Preview 2020 Fixture

[Chewy316]

We need to win our next two games. Both will be difficult but these are the mid tier games good sides win to establish themselves as definite threats rather than regular teases.

If we get to 7-1 we are a near top 4 certainty at that point. And given the restrictions this year, im not concerned about home field advantage in the finals. Could very well be playing games on a neutral venue. Ideally we finish top 2 to have an Adelaide oval advantage, but it won't be as big a deal if we don't imo.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Saturday, July 25

North Melbourne v Carlton, the Gabba, FOX, 1.05pm AEST

Sydney v Hawthorn, SCG, FOX, 3.35pm AEST

Port Adelaide v St Kilda, Adelaide Oval, SEVEN, 7.10pm ACST, 7.40pm AEST

R8 fixture reveal: Find out where your team is playing

The AFL has released the fixture for round eight

www.afl.com.au

 

[afl2004]

25,000 members according to kt to be allowed in

 

[Smartys Power]

Actually getting some non-Victorian teams on national broadcasts, who knew that was possible.

Kind of have to when the non-Victorian teams need to play the Victorian teams.

 

[Papa G]

25,000 members according to kt to be allowed in

That would mean pretty much anyone with an 11 gamer will be able to go.

 

[PAFC66]

Watch Carlton get 10 Friday night games now.

 

[Leaveit2charlie]

Stoked for GC

They didn’t give the slot to Gold Coast. They gave it to Rankine.

 

[Boxx]

25,000 members according to kt to be allowed in

Let’s hope that the ballot is put to bed and the tickets are allocated from the top memberships down.

 

[RossFC]

25,000 members according to kt to be allowed in

How many SMA flogs and St Kilda supporters?

 

[raptalia]

We like it.

Port Adelaide welcomes return to Adelaide Oval

Port Adelaide will take on St Kilda during a blockbuster Saturday night return to Adelaide Oval in Round 8.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[El_Scorcho]

Shame to leave Alberton Oval #2 at Peartricon but this was always going to happen eventually

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Port Adelaide is thrilled to be playing its Round 8 fixture vs St Kilda as a home game at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night, July 25.

The club has played one home game – the Round 2 Showdown – in the first seven Rounds of the AFL season.

Since Round 2, Port Adelaide has played five consecutive games in Queensland with three at Metricon Stadium and two at the Gabba. The club also played its Round 1 game on the Gold Coast before the Covid shutdown in late March.

Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas says the entire club is looking forward to playing again at home in front of its loyal Members and supporters.

“We can’t wait to run onto Adelaide Oval in front of our amazing Members who have been so loyal and supportive this season,” Mr Thomas said.

“Along with our dedicated corporate partners, our Members have been patiently watching the team from afar and I know they are itching to get back to Adelaide Oval to support our players.

“And it’s a great reward for our players and coaching staff who have literally been on the road for the last five weeks.

Port Adelaide welcomes return to Adelaide Oval

Port Adelaide will take on St Kilda during a blockbuster Saturday night return to Adelaide Oval in Round 8.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Those cocaine snorters and hooker booker executives at 7 and AFL chasing their KPI's so they can keep purchasing, are giving the usual suspects plenty of Thursday and Friday night games, but what is this love for the Bulldogs on Thursday and Friday nights and Melbourne the best time slot on Sunday - mid arvo???

Free to air games (+ Saturday night Fox Footy) ie 8+8+14+8 = 38 games or 76 time slots

Coll 2 Thurs + 4 Fri + 0 Sat + 1 Sun = 7 + a twilight Saturday game against StK.
Rich 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 7 + a twilight Saturday game against StK.
Ess 0+2+2+2 = 6
Carl 2+0+2+0 = 4
Haw 1+2+0+2 = 5
Gee 2+1+2+1 = 6
WB.. 2+3+1 = 6
Melb 0+0+1+4 = 5
StK 1+0+1+0 = 2
NM 0+0+3+0 = 3
That is 51 of the 76 slots

Bris 1+0+2+1 = 4 **** 1 Saturday night game on 7
GC 1+0+4+0 = 5 **** NIL Saturday night games on 7
Syd 1+0+0+2 = 3 **** NIL Saturday night game on 7
GWS 0+3+1+0 = 4 **** 1 Saturday night game on 7
16 of 76 slots

