2 minutes ago, gs77 said:

Maybe Dillon is a C programmer?

Haha well played!

7 minutes ago, layzie said:

Are they really going to call it Round Zero? 

The AFL needs to start acting their age. 

It’s actually called “Opening Round” and the following round will be called “Round One”

Well, I really like it. It is a winnable game, it gets one away game out of our system, we get the huge publicity of being the open game, and as it is on a Thursday we will probably get an 8 day break after it. 
 

Now we just have to win it.

Full fixture tomorrow Thursday?

32 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Fair point. But we've been shoved to the Sunday wasteland for decades when only 13000 people bothered to turn up to home games.

I'll take some commercial success and relevance in the competition now which will only strengthen the club.

I do hope there's enough family friendly games throughout the year so everyone can have a chance to attend half a dozen+ games.

The Pies fixture last year had a run of prime time exposure early followed by the biggest gift of day games through the back end of winter. Allowed them to do big training blocks and rest players. 

Obviously we won’t get that same gift but with the creation of another prime time game in round 0 I hope we aren‘t shafted out of another day game. The Swans were one team we played twice in the day last year.

18 minutes ago, old55 said:

Full fixture tomorrow Thursday?

Definitely tomorrow. Whether it’s the fixture in its entirety is another matter. 🙄 

Just now, WalkingCivilWar said:

Definitely tomorrow. Whether it’s the fixture in its entirety is another matter. 🙄 

Thanks. Floating last 7 rounds or so?

I want to make the Perth trip this year so I'm keen to see where that falls.

Fisted by the AFL yet again - Swans and Crows away.

Good for exposure and playing prime time but at the cost of being the ones to travel and be at a disadvantage as per usual.

Here’s hoping we get a crack at both clubs at the G…

26 minutes ago, old55 said:

I think our bye will be associated with our ANZAC Eve match, I believe that will be in  R6.

Not sure about these posts. Are they unofficial or guesses or confirmed facts from a reliable source?

My response is and this is just my gut feel common sense and footy facts chipping in. 

(1) Anzac Eve match is a given vs Tigers. If you are alluding to a bye before then Round 5 ( probably same for Tigers as well) it’s a Wed night so that might be the Bye before Round 6 as (if) Anzac Eve is considered as a Round 6 fixture. 
(2) Clint who do we play in Round 4 on Thursday night? Pre Easter Lions host Pies normally as a stand alone. Are you guessing or fantasising ? 

5 minutes ago, OhMyDees said:

Fisted by the AFL yet again - Swans and Crows away.

Good for exposure and playing prime time but at the cost of being the ones to travel and be at a disadvantage as per usual.

Here’s hoping we get a crack at both clubs at the G…

This is a take I don’t agree with. 

What if we avoid trips to Brisbane and GWS? They were the two strongest interstate sides this year. We have to play interstate games so we can’t just get West Coast 5 times. 

31 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

The Pies fixture last year had a run of prime time exposure early followed by the biggest gift of day games through the back end of winter. Allowed them to do big training blocks and rest players. 

Obviously we won’t get that same gift but with the creation of another prime time game in round 0 I hope we aren‘t shafted out of another day game. The Swans were one team we played twice in the day last year.

How do Pies rest players because of Day games in blocks? 
Seriously don’t remember much Resting other than last Round and we all had a bye  afterwards.

If you are  talking of handling players conservatively we did that that’s not resting.

Please name the blocks of day games after winter and Pies also finished season with 3 successive Friday night games at G and Marvel if I am correct.  
 

24 minutes ago, old55 said:

Thanks. Floating last 7 rounds or so?

I want to make the Perth trip this year so I'm keen to see where that falls.

I can’t imagine they’d gift us the whole fixture at once. My guess is that they’ll release it in ‘blocks’ again, same as this year. Definitely makes booking flights a pain in the neck. 

29 minutes ago, old55 said:

Thanks. Floating last 7 rounds or so?

I want to make the Perth trip this year so I'm keen to see where that falls.

Will have to be a West Coast game as we play Freo in the Alice in Round 10.  As haven’t played WC at G for ages you might be unlucky with no Optus game in WA in ‘24. 

 

3 hours ago, biggestred said:

Yes. But I'm genuinely surprised they didnt send essendon instead of Carlton as it would have given them much more flexibility around anzac day

Disagree 

Can work in Bye for both Tigers  and us around our tricky Wed night Anzac Eve fixture.

Tiges play Suns in opening round on Coast so easier to match up I presume for 2 teams to have same bye dates around their fixture. 

5 minutes ago, 58er said:

Will have to be a West Coast game as we play Freo in the Alice in Round 10.  As haven’t played WC at G for ages you might be unlucky with no Optus game in WA in ‘24. 

It's possible we get double ups with WC or Freo.

1 minute ago, old55 said:

It's possible we get double ups with WC or Freo.

Sorry 55 you are correct! 

1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

Feels like since the flag we’ve barely played in the day time. My niece and nephew went to two games last year. I’m sure parents had similar issues.
 

Spot on. Since the flag we've played with the red ball just twice at the G. Once against St Kilda in 2022 and once against Freo in 2023.

I'd like to see more Saturday afternoon and early Sunday afternoon games at he G to add variety to the schedule. However Saturday afternoon footy seems to be reserved for the also rans if the second half of last season was a guide.

I'd also like to see us play at Marvel more than once, at the expense of 1 or 2 less interstate trips. I figure we won't get more than 13 MCG games like last year.

 

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

It’s actually called “Opening Round” and the following round will be called “Round One”

And that makes it less ridiculous?  Not to me.

52 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Definitely tomorrow. Whether it’s the fixture in its entirety is another matter. 🙄 

Up to Round 15 released tomorrow.

18 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Up to Round 15 released tomorrow.

So that's through to late June.

38 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Up to Round 15 released tomorrow.

 i hate the floating fixture with a burning passion.

Shows how far we've come that we're worthy of opening the season.  We'll done AFL 

Edited November 15, 20231 yr by greenwaves

@Andy can we remove the Culture / Oliver disclaimers within threads? I’m getting RSI in my thumb from the extra scrolling on every page. 

I thought the whole fixture will be released but without day/time for Round 16-24.