6 day turnaround and round 8

[Elementary]

Essendon couldnt make a three hour bus trip and chose to fly because they have a 6-day turnaround before the next game against Sydney. This is only the NAB Cup which doesnt matter. In round 8 of the real season we play West Coast then have a three and a half hour flight back to Melbourne before a 6-day turnaround before playing Sydney. Surely if the AFL feels a 3 hour bus trip is too difficult before a 6 day break then they cannot expect the Saints to take a 3 and a half hour flight before a 6 day break. Let them keep the draw for this game but recompense us the 2 points if we lose either the round 8 or 9 game due to the incredible difficulty of the travel time when there is only 6 days to recover. After all, fair is fair.

[Life Long Saint]

[Junction Oval]

Round 9 to Sydney, after a trip to WA the week before (a 6 day break), is a really big ask of the players. Bad fixturing by the AFl again!

Then 6 days to Richmond at home, followed by 8 to Gold Coast and another 6 days to Adelaide. Luckilly, a bye the following week, or they would all be dead from travel weariness !

It seems that the Club doesn't have any say in the fixturing. I wonder whether other teams are so badly impacted during the year?

[whiskers3614]

I think "6day breaks" are a bit like RSI and some other recently coined phrases.
Not saying they're not genuine but become a bigger problem when identified and given a name.
After all how many days break do concreters, truck drivers and others in physically taxing occupations get?

[tweedaletomanning]

Round 9 to Sydney, after a trip to WA the week before (a 6 day break), is a really big ask of the players. Bad fixturing by the AFl again!

Then 6 days to Richmond at home, followed by 8 to Gold Coast and another 6 days to Adelaide. Luckilly, a bye the following week, or they would all be dead from travel weariness !

It seems that the Club doesn't have any say in the fixturing. I wonder whether other teams are so badly impacted during the year?

Enough said!