Preview 2020 Fixture

[Forward Flank]

At least we'll be able to see lots of players get given games this year considering the short turnarounds and we'll have to manage and rotate players.

The game against Footscray will be brutal.

 

[Greasyrhys]

4 day breaks are pathetic. Also disappointing that we’re not playing at the Porticon in the latest released games yet the crers are? Gotta win the flag & stick it up the vfl!!!

 

[Marmozet]

Yeah it's funny how they're making us play at the GABBA and not Metricon...

 

[Windy Cindy]

West coast have 3 games straight at Optus

 

[Power Raid]

I feel we shouldn't whinge

Albeit it may not be fair, the AFL is making the best of a shit situation


except for the GF which will go to Sydney, to help the expansion footy states rather than being played in SA or WA. That's commercial.

 

[OneGreatClub]

This is why we get treated like shit

 

[RossFC]

Surely guys like Rockliff, Hayes, Buzza, Watts, Drew, Lienert, Bonner, Sutcliffe, Garner, Bergman, Williams and Georgiades will come in handy with these short breaks.

 

[Burningleviathan]

We play Geelong after a 6 day break after Geelong have a 4 day break so swings and round abouts. It looks like they are giving the home teams one day less off.

We will need to work out how to rotate our players, especially older guys or those most at risk of soft tissue injuries through this period.
Either we throw a game by resting everyone of note against Richmond or we have to have four or five changes a game.

 

[Forward Flank]

Surely guys like Rockliff, Hayes, Buzza, Watts, Drew, Lienert, Bonner, Sutcliffe, Garner, Bergman, Williams and Georgiades will come in handy with these short breaks.

Plus injuries too (the current and the inevitable). At least our depth is good. Managing Dixon will be crucial.

 

[Palpatine_Power]

Might be a good advertisement for keeping the lists as big as they are

 

[Portwon]

This year with all the challenges makes me think again of these words of wisdom.

"......Also we know that, should we after striving to our utmost and giving our everything, still not be successful, our efforts will become a further part of this Club's enviable tradition.

Finally, we concede that there can be honour in defeat, but to each of us, honourable defeat of our Club and guernsey can only come after human endeavour on the playing field is completely exhausted."

Caaaarn Ports win the whole fn thing.

 

[melanChronic]

Don't mind playing a slew of games at the Gabba. We may need to play Brisbane there in a final, and in general over the coming years it will be good to have a squad that is experienced at playing a venue that is likely to be one of the toughest road trips in the league.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

AFL doesn’t give a crap about the SA teams never have

it’s a joke that
A- we still have to travel a lot
B- don’t get a bye (despite other teams having a bye)
C- having a 4 days brake

 

[LFC2010]

no home prime time games..

f*** you VFL!!

 

[Forward Flank]

One positive is there's no ****ing Sunday early games

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

no home prime time games..

f*** you VFL!!

We have a Friday night game against Geelong?

 

[LFC2010]

We have a Friday night game against Geelong?

not home though!!!

 

[Forward Flank]

We have a Friday night game against Geelong?

That's away at the Gabba

 

[OneGreatClub]

AFL 2020 FIXTURE (All times local)

ROUND 9

Wednesday July 29

Western Bulldogs vs Richmond (Metricon Stadium), 7:10pm

Thursday July 30

Carlton vs Hawthorn (Optus Stadium), 3:40pm

Melbourne vs Port Adelaide (Gabba), 8:10pm

Friday July 31

Essendon vs Brisbane Lions (Metricon Stadium), 7:50pm

Saturday August 1

North Melbourne vs Adelaide Crows (Metricon Stadium), 2:35pm

St Kilda vs Sydney Swans (Gabba), 5:10pm

West Coast vs Geelong Cats (Optus Stadium), 8:10pm

Sunday August 2

Gold Coast vs GWS Giants (Metricon Stadium), 3:35pm

Fremantle vs Collingwood (Optus Stadium), 6:10pm

ROUND 10

Monday August 3

Port Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs (Adelaide Oval), 6:40pm

