boncer34
Formerly "Dos23"
Actually it is true. If you look at the past 23 years like I said.
If you look at 2019 in isolation, oh look another technicality, you're right.
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If you look at 2019 in isolation, oh look another technicality, you're right.
The longest trip from Melbourne is Jiangwan Stadium, and no club is doing it twice.
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Collingwood did it in 2002. Made the Granny that season too.
boncer34
Formerly "Dos23"
Longest domestic trip for Victorian clubs.
Lol at Pies fans bending over backwards to defend the advantage.
"We had to play finals there"
"We had to play pre season there"
"If you only look at 1 season only 3 sides do it"
"China trip is longer"
You get gifted an advantage by the AFL. Noones saying it's your fault, I simply pointed it out. If I was you guys I'd be embracing it not trying to pretend it doesnt exist.
TigerTime_89
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Richmond always seem to have two trips to Adelaide.
We must request it for some reason.
We must request it for some reason.
The fixture is a commercial beast.
The AFL uses Collingwood to push into the development markets of QLD and NSW, we always play Sydney in Sydney and play the Giants, Lions and Suns more often than we do the WA and SA teams...as the AFL wants to hype up games in NSW and QLD.
Would much rather travel to Freo than cop Sydney in Sydney every year.
boncer34
Formerly "Dos23"
Collingwood has contractual obligations to play 17 games in Melbourne (14 MCG, 3 Marvel).
That leaves 5 interstate trips. One to each of WA, SA, NSW, QLD, and one double up game. The AFL's preference is for that double up game to be in either NSW or QLD in order to promote the game in the northern states.
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Appreciate it. I knew we'd done it (although I prefer the seasons where we didn't have to go at allI stand corrected.
My apologies.
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boncer34
Formerly "Dos23"
And I fully appreciate this.
I just think you should go to Perth twice more then once in the history.
In an alternate timeline to this we copped Freo and WCE twice, travelled to Perth twice but you were there complaining about us getting two games against lowly Freo.
Who cares how far the trip is?
Why is playing Freo in Perth a harder trip than Sydney at the SCG or Giants at Spotless?
Pies have double ups against Eagles, Richmond, Melbourne, Essendon and Dogs...would much rather cop two trips to WA to get Freo twice instead of Richmond!
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eth-dog
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Why not replace Dogs with Freo?
TigerTime_89
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Why isn't Collingwood full red?Fixture difficulty (Champion Data - based on double-ups)
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eth-dog
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And literally the rest of the competition.
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great question considering the Dees are, and they finished below us.
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Got lucky vs Richmond (worst Richmond played in 2 years) and were expected to beat GWS. Gifted a top 4 spot based on draw
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This confuses me. We beat the teams we were supposed to beat. You play who you're listed to play and beat them, then you're good enough.
It's incredible that a fan of a premiership-winning club can be so bitter about the team they actually defeated in the Grand Final. You'd think the trophy would take the chip off the shoulder.
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So we can give West Coast even more Blockbuster games because they actually beat your mob in the Grand Final?
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When we lift the trophy in September, there can be no doubt about the legitimacy of the title
Who did this, lol? Why are North in light red, like Hawthorn? Actually, for that matter, why in the hell are Collingwood in light red? This seems awfully biased.
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