http://www.afl.com.au/fixtures/tabid/10586/default.aspx
With AFL moving to 7 Mate next year in Sydney (hence ending the need to have no AFL games leading into news/prime time etc), our times have really changed around including Sat night twilight and 3.15pm starts on Sundays and a Sunday twilight over West.
Only play GWS and Collingwood at ANZ!
Looks like we still get our 5 games + Geelong in Vic!!
I'm happy with that.Originally Posted by ScottH
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Only 2 home games at ANZ? Brilliant.
And both completely missable;
The yearly loss to the Pies, and the gimme 4 points against the scum.
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So the teams we play twice are Hawthorn, Geelong, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs and GWS. Not an overly easy group of teams, though it is a bit of an unknown whether the 2012 St Kilda will be more like the 2009-10 model or the 2011 model. Can't see the Dogs rebounding into the top 8, especially since they have lost Hall and don't have anyone close to being able to replace him in their forward line. So two top teams, two bottomish teams and one unknown.
What a mishmash of game times! I kinda liked it when all games were either 2pm or 7:30pm!! I assume that's because of the new TV deal... We have 12 games in Sydney again - let's make it count. I'm not fond of the late starts on Sunday (don't mind them on Saturday, that's what sundays are for!!).
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Agree. 3.15 on a Sunday is no good. No good at all.
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3.15pm in Melbourne on a Sunday is awful for me as it gives minimal if even no ability to get back to Canberra on Sunday evening meaning you have to stay overnight in Melbourne. Not happy with that timeslot at all.
Wow, what a fixture. As Roy and HG might say "It's a season of two halves".
We'll have to pile on the wins in the first half and hope we remain in form and healthy for the second.
Agreed. Looks like a tough run home on paper.
The draw seems good though. I agree that the later day time starts are all over the place, but more games during daylight hours is better for quality of play, less dew and taking the kids, so I'm all for that. We'll notice the benefits of the extra game in Sydney too. Only 10 trips interstate and only two away from the east coast. I did prefer our annual end of season clash with Brisbane to a trip to Geelong though!!!
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We are typically spared any of the twilight or "run into news" timeslots, but with all the free to air in Sydney moving to 7 Mate this year, it's open slather on the timeslots for the Swans. The performance of the Saturday twilight will be interesting.
The FTA ratings in Sydney for the West Coast game will be interesting too, 4.40pm Sydney time on a Sunday is unchartered territory for us!
That's why it's on 7mate. The Swans games just dont get ratings. At least they have put them on 7mate so that's lucky for those without Foxtel.
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