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A sad sign of our times.

Bloody he'll, sturt have that 3 week break with the bye and split round wow, what a fk up. We also have 4 night games to start the season, one being a twilight game.

As we feared, the first product of the dirty Port merger ... the return of the SANFL curtain-raiser.
Fail.
At least it's not our boys ...

No, it's a major fail with the Eagles having the Bye in Split round and Port having 2 games before the Powder Puffs.

Jimmy wrote:Bloody he'll, strut have that 3 week break with the bye and split round wow, what a fk up. We also have 4 night games to start the season, one being a twilight game.

I can think of one way you could have avoided the 3 week break

Sturt v Port in June starts at 11.15am

Thats really going to draw the crowds...

Jimmy wrote:Bloody he'll, strut have that 3 week break with the bye and split round wow, what a fk up. We also have 4 night games to start the season, one being a twilight game.

It's also the second year in a row that the Eagles have the bye over the split round. I'm not sure if it is a good or bad thing - I think we looked a bit rusty in the first quarter of the game following the two week break last season, but you could also argue that it will allow the team to freshen up and have a bit of a break before focusing on a big run into the finals (hopefully).

If Sturt or South didn't want the two weeks off they could have been a bit smarter with the fixturing - maybe swap Glenelg v South with Central v Sturt (and if they want a "blockbuster" game on each weekend, move Norwood vs Port to the second weekend).


From my point of view for the Eagles games:
1. Playing South in round 1 is probably the worst time you want to play them (their recent history early in a season is comparatively better than anytime after mid-May).
2. During the middle of the season we have a run of 12 games of which 6 of these are against either Central or Glenelg. As they are proven performers (at least in the minor round in Glenelg's case), this will be tough section - meaning that a strong start to the season will be critical to finishing in the top-3.
3. Happy not to be playing a curtain-raiser to the Power.

excellent......the Dogs get to unfurl the flag against South in Round 3, one assumes this is to give a few South fans a glimpse of something that haven't seen for 46 years, and then five weeks later we play them again, at Noarlunga, AT NIGHT !!!!!! and then we play THERE AGAIN in round 15, just as well we're close neighbours

also......if you play Norwood v Port rnd 1 at Norwood on a Friday night you'll get 7k to 8k so they decide to make them the pre-match entertainment to enhance the AFL game day experience.......have fun leggies supporters

.....designed by a 4 year old with a pin......

Mr Irate wrote:excellent......the Dogs get to unfurl the flag against South in Round 3, one assumes this is to give a few South fans a glimpse of something that haven't seen for 46 years, and then five weeks later we play them again, at Noarlunga, AT NIGHT !!!!!! and then we play THERE AGAIN in round 15, just as well we're close neighbours

also......if you play Norwood v Port rnd 1 at Norwood on a Friday night you'll get 7k to 8k so they decide to make them the pre-match entertainment to enhance the AFL game day experience.......have fun leggies supporters

.....designed by a 4 year old with a pin......

i disagree mr Irate, no 4yo in the world would come up with that, as they are more intelligent than that

Mr Irate wrote:excellent......the Dogs get to unfurl the flag against South in Round 3, one assumes this is to give a few South fans a glimpse of something that haven't seen for 46 years, and then five weeks later we play them again, at Noarlunga, AT NIGHT !!!!!! and then we play THERE AGAIN in round 15, just as well we're close neighbours

also......if you play Norwood v Port rnd 1 at Norwood on a Friday night you'll get 7k to 8k so they decide to make them the pre-match entertainment to enhance the AFL game day experience.......have fun leggies supporters

.....designed by a 4 year old with a pin......

gee, that's fair! top side plays bottom side 3 times!!

Dutchy wrote:Sturt v Port in June starts at 11.15am

Thats really going to draw the crowds...

on a saturday when some other supporters that would been watching it might be working in the morning or going to there hills, country, saafl footy. sanfl have got it wrong with these cusrtain raiser games. all they have done is bent ove backwards to please the bagpipes and paps.

not happy that i have to go to prospect twice
5 night games at richmond you beauty

have these clubs been given a reason ($) to agree to this ?

Draw looks okay from an SAFC perspective, night matches at Panther Park will likely go pretty well in terms of crowd numbers and interest from the locals which is a good way to continue the work to connect the club to the area. Unsure why rounds 5 & 6 don't have a night match whereas other rounds have doubles, early in the season is the time to go for it?

On the negative, opening the season at an AFL match is an absolute disgrace. A number of people who would normally be going to the opening match of the season that barrack for neither club will likely not be bothering.

June 4 night game at Noarlunga?? It's December 26th, not April 1st isn't it????

Can't wait for that one.....

Jimmy wrote:Bloody he'll, sturt have that 3 week break with the bye and split round wow, what a fk up. We also have 4 night games to start the season, one being a twilight game.

blame Matt Duldig.

CENTURION wrote:

Mr Irate wrote:excellent......the Dogs get to unfurl the flag against South in Round 3, one assumes this is to give a few South fans a glimpse of something that haven't seen for 46 years, and then five weeks later we play them again, at Noarlunga, AT NIGHT !!!!!! and then we play THERE AGAIN in round 15, just as well we're close neighbours

also......if you play Norwood v Port rnd 1 at Norwood on a Friday night you'll get 7k to 8k so they decide to make them the pre-match entertainment to enhance the AFL game day experience.......have fun leggies supporters

.....designed by a 4 year old with a pin......

gee, that's fair! top side plays bottom side 3 times!!

Armchair ride into the finals...

No State match... *insert f-bombs here*

FAIL!

Dogsbody wrote:No State match... *insert f-bombs here*

FAIL!

Unfortunately I think state footy is dead. I don't think we'll see another one imo. Hope I'm wrong though and this is just a one off.