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did a quick table up due to the fact i am home today after have my wisdom teeth out yesterday an am bored. This is based on 2012 form so wont work out like this, plus teams will drop ones they should win and win ones they should drop like always, but here is my best guess.
ladder wins
hawks 20
dockers 18
pies 18
cats 17
crows 16
eagles 15
swans 15
dons 12
tigers 11
roos 11
blues 10
saints 9
lions 8
dogs 5
power 4
dees 3
suns 3
giants 2
 
Certainly could have been worse. Certainly.
Only thing better would have been to get one of the North, Cartlon or Essendon "home" games at the G rather than Etihad.

I think that the mid year GC, GWS, bye, BL run will be harder than it looks. Both GC and GWS will be better and BL will give us a harder run at it.

16 wins would be nice for sure but it's a long way between now and then. (injuries suspensions etc)

Given the length of season and our veteran players, I see a lot of the "general" being applied and our depth will be called upon more than ever.

Our record at seasons end will, I believe, will reflect the more on the players 16 - 32 than the performance of 1 - 16.

All in all, a good time but @#%@#% me... 12 night games... thats 2 am LA time..... better start banking sleep now.... o_O

Go Catters
 
bingle said:
Compared to previous years I am actually reasonably happy with that fixture. I am excited about night football in Geelong despite the fact it's going to be colder than a witch's t!+ and the fact that I will be unlikely to get home until after midnight.
the spread of interstate games is evenly distributed and it appears that Chris Scott and the team will probably be having a week's holiday/training camp on the Gold Coast mid-season again.
Love the fact that most Melbourne games are saturday night. Traditionally better supported by Geelong members than Firday night.
Only 1 Perth trip is a refreshing change and I look forward to getting a first hand look at Skoda stadium next season when the team plays up there.
Apologies if some of these points have been previously mentioned, no time to read everyone's posts before posting myself
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Looking at about 1am get home time for this young lady.:(

Someone had better draw saints and Freo a map.
 
My analysis of how next season may pan out for us:

1 Monday, April 1 Hawthorn MCG Away 3.15pm LOL win (50/50 contest actually, but I think the hoodoo will continue)
2 Sunday, April 7 North Melbourne Etihad Stadium Home 1.10pm may be tougher than it seems, don't forget we'll be coming off a 6 day break v Hawthorn. Roos may just upset us again (loss).
3 Saturday, April 13 Carlton Etihad Stadium Home 7.40pm win because it's at Etihad. If it were at the MCG, I wouldn't be so confident with the run and spread Carlton would be able to generate.
4 Friday, April 19 Sydney Swans SCG Away 7.50pm 50/50, but I'll say a loss. Saving petrol tickets for later in the season.
5 Saturday, April 27 Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium Away 7.40pm probable win, however it wouldn't surprise me to see the Dogs push us (as they did this season)
6 Saturday, May 4 Richmond MCG Away 7.40pm win, although it will be a tough match
7 Friday, May 10 Essendon Etihad Stadium Home 7.50pm win, Essendon are our bunnies
8 Saturday, May 18 Collingwood MCG Away 7.40pm 50/50, will say a loss
9 Saturday, May 25 Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium Away 1.15pm likely win
10 Saturday, June 1 Gold Coast SUNS Simonds Stadium Home 7.40pm lock in a nice percentage boost
11 Saturday, June 8 GWS GIANTS Skoda Stadium Away 1.40pm ditto
12 Bye
13 Sunday, June 23 Brisbane Lions Gabba Away 4.40pm won't be easy, but we should have enough class to come away with the points
14 Saturday, June 29 Fremantle Simonds Stadium Home 7.40pm probable win (70/30) because it's at home
15 Saturday, July 6 Hawthorn MCG Home 7.40pm the hoodoo to continue in another grinding contest, win
16 Saturday, July 13 Melbourne Simonds Stadium Home 2.10pm zzzzzz, lock it in
17 Sunday, July 21 Adelaide Crows AAMI Stadium Away 2.45pm loss, how many years now have we had to play the Crows at Football Park?
18 Saturday, July 27 St Kilda Simonds Stadium Home 7.40pm nearly a definite win, Saints will struggle on an unfamiliar ground
19 Friday, August 2 North Melbourne Etihad Stadium Away 7.50pm 60/40, dependent on how North fare in the latter half of the season. Will say a narrow loss.
20 Saturday, August 10 Port Adelaide Simonds Stadium Home 2.10pm lock it in
21 Saturday, August 17 West Coast Eagles Patersons Stadium Away 5.40pm probable loss, how many years now have we had to play them in Perth?
22 Saturday, August 24 Sydney Swans Simonds Stadium Home 4.40pm 70/30, although it will be another tough contest (win)
23 TBC Brisbane Lions Simonds Stadium Home TBC probable win

