Most Favorable Fixture Draws In AFL History? (Single Season)

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St Kilda's draw this year was pretty tough considering ..
from round 5 – 9 we played all four of the previous year’s top 4 (three of them consecutively) then followed up with a match against the reigning premiers before the bye only to come back with an interstate trip against the team who came 5th the previous year I don’t reckon any team in the history of the AFL has quiet had a stretch like that .. then to round out the year we get a trip to Sydney followed the next week by a trip to Adelaide ..
I’m not sure if any other club played two Perth games and two Adelaide games plus a trip to Sydney and a trip to Tassie in the one season...
 

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Err wut - it shows you exactly who had the easiest draw.
In hindsight. Not planned. Big difference.

Edit: you also took my comment out of context. I wrote that it meant nothing in terms of assigning fixtures, not nothing "at all".
 
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Here's this year's fixture ranked, using premiership points as the determiner... and also shows how many games against top 4 etc...

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It shows how useless it is to try and sort out the fixture toughness based on the previous year's ladder ... because that ladder was also not a true indication of quality, and we have no idea what is going to change in the following year !!
 

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Haha
You are usually our bunnies.
Won't be long before the status quo resumes.
Why? You have a list of B graders, and no matter how much you offer, no quality players seem interested in joining your mob, and clearly you're not great at development, so it's hard to see where you'll improve.
 

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Why? You have a list of B graders, and no matter how much you offer, no quality players seem interested in joining your mob, and clearly you're not great at development, so it's hard to see where you'll improve.
The trade month hasn't even began yet.
Our no.1 is in the midst of a finals campaign.
I haven't seen or heard anything to suggest Kelly has said no to us.
Brad Scotts comments recently reflect this as well.

I can see some of our youngers players improving with another preseason.
Jy Simpkin is one, Declan Mountford another.
Ben Brown came third in the coleman, he should get better.

Also what if Richmond has a finals hangover next year + a hard draw?
 
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Champion data rated your draw the easiest, you have also had a dream run with injuries.
we've had a few injuries throughout the year, but it's all come good at the right time.
I had Richmond playing finals in the ladder predictor at the start of the year
Then you were one of very few who had us anywhere near the top 8. Can't blame people either after our 2016 result.
 

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To be fair of our 4 games against the top 4 sides, only 1 was at home, and the home team won all 4 of those games.
Also a valid consideration.

A home game against Geelong and Brisbane away, it would have been a much easier fixture for example.

Also noteworthy that the only time Geelong beat a top 8 side was when they were at KP, so that 5 of their 7 games there were against top 8 sides was 'helpful'. (they also played the Bulldogs there)
 

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Haha
You are usually our bunnies.
Won't be long before the status quo resumes.
Enjoying the finals series so far? How's Norths raiding of other clubs talent going? Dusty sign? How about Kelly? It's ok, I'm sure you guys will land the likes of Suban and Motlop.
 

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The trade month hasn't even began yet.
Our no.1 is in the midst of a finals campaign.
I haven't seen or heard anything to suggest Kelly has said no to us.
Brad Scotts comments recently reflect this as well.

I can see some of our youngers players improving with another preseason.
Jy Simpkin is one, Declan Mountford another.
Ben Brown came third in the coleman, he should get better.

Also what if Richmond has a finals hangover next year + a hard draw?

Your number 1 has already said no, and the thinking about your number 2 choice is that you are, at best, his 3rd preference.

North fans have been talking up their superstar kids since forever....So few work out that your recruiting and development must be seriously stuffed. The occasional exception (e.g. Brown) is a matter of it happening in spite of your 'development', not because.
 

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The trade month hasn't even began yet.
Our no.1 is in the midst of a finals campaign.
I haven't seen or heard anything to suggest Kelly has said no to us.
Brad Scotts comments recently reflect this as well.

I can see some of our youngers players improving with another preseason.
Jy Simpkin is one, Declan Mountford another.
Ben Brown came third in the coleman, he should get better.

Also what if Richmond has a finals hangover next year + a hard draw?
Oh boy those names are striking fear into there opponents as we speak.
 

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Your number 1 has already said no, and the thinking about your number 2 choice is that you are, at best, his 3rd preference.

North fans have been talking up their superstar kids since forever....So few work out that your recruiting and development must be seriously stuffed. The occasional exception (e.g. Brown) is a matter of it happening in spite of your 'development', not because.
Who says we are his 3rd preference?
Got any proof of that?
 
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