Round 23 Sunday 1:10

[kosifantutti]

Etihad v Lions

[saintbrat]

[stevie]

Wow, only took the idiots who run the game 8 months to realise the floating round s*** was irrelevant

[stonecold]

What a Suckietuckietimeslot!!!!!

[kosifantutti]

Wow, only took the idiots who run the game 8 months to realise the floating round s*** was irrelevant

I'm not sure what that means. Where have they said it's irrelevant?

Anyhow, if we happen to need a huge win over the Lions to get past North, we'll know exactly what we have to do.

[Bernard Shakey]

Wow, only took the idiots who run the game 8 months to realise the floating round s*** was irrelevant

I'm not sure what that means. Where have they said it's irrelevant?

Anyhow, if we happen to need a huge win over the Lions to get past North, we'll know exactly what we have to do.

It's irrelevant because there is a bye next week!

[BackFromUSA]

Wow ANOTHER Sunday afternoon game. Woohoo. Groan. estmated crowd 15,000. Financial loss - HUGE! We better get that Good Friday game. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[mr six o'clock]

Wow, only took the idiots who run the game 8 months to realise the floating round s*** was irrelevant

You mean , it took channel 7 that long to work out what games would rate the highest !

[saintspremiers]

Wow ANOTHER Sunday afternoon game. Woohoo. Groan. estmated crowd 15,000. Financial loss - HUGE! We better get that Good Friday game. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Spot on. The AFL clowns sprouted on about how we'd get less Sunday games next year and give us a bonus one in Round 23.

No doubt Gil will go chickenshit about Good Friday and say it was very close to happening in 2017 but will definitely happen in 2018. The Dogs/Saints clash will get railroaded by a big club wanting a slice of the action

[kosifantutti]

Wow, only took the idiots who run the game 8 months to realise the floating round s*** was irrelevant

I'm not sure what that means. Where have they said it's irrelevant?

Anyhow, if we happen to need a huge win over the Lions to get past North, we'll know exactly what we have to do.

It's irrelevant because there is a bye next week!

It may well be, but I can't see where the AFL have come out and agreed with that sentiment.

[Jacks Back]

Wow, only took the idiots who run the game 8 months to realise the floating round s*** was irrelevant

I'm not sure what that means. Where have they said it's irrelevant?

Anyhow, if we happen to need a huge win over the Lions to get past North, we'll know exactly what we have to do.

It's irrelevant because there is a bye next week!

It may well be, but I can't see where the AFL have come out and agreed with that sentiment.

The floating last round came to fruition so as to give the top teams a bit more rest prior to the finals. North & Freo stuffed that up by resting half their teams. The afl then brought in the bye before the finals (a stupid, knee jerk, reaction) which therefore rendered a floating round for the last round obsolete and should have just gone with a FIXtured round from the start. It's not that hard to understand.

[saintspremiers]

Wow, only took the idiots who run the game 8 months to realise the floating round s*** was irrelevant

I'm not sure what that means. Where have they said it's irrelevant?

Anyhow, if we happen to need a huge win over the Lions to get past North, we'll know exactly what we have to do.

It's irrelevant because there is a bye next week!

It may well be, but I can't see where the AFL have come out and agreed with that sentiment.

The floating last round came to fruition so as to give the top teams a bit more rest prior to the finals. North & Freo stuffed that up by resting half their teams. The afl then brought in the bye before the finals (a stupid, knee jerk, reaction) which therefore rendered a floating round for the last round obsolete and should have just gone with a FIXtured round from the start. It's not that hard to understand.

Exactly. But I really hope a team in the eight (say the Hawks) has a ladder position locked up and tanks round 23 regardless. Why not?! The AFL would be fuming, but could do nothing !

[kosifantutti]

Wow, only took the idiots who run the game 8 months to realise the floating round s*** was irrelevant

I'm not sure what that means. Where have they said it's irrelevant?

Anyhow, if we happen to need a huge win over the Lions to get past North, we'll know exactly what we have to do.

It's irrelevant because there is a bye next week!

It may well be, but I can't see where the AFL have come out and agreed with that sentiment.

The floating last round came to fruition so as to give the top teams a bit more rest prior to the finals. North & Freo stuffed that up by resting half their teams. The afl then brought in the bye before the finals (a stupid, knee jerk, reaction) which therefore rendered a floating round for the last round obsolete and should have just gone with a FIXtured round from the start. It's not that hard to understand.

Yes I understand all that, there's no need for anyone else to explain it to me.

But where have the AFL said " the floating round s*** was irrelevant"?

[stevie]

Kosi they haven't, that was my description of the farce. It was sarcastically pointing out the afl should've just fixtured Rd 23 in the fixture that was released in October last year

[samuraisaint]

Wow ANOTHER Sunday afternoon game. Woohoo. Groan. estmated crowd 15,000. Financial loss - HUGE! We better get that Good Friday game. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

No way will there be a 15,000 crowd for that game. The Lions have been getting good support in Melbourne this past couple of seasons I think you'll find. Most of their games have been played on Sundays too and they usually get mid thirty-thousands turnouts. The Royboys supporters have been turning up - even at Geelong.
If we need to win to make the finals I would say that we should be getting 30,000 at least for that match. The weather is usually starting to improve by late August and people with kids find it a lot easier to get to 1:10 start games than those that start at 4:40. A lot of junior footy has also finished by that time too.
I don't mind Sunday games at all if they are at 1:10pm start.
And if we are out of the running by then there may well be a few of our GF players' retirements to farewell. Lots of reasons why we should get a healthy turn out for that one.

[Enrico_Misso]

Strange fixture as if Hawthorn remain on top they would traditionally play their QF on the Friday night.
But this will only give them a 12 day break compared to their likely opponent getting 13 or 14.

[Enrico_Misso]

If Norf lose on the Saturday and we know we are in the finals - we should rest our top 20 players to get them fresh for the EF.

[saintspremiers]

If Norf lose on the Saturday and we know we are in the finals - we should rest our top 20 players to get them fresh for the EF.

But Gilligan and his bunch of knee-jerk knobs have outlawed tanking as they built in their bye round no one wanted.

Gilligan will make up a rule on the Friday AFTER team selection that states:

"Zee must not make more than 4 unforced changes for Round 23!"

This rule will be retrospective of course so we will need to reneg on the 20 changes you suggested.

[saintbrat]

Direct clash with Sandringham 's last game vs Werribee at Werribee

[Wrote for Luck]

Gee I'm so glad Collingwood and Geelong get another free to air game.

[Bernard Shakey]

Direct clash with Sandringham 's last game vs Werribee at Werribee

I don't do Werribee at Werribee games so I'll be at Docklands!