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Seems we've been rewarded very well after our efforts last year.
14 rounds have been released so far (we have the bye in R15).
Points of interest.
1. Thursday night opener against Tigers in R1
2. Exclusive Good Friday game vs Kangas in R4.
3. Thursday night opener of 'Gather Round' vs Adelaide in R5
4. Queens/kings birthday eve primetime slot Sunday night vs Essendon in R13
From the first 14 rounds we have...
10 Night/primetime games.
3 - Thursday Night games
4* - Friday Night games (inc. 4:20 twilight game on Good Friday)
2* - Saturday Night games (inc. 1 5:20AWT late game in Perth)
1 - Sunday Night games (Queens/Kings birthday eve)
The other 4 games are...
- Giants (away) Sat 4:35.
- Saints (home - Marvel) Sun 3:20
- Suns (home - MCG) Sun 1:10
and suprisingly
- Pies (Home - MCG) Sun 3:20
We play the following sides twice....
Suns
Giants
Saints
Demons
Eagles
Pies
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Slightly tricky first 4 games - win 2 of those, and we are off and running....
This is now the longest premiership drought in the history of the Carlton Football Club - more evidence of climate change?
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Any team.
Any time.
Any where.
Thats how flags are won.
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Thursday night are really difficult for me. I tutor on Thursday evenings until 1910. Then I have school the next day. Does not suit me at all.
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12-11-2022, 08:11 PM
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(12-11-2022, 06:21 AM)tonyo link Wrote:Slightly tricky first 4 games - win 2 of those, and we are off and running.... Win 2? We must win all 4 and get the season off and running, nuffs enuff. Anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Jon Ralph has us 5-1 and on top of the ladder after 6 rounds.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
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It’s a good fixture for us both in terms of providing a competitive advantage and recognising Bluebagger passion.
It’s not a great fixture for me in that I can generally only get to afternoon games. I may have to explore options for spending the night in Melbourne …
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(12-11-2022, 09:44 PM)DJC link Wrote:It’s a good fixture for us both in terms of providing a competitive advantage and recognising Bluebagger passion.
It’s not a great fixture for me in that I can generally only get to afternoon games. I may have to explore options for spending the night in Melbourne …
Yep. Great draw in just about every aspect. Similar to you, David, we're about an hour and half from the city by train... little less by car. Looks like some buddies close to the city will be having some evening house guests from time to time!
Not too many sides finish 9th and end up with a draw the following year like we have, but then not many sides deliver on attendance/viewer numbers like we do... great for the AFL, great for the sponsors, great for us.
Now to deliver.
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(12-11-2022, 10:22 PM)Baggers date Wrote:Not too many sides finish 9th and end up with a draw the following year like we have, but then not many sides deliver on attendance/viewer numbers like we do... great for the AFL, great for the sponsors, great for us. Yet apparently, if you listened to BT, Jab Snr, Darcy or Derwhine at times last season, nobody wanted to watch or commentate our boring unimportant games! 
What are the networks going to do, those commentators are in an untenable position, we are the AFL's Ace in hand and they spew vitriol every time they are forced to call one of our games!
I'm guessing somebody at our club gets a gold star and a lollypop, I wonder who?
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Only 2 of last year's top 8 twice is pretty good....especially given we were in the top 8 ourselves for all bar about 30 seconds of the season.
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(12-12-2022, 02:25 AM)WASurfer link Wrote:Only 2 of last year's top 8 twice is pretty good....especially given we were in the top 8 ourselves for all bar about 30 seconds of the season.
According to Zerohanger:
“Carlton seem like big winners both on field and off, with the Blues handed plenty of financially beneficial prime time matches. The Blues feature heavily on Thursday and Friday matches and play GWS, St Kilda, West Coast, Collingwood, Melbourne and Gold Coast twice.”
Our draw should give us a decent leg up and top four should be within reach. Taking advantage of the draw by winning the games we shouldn’t lose and holding on in the close games should mean that we go deep in the finals.
If the faithful turn up like they did last season, we’ll have another very profitable year.
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