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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: WilliamPowell on October 30, 2018, 01:21:26 PM
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RICHMOND'S Wish list from the AFL website
What they'll want:
The Tigers aren't demanding anything extraordinary. They'd like a balance between marquee timeslots (Thursday/Friday nights) and family-friendly Sunday games, limited back-to-back travel and no home games at Marvel Stadium. They also want as many decent breaks between rounds as possible, although the club acknowledges it will have to deal with Anzac Day Eve falling on a Wednesday. The Tigers' big-ticket items – the season opener against Carlton, Dreamtime at the 'G against Essendon and Anzac Day Eve versus Melbourne – are priorities, and they've already secured the round one clash with the Blues for Thursday, March 21.
The game the fans will be looking for:
Whenever they play Collingwood. They'll be fired up after being unceremoniously dumped out of the finals by the Magpies and there will be no love lost when the teams meet again.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-10-30/tigers-fixture-wish-list
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:lol :lol
Fixture release has been delayed until Thursday
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But from The Age
Richmond to face Collingwood in second-round blockbuster
By Jake Niall30 October 2018 — 4:36pm
Richmond will host Collingwood in a Thursday-night blockbuster to begin the second round of the 2019 AFL season.
And Essendon will move into a Good Friday slot, to play North Melbourne in place of St Kilda.
The scheduling of last year’s preliminary finalists and fierce rivals on the Thursday night means the Tigers will play consecutive Thursday night games to start the season. Richmond, as usual, will play Carlton in the first game of the year.
Clearly, the AFL is capitalising on the strong form and popularity of the Magpies and Tigers, who reprised a century-old rivalry last year when the clubs made the top four and played off in a preliminary final, in which Collingwood upset the flag favourites.
Richmond, therefore, have at least four stand-alone blockbuster games: the opening two rounds, Anzac eve against a resurgent Melbourne, and the well-established Dreamtime at the ’G game against another competition giant, Essendon.
That will be the Tigers only game against Essendon in the home and away season with the Bombers set to meet Collingwood twice.
Collingwood will open their season in a Friday night clash with Geelong, the AFL having released the opening-round fixture earlier this week
The Magpies will be financially rewarded with more prime-time slots in next year’s fixture as a reward for their rise to the grand final. But their draw is expected to be more difficult, in terms of the quality of opponents they will face twice.
As the 13th team in 2017, they played the Brisbane Lions, Carlton and Fremantle twice last season, in addition to Richmond and Essendon.
The Tigers will be the away team to Carlton in the opening round, but will be the home side for round two. It is also their turn to host the Demons in the Anzac eve game, which has mushroomed into one of the season’s marquee matches in the space of only a few short seasons.
The Bombers will have a high number of stand-alone games, with the Good Friday clash their latest marquee fixture. They are also expected to play Collingwood twice, but have only one outing against Richmond, in the Dreamtime game.
Conversely, Carlton are set to be largely stripped of prime-time slots next season, having been surprisingly handed one Thursday night and four Friday night games last season.
St Kilda will also lose their prime fixture on Good Friday against North Melbourne, while Greater Western Sydney is expected to once again play a Friday night game in Canberra.
The complete 2019 AFL draw is set to be released on Thursday.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-to-face-collingwood-in-second-round-blockbuster-20181030-p50cyd.html
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Why are we always the only Big 4 club that doesn't get to play the other three twice? >:(
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Hope Lynch is fit for Round 2. He and Jack will kick 11 against Langton or Nutsack
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they'll play big Cox on Lynch....:shh and the big man from the US of A will have 43 touches and Bruce will get speeeeeeeeeeeeeecccccccccccccciaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllll...:shh
Balance her up, she's home
Yes I have had a few :shh :shh
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Why are we always the only Big 4 club that doesn't get to play the other three twice? >:(
If we don't, that means the team we play once also can only play two twice. That means there are always only two big 4 teams that can play each of the other 3 twice. Yes, we are never one of the other two. :banghead
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Why are we always the only Big 4 club that doesn't get to play the other three twice? >:(
If we don't, that means the team we play once also can only play two twice. That means there are always only two big 4 teams that can play each of the other 3 twice. Yes, we are never one of the other two. :banghead
For 2019 also has to do with where each club finished at the end of round 19-20... we finished top 6, so we cannot play both Essendon and Carlton twice ...
