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Edited yesterday at 04:381 day by Gorgoroth

35 minutes ago, old dee said:

That is the result of finishing 14th 2 years in a row.

And a boring as Bat sheet game plan.
We're in the entertainment business and need to play a brand people want to actually watch.
Until we prove we can ..... Sunday arvo it is.

Cats probably with the toughest draw

the rest of the top 4 twice. plus GC and Freo (and north)

Expecting a drop from them (but I've said this every year since 2014)

1 hour ago, george_on_the_outer said:

We play seven games against bottom six sides from last year........same as Carlton and Collingwood!!!

Collingwood always gets a good draw

8 minutes ago, lorn said:

Collingwood always gets a good draw

Collingwood have the 2nd or 3rd toughest draw based on double ups.

They have the rest of the top 4 twice plus Hawks. Also the blues who could improve

I have us at 2 - 8 at Round 10, and wouldn't be entirely confident on either of those wins. This could be a season of pain coming, I reckon.

No trip to g town - play the cats once at the g. Kudos to the prez/coach/whoever for getting this done !

8 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

I have us at 2 - 8 at Round 10, and wouldn't be entirely confident on either of those wins. This could be a season of pain coming, I reckon.

Ive just got a weird feeling we're going to be a surprise packet in 26.

Call me silly, call me mad , just not late for tea

St Kilda play their last 10 games in VIC and travel two less times than us.

I guess that's what happens when you don't resort to selling a game, and you're able to move one of your Marvel games to the MCG in front of 85,000 people.

It’s a terrific outcome for our members and supporters, and we can’t wait to see the red and blue faithful filling the stands once again for what promises to be an exciting 2026 AFL season.”

If Guerra is happy about this Sunday kings worst times .. 1 x Friday night game Anzac eve .. yeah club got looked after

19 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

St Kilda play their last 10 games in VIC and travel two less times than us.

I guess that's what happens when you don't resort to selling a game, and you're able to move one of your Marvel games to the MCG in front of 85,000 people.

Yea that wonderful Alice Springs game honestly

Has there ever been a Thursday night or Sunday night game played in Launceston? Thinking of biting the bullet and booking flights now.

The bottom 6 teams hey looks like this draw will give us a top 2 finish just like the women too bad we play too many Sunday games I hate Sunday games

15 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Has there ever been a Thursday night or Sunday night game played in Launceston? Thinking of biting the bullet and booking flights now.

It would definitely have to be a sat or sun. If you can turn it into a few days holiday. That's what I'm going to do

I didn't realise our only game against gws is in Alice.

Poor clarry probably thought he was safe at gws & would avoid going there

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Collingwood have the 2nd or 3rd toughest draw based on double ups.

They have the rest of the top 4 twice plus Hawks. Also the blues who could improve

I actually wouldn’t have minded both Collingwood and GWS being our double up fixtures from the to 6 next season. I’m always one not to judge a fixture based on how a team performs the previous season, but I just believe those two will take a dip next season.

I think the Suns will continue to rise and Freo are heading in the right direction (although there’s a bit of a caveat on Longmuir holding them back IMO).

the 'toughest draw' is calculated by fox footy, based on 2025 % of double-up opponents:

2 hours ago, BoBo said:

Is there a full list?

AFL 2026 FIXTURE DIFFICULTY

Based on the 2025 percentage of the teams they play twice in 2026

(Hardest) 1. Geelong

2. Gold Coast Suns

3. Collingwood

4. Fremantle

5. Hawthorn

6. Western Bulldogs

7. Adelaide Crows

8. Brisbane Lions

9. Carlton

10. Melbourne

11. Sydney Swans

12. Essendon

13. St Kilda

14. West Coast Eagles

15. GWS Giants

16. Richmond

17. Port Adelaide

(Easiest) 18. North Melbourne

Having our bye at round 16 is brutal.

We'll be running on fumes against Adelaide in round 15 over there.

Can someone tell me where I can find the full fixture on one page( as in the Footy Record)?

Even the Dees’ fixture on one page would help.

34 minutes ago, The Panglossian said:

Can someone tell me where I can find the full fixture on one page( as in the Footy Record)?

Even the Dees’ fixture on one page would help.

Courtesy of @FearTheBeard

9 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

Meanwhile Sam Edmund reporting that Carlton have 7 Thursday or Friday night games in the first 16 weeks.

So for some, poor performance equals a poor fixture. But clearly not for others. Hell, this is more than Collingwood are getting!

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/11/12/afl-fixture-hawthorn-prime-time-games/

So we’ll see Voss get sacked in prime time?

11 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

2026 will be my 22nd consecutive year as a Redleg and my wife’s 5th. We will remain on auto renewal until we pass into a parallel universe where we have Hawthorn/Geelong/Brisbane type success.

I'm off auto-renew but that's because I've had a low level membership for all the time I've been in Seattle and now that I'll be living two hours out of Melbourne, I'll actually be able to see the odd match or two. Just working out what membership to buy....

Anyway, my take home from the fixture is that we only play the Cats once and it's at the G!

MFC 2026

23 games

8 interstate

7 away - Syd, Freo, Suns, Crows, Port

(incl neutrals v hawks in Tas & bombers in SA gather round)

1 home  (giants at NT)

15games in Vic - either mcg or marvel

9home MCG

1home marvel

3 away MCG

2 away MARVEL

1 night game in 15 rounds

No trip to Geeeeeelong

Double ups

V top 9. Four

V bottom 8. Two

I see we have Collingwood on a Monday and then Essendon on the following Saturday.

Did anyone else have an instant flash back to 1993 when we beat Collingwood by 51 points on the Monday holiday and then Essendon by 34 points the following Saturday?

And Jakovich kicked a lazy 17 goals in that calendar week.