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2014 Fixture: Hopes and Expectations?

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With the 2014 Fixture being released on the 31st of October, what are your hopes and expectations for the coming year of matches?

Will the AFL hand us a dream draw so that we have the best possible chance of successful year? Will we be given any Friday night games? How many interstate trips will we have to make? Do we still play a home interstate game? How many Sunday vs Saturday games will we play? What is your preference of playing days? Will we be shafted with more Sunday twilight games?

I know we don't have much of a leg to stand on in regards to making demands but what do you hope for and what do you expect will happen?

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    Hopes 14-15 games at the G very few at Etihad, No games sold. Only one excursion to qld, nsw, SA, and WA respectively. 2-3 friday nighters. No Sunday evening death games. Half a dozen Sat ARVO games ( like they used to f'n be ) . No games at Skilled

    Expectations ? None of the above

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    Got a feeling we might be off to Perth in round 1.

    Can't complain as we haven't travelled interstate in round 1 since 1998.

    That would work for me

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    Dont give a rats provided I get all home games at the G.

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    From a selfish point of view I'd love us to have a couple of interstate games around Easter as I'll be overseas.

    From a non selfish point of view, my one hope is that we don't play down in Geelong. But we will.

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    Definitely no home games at Docklands. Maximum G games. QB home game. 22 games v GWS.

    The sooner we get rid of the Darwin nonsense the better.

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    None at Deathlands, most at the G, but on a Saturday!!! 3 Friday and 4 Saturday night games on FTA

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    Hopes: never again at Doglands, or at least no home games there - Expectations: 2 home games at Doglands, against teams who play their home games there ie Saints, Dogs, Norf

    Hopes: no more WA / SA / NSW / QLD games than Collingwood get - Expectations: >6 games at those venues

    Hopes: bye after any Darwin game (and, showing my evenhandedness, any team who plays there should get the same relief) - Expectations: Norf or Saints at Doglands the following week

    Hopes: no late Sunday games, especially at Doglands - Expectations: at least two

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    I just don't want to play at Geelong next year and have more Saturday than Sunday games. I'd also like some home games against other Vic clubs and not play on Easter Sunday, Mothers Day or Greek Easter (we copped the trifecta last year)!

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    I just don't want to play at Geelong next year and have more Saturday than Sunday games. I'd also like some home games against other Vic clubs and not play on Easter Sunday, Mothers Day or Greek Easter (we copped the trifecta last year)!

    Dr G I reckon that wish is batting "a Duck"

    You are going to be very disappointed.

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    Hope to play St Kilda round one and win :) - what a feeling that would be :)

    Remind me it is so long ago I have no memory of it.

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    Remind me it is so long ago I have no memory of it.

    Just watch the old games on you tube

    You know, when the MFC had an AFL standard players list

    Wait was You Tube around then?

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    Hope to play St Kilda round one and win :) - what a feeling that would be :)

    Prepare to be disappointed - rumours I've read (mainly on BigFooty) reckon we're playing Freo in Perth round 1.

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    Would love to play a home friday night opener against St. Kilda

    Seeing as i'll be getting my membership renewed at christmas, this would be the number one game that would lure me.

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    Prepare to be disappointed - rumours I've read (mainly on BigFooty) reckon we're playing Freo in Perth round 1.

    That would do the confidence wonders - Start the year in Perth against one this years grand finalists who are only going to get better

    A traditional round 1 shellacking with a cherry on the top 25 possession, 5 goal breakout game by our Col

    And I'm an optimist

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    From a selfish point of view I'd love us to have a couple of interstate games around Easter as I'll be overseas.

    From a non selfish point of view, my one hope is that we don't play down in Geelong. But we will.

    I seem to remember Roos had a very good record at Skilled against Geelong with the Swans. Perhaps one of it will rub off.

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    Fook it if it is Freo at Subi, it's Freo in Subi. We were all happy the last two years thinking Brissy & Port at the G and how did that turn out.

    I was there in Round 1 98, we lost but were fairly good for most of the day, it was really hot and we just struggled on the big ground with the heat. We got better as the year went on and I seriously don't mind us getting a hard game first up in 2014 either. The list needs to learn to play against the best and the odd belting of mediocre sides in the last 7 years wont cut it anymore.

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    Todays Hun is saying there maybe no games at the G for the first two rounds of 2014 and with the Cricket World cup there in 2015 the same will apply.

    Looks like a return to the past where we used to go to the first game in early April.

    So Gear up for a min. of an interstate game in the first two weeks and a game at Geelong or the dome of death.

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    Todays Hun is saying there maybe no games at the G for the first two rounds of 2014 and with the Cricket World cup there in 2015 the same will apply.

    Looks like a return to the past where we used to go to the first game in early April.

    So Gear up for a min. of an interstate game in the first two weeks and a game at Geelong or the dome of death.

    OD I thought you got all your information from

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