1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

I hate Thursday nights. If we’re playing it’s tough enough to watch it on TV, let alone get there if it’s in Melbourne. I’m sure ratings were solid, there’s nothing else to watch, but the question IMO is whether fans like it when their own club plays on a Thursday. 

Yeah absolutely agree, I hate it for when we play.

But it's great for tv in the background at home. I am more likely to consume more football games when they are on tv Monday and Thursday nights, compared to say Sat or Sunday arvos.

My thoughts are, if the AFL is going to use Monday and Thursday then it needs to be consistent. Not selected weeks only.

2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees in the NT

The Demons will play Fremantle at TIO Traeger Park on the Sunday afternoon of round 12 (June 2).

Don't mind this as an on going fixture.

The Alice game will give us a week or so to recover for an "away" game against the pies on QB which falls on June 10 next year. I'm guessing our bye will follow that so will be interesting to see if we get screwed again by playing on the Thursday night after it. 

There was some early talk that we will play Sydney in Sydney in the "round 0" concept. 

I don't mind this as it will give us an extra bye during the year.

Has anyone seen this been confirmed anywhere?

Last I heard was that we would play our first game against the Dogs on Sat, Mar 16 and therefore we were not involved with Round Zero....

30 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

Last I heard was that we would play our first game against the Dogs on Sat, Mar 16 and therefore we were not involved with Round Zero....

Every second day it's been reported in the media that we're playing Sydney in Sydney for round "zero" on Labor day weekend and it's being billed as the Brodie Grundy rematch. 

I'd be surprised if we're now not involved.

16 hours ago, monoccular said:

MFCSS actually

They could screw is more by deeming our gather round v Adelaide to be our home game 🙄😮

Technically we could play Adelaide twice at Adelaide Oval next year. One in Gather Round and one later in the year.

Richmond and GWS both "hosted" Sydney and Hawthorn respectively two times. One in Gather Round and one later in the year.

Geelong one of the teams playing the Suns in Darwin.

48 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

Last I heard was that we would play our first game against the Dogs on Sat, Mar 16 and therefore we were not involved with Round Zero....

nah that article said our first MCG game would be against the dogs, not our first game of the year 

12 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

Geelong one of the teams playing the Suns in Darwin.

nice... looking forward to Collingwood making the trip in the near future.

Cannot see the older brigade of Geelong handling that trip very well.

Bulldogs lost that match last year and their follow up match in Melbourne. Together with playing an SA in Gather Round the three losses ended their season.

In a season where most games are decided by under 20 points every little bit counts

6 hours ago, Palace Dees said:

I have no problem with 1 game a year in Alice. Quite like it in fact. We have a longish history there now and a growing fan base as well. We have done some good work there of which I'm proud of the club for.

Sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture and applaud the club for instigating projects like the Santa Teresa Oval Project as well other positive community work. 

Absolutely. You often see a lot of locals wearing Melbourne gear during non-Melbourne NT games. Plus the club and players like to engage with the community whilst they are there, it means a lot to them Melbourne coming back year after year. 

6 hours ago, layzie said:

Couldn't agree more. 

Most people I know like Thurs night footy for the TV aspect and something to do but very few of them are prepared to go to the G on a Thurs night and do the whole nine yards with transport, crowds, expenses etc.

I'm sure there are people here that are happy to go on Thurs night and the TV ratings are great but I personally don't like it. 

It’s part of the season so the usual transport crowds and expenses are not “extra”. Mostly it’s a home game like any other and you get a few months notice of it happening. 

Sorry that the AFL puts your life out on such a special night of the week. That dastardly Andrew Dillon he is as bad as that Gill bloke. 

4 hours ago, Hawk the Demon said:

Last I heard was that we would play our first game against the Dogs on Sat, Mar 16 and therefore we were not involved with Round Zero....

Where did you hear that? There has not been any news item in the press and our Swans game in Round zero is I believe all but confirmed on Thursday.

How any one could believe a D/Ler with a fake looking Demon Hawk motive is beyond me. 

It was a very emotional time for loyal and passionate Dees fans in 1996 and for this to be thrusted at us on this forum is particularly bad form. 

Oh and the fact that you say we are still playing the Dogs on Mar 16 has no bearing on the game a week earlier as the bye I believe is factored in for all the “ground zero teams” in early in the season say Round 5 or 7 perhaps. It won’t be our Anzac Eve game vs Tigers though. 

