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I'm Lovin this Draw. But 2 many Sunday games for mine. :thumbsd:


ROUND 1

THURSDAY, MARCH 26
Richmond v Carlton MCG (N)

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

Hawthorn v Geelong MCG (N)

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

Collingwood v Adelaide MCG

Brisbane Lions v West Coast G (N)

St Kilda v Sydney TD (N)

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG

Port Adelaide v Essendon AS

Fremantle v Western Bulldogs S (N)


ROUND 2

FRIDAY, APRIL 3

Adelaide v St Kilda AS (N)

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

Geelong v Richmond SS

Collingwood v Melbourne MCG

Carlton v Brisbane Lions TD (N)

Sydney v Hawthorn ANZ (N)

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

Essendon v Fremantle TD

Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne MCG

West Coast v Port Adelaide S (T)


ROUND 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

Geelong v Collingwood MCG (N)

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

St Kilda v West Coast TD

Brisbane Lions v Sydney G (N)

Carlton v Essendon MCG (N)

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

Port Adelaide v Melbourne AS

North Melbourne v Hawthorn TD

Fremantle v Adelaide S (T)

MONDAY, APRIL 13

Western Bulldogs v Richmond TD


ROUND 4

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Brisbane Lions v Collingwood G (N)

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

Sydney v Carlton SCG

Hawthorn v Port Adelaide MCG

St Kilda v Fremantle TD (N)

Adelaide v Geelong AS (N)


SUNDAY, APRIL 19

North Melbourne v Essendon TD

Richmond v Melbourne MCG

West Coast v Western Bulldogs S (T)


ROUND 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

Port Adelaide v St Kilda AS (N)

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

Essendon v Collingwood MCG

Hawthorn v West Coast AU (T)

North Melbourne v Richmond TD (N)

Fremantle v Sydney S (N)

SUNDAY, APRIL 26

Geelong v Brisbane Lions SS

Western Bulldogs v Carlton TD

Melbourne v Adelaide MCG (T)


ROUND 6

FRIDAY, MAY 1

North Melbourne v Collingwood TD (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 2

Hawthorn v Carlton MCG

West Coast v Fremantle S

Brisbane Lions v Essendon G (N)

Port Adelaide v Adelaide AS (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 3

Sydney v Richmond SCG

Melbourne v Geelong MCG

Western Bulldogs v St Kilda TD (T)


ROUND 7

FRIDAY, MAY 8

Essendon v Hawthorn TD (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 9

Geelong v Sydney SS

Richmond v Brisbane Lions MCG

North Melbourne v Port Adelaide TD (N)

Carlton v Fremantle C (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 10

Adelaide v Western Bulldogs AS

West Coast v Melbourne S (T)

MONDAY, MAY 11

Collingwood v St Kilda TD (N)


ROUND 8

FRIDAY, MAY 15

Fremantle v Hawthorn S (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 16

Melbourne v Western Bulldogs MCG

Geelong v North Melbourne SS

Brisbane Lions v Adelaide G (N)

Sydney v West Coast ANZ (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 17

Port Adelaide v Richmond AS

Collingwood v Carlton MCG

St Kilda v Essendon TD (T)


ROUND 9

FRIDAY, MAY 22

Geelong v Western Bulldogs TD (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 23

North Melbourne v Fremantle TD

Adelaide v Carlton AS

West Coast v Collingwood S (N)

Richmond v Essendon MCG (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 24

Sydney v Port Adelaide SCG

St Kilda v Brisbane Lions TD

Hawthorn v Melbourne MCG (T)


ROUND 10

FRIDAY, MAY 29

Carlton v West Coast TD (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 30

Western Bulldogs v Sydney MO

North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions TD

St Kilda v Melbourne C (N)

Fremantle v Richmond S (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 31

Adelaide v Hawthorn AS

Essendon v Geelong TD

Collingwood v Port Adelaide MCG (T)


ROUND 11

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

Richmond v Western Bulldogs TD (N)

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

North Melbourne v St Kilda TD

Brisbane Lions v Carlton G (N)

Port Adelaide v Fremantle AS (N)

SUNDAY, JUNE 7

Essendon v Adelaide TD

Hawthorn v Sydney MCG

West Coast v Geelong S (T)

