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I am astounded that there is no football anywhere in the country today until 4.35 pm Melbourne time. I have already referred elsewhere to my dislike of Thursday night football, but I think the error of insisting on Thursday nights is compounded by not playing this afternoon. The simple answer (if the AFL wants to keep the Thursday night game) would seem to be to play Essendon v StKilda two hours earlier, especially given that Port v Carlton starts at 5.10 pm Melbourne time.

And I'll bet if the AFL is asked why it's been fixtured like this, they'll say it's about concerns for player welfare given the possibility of extreme heat in March. Where was that concern last Saturday?

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    When they did the fixture, this afternoon was left free for the AFLW Grand Final.  The idea was to give it some media space and exposure without competition from the men's game.  A lot of people would have watched the GF today, especially in Victoria given the weather.

    It was a meritorious idea but what do they do - they schedule the GF tomorrow afternoon up against a heap of AFL games. 

    Only the AFL can shoot itself in the foot.  Everyone loses:  The Grand Finalists, their sponsors, the AFLW comp and fans in general.

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    22 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I am astounded that there is no football anywhere in the country today until 4.35 pm Melbourne time. I have already referred elsewhere to my dislike of Thursday night football, but I think the error of insisting on Thursday nights is compounded by not playing this afternoon. The simple answer (if the AFL wants to keep the Thursday night game) would seem to be to play Essendon v StKilda two hours earlier, especially given that Port v Carlton starts at 5.10 pm Melbourne time.

    And I'll bet if the AFL is asked why it's been fixtured like this, they'll say it's about concerns for player welfare given the possibility of extreme heat in March. Where was that concern last Saturday?

    East coast problems. 

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    14 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    When they did the fixture, this afternoon was left free for the AFLW Grand Final.  The idea was to give it some media space and exposure without competition from the men's game.  A lot of people would have watched the GF today, especially in Victoria given the weather.

    It was a meritorious idea but what do they do - they schedule the GF tomorrow afternoon up against a heap of AFL games. 

    Only the AFL can shoot itself in the foot.  Everyone loses:  The Grand Finalists, their sponsors, the AFLW comp and fans in general.

    Thanks. A logical, if ill-thought through plan. My apologies to the AFL - they're just incompetent rather than deliberately trying to ruin football.

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    12 minutes ago, McQueen said:

    East coast problems. 

    Are you suggesting East Coast is synonymous with First World?

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