Is 16-6 realistic or merely wishful thinking on my behalf? Surely we'll lose more games in the first half of the season? 16-6 would most likely be enough to net us a top 4 spot and a very decent shot at the flag come finals time, should we be fit and firing.
My gripe with our fixture is the fact we only play one home game at the MCG (Hawthorn) and just 4 there in total. I'm really getting sick of these 'home' games at Jihad, particularly against Carlton and Essendon. The other gripe I have regarding it is the fact we face the Crows and Eagles interstate for the umpteenth time (shouldn't complain though considering we have Freo at home). Other than that, it's fairly reasonable.
 

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dazbroncos said:
Certainly could have been worse. Certainly.
Only thing better would have been to get one of the North, Cartlon or Essendon "home" games at the G rather than Etihad.

I think that the mid year GC, GWS, bye, BL run will be harder than it looks. Both GC and GWS will be better and BL will give us a harder run at it.

16 wins would be nice for sure but it's a long way between now and then. (injuries suspensions etc)

Given the length of season and our veteran players, I see a lot of the "general" being applied and our depth will be called upon more than ever.

Our record at seasons end will, I believe, will reflect the more on the players 16 - 32 than the performance of 1 - 16.

All in all, a good time but @#%@#% me... 12 night games... thats 2 am LA time..... better start banking sleep now.... o_O

Go Catters
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Are you able to watch them all live in LA?
 
No complaints considering KP availability. Bye between flights is a nice twist. Run home looks good, with rounds 21-22 to sharpen the claws heading into finals.

Bring it on! ....:footy:
 
9) Port Adelaide
10) Gold Coast
11) GWS
12) Bye
13) Brisbane
14) Fremantle (Simonds)

Those are all very winnable games. I guess we should go all out at the start and hold back on the resting for around this time. Round 9-12 will give us 4 rounds to really rest players. In 15 we play Hawthorn again, so we should be fresh for that match.

Very pleased. :thumbsu:
 
Our draw, while not as bad as it could be, is still not as good as it should be given our 2012 season. What's with all the consecutive 6 day breaks? Cats get 6, Pies and Eagles get 4 each and 5 other teams only get 2. The rest get none.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...ll-more-equal-than-others-20121031-28iml.html

Interesting that the analysis shows the Dawks with the worst draw :)p hahah suck on that Clarko's Clackers) and Roos with second worst (WTF did they do to deserve that?). No wonder Vlad wants to gift Cookie to North.

Sydney get off VERY VERY LIGHTLY for 2012 Premiers!.

The Purple ****s and Eagles are hammered with 20 road trips each of travel this year, while they had to go soft on Essendon because their cardboard cut-out coach Hurd would get all soggy if they made him cry.
 
My rough predictions. By the end of next year, you will find that this will be wildly inaccurate because teams have been a lot less predictable in the past couple of years.

R1. Hawthorn v Geelong (Geelong by 5)
R2. Geelong v North (Geelong by 13)
R3. Geelong v Carlton (Geelong by 10)
R4. Sydney v Geelong (Sydney by 2)
R5. WB v Geelong (Geelong by 67)
R6. Richmond v Geelong (Geelong by 28)
R7. Geelong v Essendon (Geelong by 24)
R8. Collingwood v Geelong (Collingwood by 18)
R9. Port v Geelong (Geelong by 54)
R10. Geelong v GC (Geelong by 85)
R11. GWS v Geelong (Geelong by 93)
R12. BYE
R13. Brisbane v Geelong (Geelong by 12)
R14. Geelong v Fremantle (Geelong by 38)
R15. Geelong v Hawthorn (Geelong by 7)
R16. Geelong v Melbourne (Geelong by 112)
R17. Adelaide v Geelong (Adelaide by 15)
R18. Geelong v St Kilda (Geelong by 44)
R19. North v Geelong (Geelong by 68) - we tend to do some extraordinary shit in R19 and R20
R20. Geelong v Port (Geelong by 139)
R21. WC v Geelong (WC by 5)
R22. Geelong v Sydney (Geelong by 32)
R23. Geelong v Brisbane (Geelong by 45)
 
FredLeDeux said:
Are you able to watch them all live in LA?
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depending on what the AFL does with international broadcast rights, but currently yes. LIVEAFL.TV streams on line and in US fox soccer plus has 2 live games a week, so Cats get a chance there too..

