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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
I read plenty of them during the season
How do you think we are placed for 2021?
I expect a top 4 finish, even with a few flaws, but every team has them and can patch them up.
In the end luck plays a part, but that is not an excuse.
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Home games for us against Vic sides
Round 8 v Carlton
Round 10 v St. Kilda
Round 11 v Melbourne
Round 16 v North Melbourne
Round 21 v Essendon
"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
Eastdog
Home games for us against Vic sides
Round 8 v Carlton
Round 10 v St. Kilda
Round 11 v Melbourne
Round 16 v North Melbourne
Round 21 v Essendon
Not getting one v Richmond or Collingwood hurts but it might not matter as much as usual given anticipated crowd restrictions
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
Not getting one v Richmond or Collingwood hurts but it might not matter as much as usual given anticipated crowd restrictions
Yep would have good to have homes games against them but as you say TBB might not make much of a difference.
"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Yeah, how do we build up crowds
With wins......seriously win our first 3 and they will come
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Re: 2021 Fixture
I'd prefer winning vs big crowds.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
comrade
I'd prefer winning vs big crowds.
Control the controllable's
Winning will bring us the crowds
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We've also proven that unlike Geelong etc we don't rely on crowds for money (of course since se still have a shit deal as far as I know) so may as well win what we can. Certainly prefer home games vs interstate teams over traveling.
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That late season game v Essendon is becoming a bit of a tradition too. Like how we always seemed to play Carlton in the last round back in the '70s.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Re: 2021 Fixture
No Dogs games in Sydney. Disgraceful.
The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
Dry Rot
No Dogs games in Sydney. Disgraceful.
I am also disappointed. Cannot believe the AFL would do this to us two years in a row.
I should leave it alone but you're not right
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
comrade
I'd prefer winning vs big crowds.
Terminator.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
hujsh
We've also proven that unlike Geelong etc we don't rely on crowds for money (of course since se still have a shit deal as far as I know) so may as well win what we can. Certainly prefer home games vs interstate teams over traveling.
By far the biggest takeaway of the year, big clubs need big crowds to survive. They are completely dependent on favourable stadium deals, prime time slots, and mollycoddling from the AFL.
Sometimes a crisis actually shows the true fundamentals of an industry, unfortunately in the case of the AFL those fundamentals will be swept under the rug.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
soupaman
I am also disappointed. Cannot believe the AFL would do this to us two years in a row.
Considering its a free win so am I.
Although they did give us 22 free wins so hard to complain really.
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Re: 2021 Fixture
Originally Posted by
jeemak
By far the biggest takeaway of the year, big clubs need big crowds to survive. They are completely dependent on favourable stadium deals, prime time slots, and mollycoddling from the AFL.
Sometimes a crisis actually shows the true fundamentals of an industry, unfortunately in the case of the AFL those fundamentals will be swept under the rug.
Great points but I wonder what was behind Sydney's debacle? That was a massive loss