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The premier should play at the Adelaide Oval in Gather Round and if the AFL is worried about the crowd, schedule Brisbane against the Crows or Power.
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AFL have an agreement with SA govt to try and create a big event weekend.
They use Collingwood v any club as part of a big event to ensure they can fill AO without the SA clubs...they will be in two of the other AO slots.
Should be Adelaide v WC or Freo this year.
If it happens, it’s for 2027 season, not next season.
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Maybe we can do like that club did some time back and put sponsors banners on the seats like in the outer wings and forward pockets to make it look like we have a crowd.
Ancient history, and it was to make money not to simulate crowd.
And our crowds were still better than some other teams crowds at the time.
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Can't believe Hawthorn has played at AO 8 times in two years!! Wtf? I can't see us visiting both the crows and port this time around though. It'll most likely be the crows . If ken stayed, then wouldve bookmarked port as the AFL love to milk a cow even after it dies.
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Hawks might ask for it
Lots of hawks supporters in SA
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Good points, plus the flight from Melbourne to Adelaide is piss all really
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It’s easy to drive to if you live north west of Melbourne cbd
POSA98
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Actually it’s 7 times in the past 2 seasons. But 2 of those in finals…
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Yeah a trip to Mt Barker and 2 games at Norwood is hardly fair especially for a team that was coming off the back of 2 grand finals. You deserve Adelaide Oval but maybe it’ll be a trip to Barossa Park lol
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I wouldn’t say it’s an exemption as such. But the AFL would know the Pies will draw a crowd against the SA clubs at anytime so why waste it on Gather Round. Having said that, give the Rankine stuff that went down this season it wouldn’t surprise me to see Crows v Pies opening up on the Thursday night
- Aug 16, 2010
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The Victorian media have been pushing it for Weeks that St Kilda vs Collingwood something to do with a St Kilda celebration
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In regards to Gather Rd, I think there's 3 things to take into account.
1) The Vic teams share the load with away games at AO. So I expect Collingwood/St Kilda/North Melbourne/Richmond to share them. With the other 2 playing there next year.
2) Adelaide requests Thursday Night
3) You need to take into account the previous weeks games due to Easter
Brisbane vs Collingwood on Thursday
North Melbourne vs Carlton on Friday
Hawthorn vs Geelong on Monday
With a high likelihood of Fremantle vs someone (Probably Adelaide to even out breaks) Friday Night too
So I'll go with
Thursday - Adelaide vs Collingwood (AO)
Friday - Fremantle vs North Melbourne (NO)
Friday - Carlton vs Brisbane (AO)
Saturday - Essendon vs Western BUlldogs (AO)
Saturday - Richmond vs Greater Western Sydney (Barossa)
Saturday - Hawthorn vs Sydney (AO)
Sunday - West Coast vs Gold Coast (Barossa)
Sunday - Geelong vs Melbourne (NO)
Sunday - Port Adelaide vs St Kilda (AO)
As much as it makes a shit tonne of sense to utilise Collingwood's Gather Rd on Port when they're down, I think we'll see from last year, the AFL won't pass this up for the marketing side of things and give us this blockbuster.
Is it the best Rd? No.
But, I'm trying to put myself in the AFL's shoes based around pre-set matches to try and get it close to the final product.
1) The Vic teams share the load with away games at AO. So I expect Collingwood/St Kilda/North Melbourne/Richmond to share them. With the other 2 playing there next year.
2) Adelaide requests Thursday Night
3) You need to take into account the previous weeks games due to Easter
Brisbane vs Collingwood on Thursday
North Melbourne vs Carlton on Friday
Hawthorn vs Geelong on Monday
With a high likelihood of Fremantle vs someone (Probably Adelaide to even out breaks) Friday Night too
So I'll go with
Thursday - Adelaide vs Collingwood (AO)
Friday - Fremantle vs North Melbourne (NO)
Friday - Carlton vs Brisbane (AO)
Saturday - Essendon vs Western BUlldogs (AO)
Saturday - Richmond vs Greater Western Sydney (Barossa)
Saturday - Hawthorn vs Sydney (AO)
Sunday - West Coast vs Gold Coast (Barossa)
Sunday - Geelong vs Melbourne (NO)
Sunday - Port Adelaide vs St Kilda (AO)
As much as it makes a shit tonne of sense to utilise Collingwood's Gather Rd on Port when they're down, I think we'll see from last year, the AFL won't pass this up for the marketing side of things and give us this blockbuster.
Is it the best Rd? No.
But, I'm trying to put myself in the AFL's shoes based around pre-set matches to try and get it close to the final product.
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On one hand, it completely spits in the face of the reason of Opening Rd
On the other hand, it makes Rich vs Carl pointless, and could be the catalyst to finishing that bs start to a season.
Short term pain, long term gain.
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No one truly rates Gather round as a real round until Port plays Adelaide no more free kick for the SA teams
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That’ll never happen,and definitely shouldn’t be expected. If Perth, Sydney, or Brisbane hosted I wouldn’t expect their local derby to be played
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That’s where the system is broken also I think the AFL would fixture Suns vs Lions
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Don’t mind your Gather Rd fixture, particularly bringing back the Friday twilight Norwood game.
I thought the Saturday fixture was a dogs breakfast this year - trying to get from AO to Norwood and back to AO, and having one of the matches of the round at Norwood compared to having West Coast at AO.
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It comes down to the drawing power of the teams. Eg: Adelaide vs Port is easily the best local derby and is one of if not the biggest rivalry in the game. It’s guaranteed to have a huge crowd, it doesn’t need to be used in Gather Round.
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I guess it's 60 years since our only flag which was against the Pies, maybe that?
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Yes probably
AFL have an agreement with the racing industry not to take the spotlight away from them.
No leaks will come out until after stakes day.
No leaks will come out until after stakes day.
