Fixture 2025 fixture

[giantroo]

The 2025 Fixture

 

[Only Forwards]

As Trade eon drags on (and on and on and on), my mind drifts to, how we will be screwed in 2025?

So lets go through some knowns, some assumptions, and some predictions.

Knowns

• Jack Darling will play his 300th game next year
• we are a team that the AFL put often in the most commercially non viable slots
• Despite ending on or near the bottom the ease of our fixturing continues to be rated in the top 6 or so hardest fixtures year on year.
• We will retain Good Friday

Assumptions

• we obtain Luke Parker
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  Luke Parker

  Age

  33

  Ht

  183cm

  Wt

  88kg

  Pos.

  M/F

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  24.2

  5star

  K

  12.6

  5star

  HB

  11.6

  5star

  M

  3.8

  4star

  T

  5.6

  5star

  CL

  5.8

  5star

  D

  22.1

  5star

  K

  12.3

  5star

  HB

  9.9

  5star

  M

  3.9

  4star

  T

  5.0

  5star

  CL

  5.5

  5star

  D

  21.2

  5star

  K

  11.4

  4star

  HB

  9.8

  5star

  M

  2.0

  3star

  T

  8.0

  5star

  CL

  5.2

  5star

  and he will play his 300th game next year
• there are only certain teams we can play at certain times, IE we need to play a team with a similar rest period prior to Good Friday

Predictions

I think that there are 5 solid predictions we can make with the above

Round 1 - Docklands - Home - vs ?
Round 2 - Perth - Away - West Coast
Round 3 - ? reckon we get Geelong in Geelong
Round 4 - ? Home game possibly Hobart
Round 5 - Adelaide - Gather Round - Brisbane
Round 6 - Docklands - Home - Carlton
Round 7 - SCG - Away - Sydney

The italics are my guesses rather than predictions.

Two games in Melbourne in the first 7 rounds, Playing a minimum of four finalists just feels about right on the spectrum of how hard they will f*** us.

IMHO, if the AFL schedule us in Perth in round 2 and Sydney in round 7, we should start round 1 with neither Darling nor Parker in the team. And I know this is harsh AF on both of those players, but we should not tow some line to appease oppositions supporters after year on year being f***ed by these corporate overlords of ours.

back, but this will be If they didn't screw us over so goddamn always we should play the game, but they do and rarely do we have means to screw them back and we should take it.

Any post your predictions.

 

[kool kangas]

As Trade eon drags on (and on and on and on), my mind drifts to, how we will be screwed in 2025?

So lets go through some knowns, some assumptions, and some predictions.

Knowns

• Jack Darling will play his 300th game next year
• we are a team that the AFL put often in the most commercially non viable slots
• Despite ending on or near the bottom the ease of our fixturing continues to be rated in the top 6 or so hardest fixtures year on year.
• We will retain Good Friday

Assumptions

• we obtain Luke Parker and he will play his 300th game next year
• there are only certain teams we can play at certain times, IE we need to play a team with a similar rest period prior to Good Friday

Predictions

I think that there are 5 solid predictions we can make with the above

Round 1 - Docklands - Home - vs ?
Round 2 - Perth - Away - West Coast
Round 3 - ? reckon we get Geelong in Geelong
Round 4 - ? Home game possibly Hobart
Round 5 - Adelaide - Gather Round - Brisbane
Round 6 - Docklands - Home - Carlton
Round 7 - SCG - Away - Sydney

The italics are my guesses rather than predictions.

Two games in Melbourne in the first 7 rounds, Playing a minimum of four finalists just feels about right on the spectrum of how hard they will f*** us.

IMHO, if the AFL schedule us in Perth in round 2 and Sydney in round 7, we should start round 1 with neither Darling nor Parker in the team. And I know this is harsh AF on both of those players, but we should not tow some line to appease oppositions supporters after year on year being f***ed by these corporate overlords of ours.

back, but this will be If they didn't screw us over so goddamn always we should play the game, but they do and rarely do we have means to screw them back and we should take it.

Any post your predictions.

Is there going to be another zero round in 2025 before round 1?

 

[Harris 10]

I think we'll play Richmond early in the year.

 

[Only Forwards]

Is there going to be another zero round in 2025 before round 1?

