Discussion Round 16, 2024: Photos and Discussion

[cannavo]

FRIDAY, 28 JUNE
Gabba, Brisbane

Brisbane VS. Melbourne
7:40 PM


SATURDAY, 29 JUNE
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Sydney VS. Fremantle
1:45 PM
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Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

North Melbourne VS. Western Bulldogs
1:45 PM
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People First Stadium, Gold Coast

Gold Coast VS. Collingwood
4:35 PM
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Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Adelaide VS. GWS
7:30 PM
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Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Geelong VS. Essendon
7:30 PM


SUNDAY, 30 JUNE
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

St Kilda VS. Port Adelaide
1:10 PM
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Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Richmond VS. Carlton
3:20 PM
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Optus Stadium, Perth

West Coast VS. Hawthorn

 

[Heardy_101]

North vs Bulldogs will be interesting...

 

[grimface_87]

North vs Bulldogs will be interesting...

Last 2 years we have worn white shorts as the home team against them

 

[magpienato]

Last 2 years we have worn white shorts as the home team against them

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The contrast looks awesome, makes me question why this wasn't done for the Collingwood matchup

 

[Heardy_101]

Last 2 years we have worn white shorts as the home team against them

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Hope so, but North have been extra anal this year.

 

[Fizzler]

The contrast looks awesome, makes me question why this wasn't done for the Collingwood matchup

I think if North could’ve worn the blue shorts they would’ve, it’s just that royal blue is a mutual colour in this case so they wouldn’t be allowed to. Admittedly even though the Notth v Collingwood game had terrible contrast, it wasn’t as much of a head**** as this matchup would be. I think the solution for the Collingwood game wasn’t to have North in white shorts and Collingwood in black (it’s the ideal matchup but doesn’t appease North) but it was to have both teams in home shorts.

 

[parano1a]

Finally a common sense outcome: North are in white shorts, Bulldogs royal blue

 

[errant bounce]

Sydney and Freo at the SCG is one of the best looking match ups in the comp.

 

[Liam Boy]

Hope so, but North have been extra anal this year.

Wrong again!

 

[Heardy_101]

Wrong again!

Lol the game against Collingwood proved me right.

I also said "North vs Bulldogs would be interesting", and also said "hope so"

So I was hardly wrong about anything

Honestly if you don't like what you see just keep scrolling champ

 

[Heardy_101]

Finally a common sense outcome: North are in white shorts, Bulldogs royal blue

The question is why only this game

 

[glenn2479]

Why has the Geelong jumper got all the afl club logos on it?

 

[Heardy_101]

Why has the Geelong jumper got all the afl club logos on it?

Not AFL clubs. It's the clubs from where the players came from....

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Not AFL clubs. It's the clubs from where the players came from....

And the players own club under the AFL logo. I've always felt like the annual Country Round thing between Geelong and Essendon at the MCG is clutching at straws a bit, but this is a pretty cool idea especially with the individual player's club on the match guernseys.

 

[Heardy_101]

And the players own club under the AFL logo. I've always felt like the annual Country Round thing between Geelong and Essendon at the MCG is clutching at straws a bit, but this is a pretty cool idea especially with the individual player's club on the match guernseys.

Definitely a cool idea. Essendon need to get around it more and do something similar - eg dedicate each Country Round to a Bombers club

 

[north_lad]

Lol the game against Collingwood proved me right.

I also said "North vs Bulldogs would be interesting", and also said "hope so"

So I was hardly wrong about anything

Honestly if you don't like what you see just keep scrolling champ

NORF REFUSE TO WEAR WHITE SHORTS BRING BACK DA BARS WAHHHHH

 

[Heardy_101]

NORF REFUSE TO WEAR WHITE SHORTS BRING BACK DA BARS WAHHHHH

Act your ladder position champ...
Oh wait you are

 

[north_lad]

Act your ladder ranking champ...
Oh wait you are

Oh are north bad

Didn't notice

 

[Freshwater]

And the players own club under the AFL logo. I've always felt like the annual Country Round thing between Geelong and Essendon at the MCG is clutching at straws a bit, but this is a pretty cool idea especially with the individual player's club on the match guernseys.

The concept is totally clutching at straws when there are games in Ballarat, literally in the country.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

The concept is totally clutching at straws when there are games in Ballarat, literally in the country.

No disagreement from me. It's something about "bringing the country to the city" (reading between the lines, trying to get an attendance of 50-60k) but when you could at least host it in Geelong (not sure who'd be a willing annual opponent for that), or something like the Bulldogs v Geelong and maybe another game in Ballarat (used to be the St Kilda zone back in the day?), that'd have a bit more merit.

 

[Fizzler]

The concept is totally clutching at straws when there are games in Ballarat, literally in the country.

Might be a hot take but I’m not opposed to the country game taking place in the city. In the same way there are pride games and there’s no openly LGBTQ+ players in the league, and we have the Indigenous Round but no guarantee every team will have an Indigenous player in the 23, I think the same applies to this Country game. Obviously it wouldn’t be the most impossible thing for one of these clubs to sacrifice a home game and play it at a regional venue, but I guess the point I’m making is it’s possible to honour what the match is celebrating without that location being where it’s played.

 

[Freshwater]

Might be a hot take but I’m not opposed to the country game taking place in the city. In the same way there are pride games and there’s no openly LGBTQ+ players in the league, and we have the Indigenous Round but no guarantee every team will have an Indigenous player in the 23, I think the same applies to this Country game. Obviously it wouldn’t be the most impossible thing for one of these clubs to sacrifice a home game and play it at a regional venue, but I guess the point I’m making is it’s possible to honour what the match is celebrating without that location being where it’s played.

I’m probably against the idea of all these ‘locked in’ games that certain clubs get each year guaranteed, no matter where they are on the previous seasons ladder. And in this particular instance seems so contrived. Your analogy of pride game is in this instance we have an ‘outed’ country game and it’s in Ballarat.

 

[Fizzler]

I’m probably against the idea of all these ‘locked in’ games that certain clubs get each year guaranteed, no matter where they are on the previous seasons ladder. And in this particular instance seems so contrived. Your analogy of pride game is in this instance we have an ‘outed’ country game and it’s in Ballarat.

Oh no I totally get what you mean, and I don’t entirely disagree, I just think Ballarat is probably going to be exclusive to the Doggies for the forseeable future so it essentially leaves no feasible ground for an Essendon vs Geelong game other than the MCG. But on the whole I’m generally not a fan of some of the locked in games so I kind of don’t even pay much mind to the Country game, but its always going to be at the MCG regardless of whether it’s the Countey game or not.