Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

[Eastdog]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

Saturday arvo game?
Revolutionary idea that one!

A good thing we are playing Saturday afternoon. I'm hoping when the fixture comes out we don't get too many Sunday twilight games. I hope we get a few more matches at the MCG.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

And by then, we'll still be a mathematical chance to make the finals, if other results go our way!

Hahahaha!!

[Missing-Dog]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

Will def be attending this 1! 1 day before my Bday and Easter Sunday

[LostDoggy]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

I'll either be lving in Melbourne or I'll be flying down from Darwin to support the boys in round 1

[Axe Man]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

A tweet from Mark Stevens earlier:

Friday night freeze out: Melb and WB set to be missing completely from prime slot when fixture released next week. Coll will have 7

That's very disappointing if true, not a single Friday night game? Every side (except maybe Gold Coast and GWS) should get at least 1.

[Sedat]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

That's very disappointing if true, not a single Friday night game? Every side (except maybe Gold Coast and GWS) should get at least 1.

To be fair, we were borderline unwatchable for large parts in 2012 and had a number of FTA games on Channel 7 (Sunday arvos mostly) that were complete blow-outs. From a commercial perspective, I don't blame Channel 7 at all for not wanting a bar of us next year.

[Ozza]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

To be fair, we were borderline unwatchable for large parts in 2012 and had a number of FTA games on Channel 7 (Sunday arvos mostly) that were complete blow-outs. From a commercial perspective, I don't blame Channel 7 at all for not wanting a bar of us next year.

I don't agree Sedat. We may have fallen away badly at the end of the year - but our Friday night matches against Collingwood and Geelong were good games where we put in a good account of ourselves.

Having ZERO firday night games for us and Melbourne is not at all fair - and is bordering on discriminatory - in terms of putting us up in front of a wider audience to capture more exposure.

Every team - whether its us, Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne or Collingwood - deserve some exposure to Friday night games on free to air. There's 22 opportunities to show a range of different clubs - and I find it boring watching the same handful of sides play every Friday.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

A tweet from Mark Stevens earlier:



That's very disappointing if true, not a single Friday night game? Every side (except maybe Gold Coast and GWS) should get at least 1.

We don't deserve it any more than either of them. Friday nights would be a big financial consideration for the AFL and we're a hell of a way off being blockbuster material.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

I honestly don't mind the concept of reserving Friday night matches for contending teams.

There's nothing worse than relaxing on a Friday night and seeing a boring game where Melbourne is getting slaughtered by Hawthorn for example.

As long as this remains a consistent theme, clubs like us will get our chance when we are up there again.

I guess the issue is how do you know who will be a contender when planning the fixture? Can never be sure what may happen, West Coast 2011 for example.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

I honestly don't mind the concept of reserving Friday night matches for contending teams.

There's nothing worse than relaxing on a Friday night and seeing a boring game where Melbourne is getting slaughtered by Hawthorn for example.

As long as this remains a consistent theme, clubs like us will get our chance when we are up there again.

I guess the issue is how do you know who will be a contender when planning the fixture? Can never be sure what may happen, West Coast 2011 for example.

They ask the supercomputer, it tells them. It knows everything

[Bornadog]

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I honestly don't mind the concept of reserving Friday night matches for contending teams.

endless Collingwood, Essendon, matches, no thanks

[Throughandthrough]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

So do the Power, GC and GWS have friday night matches?

[wimberga]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

When I spent time in the US, I believed that ESPN has one of the best systems around for college football.

I'm not completely sure how the fixturing works, but essentially each team knows who they are playing on what day or weekend throughout the year. Then, as the season goes on, ESPN basically gets to determine who plays at what time a few weeks out. Got two teams that you thought were gonna struggle but are suddenly playing fantastic? Schedule them in for the 7pm kick off. Got two underachieving teams? kick them down to the 11am spot.

In some ways I think the AFL could follow this example. If say, Channel 7 had the total rights and were showing every game live, I would have no problem with the league saying "here is the fixture so you know who is playing who on what weekend and where. Now you look at how those teams are going and adjust the start times accordingly".

The college system is not directly transferable as just about each div 1 college has at least 100k fans and their own 80k+ capacity stadiums. food for thought though.

With all that said, I dont mind us playing at crap times when we are crap as long as we get good times when we are good. 1 friday wouldn't hurt though if playing a team of similar skill

[Sedat]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

I don't agree Sedat. We may have fallen away badly at the end of the year - but our Friday night matches against Collingwood and Geelong were good games where we put in a good account of ourselves.

Having ZERO firday night games for us and Melbourne is not at all fair - and is bordering on discriminatory - in terms of putting us up in front of a wider audience to capture more exposure.

Every team - whether its us, Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne or Collingwood - deserve some exposure to Friday night games on free to air. There's 22 opportunities to show a range of different clubs - and I find it boring watching the same handful of sides play every Friday.

I was talking about the decision from the broadcaster's perspective, not mine. From my perspective, it is manifestly unfair that the likes of Collingwood are exposed on Friday nights 7 times compared to our zero, but then I'm not paying $1bn+ for the TV rights and wanting to maximise every cent of ad revenue and higher ratings in order to recoup on the sizable investment.

[Maddog37]

Re: Round 1 v Brisbane at Etihad, Saturday 30 March 2013

THe clubs get equalisation payments which offsets the lack of Friday night games but that will not account for the greater membership, sponsorship, merchandise sales etc etc that flow on from having greater profiles.

The clubs with more money can spend more on football departments outside of the salary cap and history is showing the teams that spend more win more. Therefore it becomes a self fulfilling cycle.

An absolute joke in my opinion. AFL is focussing too much on the macro at the expense of the smaller clubs. Their agenda should be to treat all clubs equally first and profit second.