FIXTURE: Rounds 16 to 19

[Demonland 73,161]

ROUND 16

Thursday, June 30
Brisbane v Western Bulldogs, The Gabba, 7.20pm AEST, Seven

Friday, July 1
Carlton v St Kilda, Marvel Stadium, 7.50pm AEST, Seven

Saturday, July 2
Essendon v Sydney, MCG, 1.45pm AEST, Fox
Adelaide v Melbourne, Adelaide Oval, 4.05pm ACST, Fox
Geelong v North Melbourne, GMHBA Stadium, 7.25pm AEST, Fox
Gold Coast v Collingwood, Metricon Stadium. 7.25pm AEST, Seven

Sunday, July 3
Richmond v West Coast, MCG, 2.10pm AEST, Fox
Greater Western Sydney v Hawthorn, Giants Stadium, 3.20pm AEST, Seven
Fremantle v Port Adelaide, Optus Stadium, 3.20pm AWST, Fox

ROUND 17

Thursday, July 7
Geelong v Melbourne, GMHBA Stadium, 7.20pm AEST, Seven

Friday, July 8
Sydney v Western Bulldogs, SCG, 7.50pm AEST, Seven

Saturday, July 9
Collingwood v North Melbourne, MCG, 1.45pm AEST, Fox
Gold Coast v Richmond, Metricon Stadium, 4.35pm AEST, Fox
St Kilda v Fremantle, Marvel Stadium, 7.25pm AEST, Seven
Port Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney, Adelaide Oval, 7pm ACST, Fox

Sunday, July 10
Brisbane v Essendon, The Gabba, 1.10pm AEST, Fox
Hawthorn v Adelaide, Marvel Stadium, 3.20pm AEST, Seven
West Coast v Carlton, Optus Stadium, 2.40pm AWST, Fox

ROUND 18

Friday, July 15
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, Marvel Stadium, 7.50pm AEST, Seven

Saturday, July 16
Adelaide v Collingwood, Adelaide Oval, 1.15pm ACST, Fox
Greater Western Sydney v Brisbane, Manuka Oval, 1.45pm AEST, Fox
North Melbourne v Richmond, Marvel Stadium, 4.35pm AEST, Fox
Carlton v Geelong, MCG, 7.25pm AEST, Seven
Fremantle v Sydney, Optus Stadium, 5.30pm AWST, Fox

Sunday, July 17
Hawthorn v West Coast, MCG, 1.10pm AEST, Fox
Melbourne v Port Adelaide, TIO Traeger Park, 2.50pm ACST, Seven
Essendon v Gold Coast, Marvel Stadium, 4.40pm AEST, Fox

ROUND 19

Friday, July 22
Richmond v Fremantle, Marvel Stadium, 7.50pm AEST, Seven

Saturday, July 23
North Melbourne v Hawthorn, Blundstone Arena, 1.45pm AEST, Fox
Sydney v Adelaide, SCG, 1.45pm AEST, Fox
Port Adelaide v Geelong, Adelaide Oval, 4.05pm AEST, Fox
Brisbane v Gold Coast, The Gabba, 7.10pm AEST, Fox
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne, Marvel Stadium, 7.25pm AEST, Seven

Sunday, July 24
Carlton v Greater Western Sydney, Marvel Stadium, 1.10pm AEST, Fox
Collingwood v Essendon, MCG, 3.20pm AEST, Seven
West Coast v St Kilda, Optus Stadium, 2.40pm AWST, Fox

[Bates Mate 4,510]

It's like we are getting punished for winning. I guess the predictability of our games at the moment means no prime time Friday nights. The dogs on the other hand how many FTA night games they up to now?

[FearTheBeard 1,223]

Would love to see how many other reigning premiers have had one Friday night game through 19 weeks.

[titan_uranus 25,045]

The Dogs' prime time and FTA exposure is getting out of hand.

This confirms that, to Round 19, the Dogs will have been on FTA in 16 out of 19 games.

As for us, this is to be expected really. The Port game on a Sunday is at least on FTA, but is the reason the Dogs game is on the Saturday night and not the Friday night.

You'd expect our final four games (Fremantle, Collingwood, Carlton and Brisbane) to all be good chances of prime time.

[Diamond_Jim 12,628]

When will we get on prime time

Sponsors must be "really happy"

[sisso 2,580]

Thursday night in Geelong makes it damn hard for visiting fans to get to

[ucanchoose 1,816]

I just came here to read people complain about our 5 day gap between Adelaide and Geelong 

[ucanchoose 1,816]

1 minute ago, sisso said:

Thursday night in Geelong makes it damn hard for visiting fans to get to

I will never go to that [censored] ever again

[titan_uranus 25,045]

My rudimentary analysis:

1. to Round 19, the Dogs will have been on free to air TV in 16 of their 19 games to that point - 10 Thursday or Friday night games, four Saturday night games, and the season opener on a Wednesday night
2. to Round 19, the Dogs will have had zero Sunday 1.10pm or Sat/Sun twilight games.
3. to Round 19, we will have had four Thursday/Friday nights (three Thursdays, one Friday), four Saturday nights, and the season opener;
4. we will also have had six games in the Sunday 1.10pm or Sat/Sun twilight slots.

