2014 Fixture - Screwed again by AFL

[bornadog]

LowLights

* 15 Sunday Games
* 7 Saturday Games

* 1 game at the G against Melbourne!
* 14 at Etihad

* No Friday Night Matches again in 2014

* First match v West Coast, Sunday 23 March at 7.40pm EDT



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[G-Mo77]

4.40 pm
4.40 pm
4.40 pm......

Go and get stuffed AFL. I wish I could swear on here *&%(($*&^@#(&$%)P

[bulldogtragic]

Looks like fox footy is the big winner here. I'm happy with who we are playing twice, but Sundays and Twilights do nothing for me at all.

[LostDoggy]

Yeah sunday games can pee right off!

The only bonus in playing the last 5 games on a sunday is one 14 and the rest 7 day breaks.

StKilda have a Friday Night game and we dont.......WTF AFL!!

[FrediKanoute]

on the positive 5 of our last 6 at Etihad, so if we are in the mix at the business end this could help.

[Daughter of the West]

AAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD another punch in the guts for our brand exposure.

Screw you AFL.

[LostDoggy]

Playing in Tasmania again? That's unusual to get that game 2 years in a row. I can feel another footy trip coming on. Although 3.20pm on a Sunday is a strange time, it'll be dark by 3/4 time. Why not have it at 1.10pm and possibly avoid having to use the lights?

Apart from that, again we have too many late Sunday home games.

[bulldogtragic]

AAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD another punch in the guts for our brand exposure.

Screw you AFL.

What do you mean, we are playing in Cairns.

But seriously, low crowds and low tv ratings will hurt us again with this fixture. It's all well and good to give us cash and say that's equalisation, but it's not. It's called throwing good money after bad. Give us exposure to increase our membership base, sell more merchandise, get more gate receipts and then you don't have to prop us up. It's just such an elitist attitude towards us... "We're not going to do anything to help you fix the structural issues, but here's some cash. Now say thank you".

Give a man a fish and eats today. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.

[Ghost Dog]

Play a certain brand of footy, and the crowds will follow. Have to earn it Dogs.

[Daughter of the West]

What do you mean, we are playing in Cairns.

But seriously, low crowds and low tv ratings will hurt us again with this fixture. It's all well and good to give us cash and say that's equalisation, but it's not. It's called throwing good money after bad. Give us exposure to increase our membership base, sell more merchandise, get more gate receipts and then you don't have to prop us up. It's just such an elitist attitude towards us... "We're not going to do anything to help you fix the structural issues, but here's some cash. Now say thank you".

Give a man a fish and eats today. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.

That is exactly what grates the most, so how the hell do you get past it? On the AFL's own website they state that our wish list was the following:

WESTERN BULLDOGS
The Bulldogs played nine twilight games in 2013, and for obvious reasons, the club would prefer to have a few more prime time slots. The Dogs were absent from the Friday night fixture last season, and played just four night games for the year. The club is keen to host some more big games against the powerhouse Victorian clubs in 2014 to pull in big crowds, after playing Geelong, Hawthorn, Essendon and Carlton just once last year. Like all clubs, the Bulldogs don't want many six-day breaks.

and then what do we get? The "*!*!*!*! off, You're Playing at 4.40pm Every Sunday" fixture special! ARGH!

[bulldogtragic]

Play a certain brand of footy, and the crowds will follow. Have to earn it Dogs.

We played a great brand of footy 2008-2010. Membership topped at about 32,000. Half that of Hawthorn, and about 40% of Collingwood. We don't have 30,000 bandwagoners just sitting back.

[bulldogtragic]

That is exactly what grates the most, so how the hell do you get past it? On the AFL's own website they state that our wish list was the following:



and then what do we get? The "F*ck off, You're Playing at 4.40pm Every Sunday" fixture special! ARGH!

Cairns and a horrible draw. I know I'm on my own, but I'd sell 6 or 7 games to Tassie, kick Hawks and North out. Demand 12 or more games in Melbourne and the Good Friday game and better draws. And a heap of cash. This does not reflect an administration actively trying to change the structural issues we face, quite the opposite you could argue.

[whythelongface]

Yeah sunday games can pee right off!

The only bonus in playing the last 5 games on a sunday is one 14 and the rest 7 day breaks.

StKilda have a Friday Night game and we dont.......WTF AFL!!

I don't get how we don't get a Friday night game yet St Kilda do. Staggering decision.

[bornadog]

I don't get how we don't get a Friday night game yet St Kilda do. Staggering decision.

6 matches at 4.40pm - I hate that time slot

4 matches at 7.40pm

[bulldogtragic]

I don't get how we don't get a Friday night game yet St Kilda do. Staggering decision.

Outside of Libba a few years back and Browny at KFC, all we put out is positive AFL stories. Saints give rape, rape, lighting people on fire etc, etc. they are still bottoming out and they get a Friday night game. Obviously being good citizens doesn't count for anything.