Adel 0+0+1+0 = 1 **** 1 Saturday night game on 7
Port 0+0+4+0 = 4 **** 2 Saturday night games on 7
Freo 0+0+1+0 = 1 **** NIL Saturday night games on 7
WCE 0+0+2+1 - 3 **** 1 Saturday night game on 7
9 of 76 slots

Thursday Night Games
Rd 1 Rich v Carl
Rd 2 Coll v Rich
Rd 3 Rich v Haw
Rd 4 Syd v WB
Rd 5 Carl v StK
Rd 6 Gee v Bris
Rd 7 Gee v Coll
Rd 8 GC v WB

Friday Night
Rd 1 WB v Coll
Rd 2 Gee v Haw
Rd 3 WB v GWS
Rd 4 GWS v Coll
Rd 5 Coll v Ess
Rd 6 Coll v Haw
Rd 7 Ess v WB
Rd 8 GWS v Rich

Saturday Night
Rd 1 GWS v Gee 7
...... GC v PA Fox Footy

Rd 2 PA v Adel 7
...... GC v WCE Fox Footy

Rd 3 Bris v WCE 7
...... Gee v Carl Fox Footy

Rd 4 Ess v Carl 7
...... GC v Freo Fox Footy

Rd 5 WB v NM 7
...... Bris v PA Fox Footy

Rd 6 Ess v NM 7
...... Melb v GC Fox Footy

Rd 7 Rich v NM 7 - only Saturday night game as Monday game Adel v StK
Rd 8 PA v StK 7 - only Saturday night game as Monday game Freo v Gee
......

Sunday 3pm game 7's game
Rd 1 Haw v Bris
Rd 2 Syd v Ess
Rd 3 Ess v Melb Cancelled and replaced with GC v Adel
Rd 4 Melb v Gee
Rd 5 Melb v Rich
Rd 6 Rich v Syd
Rd 7 Haw v Melb
Rd 8 WCE v Coll

 

[Papa G]

How many SMA flogs and St Kilda supporters?

Well the SMA only allocates 28% of their memberships to Port, there are only 8000 SMA memberships available, they aren't fully subscribed, 50% capacity, so based on that they should get less than a thousand.

How many SA based saints members would there be? 500 at a stretch? Based on that they should be allocated 250.

 

[Papa G]

Those cocaine snorters and hooker booker executives at 7 and AFL chasing their KPI's so they can keep purchasing, are giving the usual suspects plenty of Thursday and Friday night games, but what is this love for the Bulldogs on Thursday and Friday nights and Melbourne the best time slot on Sunday - mid arvo???

Free to air games (+ Saturday night Fox Footy) ie 8+8+14+8 = 38 games or 76 time slots

Coll 2 Thurs + 4 Fri + 0 Sat + 1 Sun = 7 + a twilight Saturday game against StK.
Rich 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 7 + a twilight Saturday game against StK.
Ess 0+2+2+2 = 6
Carl 2+0+2+0 = 4
Haw 1+2+0+2 = 5
Gee 2+1+2+1 = 6
WB.. 2+3+1 = 6
Melb 0+0+1+4 = 5
StK 1+0+1+0 = 2
NM 0+0+3+0 = 3
That is 51 of the 76 slots

Bris 1+0+2+1 = 4 **** 1 Saturday night game on 7
GC 1+0+4+0 = 5 **** NIL Saturday night games on 7
Syd 1+0+0+2 = 3 **** NIL Saturday night game on 7
GWS 0+3+1+0 = 4 **** 1 Saturday night game on 7
16 of 76 slots

Adel 0+0+1+0 = 1 **** 1 Saturday night game on 7
Port 0+0+4+0 = 4 **** 2 Saturday night games on 7
Freo 0+0+1+0 = 1 **** NIL Saturday night games on 7
WCE 0+0+2+1 - 3 **** 1 Saturday night game on 7
9 of 76 slots

Thursday Night Games
Rd 1 Rich v Carl
Rd 2 Coll v Rich
Rd 3 Rich v Haw
Rd 4 Syd v WB
Rd 5 Carl v StK
Rd 6 Gee v Bris
Rd 7 Gee v Coll
Rd 8 GC v WB

