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(11-15-2023, 10:04 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Farken joke! We are one the biggest clubs in the land with almost 100K members and we have to go to crapsville to play the Bears rnd one. I couldn't give a toss about opening the season, but to schedule us interstate rnd one is a slap in the face to us members.
Here's a thought for rnd 1:
Thurs Night Bris v GC
Frid Night Syd v GWS
Sat Day early WC v Freo early arvo Melb time Coll v Ess
Sat Night Carl v Rich
Sun Day PA v Ade, StKilda v Melb
Sun Night Geel v Haw
Monday Night NM v Foots
Rotate the opener around every year, everyplays at home in front of their fans.
Its not that farken hard AFL you imbeciles.
Great schedule, GTC old son, especially for those who attend games. However... the AFL has a major consideration - TV / streaming audience numbers (ratings) and giving advertisers bang for their buck.
Your Thur and Fri schedule would be terrific for local fans but the TV / streaming audience nationally (particularly Vic, SA & WA) would be a few goats, the odd ferret and easily amused crickets - a ratings disaster.
Unfortunately, the commercial reality is TV / streaming ratings are king for the AFL.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17
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Getting the toughest game of football out of the way round 1 is not a bad thing from a team point of view.
Especially if we win it.
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The AFL is all about marketing and not about the fans, it is not about the football and certainly not about the players. The Club's attitude of just turning up and playing whoever and wherever is the right one because there is no point complaining. The AFL doesn't care.
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It's the price we pay for being good again ;D
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Awesome fixture - would have like a couple of Saturday night games we like going to the pub after the footy on Friday nights etc.
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(11-15-2023, 11:23 AM)Lods link Wrote::
:-\ ???
When is an 'opening' round not round 1 ?
I give in ??
Opening: coming at the beginning of something; initial.
More absolute amateur nonsensical garbage from an organisation that's lost.
Lost: unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts.
"Help! We're lost!"
Coming together is the beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
Henry Ford.
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11-17-2023, 02:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-17-2023, 02:16 AM by LP.)
Let's face it, this is probably about the AFL throwing rocks at the NRL and Soccer more than anything to do with crowds or members. More of a strategic move in response to potential threatening opponents than anything else.
Fans can speculate, but we only hear about this stuff after decisions are made, we aren't privy to the commercial / corporate intelligence or sponsor feedback that underwrites these decisions.
The more "out of the blue" an action is, the less it has to do with you!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"
