Fixture There may be hope, yet. POTENTIAL fixture rejig - Brisbane Lions @Optus, Round 22.

[Hell Yeoh]

Potential fixture reshuffle:

• Brisbane R22 @Optus
• Derby R23 Please let this materialise.

Luck on our side, for once?... Yes please.

Not that it means we'll win if this happens, but far better chance to beat Lions @ Optus than at the no-hope-Gabba. And even in our dire state, should finals be at Optus, wouldn't count us out (entirely)(hopefully).

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

And even in our dire state, should finals be at Optus, wouldn't count us out (entirely)(hopefully).

Well, we won't have to play Norf in the finals so ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

It’d make sense for Brisbane if they can’t play at the Gabba in either round 22 or 23, since they’ll be here for this week’s game against Freo (and they’re probably already here quarantining). But I think the knock-on effect on other fixtures is too great, unless the AFL wants to change matchups which they’ve avoided to this point.

If we play the derby in Round 23 then Freo’s game against St Kilda would need to be shifted to round 22.
- then St Kilda’s game against Geelong in that round would need to be shifted to round 23
- then Geelong’s game against Melbourne that week would need to come forward a week;
-then Melbourne’s game with Adelaide would need to be pushed back
- then Adelaide’s game with North would come forward
- then North’s game with Sydney would be pushed back
- then Sydney’s game with the Suns would be brought forward
- then the Suns game with Essendon would be pushed back
- then Essendon’s game with Collingwood would be brought forward
- then Collingwood’s game with Brisbane would be pushed back to round 23. Which works since they’re no longer playing us that weekend.

That’s two-thirds of the games in those weekends that would need to be flipped. I think the detriment outweighs the benefit unfortunately.

 

[Hell Yeoh]

It’d make sense for Brisbane if they can’t play at the Gabba in either round 22 or 23, since they’ll be here for this week’s game against Freo (and they’re probably already here quarantining). But I think the knock-on effect on other fixtures is too great, unless the AFL wants to change matchups which they’ve avoided to this point.

If we play the derby in Round 23 then Freo’s game against St Kilda would need to be shifted to round 22.
- then St Kilda’s game against Geelong in that round would need to be shifted to round 23
- then Geelong’s game against Melbourne that week would need to come forward a week;
-then Melbourne’s game with Adelaide would need to be pushed back
- then Adelaide’s game with North would come forward
- then North’s game with Sydney would be pushed back
- then Sydney’s game with the Suns would be brought forward
- then the Suns game with Essendon would be pushed back
- then Essendon’s game with Collingwood would be brought forward
- then Collingwood’s game with Brisbane would be pushed back to round 23. Which works since they’re no longer playing us that weekend.

That’s two-thirds of the games in those weekends that would need to be flipped. I think the detriment outweighs the benefit unfortunately.

I think the main thinking was that they play us since they're here already for Freo. But yeah... too many moving parts to be feasible.

 

[06Premiers]

Nah let's just play them at GMHBA to further break my spirit.

 

[Chris_6678]

Nah let's just play them at GMHBA to further break my spirit.

Will be funny cause i bet that is exactly what happens. Then 2 weeks later we play the Swans in the finals and then play at said ground again haha

 

[Balls In]

I don't know how this helps us unless the Lions give us half a dozen of their players and coach.

 

[Goroyals22]

We couldnt beat an egg at the moment so it wouldnt matter where its played.


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[The Magenius]

There is no chance the AFL will do us any favours, I fully expect this one to be a GMHBA.

 

[southcoast]

It’d make sense for Brisbane if they can’t play at the Gabba in either round 22 or 23, since they’ll be here for this week’s game against Freo (and they’re probably already here quarantining). But I think the knock-on effect on other fixtures is too great, unless the AFL wants to change matchups which they’ve avoided to this point.

If we play the derby in Round 23 then Freo’s game against St Kilda would need to be shifted to round 22.
- then St Kilda’s game against Geelong in that round would need to be shifted to round 23
- then Geelong’s game against Melbourne that week would need to come forward a week;
-then Melbourne’s game with Adelaide would need to be pushed back
- then Adelaide’s game with North would come forward
- then North’s game with Sydney would be pushed back
- then Sydney’s game with the Suns would be brought forward
- then the Suns game with Essendon would be pushed back
- then Essendon’s game with Collingwood would be brought forward
- then Collingwood’s game with Brisbane would be pushed back to round 23. Which works since they’re no longer playing us that weekend.

That’s two-thirds of the games in those weekends that would need to be flipped. I think the detriment outweighs the benefit unfortunately.

Appreciate your ‘homework’ - the need for the number of changes could be somewhat mitigated by using the pre-finals bye week to finish the season, particularly where teams are not involved in finals.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Pretty unlikely the AFL would consider scheduling an extra Perth game for us, highly unlikely actually.

Doesn’t matter anyway, this group is cooked and needed the season to end at the bye.

 

[Doashuey]

They could relocate it to a football field sized iron lung and half our blokes still wouldn't work hard enough to win a game of footy.