Yes, good point.

We are odds on to get a team that has already played a game.

 

[Marstermind]

1. 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.
2. Our first home game at Docklands will be against Freo, the Suns, GWS or some other low drawing opposition
3. 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.
4. Death, taxes and North playing at Pork Barrel Park against the Cats every year.
5. Jason Horne-Francis will never play against North Melbourne at Docklands. Lock in the Power at Adelaide Oval.
6. A potential 30k+ crowd against the Hawks will be wasted by playing them in Hobart in front of family and friends.
7. Gather Round at some poxy suburban ground or country paddock.
8. Free to air games will be Good Friday and...maybe one other.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Surely we get Richmond and west coast twice

Would like saints and gc twice also

Port finally at docklands need to rip into the sook finally

 

[Hojuman]

Rd.1 - Swans SCG
Rd.2 - GWS Marvel
Rd.3 - Lions ( gather round ) Mt. Kilimanjaro
Rd.4 - Carl Marvel G.F.
Rd.5 - Tarps Hobart

Book it in.

 

[Its a Process]

Surely we don't cop Geelong in Geelong again.

How many years in a row has it been?

 

[Hojuman]

Surely we don't cop Geelong in Geelong again.

How many years in a row has it been?

Rd.6

 

[Marstermind]

Surely we don't cop Geelong in Geelong again.

How many years in a row has it been?

Not counting 2020, sixyears in a row. In which time we've played them in Melbourne the same amount as we've played them in Brisbane. Once.

Since 2001 the only seasons we didn't play them there were 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017 (and 2020).

 

[Its a Process]

Not counting 2020, six years in a row. In which time we've played them in Melbourne the same amount as we've played them in Brisbane. Once.

Since 2001 the only seasons we didn't play them there were 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017 (and 2020).

It's a joke. If I am Viney/Watt I am giving the AFL this info and declaring that we will have them at home.

 

[ferball]

As Trade eon drags on (and on and on and on), my mind drifts to, how we will be screwed in 2025?

So lets go through some knowns, some assumptions, and some predictions.

Knowns

• Jack Darling will play his 300th game next year
• we are a team that the AFL put often in the most commercially non viable slots
• Despite ending on or near the bottom the ease of our fixturing continues to be rated in the top 6 or so hardest fixtures year on year.
• We will retain Good Friday

Assumptions

• we obtain Luke Parker and he will play his 300th game next year
• there are only certain teams we can play at certain times, IE we need to play a team with a similar rest period prior to Good Friday

Predictions

I think that there are 5 solid predictions we can make with the above

Round 1 - Docklands - Home - vs ?
Round 2 - Perth - Away - West Coast
Round 3 - ? reckon we get Geelong in Geelong
Round 4 - ? Home game possibly Hobart
Round 5 - Adelaide - Gather Round - Brisbane
Round 6 - Docklands - Home - Carlton
Round 7 - SCG - Away - Sydney

The italics are my guesses rather than predictions.

Two games in Melbourne in the first 7 rounds, Playing a minimum of four finalists just feels about right on the spectrum of how hard they will f*** us.

IMHO, if the AFL schedule us in Perth in round 2 and Sydney in round 7, we should start round 1 with neither Darling nor Parker in the team. And I know this is harsh AF on both of those players, but we should not tow some line to appease oppositions supporters after year on year being f***ed by these corporate overlords of ours.

back, but this will be If they didn't screw us over so goddamn always we should play the game, but they do and rarely do we have means to screw them back and we should take it.

Any post your predictions.

You don't have Good Friday in the first seven rounds?

 

[Only Forwards]

You don't have Good Friday in the first seven rounds?

round 6.

 

[ferball]

round 6.

D'oh.

 

[ferball]

round 6.

Also GWS at Docklands R1.

Hawks in Hobart. That way we six finalists in the first seven weeks.

 

[Wild Kangaroo]

My prediction for 2025 Fixture First 12 Rounds - We will get screwed over hard.
3 home games at Marvel in the first 12.

