49 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

God it would be amazing if they flop again 

I'm already sick of hearing the fluff about Carlton's chances. They need a  2019 Melb season now. 

40 minutes ago, Allus Monk said:

Don't jump the gun. They'll get us when Geelong are given the right to host a Preliminary Final against us.😅

Then it’s a good thing we’ll knock ‘em out in a QF 😁

Things we shouldn't be surprised about:

1. Collingwood get 7 of their last 8 games at the MCG, with the only other game being Sydney in Sydney.
2. St Kilda get 8 of their last 9 games at Marvel, including their last 6 straight. That is a [censored] disgrace. In a professional sport played home and away, no side should be play that many games straight at their home ground. They get an "away" game at Marvel against Richmond, again. Gillon's left, why do they keep getting KOTD?
3. Essendon get 10 of their last 11 games in Melbourne, all of which are straight - in other words, they don't travel anywhere, at all, from Round 12 (on 2 June) to Round 24 (at some point at the end of August, nearly three months later). Again, in a professional home and away league, that's bonkers.

Edited November 16, 20231 yr by titan_uranus

20 minutes ago, praha said:

Financially devastating.

Our opening home game is at 1pm on a Sunday.

Our next home game is almost a month later, against Brisbane on a Thursday night. Solid 33k in attendance. 

Anzac Eve is an away game.

Geelong at the MCG might pull in 50k but depends on how both teams are going.

vs Carlton is an away game.

St Kilda on a Sunday at 3:20 might pull a decent crowd. Maybe 50k.

King's Bday is away.

vs North on a Saturday night. 25k.

vs WC, finally a home game against them. 25k.

vs Essendon, finally a home game at the MCG against them. 60k.

vs GWS. 25K.

vs Port. 30k.

vs Pies. 70k.

Only two of our home games will require reserve seat upgrades for GA members: Essendon and Collingwood.

For the general fan attending games it's great because we have 8 of our 10 MCG home games are against non-MCG tenants.

Financially, the club would surely be livid with this draw. It's a disaster.

80/20......our gate takings each year rise and fall on the Anzac Eve and QB games. We know the seasonality of them. 

Bigger picture & longer term thinking - with the amount of night-time games, the brand will get more exposure - if we play well and are decent to watch. Not going to hold my breath on that though 

Shoutout to Pres. Kate.
At our W match vs Brisbane 12 days ago she told the DA she was pushing really hard for no trip to Mordor next year. She said she can almost guarantee she gets it. And she did. ⭐️ 

An ok fixture. 1pm on Sunday to start is strange but ok.

No Geelong game is like the government giving us a tax cut and then jamming it all in elsewhere. 

 

Edited November 16, 20231 yr by layzie

20 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

We’ll beat Port and get smashed by Adelaide 

Hope it's the other way around as you'd imagine a lot more MFC supporters will be in town for the Adelaide gather round game.

I am celebrating no trip to Geelong. Again the filth get everything in their favor.

Interstate games (remembering that for everyone except us and Essendon, one of these games is a Gather Round game on neutral territory):

1. Essendon - 6
2. Carlton - 6
3. Collingwood - 6
4. Hawthorn - 6 (plus four in Launceston, plus Geelong)
5. North - 6 (plus four in Hobart, plus Geelong)
6. Bulldogs - 6 (plus Geelong)
7. Geelong - 7
8. Richmond - 7 (plus Geelong)
9. St Kilda - 7 (plus Geelong)
10. Melbourne - 7 (plus Alice Springs)

Edited November 16, 20231 yr by titan_uranus

30 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

tbh there's not much there in terms of financial positives - there's only two 'marquee' home games, against puddy tatts and the peptides

6 of the first 14 are monster TV games.

0 - the first game of the year!

4 - gather round kick off

5 - Thurs v Bris

7 - ANZAC eve

9  - Thurs v Carl

13 - Kings BDAY 

Plus the Cats, Saints and maybe Port game on free to air. 

Im not sure there will be a team more watched on tv than us in the first 15 weeks. That has to be of huge value to our sponsors.

To only get Dogs, Cats and Saints in the first half of the year is light on for attendances, but the years where we have away games for our blockbusters will probably look like that more often than not. 