And seriously who are the big 4 these days? Richmond, Collingwood, Essendon and ????
Certainly not Carlton ;D
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Richmond vs Collingwood should have been Good Friday. Why do Essendon who disgraced the competition get Good Friday. Its a disgraceful decision.
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they'll play big Cox on Lynch....:shh and the big man from the US of A will have 43 touches and Bruce will get speeeeeeeeeeeeeecccccccccccccciaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllll...:shh
Balance her up, she's home
Yes I have had a few :shh :shh
You're off your chops Big Man
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Richmond vs Collingwood should have been Good Friday. Why do Essendon who disgraced the competition get Good Friday. Its a disgraceful decision.
good friday
dreamtime
anzac
makes me sick but what do you expect?? The afl corrupt bastards want to lick their balls now
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they'll play big Cox on Lynch....:shh and the big man from the US of A will have 43 touches and Bruce will get speeeeeeeeeeeeeecccccccccccccciaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllll...:shh
Balance her up, she's home
Yes I have had a few :shh :shh
You're off your chops Big Man
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Nah I'm all good. back to normal business
BEllis is doing A LOT of extras. Hearing he's roaring to get back on the big stage such as R2 vs Collingwood.....:shh
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BEllis is doing A LOT of extras. Hearing he's roaring to get back on the big stage such as R2 vs Collingwood.....:shh
Don't think the VFL starts until later :rollin
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Richmond vs Collingwood should have been Good Friday. Why do Essendon who disgraced the competition get Good Friday. Its a disgraceful decision.
Richmond and Collingwood don't get it because the AFL only wanted Good Friday, not Great Friday.
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Mark Stevens on Ch 7 news tonight confirmed our first two games are Thursday nighters:
Round 1, Thursday night, March 21 .... Carlton vs Richmond
Round 2, Thursday night, March 28 .... Richmond vs Collingwood
Richmond vs Collingwood should have been Good Friday. Why do Essendon who disgraced the competition get Good Friday. Its a disgraceful decision.
We were vying against Essendon to play North on Good Friday but the AFL wanted us and Melbourne to have the same short lead in (4 day break) into Anzac Eve (the following Wednesday night). On the other hand, with Collingwood playing on Easter Thursday then Essendon had to play on Good Friday. So we missed out and will play on Easter Saturday.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/north-to-play-essendon-or-richmond-on-good-friday-20181029-p50co7.html
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I really don’t care who we play twice or even what day we have to play or any poo like that but I do not want to play home games at Marvel Stadium.
It’s complete BS that any team has to play their home games there unless it’s their home ground.
For the life of me I cannot understand why we would have to now the AFL own the ground and the agreement is finished.
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I really don’t care who we play twice or even what day we have to play or any poo like that but I do not want to play home games at Marvel Stadium.
It’s complete BS that any team has to play their home games there unless it’s their home ground.
For the life of me I cannot understand why we would have to now the AFL own the ground and the agreement is finished.
:clapping
Last time I checked the AFL wanted to maximise attendances
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Here it is:
http://www.afl.com.au/fixture#season=CD_S2019014&team=CD_T120&tz=VENUE
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Only one home game at the 'G in the first 5 rounds :P.
