Crows' Draw 2005

[Fred Phillis]

Crows' 2005 draw...

Adelaide

1 Sunday, 27th March West Coast AAMI Stadium Home
2 Sunday, 3rd April Collingwood Telstra Dome Away
3 Sunday, 10th April (Early Start) Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium Home
4 Sunday, 17th April (Early Start) Sydney S.C.G. Away
5 Saturday, 23rd April (Night) Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome Away
6 Saturday, 30th April Kangaroos AAMI Stadium Home
7 Friday, 6th May (Night) Melbourne M.C.G. Away
8 Saturday, 14th May (Night) Brisbane Lions AAMI Stadium Home
9 Friday, 20th May (Night) St. Kilda Telstra Dome Away
10 Sunday, 29th May (Early Start) Carlton AAMI Stadium Home
11 Saturday, 4th June (Night) Essendon AAMI Stadium Home
12 Sunday, 12th June Geelong Skilled Stadium Away
13 Saturday, 18th June (Night) Richmond Telstra Dome Away
14 Sunday, 3rd July (Early Start) Fremantle AAMI Stadium Home
15 Sunday, 10th July (Early Start) Hawthorn Aurora Stadium Away
16 Sunday, 17th July (Early Start) Western Bulldogs AAMI Stadium Home
17 Sunday, 24th July Kangaroos Telstra Dome Away
18 Saturday, 30th July (Night) Sydney AAMI Stadium Home
19 Saturday, 6th August Melbourne AAMI Stadium Home
20 Saturday, 13th August Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium Away
21 Saturday, 20th August Collingwood AAMI Stadium Home
22 Saturday, 27th August West Coast Subiaco Away

 

[noddy]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Adelaide

22 Saturday, 27th August West Coast Subiaco Away

Shafted again,

How many times in the last 10 years has this happened ??

Having to play away in Perth before we play in the finals !!

Still we've done it before & we can do it again.

Only 1 game game at the G is not good.

But can't argue with rounds 18, 19, 20, & 21.

 

[Fergus]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Not too bad apart from round 22. No trip to the Gabba which is nice, only 1 trip to Perth.

Of the seven teams we play twice, 4 played in finals this year (Port, Sydney, Melbourne, West Coast) and 3 didn't (Collingwood, Western Bulldogs, Kangaroos).

Would have liked to see a home Friday night match.

 

[silky-smooth]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

4 Sunday, 17th April (Early Start) Sydney S.C.G. Away

DaveW will be happy

 

[SAbella]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Does anybody remember what Adelaide's requests were for the 2005 fixture? How well were they met?

I doubt the MCG one was met-only 1 game there grrrrrrrrrr

 

[snakebite01]

AFC Draw 2005

Round 1 - West Coast (AAMI) Sunday
Round 2 - Collingwood (Telstra Dome) Sunday
Round 3 - Port Adelaide (AAMI) Sunday
Round 4 - Sydney (SCG) Sunday
Round 5 - Bulldogs (TD) Saturday Night
Round 6 - Kangaroos (AAMI) Saturday
Round 7 - Melbourne (MCG) Friday NIght
Round 8 - Brisbane (AAMI) Saturday Night
Round 9 - St. Kilda (TD) Friday Night
Round 10 - Carlton (AAMI) Sunday
Round 11 - Essendon (AAMI) Saturday Night
Round 12 - Geelong (SS) Sunday
Round 13 - Richmond (TD) Saturday Night
Round 14 - Fremantle (AAMI) Sunday
Round 15 - Hawthorn (York Park) Sunday
Round 16 - Bulldogs (AAMI) Sunday
Round 17 - Kangaroos (TD) Sunday
Round 18 - Sydney (AAMI) Saturday NIght
Round 19 - Melbourne (AAMI) Saturday
Round 20 - Port Adelaide (AAMI) Saturday
Round 21 - Collingwood (AAMI) Saturday
Round 22 - West Coast (Subiaco) Saturday

 

[snakebite01]

Re: AFC Draw 2005

Whoops, beat me too it.

DELETE Please.

 

[The Iron Sock]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Having to play away in Perth before we play in the finals !!

I Don't Think That will be a problem Next year

 

[PowerKop]

Re: AFC Draw 2005

Poor season - 8 wins

Good season - 12 wins

My tip 10 wins

 

[silky-smooth]

Re: AFC Draw 2005

Whoops, beat me too it.

DELETE Please.

this is the third thread on this... how could you miss the first, then the second?

 

[noddy]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

I Don't Think That will be a problem Next year

Iron Sock, i have a new lease of life & i'm very positive about us playing finals footy in 05.

I have these feelings in my bones & there telling me good times are not far away.

 

[snakebite01]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Breaking the fixture down we have:
Friday Night - 2
Saturday - 5
Saturday Night - 5
Sunday Afternoon - 10

and...
AAMI Stadium - 12
Telstra Dome - 5
SCG - 1
SKilled Stadium - 1
MCG - 1
York Park - 1
Subiaco - 1

Overall not a bad draw. Obvious disappointments are playing in Perth in the last round, only 1 game at the MCG (meanwhile Freo and WCE have 4 each), no friday night games at home and 4 saturday afternoon games at AAMI. Apart from that it's pretty good.