Maybe we revenue share the Pies game when we have 2? And/or have some kind of split with Richmond. 

It certainly would make more sense to split the 2 blockbusters to one home, one away. 

7 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Essendon get the bare minimum of 5 away games, but one of them is Gather Round where ticket sales aren't skewed to the home side like they usually are (I think?). Which means they really only have four interstate games all year. 

I was feeling upbeat about the fixture until I read that.

How can a club get just 5 trips when there are 8 interstate teams plus Gather round?

Just now, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I was feeling upbeat about the fixture until I read that.

How can a club get just 5 trips when there are 8 interstate teams plus Gather round?

I just deleted it because I missed one. They get 6, which remains the minimum along with Carlton and Collingwood.

At least the latter two made prelims this year. How Essendon continues to get the best ride on interstate games is beyond me.

5 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Hope it's the other way around as you'd imagine a lot more MFC supporters will be in town for the Adelaide gather round game.

I don't like either scenario!

Gold Coast in August might be a nice little weekender

I don't like the Round 1 being our second game idea. Won't be able to matchup rounds played with the corresponding round number anymore. 

 

 

 

Edited November 16, 20231 yr by layzie

12 days off for our bye round 14. Better than 10 we had this year but 14/15 would have been nice. Overall I think it’s a good draw for us. 

Deea v bris first weekend of July school holidays. 

 

Oh wait, cant book flights etc because no idea when the game actually is ffs 

Fox Sports - Order of Fixture Difficulty (Easiest to Hardest)

1.  Gold Coast Suns
2. North Melbourne
3. West Coast Eagles
4. St Kilda
5. Geelong
6. Richmond
7. Fremantle
8. Essendon
9. Melbourne
10. Western Bulldogs
11. Carlton
12. GWS Giants
13. Adelaide Crows
14. Hawthorn
15. Collingwood
16. Sydney Swans
17. Port Adelaide
18. Brisbane Lions

AFL Order of Fixture Difficulty

1. North Melbourne
2. West Coast
3. Gold Coast
4.  Geelong
5.  St Kilda & Dogs
7. Richmond
8. Essendon & Fremantle (Equal)
10. Adelaide / Hawthorn (Equal)
12. GWS / Port Adelaide (Equal)
14.  Carlton
15. Melbourne & Sydney (Equal)
17. Collingwood
18. Brisbane 

1 hour ago, Deevout said:

With 5 day break no less…

they'll stay the week?

2 minutes ago, darkhorse72 said:

they'll stay the week?

I am sure they will, but a 5 day break between games is hard, even if they are in the same state

13 minutes ago, roy11 said:

Fox Sports - Order of Fixture Difficulty (Easiest to Hardest)

1.  Gold Coast Suns
2. North Melbourne
3. West Coast Eagles
4. St Kilda
5. Geelong
6. Richmond
7. Fremantle
8. Essendon
9. Melbourne
10. Western Bulldogs
11. Carlton
12. GWS Giants
13. Adelaide Crows
14. Hawthorn
15. Collingwood
16. Sydney Swans
17. Port Adelaide
18. Brisbane Lions

AFL Order of Fixture Difficulty

1. North Melbourne
2. West Coast
3. Gold Coast
4.  Geelong
5.  St Kilda & Dogs
7. Richmond
8. Essendon & Fremantle (Equal)
10. Adelaide / Hawthorn (Equal)
12. GWS / Port Adelaide (Equal)
14.  Carlton
15. Melbourne & Sydney (Equal)
17. Collingwood
18. Brisbane 

How does the team that won the flag by 81 points 14 months ago get the 4th easiest draw?

Collingwood another gifted run. 2 additional home games in Melbourne compared to us. We are the only team to play all top 4 teams twice, which should be reserved for the grand finalists. 

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Swans in ‘opening round’ a week before round one. 

oh right so it doesn’t count as a premiership game?

1 hour ago, Clintosaurus said:

No Friday games in first 15 Rounds but 4 Thursdays. Geez I hope Carlton are [censored].

Sponsors with logo on jumpers will love the Thursday night prime time free to air exposure.

Free to air prime time games are much more commercially valuable than Pay TV prime time.