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Richmond's Official 2019 Fixture
Round 1 Carlton Thursday, March 21 7:20 PM AEDT MCG Away
Round 2 Collingwood Thursday, March 28 7:20 PM AEDT MCG Home
Round 3 GWS Giants Saturday, April 06 4:35 PM AEDT Spotless Away
Round 4 Port Adelaide Saturday, April 13 4:05 PM ACST Adelaide Oval Away
Round 5 Sydney Saturday, April 20 7:25 PM AEST Marvel "Home"
Round 6 Melbourne Wednesday, April 24 7:35 PM AEST MCG Home
Round 7 W.Bulldogs Saturday, May 04 7:25 PM AEST Marvel Away
Round 8 Fremantle Sunday, May 12 3:20 PM AWST Optus Stadium Away
Round 9 Hawthorn Sunday, May 19 3:20 PM AEST MCG Home
Round 10 Essendon Saturday, May 25 7:25 PM AEST MCG Home
Round 11 North Melb. Friday, May 31 7:50 PM AEST Marvel Away
Round 12 Geelong Friday, June 07 7:50 PM AEST MCG Home
Round 13 Adelaide Thursday, June 13 7:20 PM ACST Adelaide Oval Away
Round 14 --- Bye ---
Round 15 St Kilda Sunday, June 30 1:10 PM AEST Marvel Away
Round 16 Gold Coast Saturday, July 06 2:10 PM AEST Metricon Away
Round 17 GWS Giants Sunday, July 14 1:10 PM AEST MCG Home
Round 18 Port Adelaide Saturday, July 20 1:45 PM AEST MCG Home
Round 19 Collingwood Friday, July 26 7:50 PM AEST MCG Away
Round 20 Melbourne Saturday, August 03 7:25 PM AEST MCG Away
Round 21 Carlton Sunday, August 11 3:20 PM AEST MCG Home
Round 22 West Coast Sunday, August 18 1:10 PM AEST MCG Home
Round 23 Brisbane Friday-Sunday, August 23-25 MCG Home
http://www.afl.com.au/fixture#season=CD_S2019014&team=CD_T120&tz=VENUE
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GWS, Port, Coll, Melb and Carl 2ce.
Seems a little unfair to me.
Spose Port and GWS were technically middle 6 teams
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Double up against: Carlton, Collingwood, GWS, Melbourne and Port Adelaide.
Days:
Wednesday night 1
Thursday night 3
Friday night 3
Saturday arvo 2
Saturday twilight 2
Saturday night 4
Sunday arvo 3
Sunday twilight 3
Venue:
MCG 13
Marvel 4
Adelaide Oval 2
Optus Stadium 1
Spotless 1
Metricon 1
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GWS, Port, Coll, Melb and Carl 2ce.
Seems a little unfair to me.
Spose Port and GWS were technically middle 6 teams
And weakened with loss of players in trade season
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We have 13 Free To Air TV games.
VIDEO: https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1057803626956054528
The Club will again pay tribute to its supporters with ‘Member Thank You Round’ to be held in Round 23 against Brisbane at the MCG.
The Round 23 clash will be the last of seven consecutive MCG matches to close out the regular season.
In total the Tigers have 13 matches at the MCG in 2019 – of which 10 are home games.
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-11-01/thursday-nights-launch-2019-season
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Ill have to get night vision goggles
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What ever happened to if you play a team away one year, you play them at home the next year?
North
Gold Coast
WTF!
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What ever happened to if you play a team away one year, you play them at home the next year?
North
Gold Coast
WTF!
Add Sydney to that but from Sydneys perspective as being the away team
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I get that draw is not equitable
18 teams being able to play each other twice can't be done when the H&A season is made up of 22 games per team; so it can't be
But seriously, the one thing these morons at HQ should do is make sure in the first 17 rounds each team plays each other once - that is fair
That we don't play WCE until round 22 and Brisbane rd 23 is farcical :banghead
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Us vs WCE is a pretty big fixture at the minute too. Not going to be anywhere near as big if one of us poos the bed next season and are out of the 8 by R22
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Pros and cons: Our verdict on your club's 2019 fixture
Jennifer Phelan
AFL.com.au
Nov 1, 2018 3:30PM
RICHMOND
PROS:
A balance of prime-time and family-friendly timeslots with 11 matches under lights, seven during the day and three twilight with round 23 TBA. With the exception of the four-day break they cop to play on Anzac Day Eve, they have decent gaps between games with no five-day breaks and 10 days off after round six. They also play their last seven games at the MCG.
CONS:
They didn't want back-to-back travel but will hit the road in rounds three and four when they face the Giants and Power in consecutive weeks. As per the weighted system, they'll face 2018 finalists Collingwood, GWS and Melbourne twice, which they would have expected. They've also been given a home game at Marvel Stadium (round five against Sydney), which they lobbied against.
MAKE OR BREAK:
With not much to complain about venue-wise after the bye, their toughest period looks to be in the first two months with clashes against four 2018 finalists and three interstate trips.
MCG KINGS TO STORM INTO SEPTEMBER:
Before losing to Collingwood in the preliminary final, the Tigers had won 22 in a row at the MCG. They again start and end their season at their home ground, and have an enviable streak of seven successive games at the venue to propel them into the finals.
