Fixture 2026 Fixture Discussion

[Doggy]

Those double headers are awful. Dogs v Cats same time as the Sydney derby, dogs v Freo same time as a showdown. All on Fridays. So ridiculous.

So we play Geelong, Fremantle twice. Don't tell me we get Brisbane too

 

[WAbulldog]

Also we’re playing Freo and Port in Friday night games.

Dogs vs Freo Marvel Round 8
Port vs Dogs Adelaide Round 9

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

Flipping hell. Back to Alphabet Stadium Friday night round 6.

That makes it 49 of the last 50 years we go down the highway.

I’m livid. Put it at Marvel and it’ll get 50,000. AFL has no brains.

I’ve got no issue going down there. The issue is that this will now be 7 of the last 9 games we’ve played against the cats haven’t been at our home ground. There’s no sporting league around the world that would consider that fair.

 

[Bulldog Brent]

Certainly a tough couple of months.

 

[Doggy]

Certainly a tough couple of months.

What's new. A crap draw to start putting us behind the pack.

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

Our double ups should be from suns, hawks, Sydney, Carlton, saints. Keen to see how they **** that up.

 

[Bulldog Brent]

Our double ups should be from suns, hawks, Sydney, Carlton, saints. Keen to see how they **** that up.

Max 4 from that group.

And max 2 from top 6 and max 2 from bottom 6.

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

I don’t think it’s worth complaining about who we play, besides the eagles and richmond I think you could make a case that everyone should be competitive.

Where we play is a different story. I’ll be keen to see if we don’t get Brisbane in Melbourne again (two years in a row), Geelong in Melbourne again, Suns in Melbourne (two years in a row), Sydney in Melbourne (two years in a row).

I don’t think it’s asking that much that if you travel to play a team one year, you get them at your home ground the next.

 

[Doggies7]

So we play Geelong, Fremantle twice. Don't tell me we get Brisbane too

I don't think its confirmed we play Freo and Geelong twice yet is it? We play them early but like the Eagles game last year, played in round 3 but then that was it for the year.

 

[grassman75]

You get a higher membership cost. Congratulations.

Yay me

 

[grassman75]

Flipping hell. Back to Alphabet Stadium Friday night round 6.

That makes it 49 of the last 50 years we go down the highway.

I’m livid. Put it at Marvel and it’ll get 50,000. AFL has no brains.

Collingwood will be irrelevant next year….will they go as part of a Pendles / Sidebum retirement tour…you can bet they won’t.

People say it’s Bevo that causes us to miss finals…it’s playing at the one VIC ground with true home ground advantage against us every ****ing year and going to Darwin etc that ****s us

Notice the Cats fixture is straight after we play Hawks at AO and they play WC….its usually after their bye or a WA trip for us so once again they have an easy lead in

 

[grassman75]

Those double headers are awful. Dogs v Cats same time as the Sydney derby, dogs v Freo same time as a showdown. All on Fridays. So ridiculous.

So we have Thursday night footy and still need two games clashing in a Friday

 

[grassman75]

What's new. A crap draw to start putting us behind the pack.

While the premiers and runners up get a cushy start. We have to play catch up every year

 

[Bulldog Brent]

If it makes us feel better, apparently the Pies play in Geelong ...

 

[grassman75]

If it makes us feel better, apparently the Pies play in Geelong ...

Will believe it when I see it….it must be the 30 year anniversary since they last went there

 

[_Cerberus_]

What's new. A crap draw to start putting us behind the pack.

Well if we are serious about improving. We shouldn't put ourselves in a position to need to always be chasing.

 

[_Cerberus_]

Our double ups should be from suns, hawks, Sydney, Carlton, saints. Keen to see how they **** that up.

Hawks are in the top group, as its based on finals finishing position, not the H/A ladder for the top 8 teams.

 

[Libbaaaa]

No Tassie at least, thank fk.

 

[Sentinel]

It’s not irrelevant when you play Geelong in Adelaide and then have the return fixture in Geelong, or play Brisbane in Norwood with the return fixture in Brisbane, as has been the case for the past 2 years.
That’s 4 games against the current grand finalists, none of which on our home ground.
Gather Round is wank.

The team you play in Gather Round may be relevant for the reasons you've mentioned, my point was that once that's decided the designation of home/away for Gather Round is irrelevant because it has no impact on the potential venue for any possible double up.

 

[Doggy]

While the premiers and runners up get a cushy start. We have to play catch up every year

Geelong's entire draw is always cushy

 

[glenashley]

I'm just happy I'll be up in Qld for round 1.

Can I sit with your and buy you a beer BrisDog ?

 

[Doggy]

I'm just happy I'll be up in Qld for round 1.

Can I sit with your and buy you a beer BrisDog ?

Or a succulent Chinese meal

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

So we get both grand finalists and Hawks who were the third best team last year all by round 6 and none at home.

Shouldn’t we playing these teams at Marvel at least every second year?

 

[Doggy]

So we get both grand finalists and Hawks who were the third best team last year all by round 6 and none at home.

Shouldn’t we playing these teams at Marvel at least every second year?

No, that would be fair, we can't have that

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

No Tassie at least, thank fk.

Prefer Tassie to Darwin.