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Fixture An extra 24th game
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Every gather should be round.
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Gather Round was an added round so there are now 24 with each team getting one bye. An additional round would be a 24th game.
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We travel more kms than Richmond, Carlton and Collingwood combined. With the addition of Gather Round, West Coast and Freo now have an additional road trip on top of the regular 60,000km per season. So WC are asking for one of our regular away games to become a home game, to balance things out a bit better.
I expect the AFL to respond with "computer says no."
I expect the AFL to respond with "computer says no."
Good refutation. 9 home games at the MCG and 2 at the Docklands. If you want to get technical, one of the 2 is against a Docklands resident (North Melbourne) and the other is against Brisbane so we have a grand total of 1 extra home game with home game advantage if you count the one at our non home against an interstate team than Geelong does. Enjoy your martyrdom narrative though
I suspect that is what this is all about.
With the Crows and Port winning their "home" matches, every club will want to avoid having to play them "away" in gather round.
Hawthorn asked to play at Norwood again, presumably to guarantee a neutral opponent.
If SA want the gather round and also complain that the Showdown is never a primetime game, then they can play one of their showdowns on the friday night of gather round.
Takes the extra home game advantage away from both SA clubs.
Takes the extra home game advantage away from both SA clubs.
Weird request from West Coast. They're being forced to do something they're absolutely terrible at 23 times a year, and now they want an extra turn.
I think the 24th game will happen but only when the 19th team is introduced.
How do you define neutral?
Is it a game where both teams travel to a different state?
You dont class Eagles v Freo as neutral?
Eagles always want an advantage
It isnt fair on the poor Eagles that the SA clubs get 13 in Adelaide and just 10 away.
Get ready for a barrage of sooking for Eagles fans about SA Bias!!
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We can have another derby if they want
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22 rounds (11 home, 11 away), 1 rivalry round, 1 gather round and 2 byes is my ideal fixture model
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Lets get rid of the pre season? all teams play an internal trial and just go straight into the season... 24 games. no split rounds! have Round 12 p[layed over 2 weeks. 4 games 1 week, 5 the next. i HATE the split rounds.
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The AFL scheduled Freo in Adelaide the week before gather round, and West Coast in Adelaide the week after gather round.
Either it adds no travel as you stay in Adelaide (as I believe Fremantle did) or your club is run by a bunch of idiots and flew your team back, only to hop on a plane and come back in 4 days time (as I believe West Coast did)
There's no need to make any changes simply because West Coast were stupid.
Either it adds no travel as you stay in Adelaide (as I believe Fremantle did) or your club is run by a bunch of idiots and flew your team back, only to hop on a plane and come back in 4 days time (as I believe West Coast did)
There's no need to make any changes simply because West Coast were stupid.
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Bring in Tassie + Team 20
19 games a year - Everyone plays everyone once.
9 home
9 away
1 neutral for Gather Round with the host state teams kicking things off with their Derby/Showdown/Battle/Clash
19 games a year - Everyone plays everyone once.
9 home
9 away
1 neutral for Gather Round with the host state teams kicking things off with their Derby/Showdown/Battle/Clash
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I don't mind it, I was laughing at the fact you want it everywhere except Melbourne. Won't happen anyway but whatevs, I don't mind the idea of having 17 H&A and 6 gather rounds but as Elixuh pointed out above that kind of defeats the prupose.
Hot tip - doing the exact opposite of what Freo does is normally the correct thing.
If flying back home makes our club a bunch of idiots, I'd love to go back and read posts from you about Collective Minds and Kurt Tippett.
Your club has been badly managed and basically irrelevant since the 90's so there might be merit in what you say. If anyone can identify a club run by idiots it's going to be a crows fan.
I agree that the WA teams should be compensated to an extent but also the other interstate sides all having 1 less home game than the SA sides.
Maybe make sure the interstate clubs never play the SA sides in gather round. Maybe an extra derby?
Hawthorn are clever for asking to play in Norwood every year but if any club should be playing the SA sides in gather round it should be them as they play less true away games than anyone else due to the Tassie deal.
Last year it was only 3 true away games. 5 this year is closer to normal but it’s always on the lower end.
As much as I dislike the hawks, that is very clever.
Maybe make sure the interstate clubs never play the SA sides in gather round. Maybe an extra derby?
Hawthorn are clever for asking to play in Norwood every year but if any club should be playing the SA sides in gather round it should be them as they play less true away games than anyone else due to the Tassie deal.
Last year it was only 3 true away games. 5 this year is closer to normal but it’s always on the lower end.
As much as I dislike the hawks, that is very clever.
Lol I admire you trying this narrative but you play on the G 14 times and only 5 times interstate as the away side.
At least with your home games at Marvel you still get the majority crowd. It’s Brisbane and North lol.
Your away games against us are turned into home ones and that includes finals lol.
What more do you want?
Make the gather round an actual home game for Port and Adelaide, then trade off another of our home games for a neutral game against the team we play in gather round in the NT for example.
Example, Port play Bulldogs at home for gather round, then later on in the season for the double up game we play them in a neutral game in Alice Springs.
Adelaide played Carlton in gather round as their home game then later on in the year play a neutral game against Carlton in Darwin.
Then it stays status quo, every team has 11 home, 11 away, and one neutral.
Just make sure the opponent is rotated each year from one of our double up games already scheduled.
Example, Port play Bulldogs at home for gather round, then later on in the season for the double up game we play them in a neutral game in Alice Springs.
Adelaide played Carlton in gather round as their home game then later on in the year play a neutral game against Carlton in Darwin.
Then it stays status quo, every team has 11 home, 11 away, and one neutral.
Just make sure the opponent is rotated each year from one of our double up games already scheduled.
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I don't mind somebody your ideas.
20 teams in the AFL... Yes.
But with gather round making teams play 23 games a season.
Once Tassie and the 20th sides come in by 2027, make it where each side plays 24 games
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