It’s a mess already.  Why is it called a draw? A highly manufactured scheme is the best description.  Imagine if it truly was a draw!! 

7 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Every second day it's been reported in the media that we're playing Sydney in Sydney for round "zero" on Labor day weekend and it's being billed as the Brodie Grundy rematch. 

I'd be surprised if we're now not involved.

i would like this to become a feature round. Melbourne versus Sydney is a constant comparison. Marketers gold. 

According to the Age we will feature in round zero, and then get an early season bye, as well as a mid year bye.

All round zero teams get a bye in the first month or so of the season apparently. 

3 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

According to the Age we will feature in round zero, and then get an early season bye, as well as a mid year bye.

All round zero teams get a bye in the first month or so of the season apparently. 

It'll be really interesting to see how we use that, from a fitness and fatigue management perspective.

3 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

According to the Age we will feature in round zero, and then get an early season bye, as well as a mid year bye.

All round zero teams get a bye in the first month or so of the season apparently. 

Perhaps we have a bye the weekend before Gather Round given we have a Thursday night game on Gather Round weekend.

Round zero - @ Sydney

Round 1 - V Dogs

Round 2 - V someone.

Round 3 - Bye

Round 4  - Gather Round @ Adelaide (Thu night)

 

 

So dees play back to back H&A games at the SCG vSwans. Wouldnt surprise me. We recently played 2 H&A games at the Gabba in 3 rounds .

Any confirmation yet on what round we get flicked down to the Cattery?

 

19 hours ago, 58er said:

It’s part of the season so the usual transport crowds and expenses are not “extra”. Mostly it’s a home game like any other and you get a few months notice of it happening. 

Sorry that the AFL puts your life out on such a special night of the week. That dastardly Andrew Dillon he is as bad as that Gill bloke. 

 

19 hours ago, 58er said:

Where did you hear that? There has not been any news item in the press and our Swans game in Round zero is I believe all but confirmed on Thursday.

How any one could believe a D/Ler with a fake looking Demon Hawk motive is beyond me. 

It was a very emotional time for loyal and passionate Dees fans in 1996 and for this to be thrusted at us on this forum is particularly bad form. 

Oh and the fact that you say we are still playing the Dogs on Mar 16 has no bearing on the game a week earlier as the bye I believe is factored in for all the “ground zero teams” in early in the season say Round 5 or 7 perhaps. It won’t be our Anzac Eve game vs Tigers though. 

Why are you always so angry?

There’s no reason for you to be so antagonistic when speaking with fellow-posters, especially when they’ve not said anything particularly inflammatory. Your belligerence is puzzling on a Dees forum. Save that sh!tt for oppo fans if you really feel the need to square up with someone. 

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Perhaps we have a bye the weekend before Gather Round given we have a Thursday night game on Gather Round weekend.

Round zero - @ Sydney

Round 1 - V Dogs

Round 2 - V someone.

Round 3 - Bye

Round 4  - Gather Round @ Adelaide (Thu night)

 

 

Surely round 2 is v pies as a Dees home game on a Friday night 

2 hours ago, Deebauched said:

So dees play back to back H&A games at the SCG vSwans. Wouldnt surprise me. We recently played 2 H&A games at the Gabba in 3 rounds .

Any confirmation yet on what round we get flicked down to the Cattery?

 

Why are you complaining about the Gabba and SCG? The fixture has never been about playing every interstate team at their ground in alternating years. Sydney have played us at the G every year since 2011 except 2016.

 

Have I missed something? What's this 'round zero'? Thanks in advance.

15 minutes ago, Lexinator said:

Have I missed something? What's this 'round zero'? Thanks in advance.

Look it up in google, articles everywhere about it. Basically we are playing Sydney in Sydney on Sunday March 10 whilst the nrl are in Vegas. 3 other games in nsw and qld as well

4 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

 

Why are you always so angry?

There’s no reason for you to be so antagonistic when speaking with fellow-posters, especially when they’ve not said anything particularly inflammatory. Your belligerence is puzzling on a Dees forum. Save that sh!tt for oppo fans if you really feel the need to square up with someone. 

I can highly recommend the "Ignore" option WCW. I knew it existed, but only just found it yesterday. Only one person needed actioning, but it has made visiting Demonland so much less frustrating.