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The AFL know dees have poor crowds at many night games. 

It would help if they didn't schedule them in midwinter vs Port, GWS, Freo etc whose fans don't travel. 

Schedule the night games vs Carlton, Coll, Rich etc and it is a different story.  Dees fans will probably be outnumbered but there will be a decent crowd and many watching on TV.

 

I prefer day games but am ok with night games but not in midwinter at the G.  If the AFL want midwinter night games they should be in the warmer states or undercover at Marvel.   

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I read somewhere that there will be lots of Sunday night games, often on the eve of a public holiday in Vic or Qld.  Most others will be in WA which will be an early evening start in WA so broadcast at night in eastern states.

My mfcss has kicked in and we cop a double whammy:  Sunday night and travel to Perth 😢

Not expecting much good in this fixture for the club/players re travel, breaks, revenue. 

 

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18 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

At what point today is it all being released?

Rumour of 1pm. Interesting that they haven’t released round 1 first though.


Fixture is a debacle.

Sunday 3:20 galore, home game at Marvel. Off to Perth for West Coast again, back to Geelong, twice at Adelaide Oval.

But, last 7 are in Victoria.

 

Gold Coast and Adelaide away in consecutive weeks.

23 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

Means only 12 games at the G, down from 14

We have Pies, Hawks and Blues as away games at the G so I think it’s 13 games at the G.

Edit - 1 mcg home game has been moved to Marvel. Thought we had an agreement to play 10 at the G because of Alice.

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38 minutes ago, BangBnagBang said:

Double up teams

Hawks, Pies, STK, GCS, WCE, NTH

That is the easiest we could have had.

Based on 2024

  • 5th - Hawks (7th pre finals)
  • 9th - Pies
  • 12th - Saints
  • 13th - GCS
  • 16th - WCE
  • 17th - North

I don't see any of them being top 4 and only a couple top 8 candidates.

In terms of groupings:

  • 1 from top 6
  • 2 from middle 6
  • 3 from bottom 6

No complaints there. 

Its now up to the team to capitalise on that fixture and romp into the 8 and maybe top 4. 

 

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8 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

Gold Coast and Adelaide away in consecutive weeks.

we have a bye in between.....edit sorry you mean the week after gold coast, we're back in Adelaide. 

Edited by HBDee

9 Home MCG - 3 Away - 12 total

1 Home Marvel - 2 away

1 home NT

no Sydney away. 

twice QLD & Adel

once WA

Gee away

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Our CFO has just re written the budget for 2025, you couldn't ask for a worse commercial draw.

Gws, suns, freo as home games mcg games to kick off the season.


Check out Rounds 8 to 17, its a bloody horrible run of travel away, home, travel away.

I know we have the last 7 in Melbourne but we will be well cooked with all the travel

 

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

We have Pies, Hawks and Blues as away games at the G so I think it’s 13 games at the G.

Nope, we have a home game at marvel 

 

From a club progression viewpoint that fixture is damning.

Sponsor contracts have multiple kicker clauses and I bet we hardly kick one.

 

15 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

Gold Coast and Adelaide away in consecutive weeks.

You were right. After our first year out of the finals, we are North Melbourne. All late games on Sunday (pox) against interstate sides (double pox). Back to Gee-hole and Marvel


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