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4 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

ah, but that's an away game

i thought you were saying that there was a leak of a home friday night game

carry on...

Yes. I would like some home Friday night games too.

Posted
6 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

ah, but that's an away game

i thought you were saying that there was a leak of a home friday night game

carry on...

Any Friday night game is gold for the club.

The friday night game is not just important for FTA exposure during the game it also means all the radio pre game build up across all stations and then on the Saturday all the footy radio stations do a reviw of the game. Great for the club, sponsors and most of all fans. 

We are a popular side, that will push for the flag, plays an exciting brand and until we win a flag will enjoy the support of other club's fans and neutrals. As result I reckon we will get 3-4 Friday night games which would be a great result 

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29 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Seems like we're getting at least 1 (like 2018) if the leak is legit. We should be rewarded with at least 3. I would love 4. Will probably be 2. I'll be ropeable if we only get one.

Particularly if our only Friday night game is interstate. Would be absolutely no improvement on 2018's fixture.

Surely we'll get at least one MCG Friday night block buster at the G??

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Do we know when they will announce the fixture?

i have to say i love getting that first look at the fixture. Its a great chance to look into the future and see what days what life will revolve around!

 

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Posted
8 hours ago, brendan said:

Just found this floating around the net round 2 we play swans in Sydney on Friday night 

geez the eagles get a soft start to the year lions then saints at home 

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oh, so two from two then...normal service resumed.

Posted
54 minutes ago, binman said:

Do we know when they will announce the fixture?

i have to say i love getting that first look at the fixture. Its a great chance to look into the future and see what days what life will revolve around!

 

Wednesday 31st at 12pm

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Posted (edited)

Our last two Friday night games were at 90k+ each, so the AFL should be open to giving us more...

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Posted
4 hours ago, Demonland said:

2019 JLT Community Series Fixture

Week one

Thursday, February 28
Carlton v Essendon at Ikon Park, 6.40pm EDT

Friday, March 1
West Coast v Geelong at Leederville Oval, 4.10pm WST

Saturday, March 2
North Melbourne v St Kilda at Avalon Airport Oval, Werribee, 1.10pm EDT
Adelaide v Port Adelaide at the Memorial Oval, Port Pirie, 3.40pm CDT
GWS Giants v Sydney at Blacktown International Sportspark, 7.10pm EDT

Sunday, March 3
Brisbane v Hawthorn at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex, 12.40pm EST
Richmond v Melbourne at Deakin Reserve, Shepparton, 4.40pm EDT
Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs at Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, 6.40pm EST

Monday, March 4
Fremantle v Collingwood at HBF Arena, Joondalup, 3.40pm WST 

Week two

Thursday, March 7
Geelong v Essendon at GMHBA Stadium, 7.10pm EDT

Friday, March 8
GWS Giants v Adelaide at UNSW Canberra Oval, 7.10pm EDT

Saturday, March 9
Port Adelaide v North Melbourne at Alberton Oval, 12.40pm CDT
Melbourne v Brisbane at Casey Fields, Cranbourne, 4.10pm EDT
Hawthorn v Richmond at UTAS Stadium, 7.10pm EDT

Sunday, March 10
Sydney v Gold Coast at Oakes Oval, Lismore, 1.10pm EDT
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda at Mars Stadium, Ballarat, 4.10pm EDT
Fremantle v West Coast at Rushton Park, Mandurah, 4.10pm WST

Monday, March 11
Collingwood v Carlton at Morwell Recreation Reserve, 2.10pm EDT

Our first game in the JLT, is at Shepparton on a Sunday afternoon at 4.40 pm, which genius decided that would be a good idea.

Posted
9 hours ago, brendan said:

Just found this floating around the net round 2 we play swans in Sydney on Friday night 

geez the eagles get a soft start to the year lions then saints at home 

I think a lot of clubs are going to be caught out in Brisbane in 2019.

Regarding the number of Fri night games, I think MFC will get more than the two of 2018. Given there are 11 home games, I think that to get 3 Fri night home games (and maybe 1 or 2 away ones as well) and mainly Sat afternoon and night games would be a big win.

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Not sure if this is guesswork but here is a view of the Easter - Anzac weeks.

  • Thursday 18 April: Easter Thursday (Brisbane v Collingwood?)
  • Friday 19 April: Good Friday game (North Melbourne v Essendon?)
  • Saturday 20 April: Four games
  • Sunday 21 April: Easter Sunday, two games
  • Monday 22 April: Easter Monday (Geelong v Hawthorn)
  • Tuesday 23 April: No footy
  • Wednesday 24 April: Anzac Eve (Richmond v Melbourne)
  • Thursday 25 April: Anzac Day (Collingwood v Essendon)
  • Friday 26 April: Friday Night Footy
  • Saturday 27 April: Four games
  • Sunday 28 April: Two games

Easter and Anzac Logjam

Presumably the AFL will keep the Rich vs Coll and Demons vs Ess as the games post ANZAC day.  Hopefully, Melb and Richmond play their Pre Anzac games on the same day, ideally Sat April 20, altho the article suggests Rich could play North on Good Friday.

