Thoughts on one-match-a-day footy?

[magpie_marty]

Showing my age we did have mid week games in the 70's?

 

[mapguy]

It's like NHL hockey which I'm already well used to except now I have to stay up late or get up in the middle of the night on work nights instead of weekends. I can work with it just fine but I won't miss it when it's gone.

 

[Anzacday]

Good article here...

Forget coronavirus 'footy frenzy', AFL is a better spectacle when watched at the stadium

For better or worse, the AFL has created its own new normal over the past five months due to the necessity to fast-track a season threatened by instant postponement, writes Richard Hinds.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Tippy78]

Hating the 6:30 starts. Really hard with young kids over dinner to just be able to sit and enjoy it. If the games started at 7:40pm, it would be more enjoyable.

It is also very hard to know when one round ends and one round starts.

Overall, I think it works from the perspective that we can't go to the game, and have nothing else to really do with our lives at the moment. But if you actually wanted to go to the footy, it would be a nightmare around work and family. Footy is now tailored for the broadcasters...we know that. But we have also seen this year that having empty stadiums has a direct impact on the quality of the broadcast. So you still want to be able to fill grounds with decent crowds...which just won't be viable with footy every day of the week on work nights.

I think the constant push towards late matches is very short sighted. The young kids who are the next die hard generation are barely watching a game. Pretty hard to drum enthusiasm into my son when games are scheduled during dinner or bedtime.

 

[Capital Magpie]

Showing my age we did have mid week games in the 70's?

I'm old enough to remember a mid-week comp which was played on Tuesdays or Wednesday nights in the 70s. Was it the Escort Cup? I recall Cwood won a night flag in the 70s once, and we lost a mid week night GF to Nth Melb (Kerry Good kicking after the final siren, with 100s of Pies fans swarming onto the ground as he kicked. Bedlam!

 

[Robroy22]

Yeah it was night footy for the sides not going to play finals. Played at the old South Melb ground under pretty poor lights!

 

[Robroy22]

Here's something I've been researching in Covid boredom....Home ground advantage and injuries.....

