Prediction 2024 Fixture Predictions

[davemc_lions]

Home games against Geelong and Richmond should be wins. Expect both to struggle next year. We were overdue to play Eagles in Perth. Just as Hawks were overdue to play us in Brissy - once again they don't. Hawthorn would have played around two games in Brisbane in last 6/7 years I reckon. That said much more happy to play Hawks at Marvel than MCG.

Some teams will surprise and improve others will unexpectedly fall away. So hard to rate draw, although it looks tough and playing in SA and WA so often doesn't help. A squad with good depth always comes in handy in such times. I feel we have that.

Seeing it easier use the fixture
Select Gabba Hawks since 2017 we played them twice at Gabba. Only years double up.
2018 and 2019 Gabba
2017,18,19,21,22 Tassie
20 and 23 MCG

 

[davemc_lions]

The club raises it as one of their scheduling requests every year. The AFL ignores it every year.

correct I beat another interstate team plays 6-7 again this year
Even Geelong is somewhere I drive to
Was thinking Gather round although 4:40pm on a Friday

Crows 4 plus Geelong
GWS 4 plus Geelong
Swans 6
Dockers 5
Eagles 5 plus Geelong
Suns 5
Port 5 plus Geelong

If you add Geelong most sides 5-6 So much for Melb supporters

 

[CarterS]

3 trips to Adelaide again, why?

2 trips to Perth.

Pretty rough. I'd be surprised if any other team has 5 trips to SA and WA.

QClash Sunday night before the QLD Public Holiday is well overdue though.

 

[dlanod]

AFL 2024 fixture difficulty (from easiest to hardest)

Based on the 2023 percentage of the teams they play twice in 2024

1. Gold Coast Suns - bottom 6

2. North Melbourne - bottom 6

3. West Coast Eagles - bottom 6

4. St Kilda - middle 6

5. Geelong - middle 6 (just)

6. Richmond - bottom 6

7. Fremantle - bottom 6

8. Essendon - middle 6

9. Melbourne - top 6

10. Western Bulldogs - middle 6

11. Carlton - top 6

12. GWS Giants - top 6

13. Adelaide Crows - middle 6

14. Hawthorn - bottom 6

15. Collingwood - top 6

16. Sydney Swans - middle 6

17. Port Adelaide - top 6

18. Brisbane Lions - top 6

Got to feel for Hawthorn and Sydney more than any. Rest are fairly interchangeable.

 

[braddsey]

As a VIC member I would have preferred an additional game in Melbourne, ideally at the MCG. Otherwise I've got no complaints about the draw. For double ups, we missed out on being premiers by 4 points - no one's getting an easy ride from there.
2 trips to Perth - the first on the back of a 9-day break follow by the bye, the second 7-day break either side of home games.
The only real back-to-back travel round is gather round-4 into Melbourne round-5. We've got back-to-back games at Marvel, but this is either side of the second bye.
We open the season at home, we end the season at home.

pretty good!

 

[CarterS]

Broadly speaking the harder games are at home so if we play well we have a chance to really go well. I don;t think it's as hard as rated.

 

[Gibbo_88]

3 trips to Adelaide again, why?

2 trips to Perth.

Pretty rough. I'd be surprised if any other team has 5 trips to SA and WA.

QClash Sunday night before the QLD Public Holiday is well overdue though.

Yeah, those 5 trips is a bit of a stitch up. 1 more game at the MCG and it would probably be an ok fixture.

 

[M Malice]

Broadly speaking the harder games are at home so if we play well we have a chance to really go well. I don;t think it's as hard as rated.

Yep, good chance to go undefeated or close to it at the Gabba again in 2024.

If we can win 10-11 of our home games it means if we win 6-7 of our 12 away fixtures we are top 4 certainties and a good chance of top 2 again.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Carlton, Richmond, Pies, Bombers, Demons, Cats all at home. Big drawing teams. I'm happy with what we have.

