Traditional powerhouses Carlton And Richmond to open the 2017 season

[Tiger Toffee]

Too all those who hate this game being the opener, here is an idea on how to get in changed in the future......are you sitting down because this might shock you..........................................DON'T TURN ON THE TELEVISION, you neutral supporters are the reason why it keeps getting played as the opener because you keep watching it, you only have yourselves to blame.

 

[refresh]

Prussia and Napoleonic France to again open the season

 

[And_ROOS]

Season opener should be the same teams that played off in the Grand Final so that the Premier can unfurl their flag at their home ground.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

I have no issue with these two starting the year, but traditional big club is getting old now, neither club has had success for 20 plus years. How many years do we have to wait before they are really a big club again.

 

[Righteo]

Makes sense, you don't waste good games as openers given people will go/watch regardless.

 

[Xtreme]

Newsflash AFL, Ben Cousins hasn't played for a fair few years now a Richmond v Carlton match will not bring the punters in. It's like mediocre vs mediocre

 

[Falchoon]

love it

one of them has to lose to a mediocre team, meaning the season is over in round 1

 

[Blacky]

Wacky Tiger

 

[smasha]

Collingwood is the only powerhouse club. There are some other big clubs, but there is only one powerhouse club.

Given you a big head start you campaigners.

 

[smasha]

Newsflash AFL, Ben Cousins hasn't played for a fair few years now a Richmond v Carlton match will not bring the punters in. It's like mediocre vs mediocre

Always the pigeons that whinge about this game.

 

[emblurr]

Look forward to the traditional after game melts from the losing supporters of this game.

 

[Randomizor]

Yawn

 

[Catsnlakers]

Not bothered at all with this as the season opener... Seems to work fine, always gets a big crowd and tv audience.... And also we all have to play at some point in round 1 so i have never understood why fans complain about who gets the first match of it!

 

[go you pups]

Always the pigeons that whinge about this game.

At least this game will be Carlton's grand final next year

 

[Doggies1972]

Lets see your bunch of flogs open the season with a 90K crowd.

Or more than 40 on the scoreboard after the final siren.

 

[Doggies1972]

Collingwood is the only powerhouse club. There are some other big clubs, but there is only one powerhouse club.

Just like the Roman Empire.

 

[smasha]

At least this game will be Carlton's grand final next year

Yes pups.
We were lucky to escape last year,I thought we were gone until Richmond pulled their fingers out in the last,just.

 

[BigBen_JRC]

happy with this game, will be a lot of people there but both teams will miss the finals. If it's a blow out, the losing team will cop it

 

[JD Tomahawk]

It's actually quite funny, more of a running joke that these 2 teams open the season. Let it continue for the laughs

 

[Blue and Silver]

Excellent framing DVB

 

[DrEvil_]

I like it. Get the worst out of the way first.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Whoever is playing will get good ratings and a big crowd so completely irrelevant argument. Should atleast be 2 top 8 teams from previous year but as the AFL has shown us on numerous occasions they don't care about fairness of the league, just money.

 

[The Passenger]

Richmond v Carlton on a Thursday has become a great little tradition IMO. Gets the season underway with two of the more parochial supporter bases in the league. Remember 2014? What an anti climatic Round 1 that was. 42K the top crowd and 5 crowds under 25K.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

Good to be good for something.

I'll take it as well

 

[Blue and Silver]

Richmond v Carlton on a Thursday has become a great little tradition IMO. Gets the season underway with two of the more parochial supporter bases in the league. Remember 2014? What an anti climatic Round 1 that was. 42K the top crowd and 5 crowds under 25K.

It has the benefit of always being a big gate with great energy, even if the game is s**t.

Not convinced it needs to be the season opener, but a lot of the other big energy games are either derbys, locked into fixture (Coll/Ess) or somewhat fading (Haw/Gee is still great, but not what it was)