4 hours ago, Demonland said:

If they would have chosen $$$ over spectacle then they may as well just get rid of the ladder and play a round robin competition all year between the Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon, Richmond, Geelong, Adelaide & West Coast.

Don't be mistaken, I talk to a lot of people who want to attend / watch our games and they are not D members. I think there is a bit of general excitement about watching our team at the moment that transcends the normal. I have a mate who was a rusted on Fitzroy member and lost the desire to follow a single team after the merger. He still goes to games but is not a fanatic. Point is; there are plenty of viewers out there that love watching the game and Dee's and Dog's are compelling viewing at the moment .   

8 hours ago, Doug Reemer said:

Again we don't get any advantage from this game in NT as we play a northern interstate team used to these conditions.

Apart from Port & Adelaide we have only played the saints at NT (Uluru not Darwin)

[censored] me, are you from Australia...

 

Uluru is a 450km drive from Alice Springs, where we play.

 

Brisbane and Alice Springs have completely different climates

 

we have also played West Coast

Edited April 29, 20214 yr by Rod Grinter Riot Squad
Wce

8 hours ago, Left Foot Snap said:

So, you don't get out of Victoria much then.

I've never been out of the boundaries of Victoria in my life. Where's worthwhile visiting. 

1 hour ago, 4_Kent_Watts said:

I've never been out of the boundaries of Victoria in my life. Where's worthwhile visiting. 

Fraser Island, the Whitsundays, Noosa, Hinchinbrook,  Katherine Gorge, Broome, Kangaroo Island, Albury  - everywhere. Great nation go and see it.

15 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Lucky I booked my flight to Alice for Thursday.

Had planned for anytime that weekend but Friday night was not really in my plans.

Now to buy a ticket ??

I'm with you Jim Tickets on sale Monday prior

Last  time I went to Alice on a club deal was great No news about ticketing

With these Friday night games, I'm not sure what I'm going to do now at 3:20 on a Sunday in Rounds 11 and 12.

1 hour ago, In Harmes Way said:

With these Friday night games, I'm not sure what I'm going to do now at 3:20 on a Sunday in Rounds 11 and 12.

Watch the replay 

3 hours ago, Kent said:

I'm with you Jim Tickets on sale Monday prior

Last  time I went to Alice on a club deal was great No news about ticketing

just booked the hire car.

Certainly not a cheap weekend... better get a ticket !!

Might have to climb a tree and watch from outside like one did fifty years ago.

If anyone hears anything about ticket and meal deals or the like that can be booked earlier would love to hear

thanks

22 hours ago, deeTRACted said:

Gives us a nice break to recover before the Queens Birthday game. 

That Queen's Birthday match will be an opportunity for the Mighty Dees to make a very big statement about the near future and its progression as a footy force. 

Cannot wait to see this one. 

2 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

just booked the hire car.

Certainly not a cheap weekend... better get a ticket !!

Might have to climb a tree and watch from outside like one did fifty years ago.

If anyone hears anything about ticket and meal deals or the like that can be booked earlier would love to hear

thanks

club is selling Central lounge @$295 per

Entrance and food and drinks 

I did it before and it was good

1 hour ago, Kent said:

club is selling Central lounge @$295 per

Entrance and food and drinks 

I did it before and it was good

Given what I have invested so far that sounds like a bargain. 

I will contact them immediately

PS am now ticketed up for $229

Couldn't help but notice the GF packages but that may be getting ahead of myself

 

Edited April 30, 20214 yr by Diamond_Jim

18 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

We are "Demons" ...DEMONS FCS!

An insult to Checker that is

What the hec is a Dee anyway

Lucifer save me ?

well ya gotta agree that "dees" is preferable to "mons"

Just think of the possibilities if that dreaded merger with Hawthorn had actually happened.

"Go Aitches!".

 

20 hours ago, demonstone said:

Just think of the possibilities if that dreaded merger with Hawthorn had actually happened.

"Go Aitches!".

 

i see you are not catholic, ds

if we had merged i can see continuous religious wars on this forum and the grammar nazis having a field day

On 4/30/2021 at 1:31 AM, Left Foot Snap said:

Fraser Island, the Whitsundays, Noosa, Hinchinbrook,  Katherine Gorge, Broome, Kangaroo Island, Albury  - everywhere. Great nation go and see it.

