2019 Fixture released

[Socrates2]

you're right, it's not

Nowhere else would you get the final 5 games of the H&A season consecutively played at the GF venue

How many games has joel selwood played at the G, even Wily Buzza knows the ground well.

 

[RUNVS]

Looking at this North Melbourne, Richmond and Adelaide are in completely the wrong spots.

 

[Yippy Yi Yeo]

Who's protesting?
If you want your club to be 'looked after' as you put it, then maybe make contact with them and ask them to advocate on your behalf.

Complaining about it on a forum = bitterness.
Doing something about it = constructive.

Oh wow, you don't even understand the basics of population.

Quit drinking your own bathwater, lol at "basics of population", you sound like you're 15. Of course melbourne has a higher population, but are you really going to try and tell me that if a big Melbourne club hosted the reigning premiers on a friday night that it wouldn't bring ratings?

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Richmond have 7 games in a row at the MCG to finish off the year.

AFL clearly don't want to make them travel too much.

Makes up for the 4 interstates & 2 at Marvel before our bye.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Do Gold Coast have any games on FTA?

Free
To
Attend

Every 2nd week.

 

[Strange Cat]

I'm not complaining about Richmond's draw, I'm saying Geelong have an unfair advantage compared to other clubs.Interstate clubs with a home gtound advantage like Geelong's have to travel by plane 10 times a year, while Geelong just drive up the highway .

At least we're a chance, old straight sets Geelong scrape in every year after beating Freo by 150 points at Kardinia.

You sound like a really rational person

 

[The wily weagle]

Who else remembers when the crows had that ridiculous dream draw a few years ago, where their doubles ups (from memory) were:

GWS: first year
Gold Coast: second year
Port Adelaide and Fremantle: Who were both cellars dwellers at the time.

8 wins gifted straight off the bat

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

How did the top of the ladder Tigers get the bottom of the ladder Blues TWICE next year? Defies logic.

They get Port twice too, a team that most (including the guys doing the fixture) would be expecting to fall.

Its baffling.

Other than that though I've got no real qualms with it all.

 

[Ron The Bear]

You finished 1st in the Home and Away season and you got the 5th easiest draw...Pretty sure it is easy.

Here are the Champion Data draw rankings this time last year, and re-assessed in May.

Club|Nov '17|May '18
\Fremantle|1st|8th
\Richmond|2nd|16th
\West Coast|3rd|10th
\Hawthorn|4th|17th
\St.Kilda|5th|3rd
\GWS|6th|6th
\Melbourne|7th|9th
\Adelaide|8th|2nd
\Western Bulldogs|9th|1st
\Essendon|10th|4th
\Carlton|11th|15th
\Brisbane|12th|5th
\Geelong|13th|12th
\Sydney|14th|11th
\Port Adelaide|15th|13th
\Gold Coast|16th|7th
\North Melbourne|17th|18th
\Collingwood|18th|14th

Easy games on paper turn into difficult games based on form. It's worth as much as a long-range climate forecast.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Makes up for the 4 interstates & 2 at Marvel before our bye.

Does it though?!

I know which preperation I would prefer leading into a finals series...

 

[radiojake]

Except if you're South Sydney or Canterbury in the NRL - which has happened before several times (so yes, somewhere else in the world - AUSTRALIA)

I care not what that neanderthal game does

 

[Socrates2]

You sound like a really rational person

I'm saying the same thing as the AFL website cowboy, 'WE SAY: Geelong was granted its wish of nine home games at GMHBA and history has proven playing at the venue is a distinct advantage for the Cats. '

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 MCG game for the Crows? They ought to be pretty pissed off about that...

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

How do Richmond again walk out with such a good draw. Win a premiership, then the following year finish 1st. Hey let’s reward them with an easy draw!

Much harder this year.
We actually play 2 sides above us.

 

[TimothyJ23]

Quit drinking your own bathwater, lol at "basics of population", you sound like you're 15. Of course melbourne has a higher population, but are you really going to try and tell me that if a big Melbourne club hosted the reigning premiers on a friday night that it wouldn't bring ratings?

You just proved my point - of course that would bring ratings.

The complaint was that Melbourne teams dominate the Friday primetime slots. The reason for that is self evident. If you don't understand that I can't help you.

 

[TimothyJ23]

I care not what that neanderthal game does

So "it happens nowhere else in the world" except where it does but doesn't count because you don't like another sport.

Riiiiight.

 

[Marc_Remillard]

I know I support a Vic club and we're benifiting from the draw more next season but the continued dominance of the prime time spots by Vic clubs is an absolute disgrace.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Why are Essendon playing Brissy at the MCG and the Hawks (in our only matchup ) at Marvel???!

 

[HTT]

Richmond have 7 games in a row at the MCG to finish off the year.

AFL clearly don't want to make them travel too much.

Conveniently overlooks the fact that just for first 16 weeks of the season we only get to play there 6 times, and the fact that none of those 6 are against travelling teams

 

[jwint43]

Saints big winners, if we don't make finals next year pack us up and ship us to Tassy

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Holy shit. Look at the Cats first 8 games!

Us, North or the Dons might be their easiest games, they could very well go 0-8...

 

[radiojake]

So "it happens nowhere else in the world" except where it does but doesn't count because you don't like another sport.

Riiiiight.

don't remember saying 'in the world'

 

[Jobe Watson]

Makes up for the 4 interstates & 2 at Marvel before our bye.

Hard knock life.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

You would've a month ago had they not choked a week prior to that...

I think West Coast were very happy how it panned out.
Pies last Sept GF win 60yrs ago?

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

No choke. They were simply defeated by a bigger, better team who didn't have the misfortune of suffering several mid-game injuries.

I thought it was because we had the ,s