News 2019 AFL Fixture

[Robbo's my hero]

Haha certainly have and by an Essendon supporter

They’re lurkers.

 

[AceAndy]

Wrong. Seven has the rights to show 4 matches a round - but only over a 22 week season. Since the season is 23 weeks, they show 3 games per round, plus all Thursday night games and special matches.

Hmm The_Wookie is the above correct ?

 

[Accidental genius]

IQ it. Ads will pass very quickly.

How do you do that?
I just recently got Foxtel...

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

You’ve been told AceAndy

Definitely not the only time either

 

[AceAndy]

Definitely not the only time either

You are probably right there

 

[katmanblue]

The endgame for the AFL is to provide exposure to other teams - especially up and coming teams, or quality teams that don’t receive the veneration they deserve.

By geering the fixture towards successful teams they’re planting future seeds of interest in opposition teams (like Brisbane) increase ratings in the long-term.

The safe option is to put Carlton in on prime-time, and they know they’ll get reasonable, albeit not huge viewing figures, the riskier but potentially profitable option is to schedule traditionally ignored clubs.

But that is reasonable numbers while we are crap. Most other teams numbers would be through the floor if they were playing as badly as us for as long as us.

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[Robbo's my hero]

How do you do that?
I just recently got Foxtel...

Now I know how you got your nickname Accidental.

 

[mikeythemoocow]

Liddle needs to tell it like it is...not piss down our backs and tell us it's raining.

How do you spin Saints and Crows at the G as a good thing?

Toss the boss in the BullRing?

 

[Accidental genius]

Now I know how you got your nickname Accidental.

Haha..took you a while though

 

[The_Wookie]

Hmm The_Wookie is the above correct ?

no.

Seven have the rights to Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons - the number of rounds is irrelevant - particularly since the 23rd round only exists due to the shorter rounds in the mid season (the bye rounds). Saturday afternoons were swapped for 7 (or next season 8) Thursday night games and Public holiday clashes. The AFL have next season created a public holiday clash for Fox (the Eagles game on Good Friday), which probably replaces the extra Thursday game gained by Seven.

Essentially, we lost about 11 games a year from FTA broadcasts.

 

[The_Wookie]

You’ve been told AceAndy

Hes been told wrong.

 

[Funk]

Its decent. Don't care about the non-prime time slots, we will regain those in time. I'm a big fan of Sat arvos, favourite time slot. Sunday's at 1.10 aren't so bad either, not a fan of the 3.20 start. Don't mind the teams we double up on as well - Tigers being the toughest of the 5. Other 4 are beatable if we are on.

What pisses me off is the 6+1 (yes including Geelong in R23 again as travel) games. A third of our games interstate or regional, really? AFL can suck eggs, wheres the ******* equality in that? Club initiative for free upgrades was a good choice seeing whats transpired, but boy do they have a battle on their hands to reach the same number of members in 2019 or go beyond it.

Those people that pay their well earned for a H+A membership to go watch our club at a minimum of 17 times a season should be filthy, and I am one of them. That now goes down to 15, 16 if we can get a ticket at the Cattery which is at extra cost anyway. Find it disgusting, but it is what it is, club and playing group need our support more than ever.

Why TF are we playing Dorks in Tassie instead of Dorks playing an interstate team?

AFL can GAGF.

 

[Funk]

I like the fixture and no Friday night games means SFA as we don't need the money and are hardly struggling to stay afloat cash flow wise even after how shit we have been lately.

Sunday timeslots are cool IMO and nothing like lazy Sundays with your team on TV live.

If we can remain injury free around our leaders and better players i can see this fixture delivering us over 6 wins easily for the season.

I'm working 6 days a week.

I'm (selfishly) very pleased we have plenty of Sunday games.

 

[Kramer1]

Toss the boss in the BullRing?

Let's put that in the maybe pile.

 

[gotheJUDD]

 

[katmanblue]

Toss the boss in the BullRing?

I miss the Bullring. Fitzroy in the 90s was great.

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[Blubagger71]

I'm not upset by the draw. Just get on with it and beat the team infront of you. When we are more of a draw card, it will swing back. Living in a regional area interstate, I'll actually get to a couple of games! Suns at Metricon with the family and Melbourne at home with the mates on a footy trip.

Hopefully member upgrades help out a bit.

Happy not to be jinxed with a Lions game too.

 

[KennyHuntersBlues]

I am pretty happy we didn't draw the lions for one of our bottom side double ups and we got them only in Melbourne - a trip to the Gabba is a guaranteed loss for us.

Docklands probably is as well
They play well there
Would much rather play them at the g and Melbourne at the docklands as our “home “ game

 

[thylacine60]

oh look, we don't exist.......

10 highlights of the AFL's 2019 fixture

 

[ESKIE]

Gotta kick over 100 points first

 

[AceAndy]

Gotta kick over 100 points first

I'd like to see that. Lots.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Gotta kick over 100 points first

I was there when we kicked 210 points.

 

[AceAndy]

I was there when we kicked 210 points.

30.30 against the Hawks

 

[Aphrodite]

Hmm The_Wookie is the above correct ?

www.google.com.au

 

[Red Bull]

Love our fixture.
Will only miss attending 1 home game (WC) but happy to watch it and our away games on foxtel on the couch.
Will also arrange a weeks holiday on the GC for that game.
Brilliant !!