2 Home Games a Year in NT for 2017 & 2018

[Demonland 73,122]

Peter Jackson just announced that we will be playing 2 Home Games a Year for the next two years (2017 & 2018). 

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,935]

1 minute ago, Demonland said:

Peter Jackson just announced that we will be playing 2 Home Games a Year for the next two years (2017 & 2018). 

I was enjoying the night up until that announcement.

Can we please at least play someone other than Port at Alice?

[deeko 952]

Well the cash must be impressive so if it assists financially so be it. 

It clearly cooks the players however so it would be good next year to maybe play a Friday night game there followed by a nine day break and the other game before the bye round. 

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

Dam. Who gets a free hit at us next week....

 

isn't there alternatives to raising $$$$

[Demons11 7,046]

What's the issue??? If we are good enough, we win.  Hawthorn has played 3-4 games a year in Tassie and it hadn't done them any harm 

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

Just now, Demons11 said:

What's the issue??? If we are good enough, we win.  Hawthorn has played 3-4 games a year in Tassie and it hadn't done them any harm 

Tassie is rather cold...

[3Dee 1,153]

* offset by two away games based in Melbourne. 

 

No problem.

[ucanchoose 1,816]

1 minute ago, Demons11 said:

What's the issue??? If we are good enough, we win.  Hawthorn has played 3-4 games a year in Tassie and it hadn't done them any harm 

3 hrs flying to play in the tropics versus 1hr flight to play on an iceberg....

 

Apples and oranges

[At the break of Gawn 4,460]

Can it be at least against someone else other than Port?

[Demons11 7,046]

1 minute ago, ucanchoose said:

3 hrs flying to play in the tropics versus 1hr flight to play on an iceberg....

 

Apples and oranges

Both teams are travelling 

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

5 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Dam. Who gets a free hit at us next week....

 

isn't there alternatives to raising $$$$

Membership of over 60k, average home game attendance +50k, 

maybe we should sell 3 games

 

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

1 minute ago, Demons11 said:

Both teams are travelling 

It's the week after that will disadvantage us...

[Ricky P 757]

4 minutes ago, 3Dee said:

* offset by two away games based in Melbourne. 

 

No problem.

This has actually been the case the whole time. 

I also reckon they don't give us as many interstate trips.

[3Dee 1,153]

 

29 minutes ago, Ricky P said:

This has actually been the case the whole time. 

I also reckon they don't give us as many interstate trips.

ah! yeah explains why they've rarely played in the pineapple state over the last few years

[Gorgoroth 13,016]

Terrible. We look exhaused half way through the third and we get to lose to the saints next week.

[Pates 9,660]

Please, please, please can we make sure one of the games in PRIOR to the bye. Give the players from both teams a chance to recover.

Not exactly stoked about this decision, but money in the bank.

[SaberFang 7,151]

For the love of [censored] Christ, can we please, please... PLEASE play at least one of our NT games before a bye, as part of this agreement? At least then we have time for our players to bloody recover! Next week is as good as lost before we're even on the ground.

And for crying out loud, can we at least play our necessary "home" game at Etihad against a team we were already going to lose to, like Sydney or Hawthorn?

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

Just now, Pates said:

Please, please, please can we make sure one of the games in PRIOR to the bye. Give the players from both teams a chance to recover.

Not exactly stoked about this decision, but money in the bank.

We sold the Games. The AFL didn't

i doubt any special fixturing will be given to us. 

That's why i hate the whole deal. 

It's a cash grab that will cost us Finals...

[Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,654]

1 hour ago, ucanchoose said:

3 hrs flying to play in the tropics versus 1hr flight to play on an iceberg....

 

Apples and oranges

Since when is Alice Springs in the tropics?

[Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,654]

10 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

For the love of [censored] Christ, can we please, please... PLEASE play at least one of our NT games before a bye, as part of this agreement? At least then we have time for our players to bloody recover! Next week is as good as lost before we're even on the ground.

And for crying out loud, can we at least play our necessary "home" game at Etihad against a team we were already going to lose to, like Sydney or Hawthorn?

The Darwin game.

 

The Alice games are not anywhere near as draining on the players as some of the hysterical twits here carry on...

[DubDee 26,114]

What a joke. Could be difference between playing finals or not next year. No home ground advantage, travel and then sapped for the next week  

PJ reckons we don't lose out as there are two other home games... Umm we miss going to two games at the G. We don't just attend home games. 

Sad that we are still in such a poor financial state

[Pates 9,660]

59 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

We sold the Games. The AFL didn't

i doubt any special fixturing will be given to us. 

That's why i hate the whole deal. 

It's a cash grab that will cost us Finals...

But surely they have a responsibility to the duty of care to the players if they have the means to assist recovery and prevent injuries. The AFL also wants games up there, obviously we are the conduit to make it happen, I don't think it's a ridiculous thing to ask for given that it's not just our team the suffers but the team they are fixturing up there with us.

[Sir Why You Little 37,120]

3 minutes ago, Pates said:

But surely they have a responsibility to the duty of care to the players if they have the means to assist recovery and prevent injuries. The AFL also wants games up there, obviously we are the conduit to make it happen, I don't think it's a ridiculous thing to ask for given that it's not just our team the suffers but the team they are fixturing up there with us.

You can ask. But they haven't listened since 2009

no other team wants to go near this deal. 

The Club has to become cutting edge in recovery tetechniques legally. 

In the next 2 years we SHOULD be aiming for 4-6 Finals positioning. 

If The NT games blow that away i will be angry

[faultydet 7,619]

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

You can ask. But they haven't listened since 2009

no other team wants to go near this deal. 

The Club has to become cutting edge in recovery tetechniques legally. 

In the next 2 years we SHOULD be aiming for 4-6 Finals positioning. 

If The NT games blow that away i will be angry

Was I the only one who picked up what Jackson said?

 

(Something along the lines of) "The AFL signed a new 2 year deal to play 2 games in N.T, and we are the beneficiaries of this.

 

W.T.F?

[Pates 9,660]

2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

If The NT games blow that away i will be angry

100% with you on that.