Opinion Our 2013 Draw. Discuss here

[BUTTON 92]

http://www.*************.au/afl-fixture/round-1/
What do we think?
-Freo
-West Coast
-North
-Dogs
-Port

Listed are the teams we play twice.

Two trips to Patersons is tough but expected. Annoying that we play the eagles at Patersons in round 23. Apart from that its not too bad.

Discuss here.

 

[Smoooothy]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150426/default.aspx

not a bad draw i reckon, don't really care we play in perth rd 23

 

[Geoffa32]

Pretty happy with it.


Also good to see Port have our soft draw from 2012, must be favourites to be top four now

 

[JP Sauce]

Soft draw, results won't mean anything.

 

[Geoffa32]

Soft draw, results won't mean anything.

The run home is better than last year. Am happy we have WCE as the final game and not Gold Coast.


Players will be switched on for the first Final, instead of the second one.

 

[Elite Crow]

This stretch will be crucial

15 Saturday, July 6 West Coast Eagles AAMI Stadium Home 7.10pm
16 Friday, July 12 Collingwood MCG Away 7.50pm
17 Sunday, July 21 Geelong Cats AAMI Stadium Home 2.45pm
18 Saturday, July 27 Fremantle Patersons Stadium Away 5.40pm
19 Sunday, August 4 Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium Home 2.45pm

Whilst we have 2 trips to WA, we avoid Sydney, Geelong and Hawks at their homes.

Overall pretty good draw and we have avoided mostly Sunday twilight at home.

 

[Cap]

West Coast, Freo and North twice is good (all top 8 and I reckon Freo and WCE pushing top 4)

basically, the AFL offset the shit times we get for home games by not making us play Sydney, Hawthorn or Collingwood twice

 

[Malibu#27]

You've also got a Port home game against Kurt (GWS) on Saturday April 6 given you don't play them in Adelaide.

 

[BUTTON 92]

No road trip down to Simmonds is always a good thing...

 

[Smoooothy]

3 MCG games too, including a friday night against Collingwood - great fixture for the club, almost a marquee game

also, play sydney at home. $kirts homecoming should he goto sydney

 

[seaworthy]

Yeah a pretty good draw really, certainly nothing remotely approaching the tough draw that most on here were convinced of after the top 4 finish.

 

[Geoffa32]

You've also got a Port home game against Kurt (GWS) on Saturday April 6 given you don't play them in Adelaide.

I plan on doing the same thing I did for the Hawthorn/Gunston home game you guys had here.

The Port supporters around where we (me and my Port supporting mate) sit for Port games all enjoyed it and got in on it.

 

[AdelaideFan14]

You've also got a Port home game against Kurt (GWS) on Saturday April 6 given you don't play them in Adelaide.

If he does go to GWS, I will be down at AAMI for this game.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

The Draw provides NO excuses

 

[xamol]

Good draw.
Port get 14 Saturday games.

 

[DJ75]

This is a great draw. Hawks, Swans & Geelong at home is a huge advantage.
2 games against Fremantle and WC is tough (I expect both to be at the top end of the ladder), but we really do have a good draw. There are no travel nightmares and we have been rewarded for the manner in which we played this season with some marquee matches.
Not as easy as this year, but we SHOULD still make top 8 and possibly push for top 4 again.

 

[Hank93]

8 games being broadcasted by Channel 7, possibly 9 if the Eagles game is played on 7 also.

 

[Damp Squarie]

Nice to get a bye in the middle of the year when we need it rather than round 2

 

[Damp Squarie]

We give the scum a chance by playing them after two gruelling road trips

 

[Realslimshady2]

If he does go to GWS, I will be down at AAMI for this game.

I will be flying over for that game!

 

[SugarShane]

Only 1 Home game that I won't be able to make given my Saturday work schedule. Much better than this year's where it was nearly a polar opposite.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Mostly happy with that but I am a little disappointed on only one why home Saturday night game against West Coast. On a side note, I'm loving the irony of Port playing GWS and GC twice. No excuses if they don't play finals because, according to them, it's the only reason we made the finals this year.

 

[jackster83]

Mostly happy with that but I am a little disappointed on only one why home Saturday night game against West Coast. On a side note, I'm loving the irony of Port playing GWS and GC twice. No excuses if they don't play finals because, according to them, it's the only reason we made the finals this year.

Should be a few wins for GC and GWS then

 

[Crow-eater]

Times are crap, but the fixture itself is pretty good. 4th easiest apparently, so "soft draw" calls won't go away. Regardless we need to capitalise on it. No excuses next year.

 

[A FEW GOOD MEN]

An excellent draw for a team that is aiming for the top four.

The double up matches are obviously harder than last year but not unreasonable. For the 12 teams that we play once, most of the tough ones are at home (Hawthorn, Sydney, Geelong) with the easier ones away (GWS,GCS).

The key anomaly is the number of night games, only three plus twilight games that finish in the dark. Three big games at the MCG should set us up perfectly for September.