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How will the fixture work next year? There will be teams that have more than one bye which would be unfair...so how will it work?
Also how will dream team work?
Also how will dream team work?
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Rustin Cohle
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Just give the bottom teams from this year the extra bye. It's probably the fairest way to do it.
notting18
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Not every week will have the same amount of games = Simple!
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Surely it will be fixed so every team has the same amount of byes ?
Whichever team draws the bye should play in the country that week to further the interests of the game.
re dream team : on these weeks, players in the non playing team will be awarded their average.
re dream team : on these weeks, players in the non playing team will be awarded their average.
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Good call Redcap and I figured the same for DT
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+1 for that theory.
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The AFL's preference is to have 23 rounds that has 1 team having a bye and 1 round that has 11 teams having a bye. Where to place that round in the fixture is still up for debate.
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16 round competition until GWS comes in?
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The WAFL has byes and no points are awarded
You don't play so you get no points. But everyone has the same number of byes so its a moot point.
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i think we will see Match Ratio come back in
MR is basically wins/ games played.
We had this system in the 90s when we had 15 teams for a couple of seasons
MR is basically wins/ games played.
We had this system in the 90s when we had 15 teams for a couple of seasons
More importantly, how will Dream Team work?
Surely more effort should be put into solving this than fixturing, finals, etc.
Surely more effort should be put into solving this than fixturing, finals, etc.
Yeah, they'll need to do something otherwise the ladder will be somewhat distorted until the final round.
Provided that every side has the same amount of byes, the M/R is a ridiculously redundant concept - no need to bring it back in my view
I'm sure the AFL already has this planned out
Amber Guzzler
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It's not really important until then anyway.
I'd be more concerned with the disadvantage some teams will get from 11 teams having a bye in the same week.
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Oh noes, not the ladder!
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i reckon the best way to do it would be to have each side play each other once (obviously after that has happened each team would get one bye).
so after 17 rounds every team has played 16 games. Then the top 12 teams should bee put into a draw lottery where they'll play any 2 other top 12 teams in the last 2 rounds of the hom and away fixture and each side is cemented a home and away game in these lottery rounds, this allows side just outside of the top 8 or top 4 to have a last crack at making finals or top 4.
so in effect it would look like this.
Rounds 1-17- 8 games per week, 1 team having a bye per week
Rounds 18-19- 6 games per week (only the teams finishing 1st to 12th after round 17 play in these rounds)
it would probably be best to have a week off between rounds 17 and 18 to accomadate for clubs preparing for where they have to play.
any club that plays a home game in round 18 will play away in round 19 (and vice versa)
so after 17 rounds every team has played 16 games. Then the top 12 teams should bee put into a draw lottery where they'll play any 2 other top 12 teams in the last 2 rounds of the hom and away fixture and each side is cemented a home and away game in these lottery rounds, this allows side just outside of the top 8 or top 4 to have a last crack at making finals or top 4.
so in effect it would look like this.
Rounds 1-17- 8 games per week, 1 team having a bye per week
Rounds 18-19- 6 games per week (only the teams finishing 1st to 12th after round 17 play in these rounds)
it would probably be best to have a week off between rounds 17 and 18 to accomadate for clubs preparing for where they have to play.
any club that plays a home game in round 18 will play away in round 19 (and vice versa)
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^Good in theory, but the whole reason the afl is introducing the new teams is to increase the number of games played to increase revenue.
Doubt they're going to cut the season down by 3 rounds, and even then only have 6 games a week in the last 2 rounds
Doubt they're going to cut the season down by 3 rounds, and even then only have 6 games a week in the last 2 rounds
Agree.
All teams will play the same amount of games at the end of the season so match ratio does not apply in the final round - its points and percentage that will count. Like always - its points on the board that counts - everything else is bulldust!
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