Your funny
Your the first to sook about the AFL and us losing blockbuster and friday night games etc
And my tyres dont take much air either, their low profile
I think you mean
You're LOL you believing the AFL chooses the fixture to maximise crowds. We finish top 4 in crowd numbers every year and it means bugger all as far as the fixture. It's all about tv ratings and $$$ and if you've been crap on-field you don't get the Friday nighters. It's the neutral supporters that bump up the numbers and they don't watch crap teams and games. Someone in marketing should already know that
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Richmond Friday night games per season: (previous year finish)2008: 0* (16th) *- 1 if you count the Easter Thursday game.
2007: 4 (9th)
2006: 4 (12th)
2005: 1 (16th)
2004: 4 (13th)
2003: 3 (14th)
2002: 7 (3rd)
Wow what a coincidence! A top 4 finish gave us 7 Friday nighters the following year while our wooden spoons gave us a token one at best.
You'll also find Jack that more people in Melbourne watched us on tv play Brisbane (a home game) than Geelong (away game). So much for your theory that supporters prefer watching away games on tv than going
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Saturday Night TV Ratings on TEN Total Syd Melb Bris Adel Perth
HALL OF FAME TRIBUTE MATCH 1,317,000 112,000 676,000 101,000 204,000 225,000
RND 3: ESS vs CARL, BRIS vs SYD 891,000 112,000 445,000 114,000 114,000 106,000
RND 4: SYD vs WCE, PORT vs BRIS 842,000 118,000 333,000 85,000 126,000 179,000
RND 12: ADEL vs HAW, SYD vs ST K 841,000 117,000 351,000 60,000 209,000 105,000
RND 17:
RICH vs BRIS, SYD vs ADEL 822,000 99,000 375,000 76,000 166,000 105,000
RND 11: ESS vs HAW, WCE vs SYD 814,000 134,000 356,000 60,000 102,000 161,000
RND 9: ESS vs
RICH, WCE vs ADEL 806,000 --- 393,000 62,000 158,000 193,000
RND 14: SYDNEY vs COLLINGWOOD 775,000 123,000 387,000 50,000 101,000 114,000
RND 1: ST K vs SYD, WCE vs BRIS 773,000 104,000 303,000 109,000 111,000 146,000
RND 16: ST K vs HAW, BRIS vs WCE 766,000 --- 433,000 79,000 112,000 142,000
RND 13: WCE vs GEEL, BRIS vs ADEL 752,000 --- 354,000 108,000 165,000 125,000
RND 8: CARL vs BRIS, NM vs WCE 721,000 --- 351,000 90,000 108,000 172,000
RND 7:
RICH vs ST K, ADEL vs NM 710,000 --- 391,000 51,000 170,000 97,000
RND 15: ESS vs BRIS, PORT vs NM 704,000 --- 357,000 131,000 120,000 96,000
RND 5: COLL vs NM, BRIS vs HAW 702,000
RND 10: GEEL vs CARL, BRIS vs NM 682,000 --- 363,000 139,000 88,000 92,000
RND 6: WB vs WCE, PORT vs ST K 672,000 --- 323,000 51,000 122,000 176,000
RND 2: ST K vs CARL, FREO vs HAW 669,000 --- 365,000 48,000 130,000 125,000
RND 14: NM vs ST K, WB vs PORT 613,000 --- 334,000 39,000 149,000 91,000
RND 18: GEEL vs
RICH, NM vs BRIS 644,000 --- 365,000 92,000 97,000 91,000
Friday Night TV Ratings on SEVEN RND 17: HAWTHORN vs GEELONG 971,000 19,000 646,000 15,000 150,000 141,000
RND 6: FREMANTLE vs GEELONG 864,000 18,000 441,000 6,000 144,000 254,000
RND 7: WEST COAST vs CARLTON 854,000 26,000 442,000 24,000 144,000 218,000
RND 2: BRISBANE vs COLLINGWOOD 850,000
RND 4: ESSENDON vs W.BULLDOGS 788,000 13,000 472,000 20,000 143,000 141,000
RND 9: COLLINGWOOD vs GEELONG 782,000 7,000 456,000 20,000 126,000 171,000
RND 5: ST KILDA vs ESSENDON 771,000 30,000 481,000 15,000 122,000 124,000
RND 18: COLLINGWOOD vs HAWTHORN 770,000 7,000 493,000 8,000 136,000 125,000
RND 1: CARLTON vs
RICHMOND*** 758,000 --- 466,000 32,000 119,000 141,000
RND 16: KANGAROOS vs COLLINGWOOD 743,000 12,000 486,000 9,000 110,000 126,000
RND 14: ADELAIDE vs GEELONG 741,000 24,000 430,000 12,000 153,000 122,000
RND 13: ST KILDA vs FREMANTLE 726,000 21,000 396,000 13,000 130,000 167,000
RND 8: ST KILDA vs COLLINGWOOD 725,000
RND 3: W.BULLDOGS vs ST KILDA 724,000 19,000 446,000 13,000 131,000 114,000
RND 15: CARLTON vs ST KILDA 724,000
RND 1: PORT ADELAIDE vs GEELONG 706,000 29,000 366,000 31,000 180,000 100,000
RND 10: ADELAIDE vs ESSENDON 695,000
RND 11: KANGAROOS vs GEELONG 688,000 14,000 422,000 15,000 113,000 123,000
RND 12: ESSENDON vs WEST COAST 670,000 11,000 373,000 12,000 109,000 166,000
RND 14: HAWTHORN vs WEST COAST 646,000 26,000 360,000 15,000 92,000 153,000
RND 1 on Thursday night double header.
*** = on TEN