2017 AFL fixture news and wishlist

[CarloLion]

That back-to-back away game against Hawthorn in Tassie on a 6 day break is going to be interesting

 

[JasRulz63]

Round 5 and 6 is particularly brutal. Sydney at the SCG followed by Hawthorn in Tasmania off a 6 day break.

 

[LongLion]

Happy with the number of sat games at the gabba. More reasonable draw overall compared to last years disaster. More refelective of our position on the ladder. 2 games against the doggies WTF

 

[jackess]

The six day breaks between playing in Sydney and Tasmania and between playing in Perth and the Bulldogs at home aren't great.

 

[M Malice]

pretty happy with the home fixtures and timeslots except for no collingwood/hawthorn at home.

2 Saturday, April 1 Essendon The Gabba Home 6.25pm

4 Sunday, April 16 Richmond The Gabba Home 4.40pm

6 Saturday, April 29 Port Adelaide The Gabba Home 4.35pm

9 Saturday, May 20 Adelaide Crows The Gabba Home 7.25pm

11 Bye

12 Saturday, June 10 Fremantle The Gabba Home 4.35pm

14 Saturday, June 24 GWS GIANTS The Gabba Home 4.35pm

16 Saturday, July 8 Geelong Cats The Gabba Home 7.25pm

18 Sunday, July 23 Carlton The Gabba Home 4.40pm Foxtel

20 Saturday, August 5 Western Bulldogs The Gabba Home 4.35pm

21 Saturday, August 12 Gold Coast SUNS The Gabba Home 4.35pm

23 TBC North Melbourne The Gabba Home

 

[Tairy Greene]

Two years in a row now we play a club for the first time that season in the last round. Odd.

 

[Cooties]

Wow, good start to the year and 6 melbourne games!

We play the Suns, Bulldogs, Bombers, and Port twice.

Rounds 5-9 are brutal.

And Richmond twice. Essendon being counted as a lower team for the draw is going to make their run easier this year.

All in all more optimistic about this draw than last years at least

 

[Back2Back2Back]

SCG then to Tasmania with a 6 day turnaround is not going to be pretty.

Also wtf, we play the 2016 premiers twice, along with Gold Coast, Port, Richmond and Essendon twice and only get to Melbourne and North in the final two rounds.

I mean overall it feels like a softer start to the year than '16 which should be welcomed, and they seem to be really pushing this 4:30pm timeslot for the Gabba games.

 

[Robbo18!]

Obviously a lot more thought put into that draw and how it would affect us as compared to last years draw. It's a much more even playing field. A few wins early on would be great for the boys confidence.

 

[Back2Back2Back]

Our one game that's broadcast free-to-air next year is a home game. *sigh*.

 

[Biggies]

I like the double up against Port. 2 chances to knock em further down the ladder and better our 1st round pick from them

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

Happy with that. All Melb games are afternoon which is great. Another set of positives for 2017.

 

[Fatcat08]

Our one game that's broadcast free-to-air next year is a home game. *sigh*.

Unless you're in QLD and then every game is broadcast free to air. Feel for the melb supporters though, only one FTA game all year is a little harsh but really pretty reflective of where we're at.

 

[LongLion]

Just watching the live feed and apparently we made more of it being a bad draw for us last year than it really was. WTF ..they won't own any disaster will they?

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

Just watching the live feed and apparently we made more of it being a bad draw for us last year than it really was. WTF ..they won't own any disaster will they?

The draw they've given us next year says otherwise.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Hopefully Essendon haven't got back in sync by round 2. Not a bad time to get them at the Gabba.

 

[Loyal Lion]

And no games at Geelong which is great!

 

[JasRulz63]

Port got an annoyingly soft draw. They do have a tough start, so I hope they're 0-4 and heads drop.

 

[Loyal Lion]

Geez have a look at Carlton's last 4 to 5 games. Tough ones there!

 

[Kojihama]

Much better than last year... it's probably as good as we're going to get given our standing.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Much better than last year... it's probably as good as we're going to get given our standing.

We play too many teams twice who finished above us! Bloody AFL!

 

[jackess]

Port got an annoyingly soft draw. They do have a tough start, so I hope they're 0-4 and heads drop.

Still can't see them making the 8 so hopefully it's still a top 10 pick.

 

[Fatcat08]

The six day breaks between playing in Sydney and Tasmania and between playing in Perth and the Bulldogs at home aren't great.

I don't mind how our 6 day breaks have been structured actually. We've been given them against harder teams and away which will tough is a bit of a blessing really. We probably aren't expected to win any of those games so what it does do is helps us avoid 6 day breaks going into games where we actually are a chance. They've made the hard, harder but left the easier games alone.

 

[Back2Back2Back]

Unless you're in QLD and then every game is broadcast free to air.

Yeah I'm getting told all about this on the AFL FB page at the moment too (apparently I don't follow AFL either). I'm aware they did this for 2016, but I can't actually find anywhere that states how long that agreement is valid for - so hopefully it holds true for 2017. It certainly doesn't say it anywhere on that fixture PDF on the AFL's website.

 

[3KZ is Football]

Looking at that draw, we could win our first four games. Not a bad way to start.