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Did any Vic team get 6 away games in Melbourne?
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MSB ROYS
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Decided to answer my own question.
Carlton, Geelong, Hawthorn, North and Collingwood all play 6 away games in Melbourne.
Essendon, Richmond, the Bulldogs and Melbourne play 5.
St Kilda only plays 4
Always hard to predict who rises or falls significantly.
Personally, I think the Dogs will be much improved next year so to play them during Gather Round and then at home is a nice result. Collingwood I see being less formidable if they suffer a few injuries with an ageing list. Gold Coast twice always happens but will be tougher (surely) than years gone by.
I like the soft start - build some confidence and then hope we are hitting our straps when the season gets tougher in the run home.
Overall, about as good as we could have hoped for.
Personally, I think the Dogs will be much improved next year so to play them during Gather Round and then at home is a nice result. Collingwood I see being less formidable if they suffer a few injuries with an ageing list. Gold Coast twice always happens but will be tougher (surely) than years gone by.
I like the soft start - build some confidence and then hope we are hitting our straps when the season gets tougher in the run home.
Overall, about as good as we could have hoped for.
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If the Dogs really are "much improved" next year they will be scary good, given their 2024 % of 125.1 which was #2 in the comp as it was.
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How do their midfield beat ours? Assuming our best are fit, Dunks blankets Bont and Ashcroft can handle 6 people tackling him. Rayner 7. They have no chance.
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Guessing my normal game-watching ritual of following along with the GameDay Thread on here (so as to get an improved commentary and tactical analysis than what the commentators are saying/not saying) will have to be voided on a few Saturday games then ...
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So you want a sync option on BigFooty for Gameday Threads for games in delay?
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But you need to actually wins games too.
Too many day time games.
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This sucks. In the middle of difficult financial times people who don't have enough money for tickets or pay TV can't/ might not be able watch their team live every week.
Stealing the joy. Going to impact families the most I reckon.
I know it is more money for players etc but how much does the fat cat afl take for their own pay packets and the ever growing support staff.
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The pubs and restaurants around the gabba won't be happy with no friday/ saturday night or twilight games.
Easter Thursday will be ok but nowhere near the same patronage on the other two Thursday nights.
Saturday twilight world have been OK but all away and the Sunday games will be an entertainment precinct washout..
I'd say if they aren't there will be some questions asked - there were already this year. Agree our midfield has theirs covered, but I could see them doing some damage if it clicks like it did this year for longer periods.
I think Port will drop off a cliff, and Adelaide will make finals. AFL doing all they can to make sure the Blues and Cats are well positioned too.
bit odd in terms of time slots especially the prime time friday/saturday games all being away.
I feel like Round 14 vs GWS could have been prime time, especially compared to Hawks/Crows in Tasmania, or North/Freo on Saturday night.
Looking at the last 8 rounds i think some of those home games will be prime time - Port/Dogs/Sydney/Hawks - all of them could be really.
They gave us a pretty hard run in the first half of 2024…
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I've read some speculation (because no one's 100% sure of how it's going to play out) that Qld/NSW got Saturday twilight slots because that way the games get shown on delay into prime time on Seven.
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Fox Footy can GAGF!
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Yep, I'll never pay to watch sport.Fox Footy can GAGF!
Don't understand how some of my friends have f..k all savings but still have money to blow on TV crap.
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I have only ever done the 2 week free trials so I can watch the pre-season games.
Until I exhausted all emails and logins.
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Fox Footy can GAGF!
Footy is supposed to be this great melting pot where people from all walks of life come together and bond over a shared passion.
The definition of egalitarian, which supports a happy society.
Except the management now think only the people who can afford pay TV deserve the right to be involved in real time for a significant chunk of the season.
Fox can gagf and afl house can gagf.
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If those two concepts are linked, then it's never been egalitarian.
Have you ever been able to get every game live on FTA? Honestly don't know, but I know it hasn't been the case since at least the late 90s.
All games actually televised on FTA have only been live in Qld/NSW since 2012. Before then Friday nights at a minimum were on a delay.
All Lions/Swans/etc games have only been live and on FTA in Qld/NSW since 2007.
(Don't know about Victorian, SA and WA but I can't imagine they got better details since it was part of the expansion push to get what we've got.)
Pay TV has been subsidising the AFL for decades now. This is not a new thing. Without it the league would be seriously screwed in terms of the amount of money coming in.