Round 1 - Port Adelaide - Away
Round 2 - West Coast - Home Marvel
Round 3 - Geelong in Geelong
Round 4 - Sydney at SCG
Round 5 - Gather Round - Brisbane - Mount Gambier
Round 6 - Carlton - Home ( Good Friday)
Round 7 - Adelaide - Home ( Hobart)
Round 8 - Western Bullflogs- Away Marvel ( 4.45 on a Sunday)
Round 9 - Whorefawn- Away( Launceston)
Round 10 - Collingwood - Home Marvel
Round 11 - GC - Away - NT (again)
Round 12 - Fremantle - Home - (Hobart)

 

[Better Loosen Up]

One thing can be certain is the AFL will derail our season again like last year, putting us against the 4 prelim finalists from last year in the first 7 rounds. This should be enough to have us in a bad enough position for LDU to start exploring his FA options with one of the big clubs.

 

[Wild Kangaroo]

One thing can be certain is the AFL will derail our season again like last year, putting us against the 4 prelim finalists from last year in the first 7 rounds. This should be enough to have us in a bad enough position for LDU to start exploring his FA options with one of the big clubs.

It'll be a dead set certain.

 

[shintemaster]

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.
Our first home game at Docklands will be against Freo, the Suns, GWS or some other low drawing opposition
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.
Death, taxes and North playing at Pork Barrel Park against the Cats every year.
Jason Horne-Francis will never play against North Melbourne at Docklands. Lock in the Power at Adelaide Oval.
A potential 30k+ crowd against the Hawks will be wasted by playing them in Hobart in front of family and friends.
Gather Round at some poxy suburban ground or country paddock.
Free to air games will be Good Friday and...maybe one other.

Spot on. FWIW we have our issues with the AFL but how many other club boards have the fixturing team come on and confirm arrangements this early in the year? Good work Marstermind, I hope the AFL are looking after you.

 

[Gasometer]

4pm Sundays

 

[Gasometer]

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.
Our first home game at Docklands will be against Freo, the Suns, GWS or some other low drawing opposition
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.
Death, taxes and North playing at Pork Barrel Park against the Cats every year.
Jason Horne-Francis will never play against North Melbourne at Docklands. Lock in the Power at Adelaide Oval.
A potential 30k+ crowd against the Hawks will be wasted by playing them in Hobart in front of family and friends.
Gather Round at some poxy suburban ground or country paddock.
Free to air games will be Good Friday and...maybe one other.

The ol rinse wash repeat eh?

 

[tricknologist]

I'll be over the moon if we somehow manage to avoid playing at that shithole Kardinia Park

 

[Marstermind]

The ol rinse wash repeat eh?

YUP.

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.
The last season we played more than 2 H&A games at the MCG was 2010

Our first home game at Docklands will be against Freo, the Suns, GWS or some other low drawing opposition
Our first home Marvel game in recent years has been Freo (2024), West Coast (2017, 2022, 2023), Port (2021), Saints (2018, 2020), Lions (2015, 2019), Crows (2016)

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.
Outside of COVID years, our last Friday night game was against Hawthorn in 2019.

Death, taxes and North playing at Pork Barrel Park against the Cats every year.
Outside of COVID years, the last year we didn't go to GMHBA was 2017

Jason Horne-Francis will never play against North Melbourne at Docklands. Lock in the Power at Adelaide Oval.
No chase Jase has played against North twice - both in Hobart. Port started playing at Adelaide Oval in 2014 but have only played us there twice. It's time.

A potential 30k+ crowd against the Hawks will be wasted by playing them in Hobart in front of family and friends.
In the last four seasons, North and Hawthorn, despite both giving up home games to Tassie, have played in Tassie.

Gather Round at some poxy suburban ground or country paddock.
North played Brisbane in both Gather Round - once in Woop Woop, once at wingless Norwood. The Barossa Valley gets a game next year. I suggest the Grenache from Seppeltsfield.

Free to air games will be Good Friday and...maybe one other.
Probably a good thing given BT & JB shit****ery, but for the last two years we've been free to air only on Good Friday and an away game v Melbourne. Not ideal for our corporates

 

[CURVE]

Surely we don't cop Geelong in Geelong again.

How many years in a row has it been?

We have played Geelong at Kardinia Park every year this century except 2000, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2020. 19 times in 25 seasons.

 

[zoomba23]

Free to air games will be Good Friday and...maybe one other.

Oo, someone's feeling optimistic