titan_uranus 25,250 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 As predicted, the Darwin fiasco has led to us losing the Friday night against the Dogs in Round 20, with a Saturday night game given instead. So Essendon v Sydney gets the Friday night slot. Should at least be on Channel 7. Round 19 Friday, July 23 Port Adelaide v Collingwood at Adelaide Oval, 6.45pm ACST Saturday, July 24 Hawthorn v Brisbane at the MCG, 1.45pm AEST Sydney v Fremantle at GMHBA Stadium, 1.45pm AEST Essendon v GWS Giants at Marvel Stadium, 4.35pm AEST Gold Coast v Melbourne at TIO Stadium, 6.55pm ACST West Coast v St Kilda at Optus Stadium, 5.40pm AWST Sunday, July 25 Western Bulldogs v Adelaide at Mars Stadium, 12.40pm AEST Geelong v Richmond at the MCG, 1.45pm AEST Carlton v North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, 4.40pm AEST Round 20 Friday, July 30 Essendon v Sydney at Marvel Stadium, 7.50pm AEST Saturday, July 31 North Melbourne v Geelong at Blundstone Arena, 1.45pm AEST Brisbane v Gold Coast at the Gabba, 3.20pm AEST St Kilda v Carlton at Marvel Stadium, 4.35pm AEST Melbourne v Western Bulldogs at the MCG, 7.25pm AEST Adelaide v Hawthorn at Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm ACST Sunday, August 1 GWS Giants v Port Adelaide at TBC, 1.10pm AEST Collingwood v West Coast at the MCG, 2.10pm AEST Fremantle v Richmond at Optus Stadium, 3.10pm AWST 2 2 Quote
DemonOX 8,857 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 Still pisses me off that the GC game has changed. How the fruit tingle do collywobbles get a Friday night game. What a joke. 2 Quote
Rab D Nesbitt 8,951 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 Is the spin off in having prime time viewing slots being able to attract club sponsors or is there some sort of a direct monetary correlation ? I'd guess that both those games would now be the free to air Channel 7 matches with those time slots. Thankfully I'll be at the second one and won't have to listen to BT & Brayshaw. 1 Quote
The Great Pretender 480 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, DemonOX said: Still pisses me off that the GC game has changed. Why? The Suns are giving up their home game. It’s probably a bit of an advantage to us to play them at a neutral venue. 2 Quote
Wadda We Sing 10,685 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 Good we get lots of night game practice for finals i guess.. 2 Quote
Demonland 74,328 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 Disaster for me as that means due to a family function and a wedding I cannot watch the GC game or go to the Bulldogs game. Devo. Quote
binman 44,788 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Demonland said: Disaster for me as that means due to a family function and a wedding I cannot watch the GC game or go to the Bulldogs game. Devo. Edited July 13, 2021 by binman Too early for jokes Quote
Demonstone 23,549 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Demonland said: Devo. Use your freedom of choice. 4 3 Quote
dees189227 12,509 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 It's just annoying that we miss out on a friday night game because we have to play in darwin. I mean come on the top 2 teams most likely get shafted to the Saturday night game and essendon get another free hit on a friday night. As I said it wouldn't happen to collingwood or richmond or geelong if they were on top and have been for the season. 3 Quote
DubDee 26,666 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 Two Saturday night games - you beauty! the dogs game should be good crowd once covid remains quiet in vic 1 Quote
Left Foot Snap 2,605 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, titan_uranus said: As predicted, the Darwin fiasco has led to us losing the Friday night against the Dogs in Round 20, with a Saturday night game given instead. So Essendon v Sydney gets the Friday night slot. Fair enough though, after their great win against the Crows, aren't Essendon back to premiership favourites? Edited July 13, 2021 by Left Foot Snap Being a smart alec 2 4 1 Quote
Guest Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, binman said: ? Clearly not too soon for @demonstone (see below) Edited July 13, 2021 by WalkingCivilWar Note to self: learn how to quote two posts at once Quote
Guest Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, demonstone said: Use your freedom of choice. Quote
old55 23,860 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, demonstone said: Use your freedom of choice. "Freedom of choice is what you've got. Freedom from choice is what you want" 3 Quote
old55 23,860 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 The game time is most likely driven by The Dogs playing Sunday. 4 Quote
Fat Tony 5,337 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Pollyanna said: The game time is most likely driven by The Dogs playing Sunday. And the Dees coming from the tropics. 1 Quote
Jaded No More 68,976 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 57 minutes ago, Demonland said: Disaster for me as that means due to a family function and a wedding I cannot watch the GC game or go to the Bulldogs game. Devo. Never befriend anyone who gets married during the footy season. I don’t think we will get less people at the game being a Saturday night. In fact I think we will get more. It’s a much more family friendly and work friendly time slot. And still FTA exposure. Really no complaints and most importantly we get a decent break after that joke of a fixture in round 19! 3 Quote
dl4e 5,851 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 51 minutes ago, DubDee said: Two Saturday night games - you beauty! the dogs game should be good crowd once covid remains quiet in vic Don't talk too early. 1 Quote
ChaserJ 5,192 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Demonland said: Disaster for me as that means due to a family function and a wedding I cannot watch the GC game or go to the Bulldogs game. Devo. Our flights back from GC were changed from Saturday arvo on the 31st to Sunday arvo on the 1st, so my family and I got dudded twice. Quote
Bring-Back-Powell 15,529 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 Heard a rumour that there will be no Thursday night games until week 1 finals. Judging by this fixture, I think that might be true. Quote
mauriesy 7,443 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 I don't get what the difference is between free-to-air on a Friday night and free-to-air on a Saturday night. Both are equally attractive to me. The worst scheduling is the Saturday twilight "pink women" game this weekend. Ruins the whole idea with the poor timeslot. 8 Quote
Dr. Gonzo 24,467 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Pollyanna said: The game time is most likely driven by The Dogs playing Sunday. They could have switched the Dogs to Saturday and Syd/Freo to Sunday Quote
FireInTheBennelly 4,104 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 Not sure if this has been asked before, but with our contract of one game in NT each season, does the GC game count, and we'll be paid in full as per contract? Quote
Diamond_Jim 12,758 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 1 hour ago, mauriesy said: I don't get what the difference is between free-to-air on a Friday night and free-to-air on a Saturday night. Both are equally attractive to me. Friday night is one game national telecast. Saturday night... two games split telecast Guess what our sponsors like 2 Quote
Kozzie4PM 765 Posted July 13, 2021 Posted July 13, 2021 26 minutes ago, FireInTheBennelly said: Not sure if this has been asked before, but with our contract of one game in NT each season, does the GC game count, and we'll be paid in full as per contract? This is the most important question. Quote
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