On 27/10/2016 at 00:17, Bates Mate said:

9 FTA channel 7 games is also great exposure for the club.

I'm annoyed though as they are mostly our home games at the MCG (i'd prefer more of our away games being broadcast).

I'm happy with the draw (night games is a tick).

A bit of sarcasm:

And yes nice to see essendon's punishment continue (e.g. pick 1..).. 2 friday & 7 sat night games. I guess the AFL wants to help clear their debt up quick and support their excellent performance last year (to be fair maybe they predict essendon playing a lot better and possibly making the 8, if they don't i'd be expecting them to get 0 night games next year - as if).

#GODEES

  On 26/10/2016 at 23:52, Petraccattack said:

Why didnt we demand the bye after the Darwin game?   Ridiculous

We got a bye after first Darwin game, the only other option would be to play second game in round 23.

  On 26/10/2016 at 23:44, mrtwister said:

Was worried about our short break from Round 5 to Round 6, then realised that Essendon have a 115hr break themselves. Might need some state-of-the-art recovery juice?

#whateverittakes 

  On 26/10/2016 at 23:20, Is Dom Is Good said:

I am predicting we have the following:

Definite wins: 12

Definite losses: 6

50/50: 4

Outcome: 13-14 wins and our first finals series since 06.

Yep, at a quick glance I counted about 14 wins too. 

  On 26/10/2016 at 23:50, Petraccattack said:

Why dont they just make Etihad our new home ground? What a joke.

 

  On 27/10/2016 at 00:01, Petraccattack said:

Why are we playing West Coast in Perth again when we played them there last year?

So you don't want to play away games at Etihad and you don't want to play away games interstate?

Are you hoping for 22 home games a year, or do you just think other teams would be happy to host us at our home ground?

  On 27/10/2016 at 00:01, Petraccattack said:

Why are we playing West Coast in Perth again when we played them there last year?

Given we should have beat them this year I'm happy to play them over there again

Decent draw. One Darwin game before bye, no home game at Etihad and a Friday night game. Not bad at all.

*Alice Springs

  On 27/10/2016 at 01:15, JTR said:

*Alice Springs

Im starting to think some here don't quite understand how far appart Alice and Darwin is.

  On 26/10/2016 at 23:12, Demon Spofforth said:

Good draw for us at a glance. But again no game in Qld for supporters up here. Think that's 4 out of the last 5 years. Oh well, won't mind a bit if we make finals.

They think of everything Spoff, so you will almost certainly get a training session or a practice match up there. You will have to make do with that, and watching us play finals live on T.V

  On 27/10/2016 at 01:17, ArtificialWisdom said:

Im starting to think some here don't quite understand how far appart Alice and Darwin is.

Aren't they in the same place?

Which is why it is always so humid in Alice Springs

  On 27/10/2016 at 00:06, Dr. Gonzo said:

They got it - 4 home games vs Hawks Pies Tiges and Blues

Plus 2 Friday games and 7 Saturday night....

Stinking cheats have been rewarded

I like it:

• good from a prospective win / loss point of view;
• solid from a financial perspective;
• our sponsors should be very satisfied with the exposure.

We are alive and well again after a long malaise, and seemingly have growing relevance in the eyes of the AFL and the media.  

2017 could / should be a huge year for our Club .......... we must make it happen!.

 

  On 26/10/2016 at 23:28, Bates Mate said:

Doggies away off after a 6 day break followed by West Coast  away after a six day break, followed by Sydney @ home Friday night after a six day break will be the toughest run of the year

The Dogs will be playing us after a 10 day break

West coast playing us after a 9 day break

Sydney will be playing us after a 7 day break

That makes those 3 games very tough indeed.

 

That's a finals fixture.

Looks as though my business travel to the East coast will increase significantly next year.

  On 27/10/2016 at 01:48, jnrmac said:

The Dogs will be playing us after a 10 day break

West coast playing us after a 9 day break

Sydney will be playing us after a 7 day break

That makes those 3 games very tough indeed.

 

Demons, Cats, Dogs, Hawks all have 8 six day breaks over the course of the season.

Swans and Crows have 7.

I have us 15 wins 7 losses.