Tuesday August 4

Richmond vs Brisbane Lions (Metricon Stadium), 7:10pm

Wednesday August 5

Geelong Cats vs North Melbourne (Gabba), 5:40pm

Adelaide Crows vs Melbourne (Adelaide Oval), 7:40pm

Thursday August 6

Collingwood vs Sydney Swans (Gabba), 5:40pm

Gold Coast Suns vs St Kilda (Metricon Stadium), 8:10pm

Friday August 7

Essendon vs GWS Giants (Metricon Stadium), 7:50pm

BYES: Fremantle, West Coast Eagles, Hawthorn, Carlton

ROUND 11

Saturday August 8

Port Adelaide vs Richmond (Adelaide Oval), 4:05pm

Brisbane Lions vs Western Bulldogs (Gabba), 7:40pm

Sunday August 9

West Coast Eagles vs Carlton (Optus Stadium), 1:35pm

North Melbourne vs Melbourne (Blundstone Arena), 6:10pm

Monday August 10

Geelong Cats vs St Kilda (Gabba), 6:10pm

Fremantle vs Hawthorn (Optus Stadium), 6:40pm

Tuesday August 11

Adelaide Crows vs Collingwood (Adelaide Oval), 6:40pm

Wednesday August 12

Gold Coast Suns vs Essendon (Metricon Stadium), 7:10pm

BYES: GWS Giants, Sydney Swans

Thursday August 13

Sydney Swans vs GWS Giants (Optus Stadium), 6:10pm

Friday August 14

Geelong vs Port Adelaide (Gabba), 7:50pm

Saturday August 15

North Melbourne vs Brisbane Lions (Blundstone Arena), 2:35pm

Melbourne vs Collingwood (Gabba), 5:10pm

Fremantle vs Carlton (Optus Stadium), 6:10pm

Sunday August 16

Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Crows (Metricon Stadium), 1:05pm

St Kilda vs Essendon (Gabba), 3:35pm

West Coast Eagles vs Hawthorn (Optus Stadium), 4:10pm

Monday August 17

Richmond vs Gold Coast Suns (Gabba), 7:10pm

CONFIRMED: 20 straight days of footy as AFL locks in new fixture for Rounds 9 to 12

CONFIRMED: 20 straight days of footy as AFL locks in four consecutive rounds

www.foxsports.com.au

I guess we will be well and truly ready for our bye whenever we happen to get it

 

[Interstater]

Yeah it's funny how they're making us play at the GABBA and not Metricon...

Well if they play the grand final there we had better get in some practice.

So the last games are Sydney, Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, North Melbourne and a bye.
They should give us the "Collingwood" draw and give us the last 5 at home.

Last 5 at home and a bye before the Collingwood game would be very fair.
Lol just realised they will probably give us our bye in the last 2 rounds when timings are back to normal.

 

[gbear]

AFL doesn’t give a crap about the SA teams never have

it’s a joke that
A- we still have to travel a lot
B- don’t get a bye (despite other teams having a bye)
C- having a 4 days brake

Port will get a bye between rounds 13 and 16. This will allow us to freshen up and get ready for a serious tilt at the finals.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

It’s a joke how the WA teams have every game in Perth and a bye and yet we still travel have a four day break and no bye at all

 

[LFC2010]

Said weeks ago we'd end up getting reamed with no lube by the VFL. 50/50 at best with the home games to come if we're lucky.

 

[TeeKray]

No need to reach into the excuse basket, just get it done. We play better away anyway.

It's disappointing for the fans but unless you're a Brisbane or Gold Coast fan based in Queensland, every footy fan in Australia is staring down the barrel of seeing their team somewhere between 0 and 5 or 6 times this year.

 

[OneGreatClub]

AFL doesn’t give a crap about the SA teams never have

it’s a joke that
A- we still have to travel a lot
B- don’t get a bye (despite other teams having a bye)
C- having a 4 days brake

Yeah no bye in that congested rapid fixture seems criminal