Fixture 2024 fixture - first game away to GWS?

[eddiesmith]

So we have a bye in Rd 5 then play Saturday in Rd 6 before a round 7 Thursday game. Meanwhile Essendon play Rd 6 on Friday night.

Would it have not made more sense for the bye Rd 6? Or the Thursday night game in rd 6?

 

[Harry O]

So we have a bye in Rd 5 then play Saturday in Rd 6 before a round 7 Thursday game. Meanwhile Essendon play Rd 6 on Friday night.

Would it have not made more sense for the bye Rd 6? Or the Thursday night game in rd 6?

Lucky we have Mr Wade

 

[BigVic]

We dont play a game in melb for a month after the st kilda game. As then we have the gabba, gather round, then the bye

Two interstate games after Freo at Optus in May with GC in GC again like this year and Sydney at the SCG in R22

 

[adammania9]

Geelong played 2 2022 finalists in the first 8 games of their premiership defence.

Collingwood will play 6 2023 finalists in the first 8 games of their premiership defence. One of those two non-finalists is in Gather Round.

 

[thebaldfacts]

Play Melbourne, Sydney, Essendon, Hawthorn, Carlton, Brisbane twice..

Play 3 of the top 6 and 1 other finalist twice.

To be the best, you have to beat the best.

Bring it on.

 

[manicmagpie]

Geelong played 2 2022 finalists in the first 8 games of their premiership defence.

Collingwood will play 6 2023 finalists in the first 8 games of their premiership defence. One of those two non-finalists is in Gather Round.

It mostly evens out in the end. We will play 11 games against the finalists from 2023, same as Geelong did from the year before.

We play all our games against the best teams from 2023 at the start and end of the season. 6 from the first 8 and then the last 4 rounds.

In-between, after playing Carlton in Round 8 we have only 1 game against a 2023 finalist in the next 12 rounds.

 

[nahnah]

Geelong played 2 2022 finalists in the first 8 games of their premiership defence.

Collingwood will play 6 2023 finalists in the first 8 games of their premiership defence. One of those two non-finalists is in Gather Round.

Geelong always get an easy draw

 

[DinoSoar]

I don't get why it is a disadvantage to be playing Doggies at Marvel.

Because it is our home game in which we are forced to play it at a venue that is our opponent’s home ground, basically losing any “home ground” advantage. Now, we all know that we have to play 2 home games at Docklands but it sure as hell shouldn’t be against tenant clubs who play there much more regularly and are therefore quite familiar with it. It negates any benefit, real or perceived - our performance there over the journey probably demonstrates that the advantage/disadvantage is on the real side of the ledger.

 

[nahnah]

Blues have more home games at Marvel than MCG

 

[vindaloo]

I reckon Melbourne and Brisbane, who we play twice, could drop off a bit, but then so could we.
Bring on 2024! Can't wait.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Because it is our home game in which we are forced to play it at a venue that is our opponent’s home ground, basically losing any “home ground” advantage. Now, we all know that we have to play 2 home games at Docklands but it sure as hell shouldn’t be against tenant clubs who play there much more regularly and are therefore quite familiar with it. It negates any benefit, real or perceived - our performance there over the journey probably demonstrates that the advantage/disadvantage is on the real side of the ledger.

So you'd rather play, for example, the Lions there instead?

I remember all the carry on this year about playing them there & how Marvel was more of an advantage to them than us...and they did beat us there.

Saints are a tenant of Marvel, yet we're playing them at our home ground for their home match.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Blues have more home games at Marvel than MCG

They are tenants of Marvel.

 

[whiskeytown]

Tough draw.

Just need to be top 4 though to feasibly be in it late in September

Richmond won 3 flags when finishing 3rd in the H&A season each time

So 15-16 wins should do

Which this group is entirely capable of

 

[Rohan25]

This is quality. Love the two Hawthorn ones, plus salt shakers for the Melbourne match is gold.

 

[LuckyLee]

I reckon Melbourne and Brisbane, who we play twice, could drop off a bit, but then so could we.
Bring on 2024! Can't wait.

Dees yes, Lions no. They start as Premiership faves in my book. Their recent and incoming academy recruits are awesome and they’ve lost nobody other than Rich and Gunston, neither of whom featured in their finals campaign.

Other than Dees, all of our double-up opponents will bee on the rise in 2024. Tough draw.


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[doppleganger]

Pies FIXTure ia the same every year

14 MCG games
3 Marvel games
5 games outside vic
+ gather round

In 2023
14 MCG games, just 4 are against non vic teams
3 Marvel, "home" against Dogs
5 games outside vic, 4 in NSW and QLD and just 1 trip to Perth
+ gather round v Hawks

Being premier we have tough double up games - Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Carlton - and the usual Ess dbl who will expect to improve and the "easy" dbl is Hawthorn a team we always struggle against.

Good commercial FIXture, but tough onfield.

 

[JLC]

When was the last time we played the wooden spoon team twice?

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[rdangelo]

Blues have more home games at Marvel than MCG

Well Marvel is their home ground

 

[rdangelo]

Who cares who we play? We're the Premiers.
We beat every team at least once this year except for the Hawks.

 

[jmac70]

Dees yes, Lions no. They start as Premiership faves in my book. Their recent and incoming academy recruits are awesome and they’ve lost nobody other than Rich and Gunston, neither of whom featured in their finals campaign.

Other than Dees, all of our double-up opponents will bee on the rise in 2024. Tough draw.


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Some will rise and some will fall.

 

[anshell]

Carlton receives more prime time games than us again,despite us being the reigning premiers.I saw a spokesman for the AFL saying that this was because of Carlton’s improved form in the second half of the season this year.But in reality this happens every year,no matter where they are on the ladder.Why doesn’t the AFL just admit that they love Carlton and be done with it?

 

[collingwood23]

Carlton receives more prime time games than us again,despite us being the reigning premiers.I saw a spokesman for the AFL saying that this was because of Carlton’s improved form in the second half of the season this year.But in reality this happens every year,no matter where they are on the ladder.Why doesn’t the AFL just admit that they love Carlton and be done with it?

We should get a lot after round 15 by looking at our draw. Cats,tigers, blues, Essendon, Sydney brisbane, hawks and dees games could all have a prime time fixture

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Carlton receives more prime time games than us again,despite us being the reigning premiers.I saw a spokesman for the AFL saying that this was because of Carlton’s improved form in the second half of the season this year.But in reality this happens every year,no matter where they are on the ladder.Why doesn’t the AFL just admit that they love Carlton and be done with it?

Let's hope they don't live up to all the expectations...and it's all on prime time for everyone to see

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

I would usually be bothered about playing the Dogs at Marvel as the home team, but we have an away game at the MCG against a Marvel tenant (St Kilda).

In the end, it cancels each other out.

 

[live fast pieyoung]

itll be a tough year
lots of decent teams in the top half that should all be on the improve
and probably a big gap to the lower teams