Thanx Left Foot Snap, I wouldn't want to leave our great country but I definitely want to get around and see more of it. Cheers. 

This fixture announcement is amazing for us. It’s a tiny pity that neither game is a home game at the G but the FTA and media exposure from being front and centre for a fortnight is huge for us. 

QB is the following week. So in the first 12 rounds before the bye we will have had 7 games on FTA. I suspect that will be a record for us.

Still prime time opportunities in the rest of the fixture too, particularly with Thursday nights likely to be used in those post-bye rounds. Essendon, Port, the Dogs again, West Coast and Geelong again could all net prime time exposure. (Edit: disappointingly of those five games I’ve mentioned only the Dogs is a home game for us)

Edited May 1, 20214 yr by titan_uranus

10 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

This fixture announcement is amazing for us. It’s a tiny pity that neither game is a home game at the G but the FTA and media exposure from being front and centre for a fortnight is huge for us. 

QB is the following week. So in the first 12 rounds before the bye we will have had 7 games on FTA. I suspect that will be a record for us.

Still prime time opportunities in the rest of the fixture too, particularly with Thursday nights likely to be used in those post-bye rounds. Essendon, Port, the Dogs again, West Coast and Geelong again could all net prime time exposure. (Edit: disappointingly of those five games I’ve mentioned only the Dogs is a home game for us)

9 free-to-air in the first 13 games

Saints, Cats, Hawks, Tigers, Swans, Blues, Bulldogs, Lions & Pies

Cable or streaming ... Freo, GWS, North & Crows

Was predicting 8 of 13 but that was a hopeful wish.

And as you stated t_u, the 2nd half of the season promises more of the same ... if we can maintain our form

Anyway, 9 from 13 free-to-air games would definitely be a record in my view.  If it had have happened before it would be a standout memory

A fantastic result all round

 

On 4/29/2021 at 5:10 PM, brendan said:

The floating fixture must stay IMO You then get rewarded for playing well instead of waiting 12 months 

Surely broadcasters would much prefer this too. I'd be writing this into the next TV deal if I were a broadcaster.

Edited May 1, 20214 yr by A F

1 hour ago, A F said:

Surely broadcasters would much prefer this too. I'd be writing this into the next TV deal if I were a broadcaster.

No doubt the AFL will be using it as leverage for an increase in revenue. They've got flexible fixruring, Thursday night footy, more games (expansion teams), more finals (wildcard round), night GF to try and wring more cash out of 7/fox and flexible fixruring seems a no brainer now that we've seen it work. Perhaps give a little more notice (say 6 weeks instead of 4).

I have to admit that I've got a bit of latent MFCSS about this double header block busters.  Last season we were just stating to get up and about and then came up against Brisbane and Port in big games/tests in subsequent weeks, lost both games and became a bit of a dislocation to our season.

I think our team is performing much better right now and I really do hope we put on a good show in front of the football world this time.

10 hours ago, Macca said:

9 free-to-air in the first 13 games

Saints, Cats, Hawks, Tigers, Swans, Blues, Bulldogs, Lions & Pies

Cable or streaming ... Freo, GWS, North & Crows

Was predicting 8 of 13 but that was a hopeful wish.

And as you stated t_u, the 2nd half of the season promises more of the same ... if we can maintain our form

Anyway, 9 from 13 free-to-air games would definitely be a record in my view.  If it had have happened before it would be a standout memory

A fantastic result all round

 

Even better!

9 hours ago, A F said:

Surely broadcasters would much prefer this too. I'd be writing this into the next TV deal if I were a broadcaster.

That’s what I was thinking too. This is surely an everyone-wins scenario.

Amazing how some uncertainty can force us to think outside the way we’ve always done things. Hopefully this fixturing is here to stay.

2 hours ago, Nasher said:

That’s what I was thinking too. This is surely an everyone-wins scenario.

Amazing how some uncertainty can force us to think outside the way we’ve always done things. Hopefully this fixturing is here to stay.

Unfortunately this type of fixturing ruins plans for interstate games.  You don't know which day to travel and book tickets for.  Worse case scenario is finishing up in Adelaide for a weekend!

Good news to date is Collingwoods performance.  With only 24K turning up to watch their game against the Suns, there is no way any broadcaster would want to be showing them at the moment.