According to Rohan Connolly there are seven teams with tougher draws than ours:
2015 AFL fixture: the winners and losers
According to Rohan Connolly there are seven teams with tougher draws than ours:
2015 AFL fixture: the winners and losers
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
With regards the toughness of the draw you can't predict what is going to happen with the competition, viz teams on the improve vs teams on the decline. Certainly there are presumptions e.g. Saints having a young inexperienced team, likewise Hawthorn having a strong experienced player list. However who would have predicted the turn around of Port Adelaide from 2012 season? It really doesn't matter who we play in the draw. Which teams are going to improve and who are the sliders? Of course this will have a bearing on the draw. We can speculate which teams will improve and those which will slide. However the things which are certain with our draw are 2 trips to W.A. and 17 twilight/night games and only 4 games in Melbourne, which is disappointing for the Melbourne/Victoria based supporters. At the end of the day the draw "is what it is".
That's fine - but $260 + $100 for Premiership Club is a lot of money to get entry into 5 games (noting there is no Geelong game included either). If you live in Melbourne, the added entries to other games might be really useful. But I live in Canberra and don't get to Melbourne as much as I used to. Its a lot of money when it'll probably be 2 or 3 games I'll get to in Melbourne in total and maybe 1 or 2 games @ the G in addition
I think I'm going to swap my Vic Membership for an ACT Membership instead, and then upgrade my country membership to a Red 11 Membership. Still work out a lot cheaper then keeping the Vic one, and I can still get into 3 games in Melbourne (2 Etihad with ACT membership and 1 MCG with Premiership Club). Worse bit for me is that I can't apply PC to the country membership - it is understandable why you can't, but just a wee bit frustrating as well!
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
You're exactly right Untamed. That Geelong game should never be considered a home game for Vic Swans members. You can't just walk up to the game unless you are prepared to get to the ground hours early and go to standing room (not an option for my aging dad & son with disability). We have paid big money for impossible seating previously. We discussed the fixture last night and it looks like that is one game we won't be attending next year. Sorry team but it is just too hard.
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