Fixture 2025 Fixture Discussion

[Tricky Dicky]

Who is everyone most looking forward to beating next year? Hawks? Pies? Fremantle?

Would love to end the string of losses to the Hawks with a comprehensive flogging.
And even better, do it at the 'G.

 

[Rowallan Lion]

Who is everyone most looking forward to beating next year? Hawks? Pies? Fremantle?

Always love knocking off the Pies, but we do owe the Hawks a few thrashings!

 

[braddsey]

Who is everyone most looking forward to beating next year? Hawks? Pies? Fremantle?

Most looking forward to beating the other 2025 grand finalist on grand final day.

 

[Viceregal]

Last thing I want is the last four games of the year being against the bottom four teams... need to be tough on the road into finals!

 

[davemc_lions]

Last thing I want is the last four games of the year being against the bottom four teams... need to be tough on the road into finals!

We all expect Eagles, North and Tigers to again struggle.
The problem always is who will be the real crap and good teams out of the middle field.
Always 2 teams drop out of the 8 Melb/Pies 2024, Cats, Tigers and Freo 2023
Also when you get teams in form and injury patches.
First few games Lions where pretty easy to beat this year..

 

[buttermuffs]

Round 10 has to be Melbourne for Cam’s 150th so that we can celebrate with Danster.


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[Grasshopper17]

I've seen the first draft of our 2025 fixture and our 12 away games are:

Perth
Adelaide Hills (Gather Round)
Launceston (vs Hawthorn)
Perth
Hobart (vs North)
Canberra (night game in late May)
Adelaide
Alice Springs (vs Melbourne)
Carrara
Adelaide
Ballarat (early August)
Geelong

Gonna be an exciting year

 

[Viceregal]

I've seen the first draft of our 2025 fixture and our 12 away games are:

Perth
Adelaide Hills (Gather Round)
Launceston (vs Hawthorn)
Perth
Hobart (vs North)
Canberra (night game in late May)
Adelaide
Alice Springs (vs Melbourne)
Carrara
Adelaide
Ballarat (early August)
Geelong

Gonna be an exciting year

So just one game at the MCG then hey!

 

[Brizzys Squizzy]

Season 2025 will start labour day weekend like this season did. The problem is will they fixture us to play round 0 again or change it around.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Season 2025 will start labour day weekend like this season did. The problem is will they fixture us to play round 0 again or change it around.

Round 0 is specifically aimed at the northern markets, all four northern teams will play at home. The only question is who they will play.

 

[Sauce Merrett]

Hawks will get lost if they have to play at the gabba.

 

[BuntonRules]

Hawks will get lost if they have to play at the gabba.

Be a good matchup, on form. And marketing how long between visits helps.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Round 0 something like this ?

Thursday - Sydney V Hawthorn
Friday - Brisbane V Geelong
Sat Arvo - GWS V Carlton
Sat Night - Gold Coast V Collingwood

 

[Brizzys Squizzy]

Round 0 is specifically aimed at the northern markets, all four northern teams will play at home. The only question is who they will play.

Yes ok cool.

 

[Mr Ripper]

Was going to say, apropos of “Opening Round”, that we’re being handicapped by having this run of ever-shortening preseasons…

Hypothesis: long pre-seasons are overrated.

 

[Surly Boy]

10 games for the Cats at Kardinia next year apparently.....

 

[twhowler]

Interesting to note that while our draw was ranked equal hardest pre-season, it was rated second easiest after the normal season was finished.

Double-ups turned out to be pretty decent: Suns, Pies, Dees, Saints, Crows, GWS. Only one finalist!

There is obviously when you play a team and how you and they are going at the time. Even on that measure we got the blues at a great time with a lot of injuries, we got the pies both teams at a pretty good time too. I can't be bothered going through the season haha

Also we avoided: Ballarat, Geelong, Launceston, Hobart.

We did cop SA 3 times and WA twice. But there is something about those off broadway venues that doesn't seem to inspire us.

We also had a pretty good travel schedule, the only back to back from memory included a bye.

