Dees Kick Off 2010 With Eight At The 'G

[Goobernutty]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/86406/default.aspx

First eight matches at the MCG.

15 home matches for the season, 14 at the MCG & 1 'home' match at TIO.

11 on Sunday.

Queen's Birthday Round 12.

Round-9 against Port Adelaide up in Darwin.

Of 2009's top-eight, we play Collingwood, Adelaide & Brisbane Lions twice.

Two matches at AAMI (Round's 13 & 21), Subiaco (Round 16) & the Gabba (Round 18)

 

[richskee]

boom, thats a win!

First eight at the G, Great for Scully and Trengove to become a custom to the ground and show off there skills.

I'm pumped!!

 

[Pipefitter]

Should set up our finals this run at the G.

 

[Supermercado]

I hate to tell the guy who wrote the article but Round 6 against North is at Etihad.

First 8 in Melbourne at least.

 

[cannons]

11 on Sunday is a fair improvement, still too many for my own purposes, but better than previous years in any case.

Nice to start with so many games not only in Melbourne but at the MCG also, could well provide a solid platform for the remainder of the season.

 

[demonfan9]

Play Twice

Hawthorn (1, 20)
Collingwood (2, 12)
Adelaide (3, 13)
Richmond (4, 19)
Brisbane (5, 18)
North Melbourne (6, 22)
Port Adelaide (9, 21)

 

[demonfan9]

1 Friday night @ MCG
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4 Saturday afternoon @ MCG
1 Saturday afternoon @ ETIHAD
1 Saturday afternoon @ SKILLED
1 Saturday night @ MCG
1 Saturday night @ DARWIN
1 Saturday night @ GABBA
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6 Sunday afternoon @ MCG
1 Sunday afternoon @ ETIHAD
2 Sunday afternoon @ AAMI
1 Sunday afternoon @ SUBIACO
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1 Monday afternoon @ MCG
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1 Unknown @ MCG (Round 22)

 

[Oscarman]

I think it's only 1 Friday night game. Round 22 hasn't been scheduled yet. Anyway, a pretty good draw considering our performance the last 3 years.

How did the Bummers only get 3 interstate trips? **** me.

 

[The Dr]

Much better draw than the last few years, although I am worried about starting badly, considering our first few opponents are:

Hawks, Pies, Crows, Tigers, Lions, North, Dogs.

We could easily be 1-6 after seven games if we split the Tigers-North matches.

 

[Demon Revival]

148 days to go until the revival begins......

 

[richskee]

Much better draw than the last few years, although I am worried about starting badly, considering our first few opponents are:

Hawks, Pies, Crows, Tigers, Lions, North, Dogs.

We could easily be 1-6 after seven games if we split the Tigers-North matches.

big call for a team thats won the spoon for the last 2 years. Don't think so.

 

[melbournemartin]

Very happy with that draw. Hopefully we can get 3-4 wins on the board in the first 8 and set us up for a decent year. No consecutive interstate games and no home games at Docklands. I like playing Geelong in Geelong because it's always a good fun day down there (yes, I actually said that) and we'd lose to them at the MCG anyway.

Two games in AAMI isn't great but only one in Perth at least.

We are currently scheduled to play North Melbourne at 12.00 am Friday...which is really midnight Thursday night. Interesting

 

[Higgs Boson]

Quote from the Hun:

On face value, wooden spooner Melbourne is the only club with a more favourable draw than the top three. At least the league is doing its bit for the Dees with a nice luttel [sic] kickalong.

Seven of their first eight games are at the MCG and they play only three of the 2009 finalists - Collingwood, Adelaide and Brisbane - twice.

There’s no excuses at Demonland now.

Interesting.

Bring on 2010!

 

[melbournemartin]

Much better draw than the last few years, although I am worried about starting badly, considering our first few opponents are:

Hawks, Pies, Crows, Tigers, Lions, North, Dogs.

We could easily be 1-6 after seven games if we split the Tigers-North matches.

Don't forget that we have the Eagles after the Dogs which SHOULD be a win. We'd have a good chance against the Lions and possibly even against the Crows. We SHOULD beat Richmond. We have rarely played well against North recently though and playing at the Dome doesn't help.

 

[Bails2008]

Looking at that draw, which is much more favourable than in previous year, what do people think is a reasonable amount of wins in 2010?

I personally think 7-9 wins would be a benchmark return at this stage of our development and our shocking record over the past 3 years.

 

[The Dr]

big call for a team thats won the spoon for the last 2 years. Don't think so.

??

What's a big call? I fear we'll start the year with six losses out of seven....

But anyway, I am fairly happy overall with the draw.

 

[Ricky_15]

Wouldve liked maybe 2-3 saturday night games in melb.

But other than that a very good fixture

 

[WattsGoodForYou]

Robbo on the Hun talking about the draw..

 

[proka123]

Things that peeve me about this fixture......

*1 Friday night game
*First five games on Fox
*No Free to Air Saturday Night Games.

Other then that a very good fixuture......Only play Geelong and St.Kilda once.

 

[TelkoTheGreat]

better than last year. bring on 2010

go dees

 

[KickLongTackleHard]

Scwabby and co. keep making headway for us. Get the MFC and MCC re-aligned in 2009 and then get another MCG game for the MFC supporting MCC memebers in 2010. Great work.

 

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[Wonaeamirri33]

Should set up our finals this run at the G.

You're not wrong there... and 2 games against Richmond again in 2010, 2 games against North, home games against Adelaide, WCE, Brisbane, Port and Sydney - this gives us a good chance to scrape into the 8 I'd say!

 

[Wonaeamirri33]

11 on Sunday is a fair improvement, still too many for my own purposes, but better than previous years in any case.

Nice to start with so many games not only in Melbourne but at the MCG also, could well provide a solid platform for the remainder of the season.

Seeming like only half of our MCG games this year are on Sunday, and none of those horrible twilight matches either... definitely a big step forward, this schedule.