Friday Night Footy - keeps getting worse

[SorryIHammerChicken]

This season, let's go through the Friday night matches.

Round 1 - WCE v St Kilda - Not much of a contest, and only 1 goal scored in the last quarter.

Round 2 - Richmond v St Kilda - Actually not a bad game in the last quarter due to the suspense involved there but the first 3 quarters were poor.

Round 3 - St Kilda v Brisbane - A free-flowing first term but after that St Kilda didn't really go on with it and should have won by 50-60. A little dull in terms of atmosphere.

Round 4 - Carlton v Hawthorn - Meh

Round 5 - Richmond v Carlton - Some say it was a good close game but the skills in this match were horrible.

Round 6 - Melbourne v Geelong - tight battle in tough conditions.

Round 7 - St Kilda v Geelong - Terrible, terrible game.

Round 8 - Hawthorn v Melbourne - Blowout.

Round 9 - Collingwood v Bulldogs - High scoring, free flowing game as you'd expect. Not bad.

Round 10 - Adelaide v Essendon - Now, in the first place, why even schedule this game at the start of the year? Even when Essendon were a finals team they never played that well in Adelaide, so what made them schedule this on a Friday night? Not only that but there has never been a more certain result than this one. Adelaide 1.07 and the buildup to the game has been poor. The crowd atmosphere didn't sound good at the start of the game and ever since Essendon kicked the first goal, Adelaide sealed the game when they hit the front. One of the most dull contests I've ever seen, nothing really makes it worth watching. Worst game of all time in fact.

So out of 10 games, maybe 3 were good.

Just thought I'd get that off my chest before I get back to my uni work.

 

[piefan]

Rounds 1 and 3 were not FRIDAY night football.

 

[tomthetiger]

Its the curse of WIN.

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

Rounds 1 and 3 were not FRIDAY night football.

They felt like it though...I was going off memory.

Got me on a technicality

BTW, this should probably be moved to Bay 13

 

[Catman]

It's not going to get much better next week either!

 

[hot carl]

I agree.Most Friday night games have been crap.And now some sarcasm.
Suppose some more Bulldog's game's would make you happy.

 

[Cassius_Clay]

They are good compared to the games that channel 10 show on saturday afternoons.

 

[Longy413]

I'm an Essendon supporter and even I can appreciate the way Adelaide are playing tonight.

I know it's all well and good to want a contest, but if you can't enjoy the performance putting on tonight, you are pretty hard to please.

 

[eddiesmith]

Well its only going to get worse, dont the bombers have the majority of Friday night games for the next 4-6 weeks? And to think people complained that we played too many

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

Going through the fixture we have:

11 - Geelong v Essendon - I think Essendon are a chance here, Geelong are a bottom 8 side and while they could resort to ugly tactics like they did against the Saints, it shouldn't be too bad a game.

12 - St Kilda v Adelaide - Has potential to be a good game.

13 - Kangaroos v Essendon - Should be close, but that doesn't guarantee a good spectacle.

14 - Freo v Essendon - Another Subi stinker

15 - Richmond v Melbourne - At the G, has potential

16 - Adelaide v Kangaroos at AAMI - Please, make the bad man stop!

After that it gets a bit better though.

 

[pjcrows]

One of the most dull contests I've ever seen, nothing really makes it worth watching. Worst game of all time in fact.

On behalf of the Crows, I would like to apologise for my team trying their best and flogging Essendon and making it boring for you... di.c.k.head.

 

[Ron]

I'm quite enjoying this game actually.

 

[eddiesmith]

On behalf of the Crows, I would like to apologise for my team trying their best and flogging Essendon and making it boring for you... di.c.k.head.

Thats why games like this should be on Saturday or Sunday when people can watch another game, FNF should be the best game of the round not the worst

 

[pjcrows]

This season, let's go through the Friday night matches.

Round 1 - WCE v St Kilda - Not much of a contest, and only 1 goal scored in the last quarter.

Round 2 - Richmond v St Kilda - Actually not a bad game in the last quarter due to the suspense involved there but the first 3 quarters were poor.

Round 3 - St Kilda v Brisbane - A free-flowing first term but after that St Kilda didn't really go on with it and should have won by 50-60. A little dull in terms of atmosphere.

