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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby woodublieve12 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:40 am

Tiger83 wrote:
woodublieve12 wrote:Tough one first up but happy to be the first to play on the new deck



Tough one?? You will win by 15 goals! The Weagles will be bottom 4

No they won’t be. Massive occasion in their new stadium. And we aren’t usually great starters to the season
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Brodlach » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:14 am

Eagles will be pumped to win first up at the new stadium
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby MW » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:18 am

Surprised they didn't have a derby for the first game
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby woodublieve12 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:23 am

MW wrote:Surprised they didn't have a derby for the first game

Yeah same
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Brodlach » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:26 am

We didn’t have a Showdown at Adelaide Oval
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Jim05 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:27 am

MW wrote:Surprised they didn't have a derby for the first game

Was the Eagles home game and they requested one of the big 4 Vic clubs to open the ground. They wanted the highest ratings they could get Australia wide and the derby hardly rates in other states. It’s why it is also at a crap time in WA but prime time for the Eastern states
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Jim05 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:30 am

Couple of other leaks with the Crows hosting Richmond in round 2 on Easter Thursday night and Essendon travelling to Perth for a Easter Saturday night game for Freo’s stadium opening
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby MW » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:21 am

Brodlach wrote:We didn’t have a Showdown at Adelaide Oval


Which also surprised me
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Booney » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:30 am

MW wrote:
Brodlach wrote:We didn’t have a Showdown at Adelaide Oval


Which also surprised me


Would never work, the "away" team would kick up too much of a fuss.
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby MW » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:33 am

True, but either way, there will always be a first 'home' team regardless of a derby or not.
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby valleys07 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:49 am

Brodlach wrote:We didn’t have a Showdown at Adelaide Oval


You're referring to the 2011 PA v Melbourne being the 1st game?
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Brodlach » Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:19 am

valleys07 wrote:
Brodlach wrote:We didn’t have a Showdown at Adelaide Oval


You're referring to the 2011 PA v Melbourne being the 1st game?

Round 1 2012
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby valleys07 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:25 pm

Brodlach wrote:
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Brodlach wrote:We didn’t have a Showdown at Adelaide Oval


You're referring to the 2011 PA v Melbourne being the 1st game?

Round 1 2012


If you're referring to the move to AO at the start of 2014, then the Showdown in R2 was the first game.

Port played Carlton in R1 of 2014 at Etihad, Adelaide played Geelong at Skilled.

Round 2 was the Showdown, the first game at the redeveloped AO.
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Brodlach » Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:34 pm

Im clearly wrong then (see not hard to admit Morrell ;) )

I didn't think the first game at the new AO was a showdown I thought it was Port v Melbourne for some reason
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Wedgie » Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:49 pm

Seems Sydney and GWS get the worst draws having to play 3 fellow top 6 sides twice next year, a quirk of having to have two battle of the bridges I assume. Other top sides play 2 fellow top 6 sides twice.
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2018 AFL Season

Postby Jim05 » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:22 am

Not a bad draw for us. Tough opening month. Plenty of night and twilight games with 6 interstate trips. Finish with Port at AO. Finally get the Swans in Melbourne
Carlton get 4 Friday night games WTF??
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Feenix » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:29 am

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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Dogwatcher » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:42 am

Brodlach wrote:Im clearly wrong then (see not hard to admit Morrell ;) )

I didn't think the first game at the new AO was a showdown I thought it was Port v Melbourne for some reason


That was before the redevelopment. That was when Port fans were boycotting Footy Park ;)
Was it the first AFL game at Adelaide Oval, though?
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby Spargo » Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:11 am

Essendon only play one top six side twice, yet Port, Melb, St.K & Hawthorn all play at top six side twice?
Extremely favourable draw for the Bombers, plenty of night games & “blockbusters”. The AFL certainly want them playing finals again...
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Re: 2018 AFL Season

Postby bennymacca » Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:19 am

Spargo wrote:Essendon only play one top six side twice, yet Port, Melb, St.K & Hawthorn all play at top six side twice?
Extremely favourable draw for the Bombers, plenty of night games & “blockbusters”. The AFL certainly want them playing finals again...


They’ve given Collingwood every chance to be up and about too
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