News Official 2020 Fixture
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Double ups - Port, , Richmond, Essendon, St Kilda,Melbourne
Singles - Sydney, Brisbane, GC, Freo, GWs, Bulldogs, Collingwood, West Coast, Freo, Carlton, Hawthorn, North
Thats quite good there with our double ups. I see us winning at least 7 of our 10 double ups. Then need to find 5-6 more from the singles
Right now I think we are that big 14 year old kid that doesn't yet realise how big and strong he is. As such he gets pushed around constantly.
One day however, we will grow a set and call out the BS. When we pick that little kid up and launch him 10 m, the cr@p will stop. Until then we will continue to get pushed around.
We still need to grow up and become the club we have the potential to be. When we do, we will be one of the big 4 in the competition. There is a reason we constantly get screwed over and held down by the VFL, they are fearful of us realising what we could do if only we had the courage to do it.
Also, can we stop using one of our limited requests on the Indigenous round match, don't get me wrong, love the round. However, to use one of a couple of requests on it? The request needs to be a standalone game in that round, a Thursday/Friday/Saturday night in that round.
The round goes for 3 weeks anyway. Everyone just does the ceremony and jumper the week before or the week after if they don't get it at home. We play Melbourne in the NT the week prior, we'll probably do something for that game as well. It's covered and if it happens a week early or a week later it is what it is.
Small club, Port have used their big request to lock down ANZAC round (on the day), Saturday night, probably channel 7.
We're probably not getting Saturday nights marquee game from Richmond and Essendon, not that they should own it, but let's lock down Friday night, even a Thursday night, every year.
We've used our request on a 4 pm twilight game on Foxtel.
The round goes for 3 weeks anyway. Everyone just does the ceremony and jumper the week before or the week after if they don't get it at home. We play Melbourne in the NT the week prior, we'll probably do something for that game as well. It's covered and if it happens a week early or a week later it is what it is.
Small club, Port have used their big request to lock down ANZAC round (on the day), Saturday night, probably channel 7.
We're probably not getting Saturday nights marquee game from Richmond and Essendon, not that they should own it, but let's lock down Friday night, even a Thursday night, every year.
We've used our request on a 4 pm twilight game on Foxtel.
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Wow I'd love to know which 7 you think we win!
Port? 50-50 at best. Right now I'd have Port favourite in both, but lets say 1 win.
Richmond? Will get spanked in both. 0 wins.
Essendon? Home? 70% chance. Away? 25% chance. Lets say 1 win.
St. Kilda? Home? Yes should win. Away? 50-50 for mine. But let's be generous and give it 2 wins.
Melbourne? At home probably. Away? Nope. We got very lucky last year. We have had 2 stinkers in a row there. 1 win.
That gives us 5. If I'm being generous. In reality I would bet right now on only winning 3 of those.
Vooligan
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Even then, Saints are expected to improve - and I think they will. May no longer be easy beats.
I am a very generous person so
St Kilda Twice
Port Twice
Essendon - Once
Melbourne - Once
Richmond - Once
Punchy Bassett
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Will never happen while Chapman is in charge.
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If Essendon continue their crash and burn from the last few weeks this season we could knock them off in both meetings as well.
I like Andrew Fagan, but don't tell us it's a good fixture because we get a little bit of everything.
A good fixture would be half a dozen Friday night games, a dozen Saturday night games, 5 or 6 games in Melbourne. No games in Tasmania, NT, and anywhere else clubs sell games to. We don't get good fixtures.
This is an average fixture.
A good fixture would be half a dozen Friday night games, a dozen Saturday night games, 5 or 6 games in Melbourne. No games in Tasmania, NT, and anywhere else clubs sell games to. We don't get good fixtures.
This is an average fixture.
To be fair it sounded like he was talking about it from a members point of view. To only have 2 Sunday twilight games is a pretty good result.
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even with a good fixture next year we would struggle. we arent a contender anymore. it is what it is. Looking at that fixture.. we will win our our 9 or 10 games in 2020. Copping the Tigers twice is brutal and those horrible sunday twilight games suck...
Richmond are quite vulnerable away from the MCG. Since 2017 their are 16-14 away from the MCG and to break it down even further 3-7 against top 8 sides.
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That’s about 3 less than what I was expecting
I don't really think we deserve prime time games after the past two years.
The time slots don't bother me (with the exception of using us to support Poort).
It's the opponent and location side of things I hate.
we finish 12th what did you expect? we should be glad their is not more early Sunday/Sunday twilight games.
If you believe that the VFL try to even things out for their non-favourite teams (i.e. not the big Vic clubs) over a period of years, having a horrible draw while we are down could be a blessing in disguise. We get our worst draw whilst we aren't contending anyway. This helps us finish lower and get better draft picks (actually helping us stop self sabotaging by pushing to finish 8th every year). It also hopefully means that in 3 years time when we should be back climbing the ladder, we get better draws which help us.
I'm trying very hard to find something optimistic out this this.
I'm trying very hard to find something optimistic out this this.
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Do you know when we will announce Balme and Clarko as Ops manager and Footy Director?
We are a bottom 4 team - they should be fine.
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You've got your Saturday nights back. I'm going to save heaps of $ this year (GameofSloanes)
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To be expected, annoyed that one of our Friday night matches is wasted on the bulldogs, should only be getting Friday night games against top drawing vic clubs. Looks like round 5-10 is our best chance of stringing a few wins together. I reckon will start to season quite competitive but will probably be limping towards the end with a lot of tough games.
