm, August 16)
Round 23 - Essendon @ Etihad (2:10pm, August 23)
Round 24 - West Coast @ Metricon (TBA, August 29-31)

If we can get an easier opponent in round 2 then we could start the year with three wins in a row! Do we like the what we have seen so far?

 

[Big Red Machine]

Please let us have Giants in Sydney on the July 25-27 weekend....

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[Sunny_]

Got the Dogs in Cairns this year.

 

[GC2015]

Got the Dogs in Cairns this year.

Awesome news. I changed the original post so you can see the Richmond and Bulldogs games are locked in. Just looking back on the draw for the last three years we have had two home games follow the game in Cairns so that will probably happen again.

 

[eighties]

At a glance, travelling to WA twice and Tassie once isnt that good.

http://www.afl.com.au/fixture

 

[Sunny_]

Two WA trips?! Surely we must get a good run of home games at some point then. I'll look over it now too.

 

[SUNS]

Crappy fixture for fans who travel to games

 

[SUNS]

We only play GWS once also

 

[Sunny_]

V Richmond - Metricon. 6.40pm Saturday.
V Freo - Patersons. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Lions - Metricon. 3.40pm Saturday.
v Hawks - Metricon. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Melbourne - MCG. 3.20pm Sunday.
v GWS - Metricon. 1.40pm Saturday.
BYE.
v Saints - Etihad. 4.40pm Sunday.
v Dogs - Metricon. 3.20pm Sunday.
v Crows - Adelaide Oval. 1.10pm Sunday.
v Swans - Metricon. 3.20pm Sunday.
v Eagles - Patersons. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Geelong - Metricon. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Hawks - Aurora. 1.45pm Saturday.
v Collingwood - Metricon. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Dogs - Cazalys. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Lions - Gabba. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Saints - Metricon. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Carlton - Etihad. 2.10pm Saturday.
v Port - Metricon. 2.10pm Saturday.
v Essendon - Etihad. 2.10pm Saturday.
v West Coast - Metricon. TBA.

 

[Sunny_]

How's the stretch from Eagles to Hawks?

Eagles at Patersons.
Then fly back to Metricon.
Then fly to Tassie!

 

[Sunny_]

Suddenly not liking our chance of finals.

But no large number of easy games will help forge us into a stronger team.

 

[Scotty_222]

wow.. so many saturday day games in melbourne..
that sucks

 

[TheSunGod]

We only play GWS once also

Dees once only as well. I thought you said we were getting an easy draw SUNS

 

[Sunny_]

I don't mind playing the Dees and GWS only once. Playing the tougher teams more will make us better in the long term. We've definitely graduated from a bottom-4 team to a middle-tier team looking at that fixture.

 

[SUNS]

Dees once only as well. I thought you said we were getting an easy draw SUNS

Draw is exactly as Vlad promised haha. Just really on the roughest end possible of the possibilities

 

[Sunny_]

Also, the NAB fixture:

 

[Lord_Flashheart]

V Richmond - Metricon. 6.40pm Saturday.
V Freo - Patersons. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Lions - Metricon. 3.40pm Saturday.
v Hawks - Metricon. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Melbourne - MCG. 3.20pm Sunday.
v GWS - Metricon. 1.40pm Saturday.
BYE.
v Saints - Etihad. 4.40pm Sunday.
v Dogs - Metricon. 3.20pm Sunday.
v Crows - Adelaide Oval. 1.10pm Sunday.
v Swans - Metricon. 3.20pm Sunday.
v Eagles - Patersons. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Geelong - Metricon. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Hawks - Aurora. 1.45pm Saturday.
v Collingwood - Metricon. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Dogs - Cazalys. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Lions - Gabba. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Saints - Metricon. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Carlton - Etihad. 2.10pm Saturday.
v Port - Metricon. 2.10pm Saturday.
v Essendon - Etihad. 2.10pm Saturday.
v West Coast - Metricon. TBA.