 

[CarterS]

We're a chance to sell out every game at the Gabba except for the GWS one I reckon.

 

[CarterS]

Would have liked another game at the MCG, one less Adelaide or Perth trip, and an extra Friday night game. But you never get everything.

 

[martinson]

My interest in AFL seemed to fall off a cliff when the final siren went GF day . I suppose some enthusiasm might return when the season starts.

The draw seems much the same as our draw every year since we showed some success and we have a bit of a sook about the same things .

So obviously it won't be changing any time soon.

 

[CarterS]

Not counting gather round where we all travel:

Pies 1 trip to WA and 0 to SA (to play Port or Adelaide), we have 4 (away games vs both SA and WA teams).

 

[Elixuh]

Seriously; the theatre of what?

Is this the same theatre they think trade periods have; just so you can hear some nobody from one club to move to another club; for who this theatre is for, I have no idea.

The excitement as each game is announced has been a highlight for me this year

 

[lionsrules]

Interstate club makes a granny gets whacked as expected …. Just shows how a lost opportunity that game was.

 

[dlanod]

Straight sets is still a top 6 finish, losing an EF is middle 6.

God, refresh your page some time. I deleted that an hour before you replied to it (after doing the later post breaking down the "easiness" of schedules vs bottom/middle/top status)!

 

[dlanod]

IMO the hard draw is GREAT.

Go back and look at our problems the last few years. It's the "gimme" games that we struggle to get up for and we're good for two or three complete brainfades throughout the year. The harder the draw the less chances to drop games against a Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Fremantle, whatever.

 

[Jivlain]

God, refresh your page some time. I deleted that an hour before you replied to it (after doing the later post breaking down the "easiness" of schedules vs bottom/middle/top status)!

Unrefreshed pages really bring out the terroir of the poasts

 

[martinson]

IMO the hard draw is GREAT.

Go back and look at our problems the last few years. It's the "gimme" games that we struggle to get up for and we're good for two or three complete brainfades throughout the year. The harder the draw the less chances to drop games against a Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Fremantle, whatever.

I'm a bit in the same boat.

Everyone looks at the draw and assumes this or that before the season even starts. History shows 'easy' games don't often do good teams any favours. It's also hard to know what will be easy and what won't at this stage.

 

[martinson]

And just as an aside to that our winning margins don't generally alter overly whoever we play.

 

[M Malice]

I'm a bit in the same boat.

Everyone looks at the draw and assumes this or that before the season even starts. History shows 'easy' games don't often do good teams any favours. It's also hard to know what will be easy and what won't at this stage.

Yes and clubs regularly come from outside the top 8 to into the top 4 from one season to the next so hard to know who is going to jump up... and fall down for that matter.

 

[T Rick]

double ups against collingwood, saints, crows, giants, melbourne and gold coast. pretty tough

no tasmania, ballarat or geelong games though.

the league really seems to like the melbourne v brisbane matchup

Really pleased we are not playing in Tasmania, Ballarat or Geelong!

 

[T Rick]

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I just don't get the Carlton prime-time thing. One finals win in the last 10 years...

 

[T Rick]

Do not understand how the Dees got yet another double up on West Coast.

VFL scheduling...

 

[Section 5]

It is with a big FU to the Melbourne fans with how spread out it is. Have to wait about 6 weeks for the first game, followed by another 6 week gap and then a 2 month gap between games 3 and 4. Hard to get the next generation of Lions kids in Melbourne interested if this is the new normal. Does the club even fight for this and wasn’t there some merger agreement of 6!games down there or am I mistaken?

Always an issue with playing games in Melbourne.
This year at least you got 6 games. Then not having to travel to the grand final was a bonus.
This year only five games. Maybe some finals and hopefully again the GF.

Not sure how you would prefer the 5 games spread out.
No matter how you may prefer it done some others may not like it that way.
The issue of course has always been the club asks for 6 and mostly get only 5 with Geelong sometimes thrown in to appease some.