2024 Fixture

[kirky]

So when do they finalise Rounds 16 to 24 - was it about the end of May? They screw fans over as no-one can book flights etc.

Just having a look at the following rounds -

Round 18 - 3 games scheduled for MCG so one has to be played Friday night, Saturday and Sunday
Round 19 - 3 games scheduled for Marvel so again one has to be played Friday night, Saturday and Sunday (of the 3 games scheduled for Marvel, ours Essendon vs Adelaide might be the favourite for Friday night)
Round 21 - same again as Round 19
Round 23 - same again as Round 19

This assumes that they have decided no Thursday night games from Round 16-24.

And Round 24 is just bizarre - games being played at Ballarat and Launceston.

 

[FR0GGY]

So when do they finalise Rounds 16 to 24 - was it about the end of May? They screw fans over as no-one can book flights etc.

Just having a look at the following rounds -

Round 18 - 3 games scheduled for MCG so one has to be played Friday night, Saturday and Sunday
Round 19 - 3 games scheduled for Marvel so again one has to be played Friday night, Saturday and Sunday (of the 3 games scheduled for Marvel, ours Essendon vs Adelaide might be the favourite for Friday night)
Round 21 - same again as Round 19
Round 23 - same again as Round 19

This assumes that they have decided no Thursday night games from Round 16-24.

And Round 24 is just bizarre - games being played at Ballarat and Launceston.

Absolutely stupidity, was hoping to see the bombers game in July on my way to the snow.
Need a confirmation of the date though.

 

[Scorpus]

Round 16 v GWS

Saturday, June 29, 7pm (ACST)
Adelaide Oval

Round 17 v Brisbane

Sunday, July 7, 3.40pm (ACST)
The Gabba

Round 18 v St Kilda

Saturday, July 13, 7pm (ACST)
Adelaide Oval

Round 19 v Essendon

Friday, July 19, 7.10pm (ACST)
Marvel Stadium

Round 20 v Hawthorn

Sunday, July 28, 3.40pm (ACST)
Adelaide Oval

Round 21 v Geelong

Saturday, August 3, 4.05pm (ACST)
GMHBA Stadium

Round 22 v Western Bulldogs

Sunday, August 11, 3.40pm (ACST)
Adelaide Oval

Round 23 v Port Adelaide

Saturday, August 17, 7pm (ACST)
Adelaide Oval

Round 24 v Sydney

TBA
SCG

 

[Scorpus]

Amazingly we have not been sent to the graveyard

Prime time games against GWS, St Kilda, Essendon and Port Adelaide

Shoved to Sunday to face Brisbane, Hawthorn and the Bulldogs

Geelong in the good Saturday twilight slot

 

[Scorpus]

The AFL thinks people are pumped to see Gold Coast vs Brisbane and Fremantle vs West Coast

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Amazingly we have not been sent to the graveyard

Prime time games against GWS, St Kilda, Essendon and Port Adelaide

Shoved to Sunday to face Brisbane, Hawthorn and the Bulldogs

Geelong in the good Saturday twilight slot

Yeah it feels a bit 'bob each way' from the VFL,

Just enough prime time games to give us a pat on the head, but still a few graveyard games to ensure we know where we stand in the scheme of things.

All in all, probably ever so slightly better than I expected given our iffy start to the year.

 

[George Kramer]

Scheme of things not too bad

 

[Scorpus]

In round 21 the geniuses at the AFL have put the Bulldogs vs Melbourne and West Coast vs Gold Coast on a Friday night double header, while also putting Collingwood vs Carlton and Port vs Sydney on at the same time

 

[Geoffa32]

In round 21 the geniuses at the AFL have put the Bulldogs vs Melbourne and West Coast vs Gold Coast on a Friday night double header, while also putting Collingwood vs Carlton and Port vs Sydney on at the same time

VFL centric

"Noone will watch Port v Sydney"

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[Carn The Texan]

Those Sunday games were always going to be Sunday games.

 

[DJ75]

In round 21 the geniuses at the AFL have put the Bulldogs vs Melbourne and West Coast vs Gold Coast on a Friday night double header, while also putting Collingwood vs Carlton and Port vs Sydney on at the same time

Notice how they only ever have double headers where one of the games is a non Vic Vs non Vic?
They find it so hard to have non Vic teams play in primetime that they just have to have Melbourne teams on at the same time.

 

[DJ75]

How many years have we NOT played at Geelong?
How many years have we not played at Geelong, but they played in Adelaide?

 

[MRB37]

 

[SugarShane]

How many years have we NOT played at Geelong?
How many years have we not played at Geelong, but they played in Adelaide?

This answers some of that question. 34 seasons and we'll have gone there 24 times?

Edit to add: Ran the numbers:
Adelaide only: 10
Geelong only: 8
Return games: 16

I have included the Walshy year as return games as that's what was scheduled.

However, we were scheduled to play there in 2020 in R23, which ended up being here. So if Covid didn't happen it'd be 9-9, and we'd have travelled there 25 times in 34 seasons.

 

[kirky]

This answers some of that question. 34 seasons and we'll have gone there 24 times?

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Since 1990, Fitzroy had been there 4 times in 7 years.

 

[kirky]

Sorry but why would just look at the last 9 rounds (16-24)?

So we don’t worry who teams are playing Rounds 10 - 15.

Absolutely meaningless rubbish.

 

[MRB37]

Sorry but why would just look at the last 9 rounds (16-24)?

So we don’t worry who teams are playing Rounds 10 - 15.

Absolutely meaningless rubbish.

It's because the AFL just released the fixture for Round 16 onwards.

 

[DJ75]

This answers some of that question. 34 seasons and we'll have gone there 24 times?

Edit to add: Ran the numbers:
Adelaide only: 10
Geelong only: 8
Return games: 16

I have included the Walshy year as return games as that's what was scheduled.

However, we were scheduled to play there in 2020 in R23, which ended up being here. So if Covid didn't happen it'd be 9-9, and we'd have travelled there 25 times in 34 seasons.
View attachment 1988794

Is that saying we have played Geelong twice in a season 16 out of the 34 seasons?

 

[Scorpus]

Is that saying we have played Geelong twice in a season 16 out of the 34 seasons?

If Geelong ever become bad that's when we'll stop playing them twice

 

[SugarShane]

Is that saying we have played Geelong twice in a season 16 out of the 34 seasons?

Yep.

 

[DJ75]

If Geelong ever become bad that's when we'll stop playing them twice

Frighteningly accurate

 

[kirky]

It's because the AFL just released the fixture for Round 16 onwards.

Yes but what difference did it make given we already knew who teams were playing and where.

The only variable was when they were playing (day, twilight or night) and don’t think that comes into the equation re : hardest.

Absolute meaningless rubbish.

 

[Vader]

Hang on... we had the hardest opening, and now we've got the 2nd hardest run home as well? How TF did that happen?

 

[Gtowncrow]

Notice how they only ever have double headers where one of the games is a non Vic Vs non Vic?
They find it so hard to have non Vic teams play in primetime that they just have to have Melbourne teams on at the same time.

Agree.
It seems unfair from our perspective but I wonder if the commercial reality for ch7 is so strong, the AFL must be understanding (appeasing) to their most significant income stream of the entire AFL.

Does anyone have data on the size of the AFL TV market in Victoria vs the rest of Australia? In absolute population it's easy to work out but the AFL TV viewers might well be quite different.

 

[Checksider]

If Geelong ever become bad that's when we'll stop playing them twice

And the one time will still be at Potato Park.