ALL Vic clubs minimum 5 interstate games!

saintspremiers · Wed 19 Oct 2011 10:39pm

FU Eddie.

Take it up the clakker sunshine.

In 2012 your team will have to go interstate FIVE times!

Its all on afl.com.au

No doubt we will get 8 interstate games though......

saintbrat · Wed 19 Oct 2011 10:56pm

http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... hp?t=73495

saintbrat · Wed 19 Oct 2011 10:58pm

And it's started already
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/s ... 6171160878

the manipulation due to League best fit crowd options.. we're not meeting freo first up any more

saintspremiers · Thu 20 Oct 2011 6:06am

So why can't we play Freo in Round 1?

It's not like we have many concessions with the Fixture.

The only game the AFL is obsessed we have each year is that stupid Monday night game against Carlscum!

Eastern · Post: # 1167069Post **Eastern** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 9:11am

Some (Collingwood) will travel Interstate 5 times. Others (not including sold games) will travel Interstate 7-8 times. We need to read through the propoganda !!

Rosco · Post: # 1167230Post **Rosco** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 3:45pm

they have to up the minimum owing to there being an extra non-Victorian team. but collingwood will still get their un-fair share.

average number (excluding sold games) and assuming an even world (

almost couldn't write that) is:
- play everyone once = 8 non-Vic teams = average 4 interstate games for Vic teams assuming alternating home / away
- extra 5 games out of the 17 opposition teams, 8 of which are non-Vic = 5/17 = 0.294 x 8 = 2.35 games on average against non-Vics - assume half are home / away gives another 1.18 additional interstate games

so average interstate games for Vic teams is 5.18.

by the same logic, pre-GC & GWS this would have come to an average of 4.4 for non-Vic teams.

so collingwood playing 5 versus the average of 5.18 is much better (i.e more even) than 4 vs 4.4.

that said they will probably play sydney (ANZ), gc, gws, port and adelaide as their trips (no trips to perth)

Rosco · Post: # 1167242Post **Rosco** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:11pm

alternatively:

WC v Freo = 2 games
Adel v Port = 2 games
Syd v GWS = 2 games
Bris v GC = 2 games

this leaves 10 home games for each interstate team (80 in total), to be played against the 16 out of state teams.

10 of the 16 out of state team are Vic teams.

80 x (10/16) = 50 games against Vic teams

this is exactly 5 games per Vic team, which is the stated minimum. can't see how you could play more than 5 if no-one is playing less than 5, because the average won't work. i'm sure the AFL will find a way.

(pre-GC & GWS - the same logic gives 4.4 interstate games per Vic team, so some* had to play 4 to maintain the average but not sure why some played 6...)

*collingwood apparently

plugger66 · Post: # 1167245Post **plugger66** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:14pm

Rosco wrote:alternatively:

WC v Freo = 2 games
Adel v Port = 2 games
Syd v GWS = 2 games
Bris v GC = 2 games

this leaves 10 home games for each interstate team (80 in total), to be played against the 16 out of state teams.

10 of the 16 out of state team are Vic teams.

80 x (10/16) = 50 games against Vic teams

this is exactly 5 games per Vic team, which is the stated minimum. can't see how you could play more than 5 if no-one is playing less than 5, because the average won't work. i'm sure the AFL will find a way.

(pre-GC & GWS - the same logic gives 4.4 interstate games per Vic team, so some* had to play 4 to maintain the average but not sure why some played 6...)

*collingwood apparently

Hawthorn have 3 extra interstate and the Tigers have 2. Melbourne may also have a couple.

joffaboy · Post: # 1167247Post **joffaboy** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:16pm

Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?

plugger66 · Post: # 1167248Post **plugger66** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:16pm

joffaboy wrote:Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?

Is the answer 10?

joffaboy · Post: # 1167250Post **joffaboy** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:18pm

plugger66 wrote:
joffaboy wrote:Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?
Is the answer 10?

Always thought the answer was 42, or was that to Life,the Universe, and Everything?

Rosco · Post: # 1167253Post **Rosco** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:19pm

plugger66 wrote:Hawthorn have 3 extra interstate and the Tigers have 2. Melbourne may also have a couple.

but if you switch your own home game interstate then that is your own choice. these are often against teams travelling to vic from interstate anyway, so doesn't add to the Vic teams trips.

Rosco · Post: # 1167255Post **Rosco** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:22pm

joffaboy wrote:Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?

obviously not the same, but until there are even numbers of teams in each state then that will always be the case.

i'm hardly whining - this is a competition and travelling interstate to play is widely acknowledged as a disadvantage - so why should one Vic team travel more than any other?

plugger66 · Post: # 1167260Post **plugger66** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:30pm

Rosco wrote:
plugger66 wrote:Hawthorn have 3 extra interstate and the Tigers have 2. Melbourne may also have a couple.
but if you switch your own home game interstate then that is your own choice. these are often against teams travelling to vic from interstate anyway, so doesn't add to the Vic teams trips.

It is occasionly vic sides so it does change the numbers a little.

sainterinsydney · Thu 20 Oct 2011 4:35pm

I hope we get to play GC and GWS twice!

Dave Robicheaux · Thu 20 Oct 2011 5:20pm

OOOOOOhhhhhh Weeeeeee!!!!!!! get 'em all down the swamp at that there etty-hi-yad!!!!! Awww dawgie!!!!

Dal_Santos_Gal · Thu 20 Oct 2011 5:44pm

joffaboy wrote:Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?

who cares, they choose to join a competition where there are 10 Victorian teams...

saintspremiers · Thu 20 Oct 2011 7:42pm

Dal_Santos_Gal wrote:
joffaboy wrote:Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?
who cares, they choose to join a competition where there are 10 Victorian teams...

Ken Oath!

plugger66 · Post: # 1167339Post **plugger66** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 7:50pm

saintspremiers wrote:
Dal_Santos_Gal wrote:
joffaboy wrote:Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?
who cares, they choose to join a competition where there are 10 Victorian teams...

Ken Oath!

But they arent whinging.

Rosco · Post: # 1167357Post **Rosco** » Thu 20 Oct 2011 8:29pm

plugger66 wrote:
saintspremiers wrote:
Dal_Santos_Gal wrote:
joffaboy wrote:Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?
who cares, they choose to join a competition where there are 10 Victorian teams...

Ken Oath!
But they arent whinging.

I seem to remember Mark Harvey having a whinge about it at a press conf once, maybe at the end of last year. But anyway, who cares?

matrix · Post: # 1167610Post **matrix** » Fri 21 Oct 2011 4:56pm

hopefully we play port and the crows over here

desertsaint · Fri 21 Oct 2011 5:24pm

Rosco wrote:
plugger66 wrote:
saintspremiers wrote:
Dal_Santos_Gal wrote:
joffaboy wrote:Stop whining, how many times do interstate teams have to travel a season?
who cares, they choose to join a competition where there are 10 Victorian teams...

Ken Oath!
But they arent whinging.
I seem to remember Mark Harvey having a whinge about it at a press conf once, maybe at the end of last year. But anyway, who cares?

that's always been part of the coaching culture at freo - it's not my fault!
it will continue!

jays · Post: # 1167617Post **jays** » Fri 21 Oct 2011 5:37pm

all except pies lol

Eastern · Post: # 1167668Post **Eastern** » Fri 21 Oct 2011 7:22pm

matrix wrote:hopefully we play port and the crows over here

You do mean over THERE? Over here is the REAL WORLD. Over there is where you are from

!!

goddardisgod · Fri 21 Oct 2011 8:06pm

Only question is that do games in Tassie against North and Hawks count? Because they should not count towards the quota.