2024 Fixture

[beartoo]

8th hardest draw.
No too bad


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[Crow-eater]

Playing Essendon at home for the first time in 3 years. (Last game 2020)
Playing Hawthorn at home for the first time in 3 years. But our first HOME game against them in 4 years. (2020 was Hawthorn's "home" game at AO because Covid season)
Playing the Bulldogs at home for the first time in 5 years. (Last game 2018, 2020 was at Carrara because Covid season)

On the flip side:
We haven't played the Saints in Melbourne since 2019. Their last home game against us in 2021 was in Cairns.
Haven't played Richmond in Melbourne since 2018. In 2021 we played them in Sydney because Covid season.
Haven't played Freo in Perth since 2018. Played them at Carrara in 2020 because Covid season. This one is corrected next year.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

I think these are the double up matches: Port, Sydney, Essendon, Geelong, Hawthorn, Brisbane

and a one off NM in Hobart. We rarely win there.

Thats not an easy draw imho

 

[Scorpus]

Looks like we've been rewarded commercially but not in terms of difficulty

For example it's nice we have 3 Thursday matches, but two of these are coming off 5 day break road trips (North in Tasmania into a Showdown, and Collingwood at the MCG into Richmond at home)

We still have to travel to Geelong and Tasmania. There are only 8 games a season in Tasmania, so we should be going there (at most) once every two years. It'll now be four years in a row.

Our double ups are difficult given a Geelong double up means going to the stadium we never win at, plus Sydney/Brisbane/Port are finalists. Our only games against other finalists (Collingwood and Carlton) are away trips

Our end of year stretch is Geelong (Kardinia) into Bulldogs (home) into an away Showdown into Sydney (SCG). That looks tough

 

[WaynesWorld19]

 

[BACCS]

So good to not have a home game over Easter!

 

[119others]

******* Geelong at Skilled again, every ******* year.

That’s a tough double ups.

Hawks, Dons and Cats not favoured to make finals. Power and Sydney I think we should win at least one. Lions tougher but we beat em this year at home and should have won away.

Flag faves - Pies, Lions, Dees, Swans, Blues, GWS, Power then Crows.

We dont have any of the obvious easy beat Kangas or Weagles for double ups but Hawks are next line of betting for Spoon

 

[Scorpus]

Looks like Geelong are getting 9 games at Kardinia including Hawthorn there for only the second time since 2006 (the other time was 2020 during Covid)

However they are still gifting Carlton and Essendon "away" games against the Cats at the MCG. Would be nice if that was us

 

[CrowToon]

Bring on the harder draw. **** em. We got what turned out to be a hard one this year anyway. I reckon we have a draw capable of getting into the finals but given the tough look of the last month maybe not one where we ride into finals with a lot of momentum (or a truckload) but ultimately we need to take the next step and so we need to play the better teams.

Happy with the slew of night games.

Certainly though it looks like Gold Coast is being looked after - with Hardwick up there creating a buzz I expect their free kick differential to match their fixture and see them in finals

 

[Scorpus]

Teams that have to travel to the shit regional grounds

Launceston
St Kilda
GWS
Fremantle
North Melbourne

Hobart
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Geelong
West Coast

Adelaide Hills
West Coast
Sydney
Gold Coast
GWS

Canberra
St Kilda
Brisbane
Hawthorn

Norwood
Brisbane
North Melbourne
Richmond
St Kilda

Northern Territory
North Melbourne
Geelong
Fremantle

Ballarat
Gold Coast
GWS

Geelong
St Kilda
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
GWS
Richmond
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
Adelaide
West Coast

Notice a pattern there?

Games at Regional Grounds
Essendon - 0
Carlton - 0
Collingwood - 0

 

[Crows I Am]

Mark these in your calendar: The 24 must-watch games in 2024

You won't want to miss some of these mouthwatering clashes

www.afl.com.au

“Showdown on the national stage​

Round 8, Thursday May 2, Adelaide Oval, 7pm ACDT

The first Showdown ever played on a Thursday night promises to be a must-watch event nationally as the fierce rivals enter 2024 with high ambitions and do battle in a standalone free-to-air clash. The Crows and Power have only met on a Friday night once and they delivered a four-point thriller in that clash, with Port Adelaide prevailing. The Power have won three of the past four Showdowns, including the most recent by 47 points. There will be differing views in 2024, however, about which of the South Australian teams is best placed to have a successful season.”

