I think our draw is ok. 3 Friday night games is a bonus. Sunday footy is back for us which was always going to be the case.
I do get why the draw is worked around the big clubs playing in prime time but it is still annoying to get shuffled off to Geelong and Hobart each year.
Two things I don't understand about the draw -
- Why is round 23 floating when there is a pre finals bye in place
- And why can't we play all 17 teams in the first 18 weeks of the season (19 with a bye week)? We play Geelong, Sydney, Carlton and North Melbourne for the first time in the last 5 weeks of the season. I believe 7 out of the 9 Round 23 games see teams play each other for the first time for the season.
Take me back to the way it used to be where every team played each other once first then the double up games.