Rd1 Saints Etihad - L
Rd2 Carlton MCG - W
Rd3 Geelong Etihad - L
Rd4 Freo MCG - W
Rd5 Rich MCG - W
Rd6 Essendon Etihad -W
Rd 7 Hawks MCG - W
Rd8 Adel AO - L
Rd9 North MCG - W
Rd10 Gold Coast - W
Rd11 Bye
Rd12 Queens Bday -W
Rd13 Bulldogs Etihad -L
Rd14 West Coast Away-L
Rd15 Swans MCG - L
Rd16 Carlton MCG - W
Rd17 Adel Darwin - W
Rd18 Port MCG -W
Rd19 North Tassy -W
Rd20 GWS Manuka - L
Rd21 StKilda MCG -W
Rd22 Brisbane MCG -W
Rd23 Collingwood MCG -W

  On 27/10/2016 at 02:13, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Demons, Cats, Dogs, Hawks all have 8 six day breaks over the course of the season.

Swans and Crows have 7.

How did the Saints end up with 4 friday nights and only 4 six day breaks. I feel like every step of improvement we make the Saints are half a step ahead.

  On 27/10/2016 at 02:15, bandicoot said:

I have us 16 wins 6 losses. 

8 straight leading into the finals ;-)

Rd1 Saints Etihad - L
Rd2 Carlton MCG - W
Rd3 Geelong Etihad - L
Rd4 Freo MCG - W
Rd5 Rich MCG - W
Rd6 Essendon Etihad -W
Rd 7 Hawks MCG - W
Rd8 Adel AO - L
Rd9 North MCG - W
Rd10 Gold Coast - W
Rd11 Bye
Rd12 Queens Bday -W
Rd13 Bulldogs Etihad -L
Rd14 West Coast Away-L
Rd15 Swans MCG - L
Rd16 Carlton MCG - W
Rd17 Adel Darwin - W
Rd18 Port MCG -W
Rd19 North Tassy -W
Rd20 GWS Manuka - W
Rd21 StKilda MCG -W
Rd22 Brisbane MCG -W
Rd23 Collingwood MCG -W

we'll beat the swans Home and GWS Away?   gotta love the off season

wouldnt be surprised if GWS win 20 games

I think perhaps we need to consider new approach to the Darwin game and pick an extended squad.

The ones that are not playing in Melbourne the week before would be sent to Darwin two weeks before. I am thinking of fringe fast players that then play the Darwin weekend. (Perhaps Spencer to help Gawn.)

I would also encourage the club to study how the Socceroos deal with their road trips to inhospitable climates. (Not sure that Melbourne people understand the climatic differences .... they are extreme.)

On a related note I get emails from the club but I have never seen any travel deals for these games in exotic places. Is there a link on the website or the like that I am missing?

  On 27/10/2016 at 02:27, DubDee said:

we'll beat the swans Home and GWS Away?   gotta love the off season

wouldnt be surprised if GWS win 20 games

My mistake.. changed GWS to a loss

  On 26/10/2016 at 23:50, Petraccattack said:

Why dont they just make Etihad our new home ground? What a joke.

We don't have any home games there, not sure what you're complaining about

The bye after the NT game is one of the smartest things I've seen related to our club's fixturing in many a year. Something so obvious, simple and infurating that many of us have screamed out for over the years.

That's got PJ all over it, methinks. Well done, MFC/AFL!

  On 27/10/2016 at 02:34, SaberFang said:

The bye after the NT game is one of the smartest things I've seen related to our club's fixturing in many a year. That's got PJ all over it, methinks.

It's a "common sense" decision, so clearly not something Dill would come up with.

  On 27/10/2016 at 02:34, SaberFang said:

The bye after the NT game is one of the smartest things I've seen related to our club's fixturing in many a year. Something so obvious, simple and infurating that many of us have screamed out for over the years.

That's got PJ all over it, methinks. Well done, MFC/AFL!

The issue hasn't been playing at Alice. It's a 2 hour flight and weather is mild. We don't need the bye after that.

the issue is darwin. It's a 5 hour flight and the weather drains the players. They can lose 3-4 kgs from sweat.

the players come back to freezing Melbourne the following week and struggle.

Port will be marking their game against us a a win