Friday Night
Rd 1 WB v Coll
Rd 2 Gee v Haw
Rd 3 WB v GWS
Rd 4 GWS v Coll
Rd 5 Coll v Ess
Rd 6 Coll v Haw
Rd 7 Ess v WB
Rd 8 GWS v Rich

Saturday Night
Rd 1 GWS v Gee 7
...... GC v PA Fox Footy

Rd 2 PA v Adel 7
...... GC v WCE Fox Footy

Rd 3 Bris v WCE 7
...... Gee v Carl Fox Footy

Rd 4 Ess v Carl 7
...... GC v Freo Fox Footy

Rd 5 WB v NM 7
...... Bris v PA Fox Footy

Rd 6 Ess v NM 7
...... Melb v GC Fox Footy

Rd 7 Rich v NM 7 - only Saturday night game as Monday game Adel v StK
Rd 8 PA v StK 7 - only Saturday night game as Monday game Freo v Gee
......

Sunday 3pm game 7's game
Rd 1 Haw v Bris
Rd 2 Syd v Ess
Rd 3 Ess v Melb Cancelled and replaced with GC v Adel
Rd 4 Melb v Gee
Rd 5 Melb v Rich
Rd 6 Rich v Syd
Rd 7 Haw v Melb
Rd 8 WCE v Coll

Fox Footy gets massively ripped off. By far and away their biggest subscribers both in raw numbers and proportionately are Victorian yet they get mainly non Vic games. People in the rest of Australia get their Local teams on FTA meaning the need to get Fox Footy is negated. Fox get screwed.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Fox Footy gets massively ripped off. By far and away their biggest subscribers both in raw numbers and proportionately are Victorian yet they get mainly non Vic games. People in the rest of Australia get their Local teams on FTA meaning the need to get Fox Footy is negated. Fox get screwed.

That's why in the 2017-22 TV deal they have it that the 4 WA and SA teams will each get 3 of their games delayed by 3 hours to try and force people in those states to buy Foxtel.

About 8 years ago I read that household penetration rate for Foxtel was 41% in Sydney but around 16% in both Perth and Adelaide and both Melbourne and Brisbane around 30%.

 

[GremioPower]

ROUND 8 FIXTURE (All times local)

Thursday July 23

Gold Coast Suns v Western Bulldogs (Metricon Stadium) – 7.40pm

Friday July 24

GWS Giants v Richmond (Giants Stadium) – 7.50pm

Bulldogs, and two teams coming from eyesore games.

 

[GremioPower]

Shame to leave Alberton Oval #2 at Peartricon but this was always going to happen eventually

East Alberton

 

[Buget]

The Round 8 fixture doesn’t make sense.

Both Essendon and Melbourne play on Sunday.

Why wouldn’t the AFL bias them in round 8 to Thursday/Friday fixtures. They then play the catch up game mid week (say the following Wednesday).

This will open up a late Sunday/Monday games for both teams in round 9.

I would have thought carrying that the catch up game was a liability, the quicker they fix that the more flexibility they will have with the draw.

 

[robbo1981]

Pitty we didn't get ess next wk with no stringer or Shiel

 

[GremioPower]

The Round 8 fixture doesn’t make sense.

Both Essendon and Melbourne play on Sunday.

Why wouldn’t the AFL bias them in round 8 to Thursday/Friday fixtures. They then play the catch up game mid week (say the following Wednesday).

This will open up a late Sunday/Monday games for both teams in round 9.

I would have thought carrying that the catch up game was a liability, the quicker they fix that the more flexibility they will have with the draw.

I would be surprised if they had shown common sense...

 

[slaubs]

If the VFL don’t send any vic finals contenders like Collingwood or Richmond to play us here only confirms the bias that exists

 

[PowerBaz]

If the VFL don’t send any vic finals contenders like Collingwood or Richmond to play us here only confirms the bias that exists

why would they when there are no ‘pies’ supporters.. seriously Eddie won’t allow it!

 

[PowerBaz]

Maybe the AFL will play Collingwood Port here and let there be prison bar jumpers in the crowd speak for themselves.

 

[Boxx]

East Alberton

*North East...