Perth-Home-Brisbane

[CURLY]

What a horrendous fixture and one designed to limit the output of a team.

[1971]

I was having a look at the draw to this stage of the season including this weekends game. We will have been interstate six times plus a trip to Geelong. Collingwood and Carlton three trips interstate and no Geelong trip. I know our draw is better in the last part of the season but the concentration of travel is a bit skewed I think .

[CURLY]

I was having a look at the draw to this stage of the season including this weekends game. We will have been interstate six times plus a trip to Geelong. Collingwood and Carlton three trips interstate and no Geelong trip. I know our draw is better in the last part of the season but the concentration of travel is a bit skewed I think .

Massive leg up for the two clubs you named. Collingwood play Hawthorn at Tassie do they win?

[GSG]

I was having a look at the draw to this stage of the season including this weekends game. We will have been interstate six times plus a trip to Geelong. Collingwood and Carlton three trips interstate and no Geelong trip. I know our draw is better in the last part of the season but the concentration of travel is a bit skewed I think .

Massive leg up for the two clubs you named. Collingwood play Hawthorn at Tassie do they win?

Wrong - Collingwood has 5 and Carlton 6 interstate trips.

[CURLY]

To not have to play in Tassie and Geelong ever is a huge advantage.

[The_Dud]

Oh my god, does the whinging and sooking and excuse making ever stop?! It's deranged!

Last I checked interstate teams travel every second week, and they haven't had much trouble wining a number of premierships the last 35 years!

[Killa]

It is not that sides based outside Melbourne travel every second week because that is their brief - including playing a Grand Final in Melbourne

It is the equality of the draw between Melbourne based Clubs including game times

Imagine the outcry if Collingwood had has our draw this season - and not only this season but every season

The competition is in no way equal in any regard

[Killa]

And just to add

Much of what we do in life is habit

This includes going to the footy - so if you are restricted from going because the draw delivers what has been delivered this season you start to lose interest and a habit is no longer a habit

And you start doing something else

The crowd v GC was poor - about 17,000

[CURLY]

It is not that sides based outside Melbourne travel every second week because that is their brief - including playing a Grand Final in Melbourne

It is the equality of the draw between Melbourne based Clubs including game times

Imagine the outcry if Collingwood had has our draw this season - and not only this season but every season

The competition is in no way equal in any regard

Agreed. Look at the Melbourne v Collingwood game. Collingwood played on the Thursday in Melbourne. Melbourne played in Darwin in the heat on the Sunday.

Seriously thats the game right there.

[Yorkeys]

It is not that sides based outside Melbourne travel every second week because that is their brief - including playing a Grand Final in Melbourne

It is the equality of the draw between Melbourne based Clubs including game times

Imagine the outcry if Collingwood had has our draw this season - and not only this season but every season

The competition is in no way equal in any regard

Agreed. Look at the Melbourne v Collingwood game. Collingwood played on the Thursday in Melbourne. Melbourne played in Darwin in the heat on the Sunday.

Seriously thats the game right there.

Once it's accepted that the Collingwood fan base demands preferential treatment then it makes sense. Marketing doesn't know what the even playing field concept is and doesn't care.
The dilemmas happen when it's a scheduling trade off between Essendon, Carlton and Pies. Otherwise suck it up is the arrogant response.
If it goes on for many more seasons and umpiring remains rubbish the golden goose will fly away.
Where will funding for medical research come from then.

[The_Dud]

We travel 1 more time than Collingwood this season, and that's to play Hawthorn in Tassie.

We don't always have to play the victim you know?

[1971]

I was having a look at the draw to this stage of the season including this weekends game. We will have been interstate six times plus a trip to Geelong. Collingwood and Carlton three trips interstate and no Geelong trip. I know our draw is better in the last part of the season but the concentration of travel is a bit skewed I think .

Massive leg up for the two clubs you named. Collingwood play Hawthorn at Tassie do they win?

Wrong - Collingwood has 5 and Carlton 6 interstate trips.

