Fixture 2023

[GVGjr]

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Tough draw which will require a fast start. We need to be primed early on in the season.

[G-Mo77]

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Can understand how you feel mate. As a lad I was going to the footy with my dad and all games were on Saturday starting at 2.10 or close to it. So much harder for the dads and kids these days.

It's a sad state of affairs when that 4.30 pm time slot is the most attractive. My son will have to settle for those games by the looks of it. Bring on more twilight games

[Axe Man]

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One of the games I would normally take the kids to was Good Friday which has been taken away. Sunday afternoons are another option but we don't have any of those at this stage other than an awful 4:40pm graveyard shift against North. Certainly limited options, but I do enjoy going without them to the night time games. Once they get a bit older it should be easier.

[Bulldog Joe]

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Tough draw which will require a fast start. We need to be primed early on in the season.

This is very important.

A good start really sets up the season.
Win 3 or 4 of the first 5 and we are challenging top 4, but 2 or less and we will be struggling to stay in touch.

My aim with the extended season would be to win at least 12 of the first 15 and all of the last 11.

[Axe Man]

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This is very important.

A good start really sets up the season.
Win 3 or 4 of the first 5 and we are challenging top 4, but 2 or less and we will be struggling to stay in touch.

My aim with the extended season would be to win at least 12 of the first 15 and all of the last 11.

I would be happy enough to go 3-3 from the first 6, anything north of that is a bonus. If we start slowly and only have 1 or 2 wins on the board at that stage we might be playing catchup all season.

[Bornadog]

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Only state or territory we miss playing in is Queensland. Add in Geelong and Ballarat and we will certainly be well travelled.

This is where the AFL is biased. for example - When did Collingwood last play in Geelong, ACT, Cairns, Darwin, Ballarat.

[Grantysghost]

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Which teams have the toughest draws?

Sydney’s push to go one better in 2023 will have to be done the hard way, with double-up matches against premiers Geelong and semi-finalists Melbourne and Fremantle.
Meanwhile, Collingwood will be tested next year after their string of narrow wins en route to a preliminary final in 2022. The Magpies play the Cats, Lions and Blues twice, while Port Adelaide and Essendon also appear as unknown quantities.
But perhaps the most difficult fixture is the Western Bulldogs’, considering they only just scraped into the top eight this year. The Dogs must play the Cats, Tigers, Dockers and Power twice, sides they went 0-6 against in 2022, including in the elimination final against Fremantle.

It appears a much tougher fixture than that of ninth-placed Carlton, with the Blues to meet the Pies, Suns, Saints, Giants, Eagles and Demons twice. Last season the Blues finished with a better percentage than five of those sides, and only narrowly lost to the Demons in round 22 in the teams’ only encounter.


The Magpies had a magical run towards the preliminary finals in 2022, but next season appears tougher on paper.Credit:Getty Images
The Saints meet Hawthorn and North Melbourne twice, which could prove fruitful, and double-up games against the Suns, Tigers, Lions and Blues means they will avoid facing any teams who finished in the top five of this year’s ladder twice.
Meanwhile, Essendon face the Giants, Roos and Eagles twice next season, but that won’t guarantee them six wins, given they lost to two of those sides in 2022.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/win-for-fans-and-tough-road-for-some-what-to-look-out-for-in-the-afl-fixture-20221211-p5c5dn.html

[BornInDroopSt'54]

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Glad we play Geelong twice, the more we play them the closer to beating them we are.
That cattery loss after the siren needs rectifying.

[Grantysghost]

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Glad we play Geelong twice, the more we play them the closer to beating them we are.
That cattery loss after the siren needs rectifying.

Exactly -run to the roar! If we are good enough, the fixture doesn't matter; in fact, it sucks for the other teams.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

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8 games in a row at Marvel Rd 13-21

Our power base, we'll not lose one and power to the top.

[GVGjr]

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This is where the AFL is biased. for example - When did Collingwood last play in Geelong, ACT, Cairns, Darwin, Ballarat.

We don't need to worry about other clubs. Collingwood made their own luck last season by winning so many close games and we have to make sure we get on a similar roll.

[Bornadog]

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We don't need to worry about other clubs. Collingwood made their own luck last season by winning so many close games and we have to make sure we get on a similar roll.

I am giving you an example of what the AFL bias is like. An even playing field doesnot exist and it is designed to make the bigger clubs bigger.

[Grantysghost]

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I am giving you an example of what the AFL bias is like. An even playing field doesnot exist and it is designed to make the bigger clubs bigger.

It's lazy admin; sure fire winner.

They've ticked the Dogs win a flag box.

[hujsh]

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At this stage it's a BS draw but maybe lady luck will help us out for once and some of those top 8 teams have an off year.

[GVGjr]

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I am giving you an example of what the AFL bias is like. An even playing field doesnot exist and it is designed to make the bigger clubs bigger.

We know it's uneven and unless we get to 19 teams and 18 games it's just going to be the way that it is. We need the money that the extra games generate so we have to cop a harder draw some years.