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Knighta21 · Nov 1, 2019

Chance to be 9-0

acm21 · Nov 1, 2019

Knighta21 said:
Chance to be 9-0

2,4, 6 and 8 will be the more difficult games of the 9

maskmcgee · Nov 2, 2019

Yay we're hosting Melbourne at the MCG again. A complete waste of a home game.

Shane Heard · Nov 2, 2019

Good draw. Me likes it very muchly.

Macca18 · Nov 2, 2019

Pros:
- Richmond (Reigning Premiers), Geelong (Reigning Minor Premiers) & Brisbane (Top 4) only once.
- Our only 5 day break of the year will be the same amount (days) break our opponent (Adelaide) get heading into the Round 5 game... so no advantage to them.
- Favourable mix of breaks leading up to games against our opponents - 9/22 of our games will be off the same break length as our opponent, 7/22 of our games will favour us with a day or more 'break advantage' on our opponent and only 5/22 of our games will have our opponent coming off a 'break advantage'.
- Not having to play in Perth or Brisbane (particularly during the day) early in the season when both cities still experience very warm temperatures. We've often had issues in the past recovering in the following weeks from these sort of games.
- Playing two games in Adelaide. Who would've thought we'd be saying this a few years ago? Some of our better performances been saved for this venue in recent years and clearly doesn't hold many fears. Probably more confident playing the SA teams there compared with Marvel.

Cons:
- Not so overjoyed at playing Fremantle in Round 1 despite many others already circling this one as extremely 'winnable'. We know what happens with a team in their first game under a new coach... as the Dockers introduce Justin Longmuir to the coaches box.
- Gold Coast only once next season. Only playing them once in 2019 probably cost us a 'home' final.
- West Coast only once (again away) next season. Played them once at home in the last five seasons (an 11 goal win in 2017).
- Not a huge fan of the Thursday Night fixtures... quite like them as an opposition fan though. Reminds me of a bit of a pre-season atmosphere whenever we play them.

JayJ20 · Nov 2, 2019

Macca18 said:
Pros:
- Richmond (Reigning Premiers), Geelong (Reigning Minor Premiers) & Brisbane (Top 4) only once.
- Our only 5 day break of the year will be the same amount (days) break our opponent (Adelaide) get heading into the Round 5 game... so no advantage to them.
- Favourable mix of breaks leading up to games against our opponents - 9/22 of our games will be off the same break length as our opponent, 7/22 of our games will favour us with a day or more 'break advantage' on our opponent and only 5/22 of our games will have our opponent coming off a 'break advantage'.
- Not having to play in Perth or Brisbane (particularly during the day) early in the season when both cities still experience very warm temperatures. We've often had issues in the past recovering in the following weeks from these sort of games.
- Playing two games in Adelaide. Who would've thought we'd be saying this a few years ago? Some of our better performances been saved for this venue in recent years and clearly doesn't hold many fears. Probably more confident playing the SA teams there compared with Marvel.

Cons:
- Not so overjoyed at playing Fremantle in Round 1 despite many others already circling this one as extremely 'winnable'. We know what happens with a team in their first game under a new coach... as the Dockers introduce Justin Longmuir to the coaches box.
- Gold Coast only once (again away) next season. Only playing them once in 2019 (away) probably cost us a 'home' final.
- West Coast only once (again away) next season. Played them once at home in the last five seasons (an 11 goal win in 2017).
- Not a huge fan of the Thursday Night fixtures... quite like them as an opposition fan though. Reminds me of a bit of a pre-season atmosphere whenever we play them.

We play Gold Coast at Marvel

Macca18 · Nov 2, 2019

JayJ20 said:
We play Gold Coast at Marvel

Thanks.

Doss · Nov 2, 2019

Macca makes a point though, surely we are due West Coast at home.

JayJ20 · Nov 2, 2019

Doss said:
Macca makes a point though, surely we are due West Coast at home.

Yeah. Will be 6 of the last 7 games including EF in Perth. The one game was that smashing.

eth-dog · Nov 3, 2019

Macca18 said:
Pros:
- Richmond (Reigning Premiers), Geelong (Reigning Minor Premiers) & Brisbane (Top 4) only once.
- Our only 5 day break of the year will be the same amount (days) break our opponent (Adelaide) get heading into the Round 5 game... so no advantage to them.
- Favourable mix of breaks leading up to games against our opponents - 9/22 of our games will be off the same break length as our opponent, 7/22 of our games will favour us with a day or more 'break advantage' on our opponent and only 5/22 of our games will have our opponent coming off a 'break advantage'.
- Not having to play in Perth or Brisbane (particularly during the day) early in the season when both cities still experience very warm temperatures. We've often had issues in the past recovering in the following weeks from these sort of games.
- Playing two games in Adelaide. Who would've thought we'd be saying this a few years ago? Some of our better performances been saved for this venue in recent years and clearly doesn't hold many fears. Probably more confident playing the SA teams there compared with Marvel.

