Rumour 2014 Season Fixture Discussion Thread - Round 1 V Gold Coast

[tigland]

Wait, why do we have 6 interstate games again? Isn't it supposed to be 5?
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-10-31/analysis-of-2014-richmond-fixture
3 friday night games is great, but only 1 Saturday night game at the G kind of sucks.

yep 6.

But to be fair we play Sydney at ANZ not the SCG.

Of the Other interstate finalists we play Freo and Port in Melbourne. So all interstate sides that missed the 8 we travel too.

 

[RichoLedio]

Looks like an awesome draw, just need to get through a few tough ones early on with a decent record and we'll be sitting pretty

 

[DontArgue4]

Very very happy with this draw, no excuses whatsoever in 2014 boys

 

[tigland]

and the Geish is gone as well. 2014

 

[Martin#4]

We could be 7-2 after the first 9 matches, best case scenario.

 

[Tiger_man322]

3-4 at worst from 7 rounds. 5 50-50 from there on. Looking good for next year!

 

[LuKe2428]

I like the 3:20 Sunday games. Dont like Friday night, Much rather Saturday. Oh well, not a bad draw overall.

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[tigs2010]

2 x Thursday night
4 x Friday night
3 x Saturday night
1 x Sunday night

 

[Royce Hafey]

Nice draw Tuggers. North and Tigers Top 4 next year IMO.

1974

 

[DrMike]

2 Thursday night and 4 Friday night games, not sure what you're complaining about there

I love that we only have 5 Sunday games and 14 of our games will be on Free to Air. I have Foxtel so it doesn't bother me but as tigland said it's really good for our brand, those first 7 when we're still chasing memberships are going to be great for exposure.

Very happy

 

[Tiger71]

I am at work so dont have the time to do it myself but can someone compare who we won against last year and use those results with our draw next year. Would give us a base line of wins that should be a minimum.

 

[LuKe2428]

2 x Thursday night
4 x Friday night
3 x Saturday night
1 x Sunday night

Who are our Thursday and Friday night games against?

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[Cotcho]

• Play twice: Brisbane, Essendon, GWS, St Kilda, Sydney.

Awwwwww yerrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

 

[LuKe2428]

Awkward moment when there are more Richmond supporters then GC supporters in rd1. Haha

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[tigerz18]

woot 2 QLD games in first 5 rounds. Saints, Lions, GWS and bunny team Swans, plus the druggies twice. Freo in Melbourne, Cats away is actually at MCG, 1 trip to Adelaide and 1 Perth.

and... round 1 we play Sat, Carlton play SUnday night - meaning an extra day break coming into round 2

VERY GOOD DRAW!!

min 16 wins expected here.

 

[DrMike]

Who are our Thursday and Friday night games against?

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R02H Th. Carlton
R04H Fri. Collingwood
R05A Th. Brisbane
R14H Fri. Sydney
R18A Fri. West Coast
R20H Fri. Essendon

 

[DrMike]

The 1 game I'm not happy about is North at Etihad, guess we need to prove we can beat them.

 

[Grockadoc]

Very happy with the fixture. Should be consecutive finalists for the first time in god knows how long. First time we have had an expansion club twice in a season. Another game in Cairns, though, which is disappointing.

My thoughts:

Expected Wins (9):

Rd. 1: Gold Coast
Rd. 3: Bulldogs
Rd. 5: Brisbane
Rd. 9: GWS
Rd. 10: Melbourne
Rd. 15: St. Kilda
Rd. 16: Brisbane
Rd. 19: GWS.
Rd. 22: St. Kilda


Expected Losses (2):

Rd. 4: Collingwood
Rd. 23: Sydney (ANZ)


50/50 games (11):

Rd. 2: Carlton
Rd. 6: Hawthorn
Rd. 7: Geelong
Rd. 11: Essendon
Rd. 12: Kangaroos
Rd. 13: Fremantle
Rd. 14: Sydney (MCG)
Rd. 17: Port Adelaide
Rd. 18: West Coast
Rd. 20: Essendon
Rd. 21: Adelaide

Of the 50/50 games, I think we could win 6-7 of them. Carlton, Essendon, Fremantle, Port, West Coast, Adelaide. Possibly Geelong. The others are all genuine 50/50.

So we could possibly be in for 15-16 wins next year, hopefully.

 

[tigs2010]

Who are our Thursday and Friday night games against?

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Thursday
vs Carlton (Round 2)
@ Brisbane (Round 5)

Friday
vs Collingwood (Round 4)
vs Sydney (Round 14)
@ WC (Round 18
vs Essendon (Round 20)

 

[caroma]

So glad we dont have the Cats at the swamp. GWS twice! And Freo at the G is great!! Love it!
If we * this up...surely we can't....

 

[Grockadoc]

I am at work so dont have the time to do it myself but can someone compare who we won against last year and use those results with our draw next year. Would give us a base line of wins that should be a minimum.

Going by last year, 2014 should produce:

16 wins, and that is without doubling up against Essendon, which I think we can do, Sydney at the MCG, which is better for us, and Geelong who are slowly coming down, and I think we have a chance against.

So, possibly even 18-19 wins. (doubtful, but who knows. )

 

[Groupie_]

Only 12 MCG games. GAGF

 

[Calcium Man]

Wow do not like this draw at all. It looks way to easy, i do not trust the AFL at all.

 

[Cevap_Roll]

Had to check my eyes when i ran through the list.

GWS, Brisbane and St.Kilda twice. VERY VERY VERY lucky.

Home game against Freo at the G Very Lucky
Away game against Geelong at the G Lucky
Away game against Sydney at ANZ Very Lucky

 

[Groupie_]

collingwood 16 mcg games again

i thought we were an older tennant