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Revised 2021 Fixture: Rd 09 & 10

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Round nine

Friday, May 14
St Kilda v Geelong at Marvel Stadium, 7.50pm AEST

Saturday, May 15
Sydney v Collingwood at the SCG, 1.45pm AEST
Hawthorn v North Melbourne at University of Tasmania Stadium, 2.10pm AEST
Gold Coast v Brisbane at Metricon Stadium, 4.35pm AEST
Richmond v GWS Giants at Marvel Stadium, 7.25pm AEST
Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm ACST

Sunday, May 16
Essendon v Fremantle at Marvel Stadium, 1.10pm AEST
Melbourne v Carlton at the MCG, 3.20pm AEST
West Coast v Adelaide at Optus Stadium, 2.40pm AWST

Round 10

Friday, May 21
Brisbane v Richmond at the Gabba, 7.50pm AEST

Saturday, May 22
Carlton v Hawthorn at the MCG, 1.45pm AEST
Geelong v Gold Coast at GMHBA Stadium, 2.10pm AEST
Adelaide v Melbourne at Adelaide Oval, 4.05pm ACST
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda at Marvel Stadium, 7.25pm AEST
Fremantle v Sydney at Optus Stadium, 5.40pm AWST

Sunday, May 23
GWS Giants v West Coast at Giants Stadium, 1.10pm AEST
Collingwood v Port Adelaide at the MCG, 3.20pm AEST
Essendon v North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, 4.40pm AEST

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    I havent looked at r8-9 timing, but surely Port v WB is perfect Friday Night Footy and Rich v GWS a good sat night fixture based on last two weeks form. Instead they're head to head and we're lumped with StK v Geel on Friday night. AFL is rewarding mediocrity on their 2021 form so far which is the antithesis of the purpose of this rolling fixture. Being a bit nitpicky but meh. I'm happy to sink the boot into them given we've easily dispensed with both of them.

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      On 21/04/2021 at 22:14, deeTRACted said:

    ... Saints Geelong Friday night game? Yikes

    How can that be when we are 5-0 and don't have a Thru or Fri night game to Round 10.  As usual AFL speak with 'forked tongue'!!

    And on the Round 9 Saturday night Tigers vs Giants (2020 GF replay) and Port vs Bulldogs play at the same time. 

    I don't know whose agenda the AFL is beholden to but hat is crazy scheduling for fans and broadcasters

    Oh, Gil is a Saints supporter...

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      On 21/04/2021 at 22:28, Lucifer's Hero said:

    So much for AFL "win games, get prime time slots policy".  How can it be that Saints and Cats play Round 9 Friday night but we are 5-0 and don't.  As usual AFL speak with 'forked tongue'!!

    In their defence. One of the 3 Marvel games has to be Friday night. If it was Richmond v Giants that would have been 4 consecutive Richmond Friday nights. So that wasn't likely to happen. And the other option of Essendon v Fremantle... Which isn't any more enticing than St Kilda Geelong

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      On 21/04/2021 at 22:33, ArtificialWisdom said:

    In their defence. One of the 3 Marvel games has to be Friday night. If it was Richmond v Giants that would have been 4 consecutive Richmond Friday nights. So that wasn't likely to happen. And the other option of Essendon v Fremantle... Which isn't any more enticing than St Kilda Geelong

    Without trying to re-write the fixture, they could have Tigers vs Giants (replay of 2020 GF) on that round 9 Friday night, move Saints vs Geelong game to a graveyard time slot.  Then play Melb vs Adelaide (top 8 teams) on round 10 Friday night and move Lions vs Tigers game that week to Saturday night.

    I suspect there are other options to better schedule (and reward) performing teams.

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      On 21/04/2021 at 22:37, whatwhat say what said:

    St Kilda v Geelong on a Friday night? Really??
     

    Helps when the ceo goes for you I guess

    Cheer up, it's an 'end of 2021' game for one of those clubs.

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    • Demonland changed the title to Revised 2021 Fixture: Rd 09 & 10

    Bombers v Roos at 4.40pm on a Sunday evening is probably the definition of trash time tv. Shows how far both theirs stocks have fallen. 

