Malthouse wants "FAIRER" FIXture !!

Eastern · Post: # 1119280Post **Eastern** » Fri 12 Aug 2011 6:19pm

When commenting on the gap between the have's & have not's in the AFL, Mick Malthouse said that a fairer FIXture should be a priority;

Let's have a look at Collingwoods FIXture for the past xx years (and probably next year) to see what Collingwood can give up to even up the FIXture a bit;

The Collingwood season consists of 16 games at the MCG, 2 games at Etihad Stadium, 1 game at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, 1 game in Perth v Freemantle, 1 game in Adelaide (Friday Night) v Port Adelaide and 1 game in Brisbane or Gold Coast. They NEVER travel more than 4 times per year

They also have locked in ANZAC Day

They have HOME & AWAY games v Essendon and Carlton each and every year

They DO NOT play Adelaide in Adelaide or West Coast in Perth

They also have locked in away games v Melbourne (Queens Birthday) and North Melbourne

So Mick, which parts of the "Standard Collingwood FIXture" are you & Eddie prepared to sacrifice in the interests of FAIRNESS & EQUITY? !!

i_luv_nick_riewoldt · Fri 12 Aug 2011 6:21pm

Mick has to be joking! What a muppet. It's more like a "collingwood football league"

gringo · Post: # 1119282Post **gringo** » Fri 12 Aug 2011 6:29pm

...for when he is at Melbourne next season?

SaintTom · Post: # 1119289Post **SaintTom** » Fri 12 Aug 2011 6:48pm

To be honest, I think Mick is saying that in spite of Collingwood and not for them. He's said a few things against the grain of what Collingwood usually says since the Buckley succession plan, most especially this year.

Munga · Post: # 1119299Post **Munga** » Fri 12 Aug 2011 7:18pm

Smells like he's trying to make life easier at the new club he'll be coaching.

Devilhead · Post: # 1119316Post **Devilhead** » Fri 12 Aug 2011 7:46pm

SaintTom wrote:To be honest, I think Mick is saying that in spite of Collingwood and not for them. He's said a few things against the grain of what Collingwood usually says since the Buckley succession plan, most especially this year.

Agree with this - it's like he is baiting Eddie and giving him the the dirty finger on the way out

jays · Post: # 1119760Post **jays** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 12:30am

such a wank

I Love Peter Kiel · Sat 13 Aug 2011 2:43am

Agreed. A joke.

Sh*thouse is obviously doing it to distract journalists from asking how many games straight they can keep winning.

The pressure will mount and mount with each win so that if the 'Pies DON'T win this year it will be Geelong '08...an epic fail.

saintbrat · Post: # 1119865Post **saintbrat** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 3:16am

BTW he'd like Not to play in the wet when he travels......

I wonder if anyone will call him on his interchanges and resting during that game if it was so tough- why not more - and forcing his team to demolish a team by over 100 points.

ozrulestrace · Sat 13 Aug 2011 12:35pm

And this morning he's trotted out the excuse of a six day break and how tired the filth were from the game against Port.

What gets me is why everyone hangs off every word he says, when everyone knows he's not good at telling the truth.

mullet · Post: # 1120061Post **mullet** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 12:40pm

ozrulestrace wrote:And this morning he's trotted out the excuse of a six day break and how tired the filth were from the game against Port.

What gets me is why everyone hangs off every word he says, when everyone knows he's not good at telling the truth.

Is that the same game that his players were heard to say in the first quarter "this is getting embarrassing". Yep hard game and big trip to adelaide

Doesnt mind sending his players half way around the world though for a week.

saintbrat · Post: # 1120293Post **saintbrat** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 9:17pm

all this makes his players tweeting interesting...

SP_10 Scott Pendlebury
Byron bay I'll see you in 2 hours!
11 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

can anyone pic the beach
http://yfrog.com/h8jz1ffj

Old Mate · Post: # 1120296Post **Old Mate** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 9:21pm

I grew up around there....Ah the memories.

Nothing original, it's actually called 'The Main Beach.'

Julian Rock in the background.

The Beach Hotel just back from the beach.

saintbrat · Post: # 1120302Post **saintbrat** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 9:27pm

so is it Byron Bay?

Old Mate · Post: # 1120308Post **Old Mate** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 9:39pm

Old Mate · Post: # 1120309Post **Old Mate** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 9:40pm

Julian Rock in the background confirms it for me.

saintbrat · Post: # 1120314Post **saintbrat** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 9:44pm

so unless he's teling porkies for twitter he is making a mockery of his coaches suggestion that travelling interstate 90 min hurt his players

and yet they travel over 2 hours for a weekend away....?

shouldn't his players be resting up for their next trip interstate in a fortnight?

Old Mate · Post: # 1120318Post **Old Mate** » Sat 13 Aug 2011 9:54pm

Dunno mate. Coaches will put a spin on just about anything. Whether he really gives a shit is anyones guess.

I Love Peter Kiel · Sun 14 Aug 2011 12:36pm

He wants a fairer fixture for next year when he's chief boot-studder and bottle washer at the Eddie Centre.

The Craw · Post: # 1120513Post **The Craw** » Sun 14 Aug 2011 1:06pm

ozrulestrace wrote:And this morning he's trotted out the excuse of a six day break and how tired the filth were from the game against Port.

What gets me is why everyone hangs off every word he says, when everyone knows he's not good at telling the truth.

I can understand where he is coming from, the last time the filth had a six day break coming off an interstate trip was in 2007... I mean how on earth are they supposed to condition to that !!!!

Malthouse would be better off closing his lying trap ... biased fixture stacked in the filths favour, I would happy to have the cheating draw. Not attract attention to it.

Megsie · Post: # 1120531Post **Megsie** » Sun 14 Aug 2011 2:03pm

I agree MICK.............so give us anzac day or queens birthday you

lying bombastic old fart.

Con Gorozidis · Sun 14 Aug 2011 9:36pm

i read mick's article. agree wholeheartedly whith his idea. solid idea. makes a lot of sense. last time i looked he didn't make the draw. not sure why everyone wants to bag the article. one of the best i have read all year. no doubt the afl will rubbish him and deny there is a problem as usual.