Tough draw for us. How many hammies will go twang with these short breaks?

[Sea fog]

We are playing the weaker teams off much shorter breaks. So typical.



Round 9



Wednesday, Jul 29



Western Bulldogs vs. Richmond 7:10pm



Thursday, Jul 30



Carlton vs. Hawthorn Optus Stadium 3:40pm



Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide 8:10pm



Friday, Jul 31



Essendon vs. Brisbane Lions Metricon Stadium 7:50pm



Saturday, Aug 1



North Melbourne vs. Adelaide Crows Metricon Stadium 2:35pm



St Kilda vs. Sydney Swans The Gabba 5:10pm



West Coast Eagles vs. Geelong Cats Optus Stadium 6:10pm



Sunday, Aug 2



Gold Coast SUNS vs. GWS GIANTS Metricon Stadium 3:35pm



Fremantle vs. Collingwood Optus Stadium 4:10pm



Round 10

Monday, Aug 3



Port Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs Adelaide Oval 6:40pm



Tuesday, Aug 4



Richmond vs. Brisbane Lions Metricon Stadium 7:10pm



Wednesday, Aug 5



Geelong Cats vs. North Melbourne The Gabba 5:40pm



Adelaide Crows vs. Melbourne Adelaide Oval 7:40pm



Thursday, Aug 6



Collingwood vs. Sydney Swans The Gabba 5:40pm



Gold Coast SUNS vs. St Kilda Metricon Stadium 8:10pm





Friday, Aug 7



Essendon vs. GWS GIANTS Metricon Stadium 7:50pm



Byes: Fremantle, West Coast Eagles, Hawthorn, Carlton



Round 11

Saturday, Aug 8



Port Adelaide vs. Richmond Adelaide Oval 4:05pm



Brisbane Lions vs. Western Bulldogs The Gabba 7:40pm



Sunday, Aug 9



West Coast Eagles vs. Carlton Optus Stadium 1:35pm



North Melbourne vs. Melbourne Blundstone Arena 6:10pm



Monday, Aug 10



Geelong Cats vs. St Kilda The Gabba 6:10pm



Fremantle vs. Hawthorn Optus Stadium 6:40pm



Tuesday, Aug 11



Adelaide Crows vs. Collingwood Adelaide Oval 6:40pm



Wednesday, Aug 12



Gold Coast SUNS vs. Essendon Metricon Stadium 7:10pm



Byes: GWS GIANTS, Sydney Swans



Round 12

Thursday, Aug 13



Sydney Swans vs. GWS GIANTS Optus Stadium 6:10pm



Friday, Aug 14



Geelong Cats vs. Port Adelaide The Gabba 7:50pm



Saturday, Aug 15



North Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions Blundstone Arena 2:35pm



Melbourne vs. Collingwood The Gabba 5:10pm



Fremantle vs. Carlton Optus Stadium 6:10pm



Sunday, Aug 16



Western Bulldogs vs. Adelaide Crows Metricon Stadium 1:05pm



St Kilda vs. Essendon The Gabba 3:35pm



West Coast Eagles vs. Hawthorn Optus Stadium 4:10pm



Monday, Aug 17 STADIUM (NETWORK) EST LOCAL



Richmond vs. Gold Coast SUNS The Gabba 7:10pm

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Elliott and Moore are almost certainties to be rested, and I'd wager Adams and Treloar will be too.

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[Sea fog]

Elliott and Moore are almost certainties to be rested, and I'd wager Adams and Treloar will be too.

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Tough for them to miss games against the duddier teams if they have to front up against the top ones. Maybe rest them for the Perth block on the suspect surface. Time to give Keane and Sier a go.

 

[stormskye]

We travel every week, geel stay in bris? How was this approved...

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Keen on seeing some young blokes play and make a name of themselves.

 

[mwhop]

Bear will play and the rest is history

 

[soreplums]

We travel every week, geel stay in bris? How was this approved...

Was thinking the same. Optus Stadium- Gabba- Adelaide Oval -Gabba.

Haven’t seen other clubs fixtures, but if they are in our boat it’s going to be a season of survival of the fittest.

 

[soreplums]

Just had a look, every other team gets at least one consecutive game in the same location (if you count Gabba & Metricon as the same, which I do given they’re an hour drive apart).

#shafted

 

[Robroy22]

<<< Had to travel into Geelong today...hamstrings are tight, might need a rest this week.

 

[Albert Parker]

This is simply a disgrace.

AFL fixture boss Travis Auld said the AFL had attempted to minimise four-day breaks for teams travelling, although the Cats and Pies face both of those challenges.