14 wins

Calling it now

 

[Sunny_]

The green. It burns my eyes.

edit: I fixed the green.

 

[SUNS]

I love the Essendon at Metricon in the NAB challenge. Not so much the Q-Clash in Townsville

 

[Sunny_]

I would go:

V Richmond - Metricon. 6.40pm Saturday.
V Freo - Patersons. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Lions - Metricon. 3.40pm Saturday.
v Hawks - Metricon. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Melbourne - MCG. 3.20pm Sunday.
v GWS - Metricon. 1.40pm Saturday.
BYE.
v Saints - Etihad. 4.40pm Sunday.
v Dogs - Metricon. 3.20pm Sunday.
v Crows - Adelaide Oval. 1.10pm Sunday.
v Swans - Metricon. 3.20pm Sunday.
v Eagles - Patersons. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Geelong - Metricon. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Hawks - Aurora. 1.45pm Saturday.
v Collingwood - Metricon. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Dogs - Cazalys. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Lions - Gabba. 4.40pm Saturday.
v Saints - Metricon. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Carlton - Etihad. 2.10pm Saturday.
v Port - Metricon. 2.10pm Saturday.
v Essendon - Etihad. 2.10pm Saturday.
v West Coast - Metricon. TBA.

Neutral games being in black, those I think we can win in green, red the others. Puts us at 9 wins or so.

 

[Sunny_]

Gold Coast:
CLUBS YOU PLAY TWICE Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs, West Coast

PROS The Suns play three bottom-six teams twice and play 13 games in their home state.

CONS The lack of blockbuster timeslots would be disappointing, albeit expected. The Suns don't play on a Thursday or Friday night and only play on Saturday night three times – in rounds one, four and 19.

HIGHLIGHTS Their opening game against Richmond at home on a Saturday night shapes as a great game, as does the Queensland derby in round three.

TOUGHEST RUN From rounds 11 to 16 the Suns will take on Adelaide in Adelaide, the Sydney Swans, West Coast in Perth, Geelong, Hawthorn in Tasmania and then Collingwood.

TRAVEL They will have to cross the country twice to play Fremantle and West Coast and will also have to venture to Adelaide and Tasmania. They'll also play in Melbourne five times.

GAMES AGAINST 2013 TOP 6 Seven games – Hawthorn (twice), Fremantle, Sydney Swans, Geelong, Port Adelaide, Carlton.

GAMES AGAINST 2013 BOTTOM 6 Eight games – Brisbane Lions (twice), St Kilda (twice), Western Bulldogs (twice), GWS, Melbourne

WHAT WE SAY The Suns were always going to get a tougher draw given their improvement this year. But all in all, this should allow them to push further up the ladder, particularly given their 13 games in Queensland's humidity.

Article.

 

[TheSunGod]

Draw is exactly as Vlad promised haha. Just really on the roughest end possible of the possibilities

Vlad is no longer my favorite uncle!

 

[Scotty_222]

Plenty of games on free to air as well

 

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V Richmond - Metricon. 6.40pm Saturday.
v Lions - Metricon. 3.40pm Saturday.
v Hawks - Metricon. 7.40pm Saturday.
v Collingwood - Metricon. 4.40pm Saturday. (this one should sell out)

Four home games that you guys have that should get a crowd of 20k+ (GC v Coll is the only time the scum come up here, GC v Haw is the only time the premiers come up here and the 3.40pm start for the Q Clash allows more of our fans to make the trip down).

As a supporter of expansion, good luck with the crowds in 2014

I'll obviously be going to the Q Clash and I'm planning to come to GC v Richmond, mainly to find a certain famous Bay 13 character

 

[holybishop]

It's a decent fixture. Not a soft fixture but not insurmountable either. No interstate side can complain about travelling, it comes with the territory, although the 6 day break before the Subi game against WC wont be pleasant. Anyway I'm not complaining about 2 games in Perth