GO Catters
 
muttweed said:
My rough predictions. By the end of next year, you will find that this will be wildly inaccurate because teams have been a lot less predictable in the past couple of years.

R1. Hawthorn v Geelong (Geelong by 5)
R2. Geelong v North (Geelong by 13)
R3. Geelong v Carlton (Geelong by 10)
R4. Sydney v Geelong (Sydney by 2)
R5. WB v Geelong (Geelong by 67)
R6. Richmond v Geelong (Geelong by 28)
R7. Geelong v Essendon (Geelong by 24)
R8. Collingwood v Geelong (Collingwood by 18)
R9. Port v Geelong (Geelong by 54)
R10. Geelong v GC (Geelong by 85)
R11. GWS v Geelong (Geelong by 93)
R12. BYE
R13. Brisbane v Geelong (Geelong by 12)
R14. Geelong v Fremantle (Geelong by 38)
R15. Geelong v Hawthorn (Geelong by 7)
R16. Geelong v Melbourne (Geelong by 112)
R17. Adelaide v Geelong (Adelaide by 15)
R18. Geelong v St Kilda (Geelong by 44)
R19. North v Geelong (Geelong by 68) - we tend to do some extraordinary shit in R19 and R20
R20. Geelong v Port (Geelong by 139)
R21. WC v Geelong (WC by 5)
R22. Geelong v Sydney (Geelong by 32)
R23. Geelong v Brisbane (Geelong by 45)
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Love it :p
 

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muttweed said:
My rough predictions. By the end of next year, you will find that this will be wildly inaccurate because teams have been a lot less predictable in the past couple of years.

R1. Hawthorn v Geelong (Geelong by 5)
R2. Geelong v North (Geelong by 13)
R3. Geelong v Carlton (Geelong by 10)
R4. Sydney v Geelong (Sydney by 2)
R5. WB v Geelong (Geelong by 67)
R6. Richmond v Geelong (Geelong by 28)
R7. Geelong v Essendon (Geelong by 24)
R8. Collingwood v Geelong (Collingwood by 18)
R9. Port v Geelong (Geelong by 54)
R10. Geelong v GC (Geelong by 85)
R11. GWS v Geelong (Geelong by 93)
R12. BYE
R13. Brisbane v Geelong (Geelong by 12)
R14. Geelong v Fremantle (Geelong by 38)
R15. Geelong v Hawthorn (Geelong by 7)
R16. Geelong v Melbourne (Geelong by 112)
R17. Adelaide v Geelong (Adelaide by 15)
R18. Geelong v St Kilda (Geelong by 44)
R19. North v Geelong (Geelong by 68) - we tend to do some extraordinary shit in R19 and R20
R20. Geelong v Port (Geelong by 139)
R21. WC v Geelong (WC by 5)
R22. Geelong v Sydney (Geelong by 32)
R23. Geelong v Brisbane (Geelong by 45)
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I haven't worked it out yet, but that ought to give us a useful percentage of slightly over 500%.
 
re cat said:
Looking at about 1am get home time for this young lady.:(

Someone had better draw saints and Freo a map.
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and like so many other interstate sides they'll be dazed and confused by the time the game starts and ripe for the picking, HA!
Whenever the Hawks start sliding and they're so-called "window" is closed, like the Saints, I think you'll find they'll be travelling down the highway for away games too.
I'm wrapped we get the Saints at home. Had enough of conceding home ground advantage to them
 
Positives:
  • No interstate travel in consecutive weeks.
  • Have a bye at the best possible time (Round 12), following games against Port, Gold Coast, and GWS.
  • Home games at last against Fremantle and the Saints at Kardinia Park, and 4 night games there in total.
  • Easier start to the season than I expected, with a nice spread of difficult/easy opposition over the course of the season.
  • A good balance of day and night games.
  • Last two games at home, and a good run heading into the finals (aside from the Eagles at Subiaco).
  • Easter Monday against Hawthorn, and two clashes (*cough* 8 points *cough*) against the Hawks again.
  • 4 Friday night games.
Negatives:
  • Play the Crows and Eagles interstate for the umpteenth time.
  • 3 home games at Etihad and only 1 at the MCG, with just 4 games at the MCG in total (won't hold us in the best stead for finals, considering they are played there).
  • Home games against Melbourne and Port at Kardinia Park yet again, and the fact we only play 2 Victorian clubs there.
  • No game on the Gold Coast, was thinking of a trip to Surfers to watch the footy and do the theme parks (could maybe use the game against Brisbane for that instead?)
Overall, we received a pretty good fixture in my books (as you can see there). A nice balance of difficult and easy opposition whilst definitely not being an 'armchair ride'. Was bracing myself for a horror start to the season, however the vast majority of our first 9 games seem very winnable.
 
muttweed said:
My rough predictions. By the end of next year, you will find that this will be wildly inaccurate because teams have been a lot less predictable in the past couple of years.

