Fixture 2023 Fixture News & Leaks : Round 1 Released, see OP

[Aphrodite]

And as nobody else draws crowds like Collingwood they have 4 Sunday twilights in the first part of the draw, worst slot of the round.

Oh really!

2022 AFL Crowds and Match Attendances

2022 AFL match attendances. Includes current and historical data and statistics by team.

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2022 AFL Crowds and Match Attendances

2022 AFL match attendances. Includes current and historical data and statistics by team.

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[eth-dog]

Imagine getting double ups against 3 bottom 4 sides and still complaining.

There are aspects that are good (such as 3 bottom 6 sides) but we should be playing someone like Port or Carlton twice instead of Geelong.

 

[kirky]

I assume that cause Ballarat is not that far away from the SA border, the AFL decide just to fixture The Crows there almost every year against The Dogs when they are scheduled to play in Victoria

Actually I’m not surprised they didn’t schedule our Ballarat and Geelong games back to back and throw in a camp and make it a bit of team bonding. Sheesh!

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Actually I’m not surprised they didn’t schedule our Ballarat and Geelong games back to back and throw in a camp and make it a bit of team bonding. Sheesh!

AFL House:

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Imagine getting double ups against 3 bottom 4 sides and still complaining.

That's fine my gripe is that a bottom four team has to play Geelong twice

 

[Red Bull]

Carlton getting the same treatment with the fixture that Cripps got at his appeal - AFL just keeps doing everything they can to make the Blues relevant again.

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It’s what’s best for business mate.
Enjoy Launceston

 

[The Prosecutor]

Imagine getting double ups against 3 bottom 4 sides and still complaining.

Imagine finishing bottom 4 and getting double ups against the premiers, a top 4 team and a team that has finished 1st and 2nd over the last 3 years.

 

[Saints4ever]

Imagine finishing bottom 4 and getting double ups against the premiers, a top 4 team and a team that has finished 1st and 2nd over the last 3 years.

Exactly, all 6 double ups should be against the bottom 6!!
How dare the AFL only give you 3 of the bottom 4 twice.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Brutal for Essendon both on and off the field.

Double ups against Geelong, Collingwood, Port, WC, GWS and North

7 x Sunday, 6 x Saturday, 1 x Tuesday

5 home games in the first 15 rounds (4 on a Sunday, 1 Sat night)
1 home game in both May and June (the June game being Sunday twilight v North)

Season will likely be over after this stretch between R5-15

Melbourne (AO)
Collingwood
Geelong
Port (A)
Brisbane (A)
Richmond
West Coast (A)
North
Carlton
Bye
Fremantle (A)

4-10 after Round 15 would be generous. Round 16 v Port at the MCG could be a watch for some low crowd records. Will almost certainly be Essendon lowest home average in decades outside of Covid-affected years.

It's a tough run but if Essendon are good they'll be 4-0 after 4 games 4-10 after round 15 would just show Essendon are no good.

Even on last year's form and given off season changes you'd probably go in favourites 4 times in the first 15 rounds (Hawthorn, GC at home, GWS at home and North).

Then there's competitive games against West Coast away and Stkilda.

If Essendon are good enough to compete for finals then they win at least 5 out of those 6 and nab another couple of wins as outsiders.

That puts you 7-7 or better with a pretty nice run home.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Imagine finishing bottom 4 and getting double ups against the premiers, a top 4 team and a team that has finished 1st and 2nd over the last 3 years.

Clearly rigged by the AFL. Geelong don't even have to play the premiers once!

 

[Libbaaaa]

Ups and downs like every year. But playing Port twice so quickly (round 5 and round 13) just makes no sense.

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Shit-ven Worst Media at their piss-poor best as usual.

Despite plenty of time to do it, the full fixture is not in the Sunday Times, only listing the two WA teams.

For some bizarre reason, they expect you to wait until Monday and buy the Worst Australian for a printed version of the full fixture - pity for them everyone has downloaded it or read it before then.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

I predicted last week that there would be melts once Carlton's fixture was revealed

Our draw isn't as mint as it seems though we don't get to play North or our Bunnies Essendon twice next season..

I bet Cookie and the numbers crunchers at Carlton love the extremely revenue friendly prime time fixtures, could possibly boost our growing coffers by well over a million !!!

#ItsFunnyCauseWeReRich

 

[kirky]

Ups and downs like every year. But playing Port twice so quickly (round 5 and round 13) just makes no sense.

Just like we play Sydney once and it is in Round 23.

How do they not arrange for every side to play each other before having the double ups?

 

[Skull Face]

AFL banking on Carlton to be good otherwise prime time is going to be an utter dud for most of the season

What could go wrong?

Its only 3 friday night games against brisbane, melbourne, sydney 2 of which are away games, we calling midweek games prime time now are we?

 

[Rob]

Its only 3 friday night games against brisbane, melbourne, sydney 2 of which are away games, we calling midweek games prime time now are we?

Thursday night games? Well yes, everyone in the media industry would call that prime time.

 

[raymond35]

VAFL House love the Pies making finals. Means the Pie army are engaged and turning up to watch each week.

Wonder if Collingwood will ever play in Geelong when the stadium reaches 60,000?

When is Geelong going to hold 60,000?

 

[Skull Face]

Thursday night games? Well yes, everyone in the media industry would call that prime time.

I wouldn't, have to go to bed before 3 quarter time

 

[Sky]

I wouldn't, have to go to bed before 3 quarter time

sleep is for the weak

 

[Skull Face]

sleep is for the weak

when it involves doing something interesting but i cant say ive watched a friday or thursday game to then end not involving my own club since the 7:50-8:10 bullshit started

 

[Freomaniac]

Not expecting much next season regardless but if we're playing Geelong in Gather Round hopefully it means we skip having to go to Kardinia later on.

Also its equal parts humorous and sad that they predictably throw a GC vs Fremantle game on a Friday afternoon where no one will likely watch.

Well I live in Adelaide.

So I am going to both dockers games in rounds 4 and 5

 

[Freomaniac]

Dear Freo and Gold Coast fans

I love the AFL system. LoL

It's fair for everything and everyone lol

 

[pjcrows]

Yeah it is a major issue, there is a massive advantage playing home vs away look no further then our repeat games against Adelaide last year there was an 80 point difference between the results depending on the state it was played in.

Thoughts on where the Grand Final should be played?

 

[Sky]

Thoughts on where the Grand Final should be played?

Darwin, Northern Territory.

 

[skittlebrew]

That's fine my gripe is that a bottom four team has to play Geelong twice

Not to mention we are contractually obliged to lose to cats at GMHBA stadium