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2024 Fixture

Good old Geelong and the AFL’s love and bias for them. They get the 4th easiest draw and only play 2 Sunday games per current scheduling. We play 5 Sunday games.

Guess Geelong must be a bigger draw card, bigger supporter base with more people watching them than us.
 
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Tigers2020 said:
Ranking the opponents we play twice:

1) Carlton - good team but overachieved in 2023
2) Port Adelaide - Mediocre team
3) Gold Coast - Medicore
4) Saints - Making up numbers
5) Fremantle - Rebuilding bottom 4 team
6) Hawthorn - Rebuilding bottom 4 team
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This is the bit that confuses me .......

We finished 13th in 2023 (eg bottom six)

I was always of the understanding that we therefore play the other five teams twice eg:

Freo, Gold Coast, Hawthorn, North and WCE

So why are we playing Carlton, Port and St Kilda twice!!!!!!??????

WTF!
 
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Sir said:
This is the bit that confuses me .......

We finished 13th in 2023 (eg bottom six)

I was always of the understanding that we therefore play the other five teams twice eg:

Freo, Gold Coast, Hawthorn, North and WCE

So why are we playing Carlton, Port and St Kilda twice!!!!!!??????

WTF!
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Because we will beat them...................
 
Sir said:
This is the bit that confuses me .......

We finished 13th in 2023 (eg bottom six)

I was always of the understanding that we therefore play the other five teams twice eg:

Freo, Gold Coast, Hawthorn, North and WCE

So why are we playing Carlton, Port and St Kilda twice!!!!!!??????

WTF!
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Thats because your understanding is wrong. Excluding Gather Round (I don't know how they come up with the matchups for that *smile*), but its supposed to be as below.

Finish Top 6 - Play 2 other top 6 sides, 2 from 7-12 and 1 from the bottom 6
Finish 7-12 - Play 2 from 7-12 and I think its mixed then between some of the teams playing 2 of the top 6 and some playing 2 of the bottom 6
Finish bottom 6 - Play 2 from the bottom 6, 2 from the middle 6 and 1 top 6 side twice
 
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We are rusted on....no matter what. The AFL knows this and plans their scheduling accordingly. Growth of the game and thereby revenue are the key drivers of what is obviously a very unequal fixture. Has been the case for a long time......
 
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mrposhman said:
Thats because your understanding is wrong. Excluding Gather Round (I don't know how they come up with the matchups for that *smile*), but its supposed to be as below.

Finish Top 6 - Play 2 other top 6 sides, 2 from 7-12 and 1 from the bottom 6
Finish 7-12 - Play 2 from 7-12 and I think its mixed then between some of the teams playing 2 of the top 6 and some playing 2 of the bottom 6
Finish bottom 6 - Play 2 from the bottom 6, 2 from the middle 6 and 1 top 6 side twice
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Now with 6 double ups, I think it is more like each team plays either 2 or 3 double ups from their group of 6, then either 1 or 2 double ups with the other 2 groups.
 
Sir said:
We finished 13th in 2023 (eg bottom six)

I was always of the understanding that we therefore play the other five teams twice eg:
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In our premiership years we played *smile* teams multiple times and had a pretty decent draw but that was fair.

Now when we finish 13th and don’t it’s unfair?
 
Brodders17 said:
Now with 6 double ups, I think it is more like each team plays either 2 or 3 double ups from their group of 6, then either 1 or 2 double ups with the other 2 groups.
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I've just taken a more deep dive into the fixtures, they really do try and *smile* us over don't they.

You are right with the above, it should be easy but we play none of the middle 6 twice. There are also only 5 teams to play 3 of last years top 6 twice, they are last years top 4 (Collingwood, Brisbane, Port and Melbourne) and............................................drum roll please...........................................Richmond!!! WTF. We finished in the bottom 6 but are drawn to play 3 of last years top 6 twice!! Not to mention 1 of those is a home game at the oppositions home ground!! How many other teams have to do that!!
 
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Geelong finished 12th with 10 wins and a draw. We finished 13th with 10 wins and a draw. Geelong finished in the middle 6. We finished in the bottom 6.
How does geelong get an easier draw than us?
 
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mrposhman said:
I've just taken a more deep dive into the fixtures, they really do try and *smile* us over don't they.

You are right with the above, it should be easy but we play none of the middle 6 twice. There are also only 5 teams to play 3 of last years top 6 twice, they are last years top 4 (Collingwood, Brisbane, Port and Melbourne) and............................................drum roll please...........................................Richmond!!! WTF. We finished in the bottom 6 but are drawn to play 3 of last years top 6 twice!! Not to mention 1 of those is a home game at the oppositions home ground!! How many other teams have to do that!!
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They use a secret formula for the FIXture now. It's all legit, so relax everyone
 
Legends of 2017 said:
Geelong finished 12th with 10 wins and a draw. We finished 13th with 10 wins and a draw. Geelong finished in the middle 6. We finished in the bottom 6.
How does geelong get an easier draw than us?
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Because, as always, Geelong get gifted by the AFL over and over and over.
 
Feeling Tigerish said:
Oh well, this is what you get when you think you can challenge the AFL. The members are the ones that get punished. The club better start *smile* playing ball with those corrupt pricks, like every other club does
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So how have we "challenged" them ... lately that is?
We are now entering the 2024 season, and our chief antagonist has left - Dimma, who is receiving a honeymoon reception at the Suns with the best fixture of all as rated by the media boffins.
 
mrposhman said:
I've just taken a more deep dive into the fixtures, they really do try and *smile* us over don't they.

You are right with the above, it should be easy but we play none of the middle 6 twice. There are also only 5 teams to play 3 of last years top 6 twice, they are last years top 4 (Collingwood, Brisbane, Port and Melbourne) and............................................drum roll please...........................................Richmond!!! WTF. We finished in the bottom 6 but are drawn to play 3 of last years top 6 twice!! Not to mention 1 of those is a home game at the oppositions home ground!! How many other teams have to do that!!
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it is done of post finals ladder, so Saints are middle 6, and GWS top 6.
 
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