WE SAY:
Pretty good all up, although they'll be dirty they're hosting Sydney at Marvel Stadium again despite specifically asking for all home games to be at the MCG. The back-to-back travel will also annoy, but even that is offset by the fact they don't leave the MCG after round 16. They'll deal with the four-day break to play on Anzac Day Eve with a 10-day gap sweetener on the other side. Their run to the bye could challenge: Richmond faces Hawthorn, Essendon, North and Geelong before a trip to their somewhat-dreaded Adelaide Oval to face the Crows. However, they do play 2018 wooden-spooner Carlton at either end of the season. - Jennifer Phelan
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-01/pros-and-cons-our-verdict-on-your-clubs-2019-fixture
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Champion Data has us with the 6th easiest draw.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dq4XdShVAAEV_Gi.jpg)
On the other hand, watch for the Tigers to purr home. Their last seven games are played at the MCG, of which one will be their round 22 clash with premiers West Coast. They don't face the Eagles in Perth, either, and Champion Data rates theirs the 13th hardest fixture.
Back-to-back road trips to Greater Wester Sydney and Adelaide in rounds three and four present a difficulty early for Damien Hardwick, but the Tigers, having dominated last year before falling at the preliminary final, have a friendly draw and loom as contenders again.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-01/fixture-analysis-pies-back-half-from-hell-tigers-cruise
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-01/easiest-draw-to-hardest-pies-uphill-battle-for-another-gf
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I get that draw is not equitable
18 teams being able to play each other twice can't be done when the H&A season is made up of 22 games per team; so it can't be
But seriously, the one thing these morons at HQ should do is make sure in the first 17 rounds each team plays each other once - that is fair
That we don't play WCE until round 22 and Brisbane rd 23 is farcical :banghead
Add to the stupidity of AFL HQ, us playing the Swans at Docklands once again who have a decent Melbourne supporter base while we play the Giants who have no support at the MCG.
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What ever happened to if you play a team away one year, you play them at home the next year?
North
Gold Coast
WTF!
No coincidence we are the away team to minnow clubs like North, Bullodogs, St Kilda & the Suns. The AFL using our massive member/supporter base to prop the home attendances and pockets of these club.
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What ever happened to if you play a team away one year, you play them at home the next year?
North
Gold Coast
WTF!
No coincidence we are the away team to minnow clubs like North, Bullodogs, St Kilda & the Suns. The AFL using our massive member/supporter base to prop the home attendances and pockets of these club.
Yep, comes with the territory of being the biggest AFL club.
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What ever happened to if you play a team away one year, you play them at home the next year?
North
Gold Coast
WTF!
No coincidence we are the away team to minnow clubs like North, Bullodogs, St Kilda & the Suns. The AFL using our massive member/supporter base to prop the home attendances and pockets of these club.
Yep, comes with the territory of being the biggest AFL club.
Collingwood think they are just quietly
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What ever happened to if you play a team away one year, you play them at home the next year?
North
Gold Coast
WTF!
No coincidence we are the away team to minnow clubs like North, Bullodogs, St Kilda & the Suns. The AFL using our massive member/supporter base to prop the home attendances and pockets of these club.
Yep, comes with the territory of being the biggest AFL club.
Collingwood think they are just quietly
We all know they are deluded.
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Why are we always the only Big 4 club that doesn't get to play the other three twice? >:(
If we don't, that means the team we play once also can only play two twice. That means there are always only two big 4 teams that can play each of the other 3 twice. Yes, we are never one of the other two. :banghead
For 2019 also has to do with where each club finished at the end of round 19-20... we finished top 6, so we cannot play both Essendon and Carlton twice ...
And seriously who are the big 4 these days? Richmond, Collingwood, Essendon and ????
Certainly not Carlton ;D
Hawthorn
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Hawthorn? Not sure about that either. Biggest turncoats going around that lot
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Based on the double up games, both SA sides have been given the easiest draw next year.
Our H&A record this year was 4-2 against Carl, Coll, GWS, Melb & Port. 4-3 if you include the Prelim loss to the Pies.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-06/twice-as-nice-or-double-trouble-your-clubs-fixture-form