LOL who the farck wrote this

Well to be fair the writer has probably never watched a showdown...

 

[kirky]

I think these are the double up matches: Port, Sydney, Essendon, Geelong, Hawthorn, Brisbane

and a one off NM in Hobart. We rarely win there.

Thats not an easy draw imho

We have only played NM three times in Hobart for 1-2 WL record.

Now against the Hawks in Launceston it is a 2-4 WL record.

 

[kirky]

A double up against Geelong is not all that bad. Time to break the curse.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Looks like we've been rewarded commercially but not in terms of difficulty

For example it's nice we have 3 Thursday matches, but two of these are coming off 5 day break road trips (North in Tasmania into a Showdown, and Collingwood at the MCG into Richmond at home)

We still have to travel to Geelong and Tasmania. There are only 8 games a season in Tasmania, so we should be going there (at most) once every two years. It'll now be four years in a row.

Our double ups are difficult given a Geelong double up means going to the stadium we never win at, plus Sydney/Brisbane/Port are finalists. Our only games against other finalists (Collingwood and Carlton) are away trips

Our end of year stretch is Geelong (Kardinia) into Bulldogs (home) into an away Showdown into Sydney (SCG). That looks tough

I feel like it's been mentioned in recent years that the stats don't support 5 day quick back ups are a disadvantage.

 

[ams4crows]

This is the kinda draw we need to attract big name players from other clubs.

LDU manager should absolutely be getting phone calls from us every week from now until he signs with North or someone else.

 

[ams4crows]

The AFL want/ need Gold coast to make finals.... They need golden boy Hardwick to look good. So it's probably
Good we get them early before they have his game plan sorted out and working

 

[GameofSloanes]

Double ups vs Sydney, Port, Brisbane, Hawks, Cats and Bombers
Went 4-4 against them last year, 5-3 if goal umpires could see, and could've beaten the bombers & lions really.
Not easy, but around the mark

Amazing commercial draw

 

[ContrarianCrow]

Don’t mind the draw, should tell us if Nicks is the man going forward. Wanna be the guy? Go break the Geelong hoodoo. Go beat Essendon away. Get the boys to stand up in prime time games against good opposition. No scraping into the bottom of the 8 by virtue of double ups against the cellar dwellers - this core should be making strides towards becoming a long-term contender.

 

[Brasher]

Best part of the draw is many of those double up games are against teams who should be there or thereabouts the Crows fighting for the bottom half of the 8. The cliche "double points" games (and the games that really cost a final spot last year).

Goal umpires aside its a self determining destiny draw if ever there was one.

 

[BACCS]

Two games vs Sydney in the H&A rounds for the first time since 2005

 

[Brasher]

Two games vs Sydney in the H&A rounds for the first time since 2005

Part of the WC/Crows/Swans short window of intense rivalry.

Quickly stamped out by the AFL.

Crows having the wood on the Swans at the time probably a big factor too.

 

[George Kramer]

Looks like we've been rewarded commercially but not in terms of difficulty

For example it's nice we have 3 Thursday matches, but two of these are coming off 5 day break road trips (North in Tasmania into a Showdown, and Collingwood at the MCG into Richmond at home)

We still have to travel to Geelong and Tasmania. There are only 8 games a season in Tasmania, so we should be going there (at most) once every two years. It'll now be four years in a row.

Our double ups are difficult given a Geelong double up means going to the stadium we never win at, plus Sydney/Brisbane/Port are finalists. Our only games against other finalists (Collingwood and Carlton) are away trips

Our end of year stretch is Geelong (Kardinia) into Bulldogs (home) into an away Showdown into Sydney (SCG). That looks tough

We are one of only a few teams with 2 5 day breaks, some clubs have none. How the **** does that work?

 

[footy4ever]

FMD how does Port keep being gifted the easiest fixtures in the comp? What a ****ing joke the AFL is.

 

[dogs105]

FMD how does Port keep being gifted the easiest fixtures in the comp? What a ******* joke the AFL is.

The post above says second hardest?

 

[Hang_Time]

FMD how does Port keep being gifted the easiest fixtures in the comp? What a ******* joke the AFL is.

Second hardest