The stretch from rounds 10-21 is very healthy, definitely a big chance for some wins there with only the Geelong and Port games probably out of our reach.

 

[- PC -]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Adelaide

1 Sunday, 27th March West Coast AAMI Stadium Home

5 Saturday, 23rd April (Night) Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome Away

6 Saturday, 30th April Kangaroos AAMI Stadium Home

8 Saturday, 14th May (Night) Brisbane Lions AAMI Stadium Home

10 Sunday, 29th May (Early Start) Carlton AAMI Stadium Home

11 Saturday, 4th June (Night) Essendon AAMI Stadium Home

13 Saturday, 18th June (Night) Richmond Telstra Dome Away

14 Sunday, 3rd July (Early Start) Fremantle AAMI Stadium Home
15 Sunday, 10th July (Early Start) Hawthorn Aurora Stadium Away

16 Sunday, 17th July (Early Start) Western Bulldogs AAMI Stadium Home

18 Saturday, 30th July (Night) Sydney AAMI Stadium Home

19 Saturday, 6th August Melbourne AAMI Stadium Home

20 Saturday, 13th August Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium Away

21 Saturday, 20th August Collingwood AAMI Stadium Home

Am I been overconfident? Even allowing 2 losses it means we win 12 games which should see us in the mix for a top 8 spot.

And you always win games you expect to lose and vice versa

Bring it on

The final piece in the puzzle is who we draft AND trade

GO CROWS 2005

 

[snakebite01]

Re: AFC Draw 2005

this is the third thread on this... how could you miss the first, then the second?

Doing it at the same time.

 

[SAbella]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Iron Sock, i have a new lease of life & i'm very positive about us playing finals footy in 05.

I have these feelings in my bones & there telling me good times are not far away.

My dad has predicted Adelaide will be playing in the finals next season too and he thinks they will do reasonably well. My dad is practically never wrong with his predictions-he always picks when the Crows will win and lose correctly so let's hope he is right this time too

 

[raboyle]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

The Round 20 match against Port is the Heritage Weekend.

Port has always wanted to break out the Black & White against the Crows... will they this year?

 

[Fergus]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Probably a bit over-confident PerthCrow - beating Brisbane even at home will be a huge stretch, beating Port Adelaide in either Showdown is a big ask.

I reckon we can finish anywhere from 7 - 12.

 

[DaveW]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

4 Sunday, 17th April (Early Start) Sydney S.C.G. Away

You beauty!

(Indeed I am happy, silky-smooth.)

17 Sunday, 24th July Kangaroos Telstra Dome

I was kinda hoping we might play in Canberra again now that Carey's gone. Ah well.

 

[bluecrow]

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17 Sunday, 24th July Kangaroos Telstra Dome Away

Yay! A game in Melb for my bday!

 

[PowerKop]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

I think the AFL's been smart in sending the Crows to Perth in round 22 cos they know they won't need to be worrying about playing the next week.

 

[noddy]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

I think the AFL's been smart in sending the Crows to Perth in round 22 cos they know they won't need to be worrying about playing the next week.

Have a nice day & come back soon.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

21 Saturday, 20th August Collingwood AAMI Stadium Home
22 Saturday, 27th August West Coast Subiaco Away

You know what the most annoying thing about this????

In the fixture that was released to the clubs about a week or so ago we played WC at Subiaco in Rd 21 and Collingwood at home in Rd 22. When the club got back the fixture those 2 games were switched around. No prices for guessing why those 2 games got switched

Needless to say Steven Trigg is one ********ed off man about this

 

[mymansyd]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

I think our draw is slightly better than 2004 (which eventuated as the toughest draw in the AFL - remember we played all top 4 teams twice). In terms of overall difficulty, I think we are in the middle of the pack. Brisbane's & Melbourne's looks the toughest and Carlton & Collingwood's looks the easiest. This is my first impression, anyhow.

However, I think Port have got an insider!

Those ********ers have just won the flag, yet only play 2 top-8 teams twice next year! What the ******** is that about? Has that ever happened before?

We finish 12th, yet play 4 top-8 teams twice! Thankfully, only one of those (Port) finished in the top-4.

The AFL need to employ some fairer-minded people in their scheduling department.

Not happy.

 

[DaveW]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Of the seven teams we play twice, 4 played in finals this year (Port, Sydney, Melbourne, West Coast) and 3 didn't (Collingwood, Western Bulldogs, Kangaroos).

Good pick up. We've been a little bit dudded here.

I'm sure they used to schedule it such that bottom-8 sides played four bottom-8 sides twice and top-8 sides played four top-8 sides twice.

Of course, Melbourne is due for a down year.

 

[mymansyd]

Re: Crows' 2005 draw...

Good pick up. We've been a little bit dudded here.

I'm sure they used to schedule it such that bottom-8 sides played four bottom-8 sides twice and top-8 sides played four top-8 sides twice.
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That's the way it seemed to be, but hey the AFL doesn't seem to give a rats-arse about that anymore. Port play only 2 top-8 teams next year! Man, I can't get over that!!!!