I just hope we are not disadvantaged by having the shortest breaks during that 3 week period relative to our opps.

Will put my hand up as being wrong about an Ess vs Carlton Good Friday Eve match.  It was requested by Ess and endorsed by Carlton but fortunately the AFL had different ideas.

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Posted
58 minutes ago, Dante said:

Richmond v Melbourne at Deakin Reserve, Shepparton, 4.40pm EDT

I have already posted "not available" on my work roster for this game. First time i will have seen my team play where i live.

I will take both of my Canon DSLR's and possibly a video camera as well to get as many shots as possible, particularly of any newbies who play.

Best news so far this off-season.

:)

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Travis Auld — AFL head of clubs and broadcasting — has hinted that the likes of Melbourne and Essendon could be in for more showpiece games next season.

“Obviously West Coast and Collingwood are the two obvious ones (having reached the Grand Final), but you’ve got the Melbournes and the Essendons that look quite exciting after trade period.

“So we’ll feature them in the right spots as often as we can.”

Posted
5 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Not sure if this is guesswork but here is a view of the Easter - Anzac weeks.

  • Thursday 18 April: Easter Thursday (Brisbane v Collingwood?)
  • Friday 19 April: Good Friday game (North Melbourne v Essendon?)
  • Saturday 20 April: Four games
  • Sunday 21 April: Easter Sunday, two games
  • Monday 22 April: Easter Monday (Geelong v Hawthorn)
  • Tuesday 23 April: No footy
  • Wednesday 24 April: Anzac Eve (Richmond v Melbourne)
  • Thursday 25 April: Anzac Day (Collingwood v Essendon)
  • Friday 26 April: Friday Night Footy
  • Saturday 27 April: Four games
  • Sunday 28 April: Two games

Easter and Anzac Logjam

Presumably the AFL will keep the Rich vs Coll and Demons vs Ess as the games post ANZAC day.  Hopefully, Melb and Richmond play their Pre Anzac games on the same day, ideally Sat April 20, altho the article suggests Rich could play North on Good Friday.

I just hope we are not disadvantaged by having the shortest breaks during that 3 week period relative to our opps.

Will put my hand up as being wrong about an Ess vs Carlton Good Friday Eve match.  It was requested by Ess and endorsed by Carlton but fortunately the AFL had different ideas.

Don't think they have to have the post Anzac games this year as there will be a minimum 8/9 day break for us and the Tigers, although they may look to a Friday night Pies v Tiger or Dees vs Bombers the post Anzac round.

With us and Tigers playing on Anzac eve it would make more sense(which the AFL fixturing never uses) to have one of us and the Tigers playing Good Friday eve and one on Good Friday. 

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Posted (edited)

Rapt to play Sydney on Friday night I might even go to the game half the family barrack for Sydney so it will be interesting.

When does the fixture come out by the way?

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Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, A F said:

Wednesday 12pm, as has been said multiple times across the last few pages.

Thank you. I didn't read the last few pages I went straight to the last page.

Sorry I missed Demonland saying it.

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The drip feed of the fixture including the hints as to who will play when (I see North are now confirmed for Good Friday against either Essendon or Richmond) is so amusing.

This desire of the AFL to occupy the entire media space and more interestingly the willingness of the media to lap it up is a marketer's dream.

Anyone else feel that it is just getting too over the top?

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49 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

The drip feed of the fixture including the hints as to who will play when (I see North are now confirmed for Good Friday against either Essendon or Richmond) is so amusing.

This desire of the AFL to occupy the entire media space and more interestingly the willingness of the media to lap it up is a marketer's dream.

Anyone else feel that it is just getting too over the top?

Totally. Shots me

Posted
1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

The drip feed of the fixture including the hints as to who will play when (I see North are now confirmed for Good Friday against either Essendon or Richmond) is so amusing.

This desire of the AFL to occupy the entire media space and more interestingly the willingness of the media to lap it up is a marketer's dream.

Anyone else feel that it is just getting too over the top?

It has been like his since Demetriou was in charge. The fact there is 2 accredited journalists covering AFL for every player says everything.

The worst part is journos writing stories based on what other journos have said and claiming it as news. FoxFooty would have nothing to talk about without this second hand news.

Posted
1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

The drip feed of the fixture including the hints as to who will play when (I see North are now confirmed for Good Friday against either Essendon or Richmond) is so amusing.

This desire of the AFL to occupy the entire media space and more interestingly the willingness of the media to lap it up is a marketer's dream.

Anyone else feel that it is just getting too over the top?

No.

But I enjoy getting fixture leaks.

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