2024 Fixture

[SmegHead]

What’s the story with both Crows and Port being away in the final round?

Lots of whining that Gather Round gives us an extra home game.

 

[crows dude]

AO - 13 games
Gold Coast - 1 Game
Optus - 1 Game
Marvel - 2 Games
Blundstone - 1 Game
MCG - 2 Games
Gabba - 1 Game
Geelong - 1 game
SCg - 1 game

 

[GameofSloanes]

Will be interesting to see the rankings when they come out, how do we get tougher double ups than Port?

I dont think we did, its about the same. But they should've been harder
Melb abut the same as Bris
Showdowns about equal
Carlton just better than Syd
Saints better than Ess
Freo finished around Hawks last year but are better
Tigers about the same as Cats

 

[Vader]

My read on Opening Round is that the AFL's push into Gold Coast and western Sydney hasn't gone as well as planned and they're hoping to increase interest though this round

Nah... they're taking advantage of an opening the NRL has created.

The NRL are playing 2 games in Las Vegas that weekend, with no other NRL matches scheduled. With no NRL games in either NSW or QLD, the AFL has chosen to schedule home games for all of the northern clubs. The aim is to maximise their exposure while the NRL is playing dead.

 

[FR0GGY]

Saints with 8/9 of their last games at marvel including the last 6 in a row!

 

[Scorpus]

Nah... they're taking advantage of an opening the NRL has created.

The NRL are playing 2 games in Las Vegas that weekend, with no other NRL matches scheduled. With no NRL games in either NSW or QLD, the AFL has chosen to schedule home games for all of the northern clubs. The aim is to maximise their exposure while the NRL is playing dead.

I guess the AFL stuffed up the timing then:



The NRL is playing in Vegas the week prior

 

[FR0GGY]

I guess the AFL stuffed up the timing then:

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The NRL is playing in Vegas the week prior

I thought the whole point was to do it while they were out of town?

 

[Scorpus]

I thought the whole point was to do it while they were out of town?

If that was their reasoning, they either lied or stuffed up.

Either way the NRL will be playing at the same time

 

[Vader]

If that was their reasoning, they either lied or stuffed up.

Either way the NRL will be playing at the same time

This is the AFL we're talking about. Of course they stuffed up.

Their plan to take advantage of the NRL being out of town, during the Las Vegas stunt, was announced immediately after the NRL announced their Las Vegas plans. But only the AFL could **** it up completely, playing their northern clubs home games the week AFTER the NRL goes to Vegas.

 

[Scorpus]

This is the AFL we're talking about. Of course they stuffed up.

Their plan to take advantage of the NRL being out of town, during the Las Vegas stunt, was announced immediately after the NRL announced their Las Vegas plans. But only the AFL could **** it up completely, playing their northern clubs home games the week AFTER the NRL goes to Vegas.

Classic AFL.

A poorly thought out, reactionary change that no one wants

 

[FR0GGY]

This is the AFL we're talking about. Of course they stuffed up.

Their plan to take advantage of the NRL being out of town, during the Las Vegas stunt, was announced immediately after the NRL announced their Las Vegas plans. But only the AFL could **** it up completely, playing their northern clubs home games the week AFTER the NRL goes to Vegas.

And not all teams are going to Vegas anyway are they?

 

[Vader]

And not all teams are going to Vegas anyway are they?

4 teams... but they're not playing any other games in Australia that weekend (same as the AFL not playing any games outside NSW/QLD in "opening round").

 

[Vader]

Classic AFL.

A poorly thought out, reactionary change that no one wants

I'd describe it as opportunistic... and they then proceeded to **** up the opportunity!

 

[Peter Doherty]

Nah... they're taking advantage of an opening the NRL has created.

The NRL are playing 2 games in Las Vegas that weekend, with no other NRL matches scheduled. With no NRL games in either NSW or QLD, the AFL has chosen to schedule home games for all of the northern clubs. The aim is to maximise their exposure while the NRL is playing dead.

How many NRL player off-field incidents in Vegas are the NRL considering a success?

Anything under 4 and they've done well?

 

[Tadpole]

How many NRL player off-field incidents in Vegas are the NRL considering a success?

Anything under 4 and they've done well?

We'll probably never find out, because what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

 

[WeeBlake]

This is the AFL we're talking about. Of course they stuffed up.

Their plan to take advantage of the NRL being out of town, during the Las Vegas stunt, was announced immediately after the NRL announced their Las Vegas plans. But only the AFL could **** it up completely, playing their northern clubs home games the week AFTER the NRL goes to Vegas.

The AFL admin is bad for a lot of reasons but incompetence usually isn’t one of them. They usually get what they want.

 

[WeeBlake]

Saints with 8/9 of their last games at marvel including the last 6 in a row!

That’s Collingwood flavoured ice cream!

 

[brucetiki]

4 teams... but they're not playing any other games in Australia that weekend (same as the AFL not playing any games outside NSW/QLD in "opening round").

And the NRL are playing it all as round 1 (essentially a split round).

Whereas, no one has an idea how the AFL are programming the opening round - Round 0, Round 1 with 8 teams playing twice

 

[Gtowncrow]

they are professional sportsmen, they can play 15 games of footy without a bye


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Fatigue and battle injuries add up and we need to sustain these longer than our oppo.

 

[daniel_4tw]

Who you play is who you play, whatever, but this is an absolute joke. AFL finding completely new ways to compromise the competition.

By the time we have our first bye, many teams have had two.

Richmond and Melbourne huge advantage with 2 spaced out byes.

**** the AFL. Run by a bunch of morons that care about nothing but squeezing the last dollar out of every situation. Fairness and integrity not even considered.

 

[Gtowncrow]

Who you play is who you play, whatever, but this is an absolute joke. AFL finding completely new ways to compromise the competition.

By the time we have our first bye, many teams have had two.

Richmond and Melbourne huge advantage with 2 spaced out byes.

* the AFL. Run by a bunch of morons that care about nothing but squeezing the last dollar out of every situation. Fairness and integrity not even considered.

Collingwood too.

 

[brucetiki]

Who you play is who you play, whatever, but this is an absolute joke. AFL finding completely new ways to compromise the competition.

By the time we have our first bye, many teams have had two.

Richmond and Melbourne huge advantage with 2 spaced out byes.

* the AFL. Run by a bunch of morons that care about nothing but squeezing the last dollar out of every situation. Fairness and integrity not even considered.

Hawthorn, St Kilda and the Bulldogs in the same boat as us.

 

[Gtowncrow]

Hawthorn, St Kilda and the Bulldogs in the same boat as us.

This round Zero crap seems to have worked out well for...oh yes... mainly the big Victorian clubs.

Who'd have thunk it?

 

[fuic08]

This round Zero crap seems to have worked out well for...oh yes... mainly the big Victorian clubs.

Who'd have thunk it?

It's such a joke competition

 

[Coopers]

Collingwood too.

Well, obviously collingwood