Fixture 2026 Fixture

[ray_purchase]

Adelaide Crows getting prime time games has to be a joke right?

 

[Purple Suit]

Absolutely hate Thursday’s.
If any club shouldn’t play in them, it should be us.
The traffic between Melbourne and Geelong is a nightmare.

No different to Perth with the game starting at 6:10pm instead of 7:40pm less distance but less time. Optus stadium was set-up to be accessed by Trains and Buses but the event buses and trains don't run on a work day during rush hour as they don't have enough. You have to swap rides to the ground from the main arterials rather than go straight there.

They need to be shared and if you're up the top of the ladder, bad luck you're playing more of them than the teams at the bottom. It's for the greater good of getting to watch footy on a Thursday night.

 

[Purple Suit]

Adelaide Crows getting prime time games has to be a joke right?

Why? They will probably be above you on the ladder by the end of the weekend and they are mostly against contenders higher up anyway.

 

[BarbieITFC]

No different to Perth with the game starting at 6:10pm instead of 7:40pm less distance but less time. Optus stadium was set-up to be accessed by Trains and Buses but the event buses and trains don't run on a work day during rush hour as they don't have enough. You have to swap rides to the ground from the main arterials rather than go straight there.

They need to be shared and if you're up the top of the ladder, bad luck you're playing more of them than the teams at the bottom. It's for the greater good of getting to watch footy on a Thursday night.

This. Normally it’s a 35-40 minute trip to Optus for me on the train, even with a change at Perth Station.

Left home at 4:45 last Thursday for the Hawks game and missed the first 10 minutes of Q1.

Most train lines come into Perth and then out to the stadium. Perth Station was like a London Underground station at 6pm - could barely move between platforms or once on the train.

 

[MadMaxx]

And geelong has the toughest draw in the land.

How do you figure? The Eagles and the Dockers get 12 hours of flying every second week....

 

[Grumpyshades]

How do you figure? The Eagles and the Dockers get 12 hours of flying every second week....

Geelong have the biggest leg up in the league

 

[mattpolo8]

we (sydney fans) booked flights (a couple of months ago) into busselton on the wednesday, and accom in marg river for wed/thu thinking "there's no way freo v sydney will be thursday night".

grim. change of plans.

 

[Ratboys]

Is "standalone" their attempt to make watching Kayo feel like an event?

"This isn't a normal match you'd be watching anyway when you like AFL enough to pay for a subscription. It's a STANDALONE!"

 

[Seeds]

Geelong have the biggest leg up in the league

You mean biggest disasvantage in the league.

 

[Seeds]

How do you figure? The Eagles and the Dockers get 12 hours of flying every second week....

So do their opponents every second week.

 

[MadMaxx]

So do their opponents every second week.

Hmm, logic is broken.

Vic Clubs fly between 4-7 times a year. Hawks more than most, but 40 min flight to Lonnie is not much of an impact.

Perth is 4.5-5.0 hours each way

 

[MarcMaverick]

I reckon, aside from Gather Round, maybe we could play matches in neutral venues.

 

[mattpolo8]

Huge advocate for playing every game at the same time in the last round. EPL do it. Why can't we?
1 game at optus
1 game at adelaide oval
1 at gabba
1 at gold coast
1 at scg
1 at gws
1 at mcg
1 at marvel
1 at tassie

 

[Seeds]

Hmm, logic is broken.

Vic Clubs fly between 4-7 times a year. Hawks more than most, but 40 min flight to Lonnie is not much of an impact.

Perth is 4.5-5.0 hours each way

Yes. And their opponents fly that every week they come to play them in perth. Thus their opponents fly it every second week.

 

[Seeds]

Huge advocate for playing every game at the same time in the last round. EPL do it. Why can't we?
1 game at optus
1 game at adelaide oval
1 at gabba
1 at gold coast
1 at scg
1 at gws
1 at mcg
1 at marvel
1 at tassie

Why? There are so many utter inconsistencies in their draw. Why would you focus on this very minor thing?

