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round 1 is also usually a bit of a crapshoot and that could springboard our seasonA reasonable fixture overall for us imo - lots of pros and cons that have been well covered but overall - not too bad.
The critical early game - like this year - will be round 2 at Marvel - v Melbourne.
This years Round 2 game against Freo was marked down as our only real chance of an early win and we showed a bit early in that game before collapsing in a heap and then going from bad to worse over the first half of the season.
The 2025 Round 2 game v Melbourne is again our best (and probably only realistic) chance of an early win in the first 4 rounds.
Yes we will need to take it '1 week at a time'.....but the Melbourne Round 2 home game shapes up as an early real test as to whether we have improved or not.
and then people wonder why us fans complain oftenIt is actually hilarious when you step back and look at the fixture.
North have the worst 5 year run of any team in living memory and are rewarded with a fixture that is considered top 8 for difficulty.
Richmond finish last once, and the AFL panic and throw them the softest draw by far.
Based on this fixture, I have us finishing 17th or 18th again.
How we get the 8th hardest draw is mind boggling.
I wouldn't worry too much about fixture difficulty at this point of time. Things change, teams rise and fall unexpectedly throughout the course of a season, and the initial difficulty doesn't always match the actual difficulty after the season has finished.
I mean just look at these articles regarding last season:
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Whose fixture was hardest? Power capitalise, Crows dealt brutal run
Which teams ended up with the hardest and easiest draws in 2024?www.afl.com.au
Using just us as an example, at the beginning of the season we were rated to have the easiest or 18th hardest fixture. We all knew that was bull$hit by the end of the season, as it was judged that we had the actual 8th hardest fixture....
Let's hope that is flipped the other way around in 2025.
I can actually see us grabbing a few wins in the first half of the season and surprising a few.Based on this fixture, I have us finishing 17th or 18th again.
How we get the 8th hardest draw is mind boggling.
Guaranteed we will be playing in Launceston most years as an away game. Bringing home games back as we are doing is the only way to minimise this stuff.Nice fixture - only issues I have is plays dawks in Tassie and mommies boy not in a Melb home game.
Will be even better the following year when we have 9 home games in Melb
Noice.North Melbourne players will have to Google "MCG" for them to remember how to get there on the one occasion we get scheduled to play.
Three - including one against a team who don't normally play there.
Our first home game at Docklands will be against Freo, the Suns, GWS or some other low drawing opposition
Melbourne. Not a blockbuster, not a minnow.
All North Melbourne players can confidently make social arrangements for Thursday and Friday nights safe in the knowledge they won't be required to play football.
One away Thursday night. More than I thought
Death, taxes and North playing at Pork Barrel Park against the Cats every year.
Thank God
Jason Horne-Francis will never play against North Melbourne at Docklands. Lock in the Power at Adelaide Oval.
No surprise
A potential 30k+ crowd against the Hawks will be wasted by playing them in Hobart in front of family and friends.
UTas. What a waste
Gather Round at some poxy suburban ground or country paddock.
Barossa Valley
Free to air games will be Good Friday and...maybe one other.
Haven't worked this out. The Thursday night game against * will be the one other.
I don't think they care if we win, they're probably happier for us to almost win.I'd imagine Watt used some prior contacts within the MCG executive sector to get more games there at a bare minimum.
When we start winning more games that relationship will only become more crucial.
Val and the Crunchy Push Gang.Just you and your "crutchy push" gang.
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There will be a booIn all honesty, when he does play us in Melbourne for the first time how hostile is it likely to be?
Should stamp ourselves on it - either dead silence or a hssssssssssss for snake.There will be a boo
Or two.
The longer they wait , the better we’ll be and the more fans will be there to boo that little ****erIn all honesty, when he does play us in Melbourne for the first time how hostile is it likely to be?
It's not the 8th hardest draw though, is it. Just off the top of my head, Melbourne are being held together by Gawn and some sticky tape, Carlton are mental m*dgets, I've got a feeling we beat Geelong in Melbourne.Based on this fixture, I have us finishing 17th or 18th again.
How we get the 8th hardest draw is mind boggling.
could have had saints and dons instead of dogs and blues (who both made finals)Outside of getting WC twice (which we can’t due to the new deal) I am just wondering who would be the alternative 5 teams we would have liked the double ups to be against? It’s a very even comp. Not sure it really matters who you play. If you are not on 100% you will lose. Alternatively if we are on 100% I back us against anyone.
I really don’t see the difference all those teams are very even. Suns will eventually be very good. Could well be next year.could have had saints and dons instead of dogs and blues (who both made finals)
and suns instead of crows or dees
dogs and blues are far better than saints and donsI really don’t see the difference all those teams are very even. Suns will eventually be very good. Could well be next year.
Ahhhh. Horn- France-hissssShould stamp ourselves on it - either dead silence or a hssssssssssss for snake.