What's with these crap fixtures on Friday night and Saturdays?

[Macpotata]

Granted I enjoyed last nights game. That's the exception. Pies blues last week? WCE vs Gold Coast and tops vs north tonight? What is this rubbish. Last Saturdays games were good as it turned out, but you think Friday nights and Saturdays would be full of block buster games as in big teams.

GWS freo could turn out to be good but again it's no draw card.
Saints vs Crows last sat night too.

* off AFL. Bring out the big guns.

 

[Macpotata]

Blues* vs Roos


Lions vs Port
Deees vs Roos


Last week. Good games, but fixture wise could have been atrocious.

 

[dean33]

Granted I enjoyed last nights game. That's the exception. Pies blues last week? WCE vs Gold Coast and tops vs north tonight? What is this rubbish. Last Saturdays games were good as it turned out, but you think Friday nights and Saturdays would be full of block buster games as in big teams.

GWS freo could turn out to be good but again it's no draw card.
Saints vs Crows last sat night too.

**** off AFL. Bring out the big guns.

The problem they face is trying to schedule Richmond to play every Friday and Saturday night...

 

[Iskender Time]

Need more Geelong-Hawks games.

 

[Macpotata]

Blues Gold Coast Easter Saturday and Dees-lions. Port vs Freo round 1, saints-lions.


Pfffttt

 

[JackFlash]

Why isn't the Dogs V Swans on tonight? Carlton have over stayed their primetime privileges...

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

Round 7 is a crap Friday Night fixture. Provincial ground.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Sat arvo is a poor timeslot that doesn’t draw crowds or viewers, so gets the scraps.

Fri night is just whatever Channel 7 wants

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Equalisation.

 

[Macpotata]

Equalisation.

Woof woof

 

[demondavey]

Carlton plays on Saturday over Sydney......right

 

[BG32]

AFL is ******* so stupid. North and Carlton should not be anywhere near FTA or prime time

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Let me guess, the Ducks vs the Spooners should be match of the round right?

 

[Tulip]

Melbourne v Hawthorn should have been the 2:10 start, and Western Bulldogs v Sydney at 7:50. Richmond v Brisbane should have been a late Sunday game.

 

[manboob]

Need more Geelong-Hawks games.

Exactly 7 of the last 10 flags. Play tight and great footy.

 

[Iskender Time]

Exactly 7 of the last 10 flags. Play tight and great footy.

And the fanbase mutual obsession.

 

[Engimal v3]

Of course, give Friday and Saturday nights to only big teams, then complain that small teams don't get enough numbers.

 

[Tulip]

Of course, give Friday and Saturday nights to only big teams, then complain that small teams don't get enough numbers.

Nowt to do with big teams vs small teams. Carlton, Essendon and Collingwood are big teams and nobody likes them during primetime. We want in for teams from the season prior to play primetime. Its more to do with TV numbers than attendance anyway. Sunday is more of a hassle to attend than Saturday night, but it can be hard to get out of Saturday night plans to go to footy.

 

[Hawkie_McHawkHawk]

The problem they face is trying to schedule Richmond to play every Friday and Saturday night...

Can’t remember the last Richmond game that was particularly fun to watch..

 

[Macpotata]

Pies vs GWS two weeks ago was a good game and had interest in it. That's a good fixture. A select few though in the opening rounds.

Thank * for ANZAC round next week with some crackers. Last Sunday had good fixtures and decent games. We shouldn't have to wait until Sunday's for some good footy which is what's happened. The Thursday games were cool. Hawks-cats obviously.

saturdays have been shithouse.

 

[Macpotata]

Dogs- swans should have some good scoring in it

 

[dean33]

Can’t remember the last Richmond game that was particularly fun to watch..

I can

 

[JackFlash]

Round 7 is a crap Friday Night fixture. Provincial ground.

GWS don't know what a good stadium is, they will have a wonderful time playing at a ground with atmosphere....they might even win?

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

GWS don't know what a good stadium is, they will have a wonderful time playing at a ground with atmosphere....they might even win?

Yeah
None of that. We just don't like playing in the bush.

 

[Augustine]

This OP is off his rocker. Not every game is going to be a classic. Not every game that looks good on paper will end up a good game. Some games that look rubbish on paper end up being enthralling contests.

The AFL can’t manufacture classics every single prime time slot. A dull game in a prime time fixture every now and then is inevitable. Nobody knows for sure who’s going to be good before the season starts anyway.