Prelimianry finals

[Flat Track Bully]

Is it safe to assume another Super Saturday...similar to 2002 and 2003...or Friday and Saturday night preliminaries...

 

[doggies]

Is it safe to assume another Super Saturday...similar to 2002 and 2003...or Friday and Saturday night preliminaries...

friday and sunday

 

[catfan29]

Dont assume anything other than Geelong beating Stkilda on that weekend

 

[Flat Track Bully]

friday and sunday

very helpful, thanks Doggies

 

[doggies]

Assume nothing....expect anything.

 

[MOJOE]

Expect the MCC to be only 3/4 full now that Melbourne is out

 

[saintsrule]

Dont assume anything other than Geelong beating Stkilda on that weekend

Assume Geelong's season will end this Friday night!

 

[bozza1980]

Dont assume anything other than Geelong beating Stkilda on that weekend

Hopefully not, maybe St Kilda beats Geelong and Paul Chapman announces "we are still better then St Kilda!!"

 

[FastnetRock]

Dont assume anything other than Geelong beating Stkilda on that weekend

HAHAHA - Man...Geelong fans really do have a great sense of humour, I mean they still think they're as good as the Saints..oh my.

PS. No chance against the Swans up there anyway.

 

[saintsrule]

Sydney should study the tape of the Geelong / Richmond game closely. Thompson was definitely outcoached as Richmond, despite the fact that Geelong fielded a stronger team, nearly stole the game.

 

[Grrrrr]

Just been announced that St. Kilda's preliminary final will be played on Friday night, 16th September 2005.

 

[saintsrule]

Just been announed that St. Kilda's preliminary final will be played on Friday night, 16th September 2005.

Pardon?

 

[Grrrrr]

Pardon?

Pardon? You're excused...

 

[flamethrower]

St Kilda v winner of Sydney v Geelong

Friday night, September 16 @ MCG



West Coast Eagles v winner of Adelaide v Port Adelaide

Saturday afternoon, September 17 @ Subiaco

 

[catfan29]

Looks like a 7 day break for the Cats before the Prelim. The good thing though is that we will get an 8 day break before the Grand Final.

 

[SaintsSupporter]

Looks like a 7 day break for the Cats before the Prelim. The good thing though is that we will get an 8 day break before the Grand Final.

Not really. Come September 9th, you get a 162 day break until you play your next game.

 

[Dan26]

It's funny how people think the AFL have shunned the Saturday night Preliminary Final.

The only reason there is no Saturday night Preliminary Final, is because the West Coast Eagles are involved, meaning the AFL "can" schedule it during the afternoon, and still have it start at 4:30 Eastern time and finish around 7:00pm - perfect for ratings. When channel 7 used to telecast two matches back to back, live on Sunday, the second twlight game (usually starting arounf 4:30 Victorian time) was always a bigger ratings winner than the afternoon game.

If the West Coast Eagles weren't hosting the game, the match would instead be on a Saturday night. The AFL can get the best of both worlds with the 2 hour time difference. They can get an afternoon game to please the fans and make everyone "think" they are scheduling it in the afternoon out of the goodness of the heart. And the also get the good ratings, simply due to the fact that the match starts in the early evening.

 

[Truetiger]

HAHAHA - Man...Geelong fans really do have a great sense of humour, I mean they still think they're as good as the Saints..oh my.

PS. No chance against the Swans up there anyway.

If Geelong played anyone else but Melbourne last week you would of lost. Even Fitzroy could of put up a better effort then what Melbourne did.

 

[zero]

It's funny how people think the AFL have shunned the Saturday night Preliminary Final.

The only reason there is no Saturday night Preliminary Final, is because the West Coast Eagles are involved, meaning the AFL "can" schedule it during the afternoon, and still have it start at 4:30 Eastern time and finish around 7:00pm - perfect for ratings. When channel 7 used to telecast two matches back to back, live on Sunday, the second twlight game (usually starting arounf 4:30 Victorian time) was always a bigger ratings winner than the afternoon game.

If the West Coast Eagles weren't hosting the game, the match would instead be on a Saturday night. The AFL can get the best of both worlds with the 2 hour time difference. They can get an afternoon game to please the fans and make everyone "think" they are scheduling it in the afternoon out of the goodness of the heart. And the also get the good ratings, simply due to the fact that the match starts in the early evening.

interesting point.

also, i believe the eagles and subiaco oval requested an afternoon game. whether that get considered above ratings is another matter entirely.

 

[Dan26]

interesting point.

also, i believe the eagles and subiaco oval requested an afternoon game. whether that get considered above ratings is another matter entirely.

Ratings were the AFL prime consideration (provided both clubs had a least a 7 day break.) And that's not a bad thing, by the way. TV ratings are very important.

There is no doubt whatsoever, that had some other club been hosting that second Prelim, it would be on Saturday night. The AFL want maximum TV exposure and a 4:30pm start in the east does that, so they can get away with holding an afternoon game and make everyone think they are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts.