Eagles Programming

[Oval Ave]

what do others think about the program? The eagles will have played half the season without a bye then get the 3 byes in last half of year. Will that help in preparing for finals or will it be too many stops and starts over the last 10 rounds?

[dedja]

That's why you have 2 games on North atm ... they had the opposite draw.

as mentioned in another topic, crazy.

[SnappyTom]

Ummm, care factor zero.
I'm over it!

ST...

[tigerhutch]

With the doggies imploding no longer need a bye. problem solve it !!

[eaglehaslanded]

Yeah is seems rather a funny draw. The fact that we have played both West & Central twice before playing Norwood for the first time or having the bye for the first time. Although having 3 byes in 13 weeks isn't ideal we should be fresh heading into a finals campaign.

[MightyEagles]

I'd like to be Minor Premier before the finals, but with the last round bye, I would be happy finishing the minor round at least 2nd and no lower then 3rd.

[Mickyj]

I'd like to be Minor Premier before the finals, but with the last round bye, I would be happy finishing the minor round at least 2nd and no lower then 3rd.

Geez your pretty confident ME

[MightyEagles]

I'd like to be Minor Premier before the finals, but with the last round bye, I would be happy finishing the minor round at least 2nd and no lower then 3rd.

Geez your pretty confident ME

I mean I'd like to finish the minor round 2nd or 3rd, just got my words all mixed up.

[EasyE]

But if the Eagles miss the finals, they will be fresh for the cricket season.......

[Adelaide Hawk]

I've never seen a team favoured by a draw yet. If a team is good enough, they'll find a way to win the flag.

[dedja]

I've never seen a team favoured by a draw yet. If a team is good enough, they'll find a way to win the flag.

absolutely true in the SANFL ... the AFL is another matter

[Adelaide Hawk]

I've never seen a team favoured by a draw yet. If a team is good enough, they'll find a way to win the flag.

absolutely true in the SANFL ... the AFL is another matter

How do you reckon that? We keep hearing how Collingwood are favoured in the draw, and yet they haven't won a flag since 1990. People keep going on about the "travel factor", and the disadvantages that brings, and yet every flag from 2001 to 2006 were won by teams who played half their games interstate.

I just think if you're good enough, you'll win, no matter what the draw.

[Barto]

Has anyone from the SANFL explained why the draw is all over the place like this? IIRC the first few years of having 9 clubs, the draw wasn't like this.

[am Bays]

Has anyone from the SANFL explained why the draw is all over the place like this? IIRC the first few years of having 9 clubs, the draw wasn't like this.

My understanding is that the SANFL like teh AFL try to take into consideration clubs requests for the draw and teh AFL fixtures compared to 10 years ago when itw as more of a case of: "this is the draw like it or lump it".

So with Glenelg requesting a game on Quens B'Day weekend and Sturt riding on our coat-tails requesting a home game that day too, Norwood and Centrals wanting night games (and the subsequent programming of breaks), teams wanting to play Sunday games to avoid local leagues etc, Port Magpies wanting to avoid games when Port Power are playing, the SANFL wanting wherever to possible to avoid clashes with Crows games etc the draw for the SANFL becomes more complicated.

Hence the current relatively confusing draw.

[Wedgie]

Has anyone from the SANFL explained why the draw is all over the place like this? IIRC the first few years of having 9 clubs, the draw wasn't like this.

My understanding is that the SANFL like teh AFL try to take into consideration clubs requests for the draw and teh AFL fixtures compared to 10 years ago when itw as more of a case of: "this is the draw like it or lump it".

So with Glenelg requesting a game on Quens B'Day weekend and Sturt riding on our coat-tails requesting a home game that day too, Norwood and Centrals wanting night games (and the subsequent programming of breaks), teams wanting to play Sunday games to avoid local leagues etc, Port Magpies wanting to avoid games when Port Power are playing, the SANFL wanting wherever to possible to avoid clashes with Crows games etc the draw for the SANFL becomes more complicated.

Hence the current relatively confusing draw.

Looking at what North requested I'd assume the opposite.
They used to get more of what they wanted when the draw was more logical.

[am Bays]

Thats because they just like to give the good folk on rocketrooster.com something to talk about....