News 2017 AFL Fixture

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

How come we have double ups against top 4 teams ? dogs and giants
I thought your double up games came from your 1/3 of the final ladder position ?

 

[ep2018]

If we play good footy next year we can finish quite high with that draw, beating the top teams and denying them points.

 

[matt_bas]

Last round is a floating fixture and times haven't been set for that so it won't be 8pm on a Sunday

Well that makes sense thanks mate

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

Our biggest losses last year now favour us.

Hawks at the G. Now Mitchell plays for us.
Sydney SCG. Moved to Subi.
Geelong in Geelong. Subi where we beat them last time there.
Pies at Etihad and not the G.

Only other loss that was puke was against Adelaide in Perth but we now have an opportunity to rectify that going into the finals.

16 wins maybe 17. Good stuff.

 

[ep2018]

How come we have double ups against top 4 teams ? dogs and giants
I thought your double up games came from your 1/3 of the final ladder position ?

We get either 1 or 2 top 6 teams. 2 or 3 middle 6 teams. 1 or 2 bottom 6 teams.
As we finished on the cusp of the top 6 then it only makes sense to have the harder draw from our group imo.

 

[SpaceClef]

Our biggest losses last year now favour us.

Hawks at the G. Now Mitchell plays for us.
Sydney SCG. Moved to Subi.
Geelong in Geelong. Subi where we beat them last time there.
Pies at Etihad and not the G.

Only other loss that was puke was against Adelaide in Perth but we now have an opportunity to rectify that going into the finals.

16 wins maybe 17. Good stuff.

Bloody ridiculous that we even have to factor Collingwood into this discussion

 

[matt_bas]

Any chance of a score update?

No score, free kick hawthorn

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

Bloody ridiculous that we even have to factor Collingwood into this discussion

Shits me no end. A good mate of mine is a Collingwood supporter.
Every time we go to a game they beat us then I get drunk on craft beer.

 

[Ok Boomer]

Our biggest losses last year now favour us.

Hawks at the G. Now Mitchell plays for us.
Sydney SCG. Moved to Subi.
Geelong in Geelong. Subi where we beat them last time there.
Pies at Etihad and not the G.

On my first look at the fixture I thought it was pretty good for these reasons.

 

[Ok Boomer]

Thursday night footy can GTFO though.

 

[Quinz]

Well our double ups are about as hard as they could be given our ladder finish, so that's annoying. Adelaide, Sydney and Geelong at home, no Pies at the MCG and at least 7 night games at home is quality though.

 

[WCErevival]

Thursday night footy can GTFO though.

Yep just the AFL chasing the dollar again instead of keeping things even.

 

[avishka5]

Draw looks hard but I haven't had a good look at it yet.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Darling 1
Dark Sharks Nil

Savage brah!

 

[oak79]

I don't know about having tough teams at home. I think I'd rather it the other way around.
Easy teams at home and tough teams away. Because that way we smash those easy teams gaining percentage and if we manage to win a few away tough games we climb up the ladder like what happen in 2015.

Easy teams at home, tough away = middle of ladder finish, no matter how good we actually are.

Tough teams at home, easy away = top 4 if we are good, bottom 4 if we are bad.

 

[Agent93]

Happy we don't end up in Tassie this year.

 

[lmach]

If we play good footy next year we can finish quite high

 

[Spongebob]

Seven games in Melbourne.

My membership fees are going to soar.

 

[La Dolce Vita]

Isn't our round 1 game suppose to be on Saturday ?

 

[Biggie]

Isn't our round 1 game suppose to be on Saturday ?

It was changed last minute.

 

[squashface]

If we play good footy next year we can finish quite high

If we score more goals than the other team we can win that game

 

[Goldfish]

If we score more goals than the other team we can win that game

Unless the other team kicks a lot more points.

 

[KamakazeSalami]

Thursday night footy can GTFO though.

Right now, I'd take any Footy. Any night.

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[garlic munchers]

Whooohoooo....just received an email alert from the Eagles advising the fixture has been released. I'll wait until you guys get a chance to review the release and look forward to discussing the positives/negatives!

(proves the eagles are the masters of communicating with the fans. We will probably find out Mitch Brown was delisted before the trade period in due course).

 

[06Premiers]

1 North Melbourne (ES), Sun Afternoon
2 St Kilda (DS) Sat Afternoon
3 Richmond (MCG) Sat Afternoon
4 Sydney (DS) Thu Night
5 Hawthorn (MCG) Sun Twilight
6 Fremantle (DS) Sat Night
7 Port Adelaide (AO) Sat Twilight
8 Western Bulldogs (DS) Fri Night
9 Essendon (ES) Sun Afternoon
10 GWS (DS) Sun Twilight
11 Gold Coast (MS) Sat Afternoon
12 Bye
13 Geelong (DS) Thu Night
14 Melbourne (DS) Sat Night
15 Western Bulldogs (ES) Sat Afternoon
16 Port Adelaide (DS) Sun Twilight
17 Fremantle (DS) Sun Twilight
18 Collingwood (ES) Sun Twilight
19 Brisbane (DS) Sun Twilight
20 St Kilda (ES) Sun Afternoon
21 Carlton (DS) Sat Night
22 GWS (SS) Sat Twilight
23 Adelaide (DS) TBA

Decent fixture overall. Rounds 4-10 is the most important stretch and could set us up for a real shot at top 4. The 2nd half of the year looks like we should get on a good roll before playing GWS away (NN comeback game? ).

Home games look good with way less Sunday Twilight games than other years. Don't like Rounds 16-20 with 5 consecutive Sunday games
Also not a fan of the Thursday games, especially the 5 day break off travel. If Nissy signed us up for it I assume we'll get some favours down the line.
Really looking forward to the Dogs here on a Friday night tho.

If we can at least split the 4 games against GWS/Dogs we should be up there contending. The other double ups are good imo.

My prediction is we will be 22-0 and coast our way to the flag