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      On 21/04/2021 at 23:02, Demonland said:

    I thought that one of the benefits of a rolling fixture was to reward the performance of some teams.

    All teams are equal but some are more equal than others. 

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    We should have the Saturday time slot that the Hawthorn v North game has in Tassie on round 9. 

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    Yeah at first glance this sucks. We're 5-0 but get given a Saturday twilight game and our fifth(!) Sunday game. St Kilda are rubbish and Geelong play boring football but they get a Friday night game.

    These are largely the AFL's prior problems though. They had to put a Marvel game on the Friday for Round 9 because there are three that week, and whilst Richmond v GWS would be the better game, that would mean Richmond has four straight Friday nights (because the AFL, in its infinite wisdom, previously gave Richmond consecutive Friday nights in Rounds 7 and 8).

    At least our Carlton game will be on FTA, which is better than Foxtel. We're also at least on the Saturday in Round 10 which makes it easier for the AFL to give us potentially the Friday night game in Round 11 vs the Dogs (albeit that's an away game unfortunately).

      On 21/04/2021 at 22:05, Fat Tony said:

    Should be on free to air TV both games. 

    The Adelaide game won't be: Saturday twilight, not night, so that will be Foxtel.

     

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    Surely Port/Dogs gets the friday night game over saints/geelong. I know which game i'd rather watch. Right now both teams aren't playing great and geelongs game is horrible. 

    I wish we got the saturday afternoon slot instead of sunday at 3:20 again. I hope we get rewarded soon with good slots. 

    Essenscum is starting to get lose time slots that no one cares about. although I don't mind the 1:10 games. 

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    Sunday games by Round 10:

    • Fremantle - 7
    • Hawthorn - 6
    • West Coast - 6
    • Melbourne - 5
    • North Melbourne - 5
    • Carlton - 4
    • Adelaide - 4
    • Essendon - 4 (one is ANZAC Day)
    • GWS - 4
    • Geelong - 3
    • Port Adelaide - 3
    • Collingwood - 2 (one is ANZAC Day)
    • St Kilda - 2
    • Bulldogs - 2
    • Gold Coast - 1
    • Richmond - 1
    • Brisbane - 0
    • Sydney - 0
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    Shouldn't grumble about the Sunday 3.20 pm slot. That's always a free-to-air TV timeslot, so we get plenty of exposure. Not as good as a Friday or Saturday night but is arguably the third best option each weekend (when there's no Thursday night game).

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      On 21/04/2021 at 22:14, deeTRACted said:

    ... Saints Geelong Friday night game? Yikes

    Looks like another episode of Vera coming up for me.

    I like Dees Sunday 3.20 though.

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      On 22/04/2021 at 00:01, Demon17 said:

    Looks like another episode of Vera coming up for me.

    I like Dees Sunday 3.20 though.

    Unless some royal dies.

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      On 21/04/2021 at 23:36, Cards13 said:

    Glad the Adelaide game is locked in, now to book flights and accom!! 

    Let me know how you go because i intend to do the same thing (just need to round up the posse and get agreement that we'll all travel)

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    In fairness to the AFL for not giving us Friday or Saturday nights over this 2 week period, neither Adelaide or Carlton are going all that flash to be honest.

    Assuming we keep winning our fair share of games, I can see marquee timeslots for the following games:

    Bulldogs V Melbourne (all but certain this will be a Friday night Marvel game in round 11)

    Port Adelaide V Melbourne

    Melbourne V Bulldogs

    West Coast V Melbourne

    Geelong V Melbourne

     

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      On 21/04/2021 at 23:36, Cards13 said:

    Glad the Adelaide game is locked in, now to book flights and accom!! 

    I'm keen to fly over for this one as well.

    Any idea how to get tickets at Adelaide Oval? I assume Victorian based MFC members have no entitlement.

    GA sells out very quickly for Adelaide home games I understand..

    Would be an epic disaster if flights and accomm booked but no ticket.

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    The sunday game annoys me I work on sundays and have to take time off if I want to see them.

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