“In constructing this block of matches we have focused on ensuring the teams with four-day breaks are, where possible, minimising travel in and around those matches,” he said.

But then dish up this to us

Sunday 2nd in Perth vs Freo
Thursday 6th in Qld vs Swans
Tues 11th in Adelaide vs Crows
Sat 15th in Qld vs Melbourne (who have 2 days more break)

Richmond get injuries and AFL fixtures them to play weak teams subsequent (Swans and North and eke out wins).
We get to play weaker teams with material travel and timing disadvantages.

 

[Johno9911]

Really should win all four of those, even if we have to rotate a few to manage loads and injury. Win those four and we have 8 wins and a draw (not counting the WCE game), when you need about 9 wins to make the finals, would be a good position to be in after round 12 with seven rounds to go.

Hopefully in the back half of the season we get a better run with fixtures and travel.

 

[Quicky]

So we get Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Brisbane. That's terrible scheduling.

 

[TradeDraft]

I reckon we will some Debuts over this.

Lynch might get a Game IF Grundy needs a Rest.

Rantall and Bianco are 2 that might get a Game for a Resting Player

 

[parano1a]

This is simply a disgrace.

Sunday 2nd in Perth vs Freo
Thursday 6th in Qld vs Swans
Tues 11th in Adelaide vs Crows
Sat 15th in Qld vs Melbourne (who have 2 days more break)

Remember every team will get a bye, so ours could be the round after this.

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

I reckon we will some Debuts over this.

Lynch might get a Game IF Grundy needs a Rest.

Rantall and Bianco are 2 that might get a Game for a Resting Player

I'd be inclined to play Lynch against Sydney. Or have Cameron go up against his old mob.

 

[parano1a]

Just had a look, every other team gets at least one consecutive game in the same location

We have 3 consecutive games in Perth...

 

[Yidaki]

Was thinking the same. Optus Stadium- Gabba- Adelaide Oval -Gabba.

Haven’t seen other clubs fixtures, but if they are in our boat it’s going to be a season of survival of the fittest.

Richmond travel once to Adelaide. All other games in QLD. Typical armchair ride once again.

 

[danielnajdek]

This is simply a disgrace.

Sunday 2nd in Perth vs Freo
Thursday 6th in Qld vs Swans
Tues 11th in Adelaide vs Crows
Sat 15th in Qld vs Melbourne (who have 2 days more break)

Richmond get injuries and AFL fixtures them to play weak teams subsequent (Swans and North and eke out wins).
We get to play weaker teams with material travel and timing disadvantages.

Richmond have been looked after the last few years after winning premierships. When we won in 2010 the following year we had the toughest draw of anyone.

 

[TradeDraft]

Richmond have been looked after the last few years after winning premierships. When we won in 2010 the following year we had the toughest draw of anyone.

More Proof the Anti-Collingwood stance in the AFL

 

[Capital Magpie]

The way I see it you’ll just get bitter and drive yourself crazy if You focus on how our fixture rods 9-12 compares with others. There will be winners and losers but that can’t be helped. The AFL is trying to do the best that they can as fairly as they can.
No doubt the club will respond as well as they can by strategically using most of the list. We’re lucky indeed that we have a deep list. Now is the chance to put it to the test.
No point in worrying about how other clubs have fared. It is what it is and we can’t change it by whinging and complaining.

 

[Leviathan Pie]

The whinging is out of control.

Yes, its not ideal. But the league is not deliberately bending us over, it's all circumstantial.

I'm sure the Club will relish the challenge, and having depth will prove vital.

 

[jonmacTrag]

66 years old here and many of you simply do not get it.
Collingwood will never get an even break.

 

[Yidaki]

The whinging is out of control.

Yes, its not ideal. But the league is not deliberately bending us over, it's all circumstantial.

I'm sure the Club will relish the challenge, and having depth will prove vital.

So what about Richmond (last years premiers) and Geelong (last years minor premiers) basically never leaving the QLD hub from rounds 9 to 12? Does their success last year not factor into the schedule? Seems like we drew the short straw.

 

[Capital Magpie]

66 years old here and many of you simply do not get it.
Collingwood will never get an even break.

Come off it mate. Its not all a giant conspiracy against us. Remove your tin foil hat.

 

[danielnajdek]

Come off it mate. Its not all a giant conspiracy against us. Remove your tin foil hat.

Maybe not but damn Richmond sure does get looked after. Maybe we should've had a couple of players stay in Melbourne then maybe the AFL would feel sorry for us.