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The announcement of the 2025 AFL fixture imminent. You can tell that it’s not far off when you hear leaks about more Thursday night matches, an extra game this season for Geelong at the Cattery and clubs selling their home games. From Melbourne’s point of view, one of the advantages of finishing so low on the ladder should be a favourable  draw. However, after seeing how the club was stitched up by this year’s AFLW fixture, I have my doubts. Let’s see.

 
1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The announcement of the 2025 AFL fixture imminent. You can tell that it’s not far off when you hear leaks about more Thursday night matches, an extra game this season for Geelong at the Cattery and clubs selling their home games. From Melbourne’s point of view, one of the advantages of finishing so low on the ladder should be a favourable  draw. However, after seeing how the club was stitched up by this year’s AFLW fixture, I have my doubts. Let’s see.

The AFLW fixture has to be the biggest joke the afl as an organisation has come up with. 

Hawthorn sit in 2nd and will only end up playing 3 of the top 8 from 11 games. Of the other 8 games, 4 were against the bottom 5 teams.

If we also look at Brisbane, their main competitor for the McLelland trophy, they are the reigning premiers and will only play 2 games against top 8 sides!

Compare that to us, we will end up playing 7 of our 11 games against the top 8 and only 2 v the bottom 5 sides.

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The announcement of the 2025 AFL fixture imminent. You can tell that it’s not far off when you hear leaks about more Thursday night matches, an extra game this season for Geelong at the Cattery and clubs selling their home games. From Melbourne’s point of view, one of the advantages of finishing so low on the ladder should be a favourable  draw. However, after seeing how the club was stitched up by this year’s AFLW fixture, I have my doubts. Let’s see.

Don’t assume anything we will get screwed by the afl as per usual.
I think it’s in their mission statement. 

If I  am betting man I would think we will get a lot of Sunday and late afternoon Sunday games because we play such attractive football and the AFL hate us. 

 

Agreed.  Get ready for Saturday 4:35pm games, Sunday 1.10pm and Sunday 3:20pm. Very few Friday or Saturday night games.  It’s the interstate scheduling and short turnaround games that will probably be the horror show for us.  

AFL fixture priorities:

1. $$$$$$$$$$$$$

2.$$$$$$$$$$$$$

3.$$$$$$$$$$$$$

4. Geelong (feels like they have major influence that means) 9/10 cat park 7/8 at either G/Marvel minimal interstate

5. Collingwood enough said

6. Carlton enough said

Guaranteed Last.      Dregs. Melbourne, North, Dogs, Saints


I love my night games but I’ll have a one year old next year so I’d low key be okay with day games.
He is obsessed with the Melbourne theme song and it also calms him down during a crying fit so would love for him to hear it at the games. Hopefully at the end of the game also!

We’ve been on the AFL’s favourites list the last few years with thurs fri sat night games 

I’m personally really looking forward to Sat and Sun day games at the G

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Agreed.  Get ready for Saturday 4:35pm games, Sunday 1.10pm and Sunday 3:20pm. Very few Friday or Saturday night games.  

Sounds good to me! 

 

Hearing we've won the 3:05am Sunday slot at Kardinia Park


7 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Why do the AFL hate us?

That is the burning 🔥 question Ds.

Someone over at Bigfooty who reckons he nailed round 1 last year prior to the fixture release reckons we’ve got North round 1, Sunday 4pm at the G.

Given the fixture won’t be released until the final week of November, I’d take it with a grain of salt.

42 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Why do the AFL hate us?

A lot of Demons fans like to have the victim mentality that we always get screwed over when in reality half a dozen teams would have killed for our fixture last year

11 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Someone over at Bigfooty who reckons he nailed round 1 last year prior to the fixture release reckons we’ve got North round 1, Sunday 4pm at the G.

Given the fixture won’t be released until the final week of November, I’d take it with a grain of salt.

Oooh the Tom Campbell Cup!

Suck it North, we got our man!

  • 3 weeks later...

We were less than 1% from finishing 12th, which would have seen us in the middle-six play-twice group with WBulldogs, Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle and Essendon. At 14th we score Gold Coast, Adelaide, West Coast, North and Richmond.

So, looking to the far end of 2025, we might have dodged final-round bullets in Collingwood (again!), Carlton or Freo away. But let me be the first to pessimistically predict we get Adelaide, away...

We played poorly last year and will receive a fixture worthy of that with limited prime time games. We need to take advantage of a potential easier draw as we still have the talent to be a top 4 team.

From a self interest perspective Thursday night games are hard for interstate members to travel to. So much easier to just take the Friday or the Monday off and make a long weekend of it rather than having to take the 2 days off.


Despite being adamant we wouldn’t be welcome back to opening round due to our horrid year, it’s not 100% ruled out that we won’t be playing that weekend like I thought it would be.

It would either be Sydney, GWS or GC if we were to play that weekend.

39 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I’m hoping for lots of Saturday 2pm games 🤞🏼

Red Footballs 👍

 
1 hour ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

From a self interest perspective Thursday night games are hard for interstate members to travel to. So much easier to just take the Friday or the Monday off and make a long weekend of it rather than having to take the 2 days off.

You're a traveller, BA? Kudos to you, then, and all the other travellers (special shout-out to The Army). Best wishes for a good travel fixture.


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