MONDAY, JUNE 8

Melbourne v Collingwood MCG


SPLIT ROUND 12

FRIDAY, JUNE 12

Carlton v St Kilda TD (N)

SATURDAY, JUNE 13

Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide D (N)

Richmond v West Coast TD (N)

SUNDAY, JUNE 14

Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions AU

Adelaide v North Melbourne AS (T)

FRIDAY, JUNE 19

Essendon v Melbourne TD (N)

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

Sydney v Collingwood ANZ (N)

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

Fremantle v Geelong S (T)


ROUND 13

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

Essendon v Carlton MCG (N)

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

Collingwood v Fremantle MCG

Adelaide v Sydney AS

Brisbane Lions v Melbourne G

West Coast v Hawthorn S (N)

SUNDAY, JUNE 28

Geelong v Port Adelaide SS

North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs MCG

St Kilda v Richmond TD (T)


ROUND 14

FRIDAY, JULY 3

Collingwood v Essendon MCG (N)

SATURDAY, JULY 4

Melbourne v West Coast MCG

Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions AS

Richmond v Adelaide C (N)

Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn TD (N)

SUNDAY, JULY 5

Sydney v North Melbourne SCG

St Kilda v Geelong TD

Fremantle v Carlton S (T)


ROUND 15

FRIDAY, JULY 10

Western Bulldogs v Collingwood TD (N)

SATURDAY, JULY 11

Sydney v Essendon SCG

Carlton v Richmond MCG

Brisbane Lions v Geelong G (N)

Adelaide v Fremantle AS (N)

SUNDAY, JULY 12

Hawthorn v North Melbourne AU

Melbourne v Port Adelaide MCG

West Coast v St Kilda S (T)


ROUND 16

FRIDAY, JULY 17

Essendon v Western Bulldogs TD (N)

SATURDAY, JULY 18

Carlton v Sydney TD

Geelong v Melbourne SS

Collingwood v Hawthorn MCG (N)

Fremantle v Brisbane Lions S (N)

SUNDAY, JULY 19

Port Adelaide v West Coast AS

Richmond v North Melbourne MCG

St Kilda v Adelaide TD (T)


ROUND 17

FRIDAY, JULY 24

Carlton v Collingwood MCG (N)

SATURDAY, JULY 25

Geelong v Hawthorn MCG

Fremantle v West Coast S (T)

Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne G (N)

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs TD (N)

SUNDAY, JULY 26

Melbourne v Sydney MO

Essendon v Richmond MCG

Adelaide v Port Adelaide AS (T)


ROUND 18

FRIDAY, JULY 31

North Melbourne v Carlton TD (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

Western Bulldogs v Fremantle TD

Geelong v Adelaide SS

Sydney v St Kilda SCG (N)

Collingwood v Brisbane Lions MCG (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

Melbourne v Richmond MCG

Port Adelaide v Hawthorn AS

West Coast v Essendon S (T)


ROUND 19

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

Carlton v Geelong MCG (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8

Western Bulldogs v West Coast TD

Hawthorn v St Kilda AU

Essendon v Brisbane Lions MCG (N)

Adelaide v Collingwood AS (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

North Melbourne v Melbourne TD

Richmond v Sydney MCG

Fremantle v Port Adelaide S (T)


ROUND 20

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

Hawthorn v Adelaide MCG (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

Richmond v Collingwood MCG

West Coast v North Melbourne S (T)

Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs G (N)

Sydney v Geelong ANZ (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

Melbourne v Fremantle MCG

Port Adelaide v Carlton AS

Essendon v St Kilda TD (T)


ROUND 21

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21

Western Bulldogs v Geelong TD (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

Carlton v Melbourne TD

Adelaide v West Coast AS

Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide G (N)

Richmond v Hawthorn MCG (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

St Kilda v North Melbourne TD

Collingwood v Sydney MCG

Fremantle v Essendon S (T)


ROUND 22

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28

West Coast v Richmond S (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

Geelong v Fremantle SS

Hawthorn v Essendon MCG

Carlton v Adelaide TD (T)

Sydney v Brisbane Lions SCG (N)

Port Adelaide v North Melbourne AS (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30

Melbourne v St Kilda MCG

Collingwood v Western Bulldogs TD (T)


http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...-11088,00.html
 
7 out of the first 9 at TD (i think), thats pretty good.

