2011 Fixture

[firstdogonthemoon]

If someone drew a chicken on it, it would look better.

I agree. However most things in life would be improved with a picture of a chicken.

[Sockeye Salmon]

The neighbors are doing a big reno that has upset my chickens and my chickens have stopped laying eggs.

How can a chicken just choose not to pop out an egg?

Don't they just all build up in there? So why don't my chickens look massive then?

[The Coon Dog]

Just some bits & pieces:

13 Etihad Stadium, 2 MCG, 2 Paterson's Stadium, 1 AAMI, 1 SCG, 1 Gold Coast Stadium, 1 Manuka Oval, 1 Skilled Stadium

Friday x 3N
Saturday x 8 - 7D, 1N
Sunday x 9 - 4D, 5T
Monday x1N
TBC x1

FOX 10, Seven x5, Ten x6, TBC x1

[LostDoggy]

5 Sunday Twilight - Worst time ever

Monday Night is more appealing.

[Murphy'sLore]

(Paterson's Stadium - Really?)

How long till we see the first Paterson's Curse headline?

[LostDoggy]

Just some bits & pieces:

13 Etihad Stadium, 2 MCG, 2 Paterson's Stadium, 1 AAMI, 1 SCG, 1 Gold Coast Stadium, 1 Manuka Oval, 1 Skilled Stadium

Friday x 3N
Saturday x 8 - 7D, 1N
Sunday x 9 - 4D, 5T
Monday x1N
TBC x1

FOX 10, Seven x5, Ten x6, TBC x1

Thats a MASSIVE change from the 2010 fixture.
Didnt we only have about 2 or 3 Saturday arvo matches?

No I think it's a pretty good draw, I just think it would look better if they produced it with a picture of a chicken on it.

And yes, i deffinately agree there. plain black and white is a bit boring...
Typical AFL though isnt it..

[Throughandthrough]

5 Sunday Twilight - Worst time ever

Monday Night is more appealing.

Unless u live in Adelaide and you are tied up with SANFL most weekends

Sunday twilights live! Hooray for me!

[The Pie Man]

That really shouldn't occur considering we only played both of these 2 teams once this year, we should really play at least one of these sides twice in 2011... Not that I'm complaining.

Even stranger (or more strange) that we play them consecutively in what I think will be the toughtest stretch of the year.

Round 10 - Hawks Sunday twilight
Round 11 - Cats Saturday
Round 12 - St Kilda Friday night

6 day breaks with those 3 teams not ideal. Otherwise it looks alright. Bye late in the season and Freo at home last round is a good get.

[Desipura]

Play Once: Coll, Gee, StK, Bris, Nth, Port, Rich, Adel, Melb & Carl

Play twice: Haw, Syd, WCE, Freo, Ess & Gold Coast.

[Mofra]

I agree. However most things in life would be improved with a picture of a chicken.

Tofu wouldn't.

Good draw except for too many Sunday games. Geelong, then a six day break to play St Kilda looks tough. Quite a few Friday games in the middle block of the season, gives us some exposure.

[LostDoggy]

Even stranger (or more strange) that we play them consecutively in what I think will be the toughtest stretch of the year.

Round 10 - Hawks Sunday twilight
Round 11 - Cats Saturday
Round 12 - St Kilda Friday night

6 day breaks with those 3 teams not ideal. Otherwise it looks alright. Bye late in the season and Freo at home last round is a good get.

That is a tough stretch with only 6 days between each.

The best part of the whole thing for me is the bye at round 20, that must be near perfect timing, close enough to give the guys a break before the finals while still having momentum of a few matches before we head in to the pointy end.

[divvydan]

Play Once: Coll, Gee, StK, Bris, Nth, Port, Rich, Adel, Melb & Carl

Play twice: Haw, Syd, WCE, Freo, Ess & Gold Coast.

That really is nuts, no so much the mix of which teams we play twice, just the fact that it's now only 6/16 other teams that we play twice in a season. From 2010, of the 6, three were in the top 8 and three weren't so in that sense it's reasonable, albeit Haw, Syd,Freo were all below us.

[Sedat]

Play Once: Coll, Gee, StK, Bris, Nth, Port, Rich, Adel, Melb & Carl

Play twice: Haw, Syd, WCE, Freo, Ess & Gold Coast.

Very generous draw to us in terms of who we avoid playing twice.

Oh, and I love Saturday arvo footy

[Axe Man]

Why do they always tend to group our Friday night games together? We had 3 in a row this season, in 2011 3 in 4 weeks! You would think that this wouldn't be desirable from a TV point of view, ie other supporters would be sick of seeing us by the third time.

[bornadog]

I love Saturday arvo footy

Me too, but hate the twilight matches.

Does anyone know when the excel spreadsheet version of the fixture comes out?