From the above, i would say it is highly likely we get a HARDER draw this year.

My main hope is to be spared the regional venues, or cop one at worst.

To start the year against fellow final teams (first 2 rounds say) so we don't play teams ready to go after our short pre-season.

With some luck we might get 2 double-ups vs bottom 6 with one as part of our normal draw and the other vs suns.

 

[Tom14]

10 games for the Cats at Kardinia next year apparently.....

Lock in Cats top 4.

 

[KissKiss]

10 games for the Cats at Kardinia next year apparently.....

Im happy for Geelong to get more home games in Geelong as long as they send all teams there evenly. Ridiculous if they keep refusing to send teams like Collingwood

 

[M Malice]

Interesting to note that while our draw was ranked equal hardest pre-season, it was rated second easiest after the normal season was finished.

Double-ups turned out to be pretty decent: Suns, Pies, Dees, Saints, Crows, GWS. Only one finalist!

There is obviously when you play a team and how you and they are going at the time. Even on that measure we got the blues at a great time with a lot of injuries, we got the pies both teams at a pretty good time too. I can't be bothered going through the season haha

Also we avoided: Ballarat, Geelong, Launceston, Hobart.

We did cop SA 3 times and WA twice. But there is something about those off broadway venues that doesn't seem to inspire us.

We also had a pretty good travel schedule, the only back to back from memory included a bye.

From the above, i would say it is highly likely we get a HARDER draw this year.

My main hope is to be spared the regional venues, or cop one at worst.

To start the year against fellow final teams (first 2 rounds say) so we don't play teams ready to go after our short pre-season.

With some luck we might get 2 double-ups vs bottom 6 with one as part of our normal draw and the other vs suns.

Back to back travel is of no worry to us, we managed to beat the 1st, 3rd and 4th placed sides on the ladder away in 3 consecutive weeks... albeit the Swans were away as well in the GF.

We are a resilient hard as nails team now.

 

[Tom14]

Im happy for Geelong to get more home games in Geelong as long as they send all teams there evenly. Ridiculous if they keep refusing to send teams like Collingwood

I'm happy for Geelong to get the full 11 home games in geelong on the proviso that they only play twice on the MCG during the season, like the interstate teams. You want home ground advantage, you don't get MCG familiarity imo.

 

[Tom14]

I'm happy for Geelong to get the full 11 home games in geelong on the proviso that they only play twice on the MCG during the season, like the interstate teams. You want home ground advantage, you don't get MCG familiarity imo.

Just worked out that 10 Cats games at GMHBA and 1 cats home game at the MCG (easter monday v Hawks) means that unless they are going to force one of the good MCG tenants to go down to Geelong, Cats are guaranteed to at most have 1 double up against Hawks, Pies, Blues, Tigers.

Given that the Tiges are going to be awful next year its probably them that gets put on the bus down the highway. More fixture rorts for pork-barrel stadium.

 

[Darren Downunder]

Just worked out that 10 Cats games at GMHBA and 1 cats home game at the MCG (easter monday v Hawks) means that unless they are going to force one of the good MCG tenants to go down to Geelong, Cats are guaranteed to at most have 1 double up against Hawks, Pies, Blues, Tigers.

Given that the Tiges are going to be awful next year its probably them that gets put on the bus down the highway. More fixture rorts for pork-barrel stadium.

I wouldn’t mind playing the cats at Kardinia Park.
We’re the Premiers…Any one, anytime, any where!
But I wish my Vic membership would let me get in.

 

[Dalions]

I wouldn’t mind playing the cats at Kardinia Park.
We’re the Premiers…Any one, anytime, any where!
But I wish my Vic membership would let me get in.

Very likely we will be playing them twice so it will be at GMHBA if we do.
Got to beat them there at some point.
If we have them in OR it won’t be until later in the season so hopefully we will be in form by then and give it a shake.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

From the above, i would say it is highly likely we get a HARDER draw this year.

Are you sure? My mail is that we're only being fixtured to play teams that finished lower than us in 2024