a few sunday games but i think the draw is pretty good. monday night match against collingwood will be good :thumbsu:

someone add up how many night matches we have i'm too lazy :o
 
Friday Night - 3
Saturday - 3
Saturday Night - 5
Sunday Afternoon - 4
Sunday Twilight - 6
Monday - 1

First 11 Games:

TD - 8
AS - 2
C - 1

Last 11 Games:

TD - 7
MCG - 1
AU - 1
SCG - 1
S - 1

Top 4 Teams:

4 (Western Bulldogs x 2, Hawthorn, Geelong)

Teams 5-8:

7 (Sydney x2, Kangaroos x2, Collingwood x2, Adelaide)

Teams 9-12:

5 (Essendon x2, Carlton, Richmond, Brisbane)

Teams 13-16:

6 (Melbourne x2, West Coast x2, Fremantle, Port Adelaide)
 
It looks pretty good. I like the idea of traditionally starting against Sydney, which the AFL has started to toy with. Personally, two games at AAMI is great for me, but not necessarily great for the Saints. I think that if we are going to have to play at Carrara for a game, hey, who better to play against than the Dees?! Interesting to note we play the two WA teams sequentially at TD. We should win a fair few, and be in a position to go top 3.
 

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I'm happy with that draw.

Maybe (possibly - only one game at the MCG, maybe) I'll find reasons to complain later, but after a first look, it looks ... really good.
 
Yeah draw looks great... No Freo at Subi which is what... The first time ever... Not that it really bothered us this year :)

Only one against Cats and Hawks is also great!

This years draw was good tho :(
 
Yeah, pretty shocked that we play our first game at the G in Round 22.

Thats probably not gonna work in our favour...

Otherwise a pretty decent draw, wouldn't have minded a few more Friday or Saturday night games, and a couple less Twilight games.

We just needed to play on a Thursday and we'd have had every timeslot covered...
 
As a SA SAINTER i am pretty happy for us to be playing 2 games at AAMI next season. We play pretty good there, especially against the crows. I hate us playing on a friday night normally cos it is always delayed on channel bruce. But with us playing on a friday night only 3 times and 2 of those at aami it is all good :)
 
What an awsome draw. 15 games at TD. only 4 interstate games. I consider AU & C neutral territory, and its melb were playing at Carara. Oh man here we come finals 09.
 
SaintsSeptember said:
It depends.
If the object is to squirm our way into finals it is a great draw.
If the object is to win the grand final it would be better with more MCG games and more games against Cats/Hawks.
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My early thoughts as well September. What heartens me is that the favourable draw (if we can take full advantage of it) should instill a winning mentality in the players minds, and make other teams more wary of us.

Would have liked one or two more blockbuster games at the G though- that Maggies Monday game in round 7 seems tailor-made for a big crowd (although it would probably have to be on a Friday or Saturday night to come close to filling the G now that I think about it, but still...)
 
Selfishly I'm dissapointed we're not playing Lions at the Gabba but at least I've got the GC game. Pretty dissapointed at the one MCG game in round 22. Bit more time at the G would be good.
 

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Rd 18+19 i dont like, back to back interstate games, come on!!

Sat night games i like, 2 in Adelaide in like 4 weeks not great
 
Sir Robert said:
Yeah draw looks great... No Freo at Subi which is what... The first time ever... Not that it really bothered us this year :)

Only one against Cats and Hawks is also great!

This years draw was good tho :(
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I think you could be right about it being the first time that we haven't played Freo at Subi. I usually go to all our Freo matches over here as it is easier to get seats than the Eagles matches, which are almost always sell outs due to their high membership. So not really great news for me to not have the Freo match but probably good for the club that they only have one trip West.

Otherwise it does look a pretty good draw, can't complain about only playing the Hawks and Cats once and playing teams like Melbourne and West Coast twice.
 
Plugger35 said:
I think you could be right about it being the first time that we haven't played Freo at Subi. I usually go to all our Freo matches over here as it is easier to get seats than the Eagles matches, which are almost always sell outs due to their high membership. So not really great news for me to not have the Freo match but probably good for the club that they only have one trip West.

Otherwise it does look a pretty good draw, can't complain about only playing the Hawks and Cats once and playing teams like Melbourne and West Coast twice.
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Before 2009....

PLayed Freo in Perth every year except 1995.