Cons:
- Not so overjoyed at playing Fremantle in Round 1 despite many others already circling this one as extremely 'winnable'. We know what happens with a team in their first game under a new coach... as the Dockers introduce Justin Longmuir to the coaches box.
- Gold Coast only once next season. Only playing them once in 2019 probably cost us a 'home' final.
- West Coast only once (again away) next season. Played them once at home in the last five seasons (an 11 goal win in 2017).
- Not a huge fan of the Thursday Night fixtures... quite like them as an opposition fan though. Reminds me of a bit of a pre-season atmosphere whenever we play them.

That adds up to 21.

Macca18 · Nov 3, 2019

eth-dog said:
That adds up to 21.

I potentially didn’t include Round 1. Thanks.

boncer34 · Nov 3, 2019

eth-dog said:
That adds up to 21.

I did the same thing as you.

Godzke · Nov 3, 2019

i think that's a great draw for us
only point of contention is the 5-day break into the Thurs night game vs Crows in Adelaide. Should've just been a regular weekend fixture.

eth-dog · Nov 3, 2019

Macca18 said:
I potentially didn’t include Round 1. Thanks.

Is one of the 5 shorter breaks when both us and WC come off the bye?

freddy mercury · Nov 3, 2019

Looking forward to finishing 8th getting belted in another final. We could have the easiest draw in the comp and still wouldn't win a final.

TheGreatBarryB · Nov 3, 2019

maskmcgee said:
Yay we're hosting Melbourne at the MCG again. A complete waste of a home game.

Seem to play them better at G than Marvel.

Albertross · Nov 3, 2019

freddy mercury said:
Looking forward to finishing 8th getting belted in another final. We could have the easiest draw in the comp and still wouldn't win a final.

I'm more than satisfied if we make finals and get belted first week. At least we made it. 10 other teams would love to make the finals but didn't.

eth-dog · Nov 3, 2019

Albertross said:
I'm more than satisfied if we make finals and get belted first week. At least we made it. 10 other teams would love to make the finals but didn't.

Winning a flag is the only thing.

acm21 · Nov 3, 2019

Albertross said:
I'm more than satisfied if we make finals and get belted first week. At least we made it. 10 other teams would love to make the finals but didn't.

At this stage of the process I am wanting and expecting to get to the finals semi-comfortably, placed in the 5-7 range and win at least 1 final. There is no reason why this can not happen especially with the last 2 seasons placing in 8/9 positions (with some bad luck costing us a game or two in both seasons). Winning a grand final appearance or premiership would be absolutely great but am happy to wait for a couple more years for that.

Albertross · Nov 3, 2019

Albertross said:
I'm more than satisfied if we make finals and get belted first week. At least we made it. 10 other teams would love to make the finals but didn't.

Should clarify that this post was meant to be sarcastic. It was a dig at the club's response to our final loss, in that we had a successful year as we made finals.

At least win a final FFS.

JayJ20 · Nov 3, 2019

Albertross said:
Should clarify that this post was meant to be sarcastic. It was a dig at the club's response to our final loss, in that we had a successful year as we made finals.
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At least win a final FFS.

Yeah. I honestly rather not make finals than get belted first week again.

maskmcgee · Nov 4, 2019

eth-dog said:
That adds up to 21.

We don't have a time yet for our 22nd game.

citizen-erased · Nov 4, 2019

The year GCS get their shit together and turn into a good team will be the year we get them twice.
Only bottom 5 team we get twice is the Swans, where we usually get stitched up at their ground on an annual basis.

By and large, tough draw, but not so tough given we don't get the Tigers or Eagles twice.
Quietly happy we only play the Dogs once too. they seem to have the wood on us. Probably the hard running and pressure.

Making plans for trips to Canberra & Brisbane.

8-3 into the bye should be our aim. 10-1 (can't see us beating the Tiges) would be an A+
7 winnables after the draw. Eagles, Dogs & Giants away will be tough. Pies and Port could go either way.

15 wins or we're still treading water.

freddy mercury · Nov 5, 2019

Albertross said:
I'm more than satisfied if we make finals and get belted first week. At least we made it. 10 other teams would love to make the finals but didn't.

100 percent would rather not make it than to lose by 48237321 points.

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