Not to round 14 but I erred. Carlton has 4 and so does Collingwood. I missed round zero which never happened.

[Beno88]

St Kilda are the only team to have not played at the same venue in consecutive matches this season.

We don't do so until Rounds 16-17. Then again Rounds 19-20-21-22-23-24.

Our fixture this season is simply bizarre.

[bobmurray]

The crowd v GC was poor - about 17,000

Looks to me like the supporter base, en masse, aren't fans of the stifling game plan.

[SaintPav]

Oh my god, does the whinging and sooking and excuse making ever stop?! It's deranged!

Last I checked interstate teams travel every second week, and they haven't had much trouble wining a number of premierships the last 35 years!

West Coast, Sydney etc think of St Kilda as an interstate team. Collingwood and Melbourne etc too.

[SaintPav]

On the fixture, we have been screwed over on every measure compared to other teams, but oh no, don’t play the victim which is subtext for don’t question anything, especially the crap inflicted on us; just get used to it and put up with it.

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” :



Modern stoicism is a sham and is unwelcome here.

[The_Dud]

On the fixture, we have been screwed over on every measure compared to other teams, but oh no, don’t play the victim which is subtext for don’t question anything, especially the crap inflicted on us; just get used to it and put up with it.

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” :



Modern stoicism is a sham and is unwelcome here.

Last season we had one of the, if not the, softest fixture in the league.

But that was sooooo last year I suppose

[King Max]

On the fixture, we have been screwed over on every measure compared to other teams, but oh no, don’t play the victim which is subtext for don’t question anything, especially the crap inflicted on us; just get used to it and put up with it.

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” :



Modern stoicism is a sham and is unwelcome here.

Last season we had one of the, if not the, softest fixture in the league.

But that was sooooo last year I suppose

We played 2 of the preliminary finalists twice. How is that the softest fixture?

[SaintPav]

On the fixture, we have been screwed over on every measure compared to other teams, but oh no, don’t play the victim which is subtext for don’t question anything, especially the crap inflicted on us; just get used to it and put up with it.

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” :



Modern stoicism is a sham and is unwelcome here.

Last season we had one of the, if not the, softest fixture in the league.

But that was sooooo last year I suppose

“Swings and roundabouts”

[The_Dud]

On the fixture, we have been screwed over on every measure compared to other teams, but oh no, don’t play the victim which is subtext for don’t question anything, especially the crap inflicted on us; just get used to it and put up with it.

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” :



Modern stoicism is a sham and is unwelcome here.

Last season we had one of the, if not the, softest fixture in the league.

But that was sooooo last year I suppose

We played 2 of the preliminary finalists twice. How is that the softest fixture?

And the other 4 double ups were against 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th...

[SaintPav]

Ok. We’ve had an easy draw handed to us.

JFC

[maverick]

We travel 1 more time than Collingwood this season, and that's to play Hawthorn in Tassie.

We don't always have to play the victim you know?

It’s not the total season, it’s the concentration of when.
Our intestate travel is bunched and early in the season
Theirs is spread
Simple as that

It is definitely an issue

[CURLY]

We travel 1 more time than Collingwood this season, and that's to play Hawthorn in Tassie.

We don't always have to play the victim you know?

It’s not the total season, it’s the concentration of when.
Our intestate travel is bunched and early in the season
Theirs is spread
Simple as that

It is definitely an issue

The fact our game in Tassie is an issue though. Also a trip to Geelong the same.

If we are competing with Collingwood theres two games better off.

[The_Dud]

We travel 1 more time than Collingwood this season, and that's to play Hawthorn in Tassie.

We don't always have to play the victim you know?

It’s not the total season, it’s the concentration of when.
Our intestate travel is bunched and early in the season
Theirs is spread
Simple as that

It is definitely an issue

In a 29 day span Collingwood went Sydney - Melbourne - Melbourne - Brisbane - Adelaide...

Seriously, why do you have to cry about every single thing?

[The_Dud]

Oh, and 8 of our last 9 games are at Marvel.

Brutal...