Played Brisbane in Brisbane every year since they became the lions except 2003.

not much to complain about besides a multitude of Sunday games. :thumbsu:
 

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panthers said:
As a SA SAINTER i am pretty happy for us to be playing 2 games at AAMI next season. We play pretty good there, especially against the crows. I hate us playing on a friday night normally cos it is always delayed on channel bruce. But with us playing on a friday night only 3 times and 2 of those at aami it is all good :)
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Not Port, may as well lose 4 points without playing when we go there.

foxy_dal said:
Not happy with all the Sunday games!
And playing 5 interstate teams in the first 5 rounds?
When was the last time we played a Melbourne team in round 1?
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06, Melbourne at the G I think (Season Opener if my memories ok).
 
Saints 09' fixture statement

The St Kilda Football Club is pleased to announce a fixture for 2009 that will allow more members and supporters to attend live games and watch the Saints in action.

The full 2009 fixture released by the AFL this morning revealed an increase in Sunday games for the Saints who will also play five interstate away matches and pioneer the league’s Monday Night Football initiative against Collingwood at Telstra Dome in Round 7.

Senior Coach Ross Lyon said, “It’s a positive draw in a football sense.”

“We play 15 of our 22 matches at the Telstra Dome, only travel to Perth and Queensland once and return to the Gold Coast for a home game against the Demons.”

The key points for the Saints in the 2009 fixture are:

• 15 of 22 games to be played at the Telstra Dome
• The first time in five seasons the Club embarks on just one Perth trip
• No game at the Gabba for just the second time in 12 years
• Monday Night Football against Collingwood in Round 7
• A return to the Gold Coast for a home clash against Melbourne in Round 10
• Just one game each against the 2008 Grand Finalists, including playing Hawthorn in Tasmania
• Home and away matches against Melbourne, Essendon, West Coast, Kangaroos, Sydney, Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs

While St Kilda strongly believes it has been handed a fair football draw, the Club also realises that it faces a significant commercial challenge given the redistribution of highly sought after timeslots which leaves the Saints without a Friday night home game in 2009.

Saints CEO Archie Fraser said, “It’s a major shift away from what the Club has been used to over the past few seasons, but we are committed to making the most of the hand we’ve been dealt and we are well advanced with strategies on how to maximise improved membership satisfaction and growth from this draw.”

“On a positive note, it’s a fair footy draw that gives our members and supporters the opportunity to come and watch more live St Kilda games at the Telstra Dome in a range of new time slots that haven’t been available over the past few years. At the end of the day, we’re all involved to win football games and we believe this draw will give us a solid opportunity to achieve this outcome.”
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Games by Networks for 2009

Channel 7 Games
Carlton,Collingwood 9
Essendon,Geelong,Western Bulldogs 8
Hawthorn,St Kilda 7
North Melbourne,Richmond 6
Melbourne,Port Adelaide 5
Sydney 3
Adelaide,Brisbane,West Coast 2
Fremantle 1

Channel 10 Games
Hawthorn,Richmond 10
Collingwood 9
Carlton,Geelong 7
Brisbane 6
Essendon,Melbourne,North Melbourne,Sydney 5
Fremantle,West Coast 4
Adelaide,St Kilda,Western Bulldogs 3
Port Adelaide 2

Foxtel Games
Adelaide,Fremantle 17
West Coast 16
Port Adelaide 15
Brisbane,Sydney 14
Melbourne,St Kilda 12
North Melbourne,Western Bulldogs 11
Essendon 9
Geelong 7
Carlton,Richmond 6
Hawthorn 5
Collingwood 4
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I'm happy with it. May not be good off the field but good for on it which is the main thing.

More live games. :thumbsu::)
 
SaintsSeptember said:
Apparently only 10 free to air games. Looks like I need to scrape up $800 for Foxtel.
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Equal lowest free to air games with Melbourne of Victorian based clubs. That is really unfair. Collingwood have 18 and Richmond and Carlton have 16 each.

5 twilight games is not good either.
 
How come we don't end up with not even one home friday night game. teribble.

I'm sure that the way we have been playing has affected our ratings and popularity over the last two years.
 
The draw is fine in terms of who we play etc. BUT!!!

The AFL is basically saying: "we don't think much of St Kilda". No blockbuster Friday night games. No free to air coverage.

It stinks...................
 

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