Round 4 - Carlton v Hawthorn - Meh

Round 5 - Richmond v Carlton - Some say it was a good close game but the skills in this match were horrible.

Round 6 - Melbourne v Geelong - tight battle in tough conditions.

Round 7 - St Kilda v Geelong - Terrible, terrible game.

Round 8 - Hawthorn v Melbourne - Blowout.

Round 9 - Collingwood v Bulldogs - High scoring, free flowing game as you'd expect. Not bad.

Round 10 - Adelaide v Essendon - Now, in the first place, why even schedule this game at the start of the year? Even when Essendon were a finals team they never played that well in Adelaide, so what made them schedule this on a Friday night? Not only that but there has never been a more certain result than this one. Adelaide 1.07 and the buildup to the game has been poor. The crowd atmosphere didn't sound good at the start of the game and ever since Essendon kicked the first goal, Adelaide sealed the game when they hit the front. One of the most dull contests I've ever seen, nothing really makes it worth watching. Worst game of all time in fact.

So out of 10 games, maybe 3 were good.

Just thought I'd get that off my chest before I get back to my uni work.

Why cant you just sit back and enjoy watching the highly-skilled Crows? No matter how biased supporters can be, they can generally appreciate a side when they're playing well.

 

[eddiesmith]

Why cant you just sit back and enjoy watching the highly-skilled Crows? No matter how biased supporters can be, they can generally appreciate a side when they're playing well.

99% of supporters would prefer a game like last Friday night compared to tonights snore fest, the 1% are Crows fans

 

[pjcrows]

Thats why games like this should be on Saturday or Sunday when people can watch another game, FNF should be the best game of the round not the worst

And the AFL can predict before the season which games are going to be 'the best'? You're a fool. We had to sit through tonnes of 'Collingwood blockbusters' on Friday night when you were sh.it, so suck it up.

 

[Effes]

They are good compared to the games that channel 10 show on saturday afternoons.

Agreed, is it just me or does any game Christian commentate turn out to be

 

[Effes]

And the AFL can predict before the season which games are going to be 'the best'?

Don't try and bring some common sense into the argument

 

[eddiesmith]

And the AFL can predict before the season which games are going to be 'the best'? You're a fool. We had to sit through tonnes of 'Collingwood blockbusters' on Friday night when you were sh.it, so suck it up.

Well can you tell us the last time Essendon put up a fight at AAMI stadium? Yet every year it is on a Friday night

Funny how everyone complained about us, but each of those years the bombers had the same or even more FNF games and no one complained, this year they have a large number again, yet we are the ones who get the prime spot?

 

[pjcrows]

Agreed, is it just me or does any game Christian commentate turn out to be

Haha yeh, the Christian/Walls combo is always a stinker.

 

[pjcrows]

Well can you tell us the last time Essendon put up a fight at AAMI stadium? Yet every year it is on a Friday night

Funny how everyone complained about us, but each of those years the bombers had the same or even more FNF games and no one complained, this year they have a large number again, yet we are the ones who get the prime spot?

When do Collingwood put up a fight in Brisbane? That game always seemed to be a Thursday of Friday night 'blockbuster'.

 

[pjcrows]

Well can you tell us the last time Essendon put up a fight at AAMI stadium

and for the record, essendon beat the crows in 2004 at aami

 

[eddiesmith]

When do Collingwood put up a fight in Brisbane? That game always seemed to be a Thursday of Friday night 'blockbuster'.

It was for 2 years when we were playing in Grand finals the year before because the Lions like every other club demanded it to guarantee a full house at the GABBA

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

I'm quite enjoying this game actually.

You got money on the Crows? You're anti-Sheedy?

And the AFL can predict before the season which games are going to be 'the best'?

You'd think they would have some idea. Seems to me whenever I want a blockbuster, the last game I would turn to is a Victorian side who finished bottom 4 at the time of fixturing against the minor premier at their home ground.

 

[Longy413]

Well can you tell us the last time Essendon put up a fight at AAMI stadium? Yet every year it is on a Friday night

We won there in 2004.

Haven't played there on a Friday night since.