R1. Hawthorn v Geelong (Geelong by 5)
R2. Geelong v North (Geelong by 13)
R3. Geelong v Carlton (Geelong by 10)
R4. Sydney v Geelong (Sydney by 2)
R5. WB v Geelong (Geelong by 67)
R6. Richmond v Geelong (Geelong by 28)
R7. Geelong v Essendon (Geelong by 24)
R8. Collingwood v Geelong (Collingwood by 18)
R9. Port v Geelong (Geelong by 54)
R10. Geelong v GC (Geelong by 85)
R11. GWS v Geelong (Geelong by 93)
R12. BYE
R13. Brisbane v Geelong (Geelong by 12)
R14. Geelong v Fremantle (Geelong by 38)
R15. Geelong v Hawthorn (Geelong by 7)
R16. Geelong v Melbourne (Geelong by 112)
R17. Adelaide v Geelong (Adelaide by 15)
R18. Geelong v St Kilda (Geelong by 44)
R19. North v Geelong (Geelong by 68) - we tend to do some extraordinary shit in R19 and R20
R20. Geelong v Port (Geelong by 139)
R21. WC v Geelong (WC by 5)
R22. Geelong v Sydney (Geelong by 32)
R23. Geelong v Brisbane (Geelong by 45)
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And here I was thinking my prediction of a 16-6 season was wishful thinking. Here's hoping you are correct. :thumbsu:
BTW you left out 3 games.
 

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HappyChappy35 said:
Positives:
  • No interstate travel in consecutive weeks.
  • Have a bye at the best possible time (Round 12), following games against Port, Gold Coast, and GWS.
  • Home games at last against Fremantle and the Saints at Kardinia Park, and 4 night games there in total.
  • Easier start to the season than I expected, with a nice spread of difficult/easy opposition over the course of the season.
  • A good balance of day and night games.
  • Last two games at home, and a good run heading into the finals (aside from the Eagles at Subiaco).
  • Easter Monday against Hawthorn, and two clashes (*cough* 8 points *cough*) against the Hawks again.
  • 4 Friday night games.
Negatives:
  • Play the Crows and Eagles interstate for the umpteenth time.
  • 3 home games at Etihad and only 1 at the MCG, with just 4 games at the MCG in total (won't hold us in the best stead for finals, considering they are played there).
  • Home games against Melbourne and Port at Kardinia Park yet again, and the fact we only play 2 Victorian clubs there.
  • No game on the Gold Coast, was thinking of a trip to Surfers to watch the footy and do the theme parks (could maybe use the game against Brisbane for that instead?)
Overall, we received a pretty good fixture in my books (as you can see there). A nice balance of difficult and easy opposition whilst definitely not being an 'armchair ride'. Was bracing myself for a horror start to the season, however the vast majority of our first 9 games seem very winnable.
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There are a couple more negatives:
- the supercrunch 19 day Lightning P/ship to start the season; and
- 6 games against last year's top 4, more than anyone except NM.
 
HappyChappy35 said:
Positives:
  • Have a bye at the best possible time (Round 12), following games against Port, Gold Coast, and GWS.
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Pretty good draw overall. Regarding the point above, it's a bit of a waste to have a bye after an easy run of games isn't it?

I'd prefer to have a bye after a Hawks game. We don't seem to do too well the week after those.
 
HappyChappy35 said:
Negatives:
  • Play the Crows and Eagles interstate for the umpteenth time.
  • 3 home games at Etihad and only 1 at the MCG, with just 4 games at the MCG in total (won't hold us in the best stead for finals, considering they are played there).
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In 2007 we only played 2 games at the MCG during the home and away season.

HappyChappy35 said:
  • Home games against Melbourne and Port at Kardinia Park yet again, and the fact we only play 2 Victorian clubs there.
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How is that a negative for us? They should be almost certain wins. Do we really care who we play at Geelong? I don't.
 

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