2024 Fixture

[Tiger Khosh]

The AFL trying to explain why we only get two Thursday night and no Friday night primetime games.

Go to 0:45 min mark: https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1725059060993593582


"Richmond have had a really strong fixture and strong performance run over a long period of time now. Ultimately, they've got what they've got. [If] they're performing well in the early part of the season, that will be reflected when we release the back part of the fixture."

- Josh Bowler, AFL head of fixturing.

“Ultimately they’ve got what they’ve got” has to be up there with the worst attempts at an explanation ever lol. Anyway not fussed, their ‘formula’ has always been stupid. Sometimes your on the right side of it and sometimes your on the wrong side of it.

[JP Tiger]

Nah.  "Black is black, I want my baby back!", would've been the worst explanation ever!     

[mightytiges]

The AFL have done us no favours.

I think we need to be honest here

We did ourselves no favours with our performances this year. Example: We had primetime against Brisbane at the Gabba and we put up one of the poorest performances of the year.

So our draw reflects that. I'm not surprised we have no Friday nights. Top 8 teams always get the marque timeslots. And our performances on Friday nights outside of the Geelong game were average

The new numpty at HQ in charge of fixturing is right first 15 rounds we play well and we will get decent slots in the run home

Be around the bottom 4 and we have no chance

I would have no issue with that reasoning WP, except the AFL doesn't apply that excuse to other clubs who have bored the public to death in primetime with their inept efforts for years and yet they still got rewarded with more Thursday/Friday nighters than us (i.e. hello 'done nothing for 20 years' Essendon). 

I also think what that AFL numpty said "Ultimately, they’ve got what they’ve got" is a smartalec response. This is the second time in the past three years that the AFL has taken away our 'traditional' season opener despite it attracting massive crowds and TV audiences. Seems the AFL has forgotten last year's match ended in a draw in front of 88k. The AFL now expects us to prove ourselves worthy in primetime when our first primetime game next year will be off the back of a short 5-day break after playing in the middle of the day in the Qld heat & humidity. That's the first of five games in six weeks against last year's top 8 sides. So, unless Yze can suddenly and miraculously turn us back into a top side from the get go, then no doubt the AFL numpty will have a smug look on his face if our season is effectively over by Round 8.

[torch]

Geelong is Geelong is a disgrace.

“Home” match v St Kilda at Marvel is a disgrace, should’ve been an interstate team.

15 matches to go to out of 23 and the price went up, disgrace. You can’t not say the Geelong match we can go to with their minimal tickets available.

4pm Sunday? twice?

Positives - last four matches in Melbourne

No NSW trip

Marvel matches back to back

3 Saturday Night Home matches

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Playing Geelong at their piece of steaming dump of a ground simply cannot be justified.
2021 - 54800
2022 - 59300
2023 - 58100

vs Bombers
2021 - 15,500 (at steaming dumpster)
2023 -  23,200 (same venue)

They had a 54,500 crowd at G

So, this piece of crap oval is costing afl 30,000 fans each time they play there.
Don’t tell it’s because the stand is getting build - who the hell wants to go to the cattery?

Geelong are going to be rubbish next year so their fans won’t go either.

Does that mean the AFL will move their games to Punt Rd as a penalty for not being any good?

[WilliamPowell]

I an not happy about the game in Geelong

But just on that the stands will be finished so capacity will be around 40k

And torch I have no idea what you mean with this 👇

15 matches to go to out of 23 and the price went up, disgrace. You can’t not say the Geelong match we can go to with their minimal tickets available.

What prices have gone up?

[Damo]

Why do they keep saying we got two of the top 6?
Does it include finals as opposed to ladder positions?

Eg St Kilda

Regardless , we were stiff in who we drew for twice in the other bottom 5

West Coast, nup, plus the game against them is away
North, nup

Gave us the other 3.

Then we should have got two in middle bracket.
Nup, give us one and it’s the team that actually finished top bracket before finals.

One in the top bracket.
Nup, gave us two.

What a joke

[Gracie]

Play anyone anywhere

[one-eyed]

Club-by-club AFL fixture report card: Who cashed in, who got dudded in 2024 draw

Max Laughton and Ben Waterworth
Fox Sports
November 17th, 2023

RICHMOND

Games played against...

Top eight: 11

Top four: 5

Bottom 10: 12

Bottom four: 6

Who they play twice: Carlton, Fremantle, Gold Coast Suns, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, St Kilda

Bye weeks: Round 6, Round 15

Average percentage of double-up opponents: 100.4% (sixth-easiest)

Analysis:
 
Not as much primetime love for the Tigers to start the season. The only other primetime slot besides the traditional Round 1 Thursday clash against Carlton is a trip to Adelaide to face the Crows. However that doesn’t include the traditional Anzac Eve clash against Melbourne, which next year lands on a Wednesday night. The Tigers also have two five-day breaks early in the year: Between Opening Round and Round 1 then between Rounds 12 and 13. They’ll also host a match at Marvel Stadium – against Marvel Stadium tenants St Kilda – in Round 22, while they’ll travel to GMHBA Stadium to face Geelong for premiership points for the first time since 2017. Then there’s three trips to Adelaide (including Gather Round), two to Perth and two to Queensland. On the bright side, they have two hat-tricks of MCG clashes (Round 1-3 and 7-9) early in the year before five straight games in Melbourne to end the season – and three of those games are against bottom-four teams from 2023.

Grade:

C-

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[one-eyed]

Why do they keep saying we got two of the top 6?
Does it include finals as opposed to ladder positions?

Eg St Kilda

Yeah, they do. So, while the Saints finished sixth at the end of the H/A season, because they lost to GWS in the Elim Final, they dropped down to 7th overall.

[one-eyed]

The company responsible for the fixture is owned by a Geelong supporter.


https://twitter.com/Jonesracing82/status/1725394324144415078

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1064360/meet-the-canadian-rick-stone-who-helps-build-your-clubs-afl-fixture-software-optimal-planning-solutions-josh-bowler

[WilliamPowell]

The company responsible for the fixture is owned by a Geelong supporter.


https://twitter.com/Jonesracing82/status/1725394324144415078

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1064360/meet-the-canadian-rick-stone-who-helps-build-your-clubs-afl-fixture-software-optimal-planning-solutions-josh-bowler

Long bow to draw there Mr OE 

What I found interesting was the software is used by the EPL, MLB, NHL, NFL to name a few and it seems to work without the apparent bias that we get in the AFL.

That to me points to the HQ putting in the scenarios they want and getting the rest of the draw spat out by the software around it; while adhering to the CBA player requirements

It's comical

[Francois Jackson]

its going to be a very long year.

[Damo]

its going to be a very long year.

Don’t stress
We still have the other thread

[one-eyed]

The company responsible for the fixture is owned by a Geelong supporter.


https://twitter.com/Jonesracing82/status/1725394324144415078

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1064360/meet-the-canadian-rick-stone-who-helps-build-your-clubs-afl-fixture-software-optimal-planning-solutions-josh-bowler

Long bow to draw there Mr OE 

Just having a little fun  .