Round	Collingwood	WCE	Geelong	Richmond	Brisbane
1​	WB / Vic / Missing Langdon, Treloar, Stephenson WIN	MELB / WA / Missing Nil (Melb also at full strength) WIN	GWS / NSW / Missing Nil, GWS also at full strength LOSS	CARL / Vic / Missing: Nil CARL Missing: C. Curnow WIN	HAW / Vic / Missing: Birchall HAW Missing: Patton, Frost LOSS
2​	Rich / Vic / Missing Langdon, Cox, Treloar, Stephenson (RICH brought in Houli and Higgins) DRAW	SUNS / QLD / Missing Nil (SUNS had Ellis, Swallow and Brodie missing) LOSS	HAW / Geelong / Missing: Nil HAW Missing O’Meara WIN	COLL / Vic / Missing: Nil COLL Missing: Langdon, Cox, Stephenson, Treloar DRAW	FREO / QLD / Missing: Adams FREO Missing: McCarthy WIN
3​	StK / Vic / Missing Langdon, Cox, Treloar, Thomas (StK lost their captain J Geary) WIN	BRIS / QLD / Missing McGovern (BRIS missing Zorko and Martin) LOSS	CARL / Geelong / Missing: Parfitt CARL Missing Lang and Newman LOSS	HAW / Vic / Missing: Martin, Baker HAW Missing: Morrisson, Puopolo LOSS	WCE / QLD / Missing: Zorko, Martin WCE Missing: McGovern WIN
4​	GWS / NSW / Missing Langdon, Treloar, Thomas (GWS brought back Mumford, Toby Greene, Josh Kelly and Tom Green for this game) LOSS	PORT / QLD / Missing McGovern (BRIS missing Durssma) LOSS	MELB / Vic / Missing: Taylor, Narkle, Stanley MELB missing: Neal-Bullen, Bennell, Jackson, Jones, Jetta WIN	St K / Vic / Missing: Nil StK Missing Ryder, Hind, Geary LOSS	ADEL / QLD / Missing: Martin ADEL Missing: Fogarty, Crouch, Seedsman, Atkins WIN
5​	ESS / Vic / Missing Langdon, Howe, Sidebottom, Noble (Ess lose Merrett) LOSS	SYD / QLD / Missing Jetta and Schofield (SYD missing Franklin, Reid, Sinclair, Naismith) WIN	SUNS / Geelong / Missing: Atkins, Stewart, Suns missing: Rowell WIN	MELB / Vic / Missing: Astbury MELB Missing: Nil WIN	PORT / QLD /Missing: Zorko PORT Missing: Nil WIN
6​	HAW / NSW / Missing Langdon, Howe, Sidebottom, DeGoey, Daicos, T.Brown WIN	ADEL / QLD / Missing Shuey (ADEL missing Walker) WIN	BRIS / NSW / Missing: Stewart, Steven BRIS Missing: Zorko, Martin WIN	SYD / QLD / Missing: Houli, Nankervis, Prestia, Edwards, Cotchin SYD Missing: Franklin, Reid, Melican, Allir WIN	GEE / NSW / Missing: Ellis Yoelman GEE Missing: Simpson LOSS
7​	GEEL / WA / Missing Langdon, Howe, Sidebottom, Cox, Kelly (GEEL without Narkle, Stewart and Duncan ) WIN	FRE / WA / Missing Nil (FRE missing Fyfe) WIN	COLL / WA / Missing: Narkle, Stewart, Duncan COLL missing: Langdon, Howe, Sidebottom, Cox, Kelly LOSS	NM / QLD / Missing: Astbury, Houli, Edwards, Prestia, Cotchin, NO CHANGE NM missing: Zurhar, Thomas, Ahern WIN	GWS / NSW / Missing: Nil GWS Missing: Ward, Greene, Green, Lloyd WIN
8​	WCE / WA / Missing Langdon, Howe, Cox, Sidebottom, Pendlebury, De Goey and Varcoe. WCE missing McGovern LOSS	COLL / WA / Missing McGovern (COLL missing Langdon, Howe, Cox, Sidebottom, Pendlebury, DeGoey, Varcoe) WIN	FRE / WA / Missing: Ablett, Selwood, Clark, Dalhouse FREO missing: Cox, Hill, Colyer WIN	GWS / NSW / Missing: Caddy GWS Missing: Mumford LOSS	MELB / QLD / Missing: Martin MELB Missing: Van dan Berg WIN
9​	FRE / WA / Missing Langdon, Howe, Kelly, Pendlebury, DeGoey, Cox, Roughead, C. Brown (FRE bring in N Fyfe) LOSS	GEEL / WA / Missing McGovern (GEEL missing Nil) WIN	WCE / WA / Missing: Ablett, Dalhouse, Clark, Selwood WCE Missing McGovern, Reddan LOSS	WB / QLD / Missing: Vlaustin WB Missing: Porter, Weightman, Naughton WIN	ESS / QLD / Missing: McStay, Rich, Lester, Berry ESS Missing: McKenna, Laverde, Langford, Hibberd, McKernan WIN
10​	SYD / NSW / Missing Langdon, Howe, Kelly, DeGoey, Pendlebury, Cox (SYD also decimated) WIN	CARL / WA / Missing McGovern (CARL missing Cunningham, McKay, C Curnow) WIN	NM / QLD / Missing: Parfitt, Ratagolea, Rohan, Kolojashni NM Missing: LDU, Larkey WIN	BRIS / QLD / Missing: Markov BRIS Missing: Martin WIN	RICH / QLD / Missing: Martin RICH Missing: Markov LOSS
11​	ADEL / SA / Missing Langdon, Howe, DeGoey, Kelly, Pendlebury, Cox, Treloar, Moore, Quaynor, Elliott, Hoskin-Elliott (ADE also decimated) WIN	HAW / WA / Missing McGovern, Yeo, Waterman, Duggan (HAW missing Smith, Ceglar, Scully, Patton) WIN	StK / QLD / Missing: Ablett, Simpson, Guthrie StK Missing: Ryder, Jones WIN	PORT / SA / Missing: Higgins, Cotchin PORT Missing: Rose, Westhoff, Mayes WIN	WB / QLD / Missing: Raynor WB Missing: Crozier WIN
12​	MELB / QLD / Missing Landon, Howe, DeGoey, Kelly, Cox, Treloar, Quaynor, Sier, Stephenson, Roughhead (MELB missing Gawn and Jackson) LOSS		PORT / QLD / Missing: Nil PORT Missing: Nil WIN		NM / QLD / Missing: Rich NM Missing: Bonar, McMillan, Daw, Tarrant WIN
	Home 2 Away 10	Home 6 Away 5	Home 3 Away 9	Home 5 Away 6	Home 9 Away 3

I've only done these sides so far but there does seem to be an advantage somewhere....lol...just can't put my finger on it....
Seems to be who you play and where (and after how many days since your last game) AND who you and they have unavailable.