2016 AFL Fixture

[Donkey Chop]

 

[Donkey Chop]

aflratings: Games scheduled v 2015 Final 8

11 Haw, NM
10 Ade, Coll, Fre, Gee, GWS, PA, StK, Syd, WC
9 Bri, Car, Ess, GC, Mel, Ric, WB

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[Donkey Chop]

NORTH MELBOURNE

Tick: Given 11 night games, including five on Friday and a blockbuster Thursday night against Adelaide.

Tick: Fans given every chance to see “Boomer” Harvey break Michael Tuck’s games record, with a series of Melbourne-based games towards the end of the season.

Tick: Scored a Friday night game against Richmond in Hobart for its Tasmanian supporters.

Cross: Has eight interstate trips, including home Hobart games.

Cross: Has the equal-most six-day breaks with eight.

Cross: Plays Hawthorn, Sydney, Adelaide and Western Bulldogs twice.

From the Hun

 

[KangaFan35]

I do like our draw, I love watching us on Friday nights so I'm glad we get plenty of games on there, good to see Hobart get a Friday night game too.

 

[Yianni]

Who cares how many 2015 finalists we play twice?

The more important thing is how many 2016 finalists we play twice. Which we won't know until the end of the season.

Which is why all of this early draft analysis is pure speculation.

 

[Jay-Z]

Who cares how many 2015 finalists we play twice?

The more important thing is how many 2016 finalists we play twice. Which we won't know until the end of the season.

Which is why all of this early draft analysis is pure speculation.

Spot on. This time last year people would have been celebrating playing West coast twice and being scared of Port and Geelong. Rating the difficulty of next year's draw on this year's ladder is a waste of time

 

[royals1922]

Unless my sums are up the creek again, almost every side playing on a Friday night is coming off a 6 day break. You can't want Friday nights and not want 6 day breaks.

As usual, sloppy coverage by all and sundry. Just add up the 2015 wins of the teams you play against. Count how many finalists you play twice. Count the 6 day breaks. Give a ranking. Make a ladder. Assign a "winner." Bullshit.

What about consecutive travel? What about teams you have a good record against (North may be happy not to play Collingwood or Gold Coast twice, but quite disappointed not to get Richmond twice)? What about when you play sides? (Playing Collingwood in the second half of the year has recently been an advantage as is playing North early in the year) What about consecutive tough games? (Playing 6 finalists in 8 weeks may be OK if the pressure can be relieved with easier games every 2 or three weeks. But playing 6 in a row builds pressure than can make the easier games tougher).

The fact is the fixture is too complex for nearly anyone employed in today's football media to analyse accurately and even if someone can be bothered they're basically only guessing anyway.

Add to this that any analysis is by definition based on last year's form so if a team dives or flies the next year will change the view the analysis of the fixture.

Fremantle may fall away badly next year so 2 games against them may be an advantage not a disadvantage.

Too simplistic by half.

 

[Gasometer]

Add to this that any analysis is by definition based on last year's form so if a team dives or flies the next year will change the view the analysis of the fixture.

Fremantle, Hawks and Swans may fall away badly next year so 2 games against them may be an advantage not a disadvantage.

Too simplistic by half.

EFA

 

[Caracas]

It's the happiest I've ever been with a North draw. Of course, it doesn't mean we're going to win!

 

[Johndory]

Great draw.

16 games at Etihad, couldn't possibly complain about that. Love all the Friday and Saturday night games. Three games in Tassie where no other teams besides the hawks and us know how to play. A few more 6 day breaks then we would have liked but meh. See a minimum of 14 wins.

 

[archereleven]

Friday night games.

Like

 

[Event Horizon]

The Collingwood game seems to be a strange move by the AFL. Prime time slot, big crowd likely, yet they schedule it at Etihad as their home game. What are the chances of more than 5k North supporters getting into Etihad for that one?

 

[LETSGOKANGAS]

The Collingwood game seems to be a strange move by the AFL. Prime time slot, big crowd likely, yet they schedule it at Etihad as their home game. What are the chances of more than 5k North supporters getting into Etihad for that one?

AFL might be banking on Collingwood's season being over by that stage.

 

[Gasometer]

Great draw.

16 games at Etihad, couldn't possibly complain about that. Love all the Friday and Saturday night games. Three games in Tassie where no other teams besides the hawks and us know how to play. A few more 6 day breaks then we would have liked but meh. See a minimum of 14 wins.

16 serves of Home Made Dimmys.

Stein look

 

[Gasometer]

AFL might be banking on Collingwood's season being over by that stage.

Will be ticketed game imo

 

[blackshadow]

Glad to read so many positives. Champion Data rates our draw as the worst of all clubs. Hun describes it as "North in strife".

And you believe the Hun?

I'd use it to wipe my arse but I prefer the softness of sorbent.

 

[HBFlanker]

Only twice to Sydney & West Coast by 2pts after Dean Cox turned the match on it's head.

Yeah thats right. Good record down there

 

[Only Forwards]

Analysing the fixture in October is a pretty redundant exercise.

after round 4/5 we should have a bit of a feel for

- How we look and whether we are playing ruthless football.
- Who has dipped
- Who has sprung forword
- Who is holding from 2015

The fixture is a lot like the umpiring of a game, you need to be able to win inspite of it to be any good.

For me here is where it starts and stops, we play 16 games on grounds that we call home (13 ES/3 BA) we need to win all of them.

 

[scooby1279]

NORTH MELBOURNE

Tick: Given 11 night games, including five on Friday and a blockbuster Thursday night against Adelaide.

Tick: Fans given every chance to see “Boomer” Harvey break Michael Tuck’s games record, with a series of Melbourne-based games towards the end of the season.

Tick: Scored a Friday night game against Richmond in Hobart for its Tasmanian supporters.

Cross: Has eight interstate trips, including home Hobart games.

Cross: Has the equal-most six-day breaks with eight.

Cross: Plays Hawthorn, Sydney, Adelaide and Western Bulldogs twice.

From the Hun

only team that is a worry is the hawks but i am sure the club doesn't fear playing any of those teams.

 

[Only Forwards]

only team that is a worry is the hawks but i am sure the club doesn't fear playing any of those teams.

The club should 100% have both Hawks games marked down as weeks where we make a physical statement on field.

 

[Marstermind]

The club should 100% have both Hawks games marked down as weeks where we make a physical statement on field.

Yep. They clearly see us a weak and after the last match when we capitulated when they went the knuckle they may have good reason to think that.

Line in the sand games.

 

[Only Forwards]

Yep. They clearly see us a weak and after the last match when we capitulated when they went the knuckle they may have good reason to think that.

Line in the sand games.

Would have been good to get them earlier than we do.

By round 13 we will know how we are travelling and how they are so the game may be arbitary by that point anyway.

IMO would have been better to get them in round 4 instead of the dockers.

 

[JD-Roo]

16 serves of Home Made Dimmys.

Stein look

IUB influence there?

 

[JD-Roo]

And you believe the Hun?

I'd use it to wipe my arse but I prefer the softness of sorbent.

An advertising line I've never forgotten........

"Sorbent's thickness you can trust......"

Ewww........ but it's a message that stays with you......

 

[see see]

Just booked my flights for the Richmond match in Hobart. Friday night at Bellerive will be a ripper.