Fixture Fixture requests 2026

[Shanghaistu]

I would like to request exclusively Saturday and Sunday afternoon games. Cancel the blockbusters, get us completely out of the public eye.

This. Please take us out of the so-called “marquee games” because they’re embarrassing and one-sided and the club and players get rewarded every year with 90,000 + crowds when they completely don’t deserve it. Give those match ups to other teams until we can prove we are genuine contenders again

 

[craffles]

My three no’s

1. No opening round for the whole comp, make the ladder make sense again.

2. No Collingwood twice just to pump up the crowd attendance numbers. It’s fine to have just the once on Anzac Day.

3. No more prime time slots for us. We aren’t producing a product worth watching.

 

[VelvetSledge]

No opening round

Bulldogs and Geelong only once please for the love of God

Yeah that's about it

 

[brutus76]

Saturday and Sunday day games so we can go home or get out on the town and on the sauce after another loss

 

[LB#16]

Saturday and Sunday day games so we can go home or get out on the town and on the sauce after another loss

I've traditionally not been a fan of Sundays but I'm all in. This team isn't worth travelling back late at night for. Saturday twilight and Sunday 1:10pm please.

 

[eth-dog]

I would like to request exclusively Saturday and Sunday afternoon games. Cancel the blockbusters, get us completely out of the public eye.

Granted! (Apparently we are getting cut back severely)

I forgot the biggest one. No opening round BS.

Granted!

No opening round

Bulldogs and Geelong only once please for the love of God

Yeah that's about it

First half granted!

 

[eth-dog]

Interestingly the AFL have put in that you can play up to 4 teams in your own group. If we infer that West Coast are the most likely to get this in the bottom 6 (given they had a one win season), puts us at an 80% chance of playing them twice. I don't think we'll be one of the teams to get the 4 teams in the bottom 6, so I'm still hoping for a 3/2/1 split over the three groups.

 

[beev]

Playing the dogs on Easter Sunday.

 

[eth-dog]

Playing the dogs on Easter Sunday.

An Easter Sunday massacre. Isn't that supposed to be on Good Friday?

 

[jmoo wan]

An Easter Sunday massacre. Isn't that supposed to be on Good Friday?

it was one dude, that’s not a massacre, that’s barely even worth mentioning

 

[JayJ20]

I was going to say that's too early in the year for our year to be destroyed, but there's never a good time to play Bulldogs...
or Geelong.

 

[Dan26]

Playing Melbourne again on gather Round. That sucks. Mix it up a bit

 

[LB#16]

I haven't been since the original Gather Round in 2023 and yet again I won't be going. The atmosphere vs Melbourne was rubbish, barely anyone there except early arriving Port fans for their game afterwards. No idea why they've done it again.

 

[beev]

Hawthorn round one on Friday night

 

[VelvetSledge]

Hawthorn round one on Friday night

Merrett best on ground, Sam Mitchell slips down the MCG stairs and poos a little bit

 

[Vindicater]

I haven't been since the original Gather Round in 2023 and yet again I won't be going. The atmosphere vs Melbourne was rubbish, barely anyone there except early arriving Port fans for their game afterwards. No idea why they've done it again.

I live here so have been to them all. It has gotten better every year. Last year was really good. Lots of fans of all teams there. I had some great banter with a Richmond supporter near me all game.

 

[LB#16]

I live here so have been to them all. It has gotten better every year. Last year was really good. Lots of fans of all teams there. I had some great banter with a Richmond supporter near me all game.

Hard to justify when you add a seven hour drive for worse atmosphere than what we get in Melbourne.

 

[eth-dog]

 

[faible]

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This block pre-bye will be unpleasant. Suns & GWS are away games, Brisbane at Marvel but they should be firing by then.

 

[eth-dog]

Reckon it's a 6-10 win season roughly. Bottom 6 likely IMO

 

[Corleone]

So ...

Double ups against North, Melbourne, Port, Hawks, GWS and the Lions

Only one game against Geelong (in Geelong) and the Dogs (at Marvel)

Interstate Trips: 6 (this includes our Gather Round game against Melbourne, it would be 7 if you count the Geelong trip).

After Round 12 we only travel interstate once (to Brisbane in round 18 - again discounting the Geelong trip)

Not a bad fixture IMO, looking like I'll have to spring for a Kayo subscription, but other than that I cannot find much to complain about.

 

[LB#16]

Geelong and Bulldogs once is a blessing from a higher power. Shoutout to whoever has been praying hard.

 

[Corleone]

This block pre-bye will be unpleasant. Suns & GWS are away games, Brisbane at Marvel but they should be firing by then.

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Very possible we enter the bye at round 15 with only 2-3 wins.

I wouldn't be expecting more than 6 wins next season.

 

[Westlo]

Looking like a top 4 pick

 

[faible]

Very possible we enter the bye at round 15 with only 2-3 wins.

I wouldn't be expecting more than 6 wins next season.

Post bye we've got a decent run Freo in Melbourne, then the next block of Richmond, WCE, Carlton (without TDK or Curnow), Melbourne (without Oliver and Petracca) then North would all be winnable. Then from round 17 - 24 I wouldn't have us as likely wins for any of them.