 

[Seeds]

How do you figure? The Eagles and the Dockers get 12 hours of flying every second week....

Only 9 home games. Every other game is at our oppoistions home city bar the gather round. Not to mention all the teams we only play once are mostly bottom of the ladder dwellers.

 

[Dazb86]

Hmm, logic is broken.

Vic Clubs fly between 4-7 times a year. Hawks more than most, but 40 min flight to Lonnie is not much of an impact.

Perth is 4.5-5.0 hours each way

4.5 hours of sitting down oh no

 

[mattpolo8]

Why? There are so many utter inconsistencies in their draw. Why would you focus on this very minor thing?

Would this be an inconsistency? If anything, I thought it would be consistent. All teams play at the same time. No tanking, no late changes (hello chris scott), all have equal break going into wildcard weekend

 

[VicBased]

Why is 8:10 the latest it can be, is there a law about it in Victoria we don't know about? Why not start it at 8:40 eastern so that only half of the game overlaps?

You'll get more people watching more footy than if you overlap games at the same time as you can't watch two things at once. That is unless your wife has let you install two TV's side by side in the lounge room, something that despite my asking has not happened to me.

Well then, now we know who wears the pants in your household.

 

[parano1a]

Huge advocate for playing every game at the same time in the last round. EPL do it. Why can't we?

TV.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Huge advocate for playing every game at the same time in the last round. EPL do it. Why can't we?
1 game at optus
1 game at adelaide oval
1 at gabba
1 at gold coast
1 at scg
1 at gws
1 at mcg
1 at marvel
1 at tassie

Love the idea, but the broadcasters will never allow it.

 

[Seeds]

Would this be an inconsistency? If anything, I thought it would be consistent. All teams play at the same time. No tanking, no late changes (hello chris scott), all have equal break going into wildcard weekend

I didnt say it was a inconsistenct. I said it was a very minor improvement and not worth fixing. Especially given it comes with massive cost for tv audiences and attendance.

There are much bigger incinsistencies.

Such as geelong playing 2 more away games then everyone else.
Big 4 teams always getting double ups every year against each other.
A lopsided draw that could easily be fixed with the proposal made by mclaughlan 5 years ago.
Hawthorn getting extra away games in melbourne they dont deserve because of the tassie deal

 

[Walshawk]

I didnt say it was a inconsistenct. I said it was a very minor improvement and not worth fixing. Especially given it comes with massive cost for tv audiences and attendance.

There are much bigger incinsistencies.

Such as geelong playing 2 more away games then everyone else.
Big 4 teams always getting double ups every year against each other.
A lopsided draw that could easily be fixed with the proposal made by mclaughlan 5 years ago.
Hawthorn getting extra away games in melbourne they dont deserve because of the tassie deal

How do you mean? No Victorian club plays more than 9 home games at their home ground other than Geelong (10).

 

[Art Vandelay_]

If we get top 4 and years end we'll have earned it.

Suns (A)
Freo

Bye

Ade
Hawks (a)
West Coast (GR)
WB
Port (a)
NM
Coll
BL (a)
Syd
Carl (a)
Ade (a)
Suns
Freo (a)

Bye

BL
Giants (a)
Saints
Dees (a)
Coll (a)
Ess
NM (a)
Rich

Genuinely don't get an easy stretch until the last month. If we get to seasons end 5-8 then we aren't good enough. Get top 4 and should be supremely confident we can go well because we'll have had to beat some good clubs to get there.

 

[SA HAWK]

If we get top 4 and years end we'll have earned it.


Genuinely don't get an easy stretch until the last month. If we get to seasons end 5-8 then we aren't good enough. Get top 4 and should be supremely confident we can go well because we'll have had to beat some good clubs to get there.

The only 2 games i can see Geelong possibly losing are Freo & Brisbane.

Any other loss would be a surprise.

Will finish top 2 list health will decide if they win the flag or not imo.