Who was screwed over? 2008 fixture.

[the_fresh]

Remember that Melbourne, the Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne & Hawthorn all play interstate home games. You can't count these as interstate games, they choose to play them there, there for must be treated like home games.

 

[Murray]

You travel 8 times Muzza, those are mighty long road trips to the Dome you know.

It's practically like driving across the Nullabor.

And its just not fair Syd, bugger the AFL and their favorites

 

[Murray]

What is the point of having Andy D around if he cannot get this right? Bastard..someone needs to sack him!

Sack Andy D! SACK ANDY D!

We should start one of them on line petition thingy's

 

[retroparty]

Essendon have a great draw

 

[oogac]

If Collingwood dont come up to expectations, like I think they wont . . . The AFL will get screwed.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I can't believe we only get 4 days games in Sydney. The old sunday arvo SCG tradition is slowly dying, and we're losing our true advantage by playing more games at that souless ground they call Telstra Stadium. Plus, Sydney have a bad record in night games lately, and now we seem to play more night matches than ever. Not happy at all!!

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Who is the big winners then?

Sydney appear to be looked after again with 13 home state games and missing playing Freo in Perth yet again.

Are you serious? We play the top 4 teams, within the first 6 rounds, and we play the Eagles and Port Adelaide twice! Not to mention the fact we're playing less and less at our REAL home ground, the SCG. We almost have no advantage at TS, i hate that ground.

 

[Murray]

Are you serious? We play the top 4 teams, within the first 6 rounds, and we play the Eagles and Port Adelaide twice! Not to mention the fact we're playing less and less at our REAL home ground, the SCG. We almost have no advantage at TS, i hate that ground.

Yeah, but what about Collingwood getting screwed again

 

[AndyD]

What is the point of having Andy D around if he cannot get this right? Bastard..someone needs to sack him!

Sack Andy D! SACK ANDY D!

Blow it out your ass

 

[AndyD]

In all seriousness, Melbourne has a pretty good run home, 5 out of their last 6 at the 'G.

 

[Ripper]

Are you serious? We play the top 4 teams, within the first 6 rounds, and we play the Eagles and Port Adelaide twice! Not to mention the fact we're playing less and less at our REAL home ground, the SCG. We almost have no advantage at TS, i hate that ground.

I was serious, but I have gone and worked out the draw difficulty the way champion data do.

With travel excluded , from easiest to hardest.

Geelong 47.63%
Essendon 48.32%
West Coast 48.41%
Hawthorn 48.42%
Collingwood 48.91%
Bris Lions 49.02%
Adelaide 49.31%
St Kilda 49.41%
W Bulldogs 49.60%
Port Adel 49.91%
Richmond 50.69%
Carlton 51.08%
Fremantle 51.27%
Kangaroos 51.28%
Melbourne 51.57%
Sydney 53.03%

It does appear that Sydney has been pinged a harder draw.

 

[Big Turls]

I was serious, but I have gone and worked out the draw difficulty the way champion data do.

With travel excluded , from easiest to hardest.

Geelong 47.63%
Essendon 48.32%
West Coast 48.41%
Hawthorn 48.42%
Collingwood 48.91%
Bris Lions 49.02%
Adelaide 49.31%
St Kilda 49.41%
W Bulldogs 49.60%
Port Adel 49.91%
Richmond 50.69%
Carlton 51.08%
Fremantle 51.27%
Kangaroos 51.28%
Melbourne 51.57%
Sydney 53.03%

It does appear that Sydney has been pinged a harder draw.

How is that calculated?

 

[Ripper]

How is that calculated?

You work out the wins and losses of all the teams each team plays form the ladder at the end of the previous year and divide the total wins by the total losses.

Doesn't that travel into the equation at all.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

At least that is their home ground.
Richmond celerbrating 100 years.
Melbourne celerbrating 150 years.

Both of these teams have the MCG as their home.
But are playing at the Dome..... why?

This is a joke.

Its the tigers to fix, its their home game...

Remember the moaning when we played the pies this year at TD while across town the roos were playing the Dogs? This is 100 times worse... 150 years!!

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Hawthorn have a gem draw.

Agreed, no reason for us to complain this year.

 

[kreuzer-to-judd]

How did geelong get no Friday night home game?
Sure, they play most of their games at Kardinia Park, but no home game on friday night for the reigning premiers?
They do get 6 away though, the most away Friday nights of anyone.

THE LIGHTS AT KARDINIA PARK TOTALLY SUCK

 

[BigBadCam]

Us Geelong fans know that we can beat any team at any ground and at any time. We would've liked a few home games at the MCG though, and some Friday night home games. The AFL ****ed us over hard. I would say that Geelong in '08 has more crowd pulling power than Essendon, Richmond and Carlton, but we still get treated like a second rate club.

 

[PHX]

This is a joke.

Its the tigers to fix, its their home game...

Remember the moaning when we played the pies this year at TD while across town the roos were playing the Dogs? This is 100 times worse... 150 years!!

We can stomp our feet all day long but it wont matter. Gillon, Vlad and Andy Ando will just laugh it off as an "an anomaly of the draw" and do **** all about it.

Just got to move on.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

We can stomp our feet all day long but it wont matter. Gillon, Vlad and Andy Ando will just laugh it off as an "an anomaly of the draw" and do **** all about it.

Just got to move on.

Yeah you're right, apologies for my extremely naive post...

Sh*ts me though...

 

[Deenamite]

I'll post what I said in the other thread and say that we have only 1 night game.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

THE LIGHTS AT KARDINIA PARK TOTALLY SUCK

They're fine, just not at TV standard; or playing standard; but even so, they do play some home games in Melbourne.
I would have thought that as defending premiers they would get a Friday night home game out of those.

 

[konstas_87]

You work out the wins and losses of all the teams each team plays form the ladder at the end of the previous year and divide the total wins by the total losses.

Doesn't that travel into the equation at all.

i guess its better than nothing.. buit travel is pretty important.
playing a bottom 4 team in perth is still a travel to perth..

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Who is the big winners then?

Sydney appear to be looked after again with 13 home state games and missing playing Freo in Perth yet again.

Yeah. Can't believe they missed that gimme.

 

[PAFC2004]

LOL @ OP! 6 interstate games? What about teams from outside victoria?!

 

[ROARisWAR]

We only play Hawthorn once...

... But atleast we don't have to go to sh*t Tassie

Finally, West Coast @ Subiaco. Looking forward to it