Fixture 2025 AFL Fixture

[kickazz]

Apparently one of the reasons our home games at GMHBA aren't sold out is because people have the rights to reserved seats that they don't always put back into the pool for reallocation if they're not using them. Is that right? If so, why don't they make it an opt-in system, so that you have to claim your seat before game-day (or something) and if you don't, people can come and use it? Does anyone have any insight on that situation?

Your first sentence is correct.

Yes fans are encouraged to put their seat back into the pool for re-use if they will not be attending.

The problem arises with the bolded, particularly the "or something".

You'd need to create a cutoff time - too late and that gives people wanting to buy spare seats too little time to plan; too early and it would piss off members who may prefer (or indeed need) to defer their decision to go / not go until as late as they can.

 

[Mattttty]

I'd think that once someone opts to pay for their seat for the season that they've technically already opted in

I know in the past that I've put my seat up for resale when I know I can't attend - sometimes it sells, sometimes it doesn't

I also regularly see folks advertise tickets for sale on match days was they can no longer attend, but the aren't always takers

Yes, I agree by buying the seat at this stage you have opted in for the seat. I suppose that's the question I'm raising: Surely it serves our team, our club, the game-day experience, all of it, to have as many seats as possible available on game day. Maybe you have tiered seat plans where you can pay a bigger amount to have it no matter what and a lesser amount to give a month's notice, and less again for a week 24 hours or on the day. I wonder if other clubs have a solution for their home ground. Seems like a bit of a failure to have worked so hard for a 40,000 seat stadium only to have thousands of seats unnecessarily empty on game day.

 

[Mattttty]

Your first sentence is correct.

Yes fans are encouraged to put their seat back into the pool for re-use if they will not be attending.

The problem arises with the bolded, particularly the "or something".

You'd need to create a cutoff time - too late and that gives people wanting to buy spare seats too little time to plan; too early and it would piss off members who may prefer (or indeed need) to defer their decision to go / not go until as late as they can.

Gotcha. Yeah, that makes sense. Just doesn't look great having so many seats empty unnecessarily. And ultimately feels like a pretty solvable problem to me - for big games anyway.

I went to the first game with the new Selwood stand up - start of the season, I think - big game, big opponent, big moment.. and it wasn't full but I heard of lots who'd missed out on tickets.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

13 matches to go. 6 vs NM, Rich, WCE and Ess.

 

[Jimmy Yamazaki]

We only play 4 current top 8 teams for the rest of the year.

Dogs, GC, GWS and Lions. With 3 of those in Geelong.

Should be looking for a top 4 finish.

 

[catters_28]

Apparently one of the reasons our home games at GMHBA aren't sold out is because people have the rights to reserved seats that they don't always put back into the pool for reallocation if they're not using them. Is that right? If so, why don't they make it an opt-in system, so that you have to claim your seat before game-day (or something) and if you don't, people can come and use it? Does anyone have any insight on that situation?

I've put my reserved seat back into the pool 3 or 4 times over the past couple of years and its never sold.

 

[Hamingja]

13 matches to go. 6 vs NM, Rich, WCE and Ess.

Might as well add Saints in Geelong to that, hopeless away from docklands

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Only issue I have with that is we'll be heading into the finals having a series of "soft kills". Remember one year we entered the finals on the back of dishing out a couple of 100+ point shellackings, and then didn't fire a shot in the finals and got bundled out in the first week.

Goes both ways though.

In 2022, the last finals sides we played for the year were Melbourne on July 7th, and the Bulldogs who snuck in by a literal percentile on July 30th.

If you're good enough, you're good enough. I'm personally more than happy that we can finally look at the fixture and not be expecting 'game of the year' every week.

Being Geelong, it probably won't play out that way, but it's the thought that counts.

 

[Mr Meow]

We only play 4 current top 8 teams for the rest of the year.

Dogs, GC, GWS and Lions. With 3 of those in Geelong.

Should be looking for a top 4 finish.

Absolutely. I thought we needed to get through this first half of the season around 50%. 8-4 would be a dream. 7-5 still leaves a top 4 assault possible.

 

[My Tilly]

We only play 4 current top 8 teams for the rest of the year.

Dogs, GC, GWS and Lions. With 3 of those in Geelong.

Should be looking for a top 4 finish.

Unfortunately, teams outside the eight will go on runs of their own as players return from injury and they too, experience easier fixtures.
Geelong are currently 7th with the sixth best percentage (123.4%).

Sydney is one of the teams outside the eight which will have a big say in the second half.
Fremantle also has a very handy fixture.

I expect Gold Coast to drop and the Western Bulldogs to take their spot by seasons end.

Hawthorn are doing just enough at this stage. With Lewis and Day to return, they're a real premiership threat.

 

[dazbroncos]

I've put my reserved seat back into the pool 3 or 4 times over the past couple of years and its never sold.

Mine go back in every week obviously and they sell most weeks

Go Catters

 

[cats_09]

 

[Commando]

Hopefully Sunday for me
Make it easier to attend

 

[cats_09]

Final round fixture is in

 

[Seeds]

Bizarre cats and hawks only played once this year. Both are finals teams and its literally the best rivalry in the comp.