Strategy 2020 Fixture News, Requests and Predictions

[Tarkyn_24]

Two games in Perth

 

[Tarkyn_24]

We’ll get Richmond, Brisbane, West Coast, Essendon and Carlton twice if the ladder is any guide.

With so many interstate sides making up the top six you can lock in us and Richmond meeting one another twice. I also expect both of the previous two Grand Finals will be played twice. We get Brisbane early in the season so the timing is probably right for a repeat crack there.

In short I think the repeat match ups from that top six will be:

Rich v GWS
Rich v Coll
Rich v Geel
GWS v Bris
GWS v WCE
Geel v WCE
Coll v WCE
Coll v Bris

Each side gets the three repeat matches against top six sides except Geelong and Brisbane

Nailed our three double ups. Only wrong one was Melbourne rather than Carlton

 

[caloschwaby]

FFS when will we ever play against Sydney at the MCG?

 

[Thatsmyname]

FFS when will we ever play against Sydney at the MCG?

When the AFL stops handicapping our success to fuel expansion

 

[manicmagpie]

SO Richmond, Brisbane, WC, Essendon and Melbourne twice. Boo to no Carlton twice 2 years in a row.

Got 3 out of 4 right in the prediction. Not that it took much skill to predict Richmond and Essendon.

 

[caloschwaby]

Gold Coast practice match R23 Beautiful!

 

[manicmagpie]

First time without an Adelaide trip since 1995.

Twice to Perth, twice to Sydney, 1 to Brisbane.

 

[AssassinAndy]

No Adelaide game. No footy for me next year.

 

[manicmagpie]

Not going to whinge about it, but it will be interesting to see if any other clubs cop 4 finalists twice.

 

[unplugged]

Just did my own quick analysis:

We play at the MCG 14 times in our 22 game fixture. We play at Marvel 3 times, one of which is a home game against North.

We travel 5 times; Brisbane at the Gabba, GWS at Giants Stadium, Sydney at the SCG and both Fremantle and WCE at Optus (Rounds 19 and 22).

We don't play the Gold Coast Suns until the final game in Round 23. This is at the MCG. Talk about a soft finish!

Our 5 double-up games are Brisbane (5th 2019), Richmond (1st 2019), Essendon (8th 2019), Melbourne (17th 2019), WCE (6th 2019).

We have 3 Thursday night games and 5 Friday night games.

 

[manicmagpie]

Just did my own quick analysis:

We play at the MCG 14 times in our 22 game fixture. We play at Marvel 3 times, one of which is a home game against North.

We travel 5 times; Brisbane at the Gabba, GWS at Giants Stadium, Sydney at the SCG and both Fremantle and WCE at Optus (Rounds 19 and 22).

We don't play the Gold Coast Suns until the final game in Round 23. This is at the MCG. Talk about a soft finish!

Our 5 double-up games are Brisbane (5th 2019), Richmond (1st 2019), Essendon (8th 2019), Melbourne (17th 2019), WCE (6th 2019).

We have 3 Thursday night games and 5 Friday night games.

Good work, off the top of my head I'd add that we also play St Kilda as a home game at Docklands.

 

[Baird]

Not going to whinge about it, but it will be interesting to see if any other clubs cop 4 finalists twice.

I think 2 (and only 2) clubs need to play 4 finalists twice.

 

[Baird]

Home games against Saints and North at Docklands.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Two home games at Marvel, both against tenant clubs. Richmond has one, and it's against Port.

 

[manicmagpie]

I think 2 (and only 2) clubs need to play 4 finalists twice.

Trying to crunch the numbers on this but including the fixturing guidelines it's doing my head in. I'll take your word for it (if another club cops 4 as well).

 

[Matz]

How many Sunday games do we have? Not a fan of the Sunday games personally.

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[PonsfordMagpie]

Two grievances

1. No home against Sydney for a 7th consecutive season
2. Two home games at Marvel against Marvel tenants (Saints and Roos)

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

2020 Fixture:

Round 1 = Western Bulldogs (A) - Marvel (Friday, March 20 at 7:50pm)

Round 2 = Richmond (H) - MCG (Thursday, March 26 at 7:25pm)

Round 3 = Hawthorn (A) - MCG (Saturday, April 4 at 1:45pm)

Round 4 = Brisbane (A) - Gabba (Thursday, April 9 at 7:35pm)

Round 5 = Port Adelaide (H) - MCG (Saturday, April 18 at 1:10pm)

Round 6 = Essendon (H) - MCG (Saturday, April 25 at 4:20pm)

Round 7 = St Kilda (H) - Marvel (Friday, May 1 at 7:50pm)

Round 8 = GWS (A) - GIANTS Stadium (Saturday, May 9 at 7:25pm)

Round 9 = Carlton (A) - MCG (Sunday, May 17 at 1:10pm)

Round 10 = North Melbourne (H) - Marvel (Sunday, May 24 at 3:20pm)

Round 11 = West Coast (H) - MCG (Sunday, May 31 at 3:20pm)

Round 12 = Melbourne (A) - MCG (Monday, June 8 at 3:20pm)

Round 13 = BYE

Round 14 = Sydney (A) - SCG (Thursday, June 18 at 7:20pm)

Round 15 = Adelaide (H) - MCG (Sunday, June 28 at 1:10pm)

Round 16 = Brisbane (H) - MCG (Saturday, July 4 at 1:45pm)

Round 17 = Richmond (A) - MCG (Friday, July 10 at 7:50pm)

Round 18 = Geelong (H) - MCG (Friday, July 17 at 7:50pm)

Round 19 = Fremantle (A) - Optus Stadium (Sunday, July 26 at 5:20pm)

Round 20 = Essendon (A) - MCG (Saturday, August 1 at 1:45pm)

Round 21 = Melbourne (H) - MCG (Saturday, August 8 at 1:45pm)

Round 22 = West Coast (A) - Optus Stadium (Friday, August 14 at 8:10pm)

Round 23 = Gold Coast (H) - MCG (TBA)

 

[JOELY]

Home games against Saints and North at Docklands.

Hate that, basically takes away any advantage of a home game for us. Not sure about Suns round 23, seems like a possible training run them a week off leading to finals, not the best.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

I think the AFL is banking on 2018 being the outlier for Melbourne. I'm not confident our double-up against them is a legitimate fixture against a team that finished 17th, if that makes sense.

 

[legendstatus]

What a manufactured shit draw that is. We are the whipping boys club of the AFL!


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[Baltimore Jack]

Not going to whinge about it, but it will be interesting to see if any other clubs cop 4 finalists twice.

You don't really get the Fixture, do you?

 

[manicmagpie]

You don't really get the Fixture, do you?

Excuse me? The fixture guidelines only specify we have to play 2 finalists twice.

As it happens, only GWS has 4 other finalists, so that backs Baird up.

 

[The Plowking]

I guess I'm in the minority when I think with regards to the fixture-
anyone, anytime

(Except Sunday evening anyone anywhere)

 

[manicmagpie]

Looking at H & A wins for each team's double ups shows it pretty closely follows the ladder positions from last year. Swap the Bulldogs and North and it would be a pretty decent outcome.