[sisso 2,580]

3 minutes ago, ucanchoose said:

I will never go to that [censored] ever again

I havent been for a long time but would consider this year, especially if we can embarrass the Cats on their own crap ground

[titan_uranus 25,045]

8 minutes ago, ucanchoose said:

I just came here to read people complain about our 5 day gap between Adelaide and Geelong 

A shocker.

At least Geelong is on the same five-day break.

[DubDee 26,123]

4 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

A shocker.

At least Geelong is on the same five-day break.

bigger punishment for the seniors.  Hawkins won't even be finished his EPO transfusions by then

[DubDee 26,123]

Geez the hawks are getting hammered in this fixture worse than Melb in the Neeld years.  They are just missing a tuesday morning game.

nice to see the powerhouse take a hit

[FearTheBeard 1,223]

I think we should expect to be let down again when the last four weeks are announced.

Round 20 vs Fremantle should definitely be a Friday night but expect it to be Saturday or Sunday because the AFL hates both clubs..

Round 21 vs Carlton should definitely be a Friday night but there are three games at Marvel so it will be shunted into Sunday 3:20 or Saturday night.

Round 22 Vs Collingwood will end up in the Saturday 1:45 as it always does when we play them late in the year 

Round 23 vs Brisbane should be Friday night but can just see Gill's lovechild Saints getting it against Sydney.

[DubDee 26,123]

lack of friday night doesnt really bother me.  Sat nights suit me much better.

and Sat twilights are great too

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,909]

One thing I've learned from Demonland is that there is no consistent view from supporters as to preferred timeslots. Some prefer night, others daytime or twilight. Some prefer Thursdays, others don't. And so it goes on.

I think the AFL has realised that they can't satisfy the supporters.

 

So they go out of their way to satisfy Channel 7 instead.

[Demon_spurs 1,872]

I still don't see why they can't release the full fixture. Trying to plan the Freo game at Optus for July. Have already missed out going to Alice  because all accommodation and good flights taken. make's it extremely difficult to plan ahead.

[Jaded No More 68,974]

Disgraceful fixturing. Short break coming off an interstate game against Geelong then again coming off a game in NT against the Dogs. It’s like the AFL needs to keep looking after their darlings. 
Absolute joke n

[ElDiablo14 5,002]

D'Landers, off-topic here. For QBday, can I just walk-in to the MCG on the day? But apparently I need my membership barcode, where's that barcode? We don't get one in the new mobile membership.

[FearTheBeard 1,223]

1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

D'Landers, off-topic here. For QBday, can I just walk-in to the MCG on the day? But apparently I need my membership barcode, where's that barcode? We don't get one in the new mobile membership.

There is a tickets thread where this is probabaly more appropriate.

But, do remember that QB is an away game this year.

So if you have home and away access you'll be able to scan in and sit in GA by using the ticket that becomes avalibale 72 hours before the game in the app.

[ElDiablo14 5,002]

2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Disgraceful fixturing. Short break coming off an interstate game against Geelong then again coming off a game in NT against the Dogs. It’s like the AFL needs to keep looking after their darlings. 
Absolute joke n

They want to make sure the cats get the best chances to beat us. They'll need as many wins as possible to even make the 8 😂

[Fat Tony 5,272]

The Dogs play Brisbane, Sydney, St Kilda and Melbourne in this block of games. All these games should be good contests and so I have no issue with those games being fixtured in prime time.

IMO the biggest issue with our fixture in the Geelong game has a 5-day break, but this is required for the Swans to not be too disadvantaged and the geriatric Cats have the same short rest.

The Crows game on pay TV will also annoy some fans.

[ElDiablo14 5,002]

1 minute ago, FearTheBeard said:

There is a tickets thread where this is probabaly more appropriate.

But, do remember that QB is an away game this year.

So if you have home and away access you'll be able to scan in and sit in GA by using the ticket that becomes avalibale 72 hours before the game in the app.

I only have home access, however I understand the QB is a replacement game for the Alice Springs one.

[Fat Tony 5,272]

We play the Dockers, Pies, Blues and Lions after that and all these games will be prime time night games except maybe the Pies.

[DubDee 26,123]

21 minutes ago, Demon_spurs said:

I still don't see why they can't release the full fixture. Trying to plan the Freo game at Optus for July. Have already missed out going to Alice  because all accommodation and good flights taken. make's it extremely difficult to plan ahead.

Agreed.  I want to go to round 23 in Brisbane for the weekend.  do I book thursday arvo to sunday?    pain in a back side