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Post: # 1644763Post desertsaint »

Love the extra Friday nights.
So we double up against Sydney, Melbourne, West Coast, North Melbourne, Richmond
We finished in the middle of the second six (7-12), and double against 3 top eight teams and the best of the bottom six - 2nd, 7th, 8th, plus 11th and 13th. Also double up against the two giant interstate teams. Almost the hardest possible matchings for our placing. In a lucky universe we would get 6, 10,11,12,18.


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Post: # 1644764Post noddy04 »

Cant wait for Rounds 12 and 19 :).


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Post: # 1644765Post mad saint guy »

Very good draw commercially although fairly tough in terms of winning enough games to make finals. Even with steady improvement I think 12-13 wins is likely given we won't have as many 'free hits' as this year.


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Post: # 1644767Post Con Gorozidis »

14 games at Etihad. I really don't think we can complain much. Suddenly we have a huge home ground advantage.


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Post: # 1644769Post Con Gorozidis »

BringBackMadDog wrote:14 games at Etihad
6 interstate
2 at the G
4 Friday night games

Poor result for QLD supporters with no trip North
There was no Sydney game in 2015.
Get a cheap flight to the scg in July.


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Post: # 1644770Post Con Gorozidis »

saintbrat wrote:No qld games
Nothing in NSW last year.


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Post: # 1644772Post loris »

For Saints supporters in the West - at long last we get to see 2 games here again.

Only thing, I don't like the West Coast match being the second match of the season - we still get hellish hot weather early April. At least it's a late evening start and the sun will be on the wane, tho that often doesn't cool us down that much if it's been a blast furnace day.

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loris wrote:For Saints supporters in the West - at long last we get to see 2 games here again.

Only thing, I don't like the West Coast match being the second match of the season - we still get hellish hot weather early April. At least it's a late evening start and the sun will be on the wane, tho that often doesn't cool us down that much if it's been a blast furnace day.

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Post: # 1644777Post Griggsy »

Thought the pride game was our initiative, or was it both clubs as Sydney will host this season.

2 v Richmond, 2 v north all in the back half of the season should see us finish strong like last season matched with winnables against Gold Coast, Melbourne, freo and port.

Think the 2 demons games will be crucial to progressing so heres hoping we keep the streak alive.


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Post: # 1644778Post chook23 »

mad saint guy wrote:Very good draw commercially although fairly tough in terms of winning enough games to make finals. Even with steady improvement I think 12-13 wins is likely given we won't have as many 'free hits' as this year.
Agree

Will have to improve just to hold ground.....


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Post: # 1644779Post darylcowie »

It looks like 12 wins again from the look of it, with a similar slow start for the first half of the season and a flurry of wins towards the end, which together with an improved percentage should see us just make the eight.

I see us having wins vs Brisbane (H), Carlton (H), Collingwood (H), Essendon (H), Gold Coast (H), Melbourne (x2), North (x2), Richmond (x2) and West Coast (H).


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Post: # 1644781Post sunsaint »

Con Gorozidis wrote:
saintbrat wrote:No qld games
Nothing in NSW last year.
Where would you prefer to play an interstate game
NSW or QLD ?


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Post: # 1644784Post saintspremiers »

7 night games which is good and 6 interstate is not many.

Stop whinging about qld games. We've played there over the odds for years


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2 Perth games are School holidays in Vic -assists travellers


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Post: # 1644787Post Harvey To Hayes »

saintspremiers wrote: Stop whinging about qld games. We've played there over the odds for years
Absolute bulls*** but whatever you're telling the story...


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saintspremiers wrote:Stop whinging about qld games. We've played there over the odds for years
There's a large passionate Saints following up here that stumps up the membership fee every year to support the club. It's nice to get to see the boys play up here at least once a year for our troubles so we're well within our rights to be disappointed.


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darylcowie wrote:It looks like 12 wins again from the look of it, with a similar slow start for the first half of the season and a flurry of wins towards the end, which together with an improved percentage should see us just make the eight.

I see us having wins vs Brisbane (H), Carlton (H), Collingwood (H), Essendon (H), Gold Coast (H), Melbourne (x2), North (x2), Richmond (x2) and West Coast (H).
Agree with the 12, but I think we will get them against Melbourne (x2), Brisbane (H), Collingwood (Away but at Etihad), Hawthorn (A), Carlton (H), North (x2), Gold Coast (H), Fremantle (in Perth!), Richmond (H), Essendon (H).

Probably agonisingly close to finals again, but the final match against Richmond could hold the key to our hopes, and I think they will beat us next year at the MCG at this stage. The Hawthorn and Fremantle games should be our best chances of wins interstate.


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Post: # 1644790Post loris »

Griggsy wrote:
Thought the pride game was our initiative, or was it both clubs as Sydney will host this season.

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It was agreed to be played in the 2 cities. One season a Saints home game, next season a Swans home game.


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Post: # 1644792Post shrodes »

From Reddit... we have the toughest pre-bye fixture in the league, though the second easiest post-bye fixture.

Higher number = Finished lower on the ladder = Easier

Luckily only 2 interstate games pre-bye for us. But we need to get runs on the board early.

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Post: # 1644793Post shrodes »

Also the club sent out a great little 38 page fixture magazine via email which is worth a look:
https://www.joomag.com/magazine/saints- ... 3763?short


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Post: # 1644796Post Devilhead »

Another big plus is that we get our mid season bye in early - Round 11 - after which we return in Round 12 to play Adelaide (in Adelaide) who are coming back from a tough game against Geelong at Simonds - Adelaide get their bye in Round 13

It is similar to this year when we had the early break and then played Geelong on our return who were screaming out for a break - and we beat them

Think this is a big positive and we could be chance to upset the Crows away (if we improve our away form)

We get North coming off their bye in Round 13 but i don't think this will be a problem for us


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Life Long Saint wrote:
saintsRrising wrote: Should work well for us ok as of the likely Top 4 - Swans, GWS, Dogs, Crows we only play them once.

Bottom 4? Lions, Tigers, North and then????
Not sold on the Crows for top four, or the Dogs. Remember they finished 7th in the H&A.
Freo will definitely bounce back.
Essendon finished below us before the player suspensions and they've lost Carlisle, Hibberd, and Melksham from that team. Carlisle's absence will be noticed at Essendon.
Dee's should be better but so will the Saints.

West Coast will miss Nic Nat. Will still make the finals because they play 12 games in Perth.

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I have the Hawks and Cats to slide out of Top 4. If so two in.

I too think the loss of Nic Nat will hurt the Weagles. So have gone for Dogs and Crows to slide in.


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interesting to see responses/ predictions/ comments on the saints draw
many say good But champion data say after a 'dream' 2016 it's the 3rd hardest in 2017
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CONS: After turning in a number of poor performances away from home in 2016, the Saints will have to make six interstate trips – including two visits to South Australia and Western Australia – next season.

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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/a ... scgnp.html
St Kilda and Greater Western Sydney meeting in Friday night football. What a time to be alive.

When trying to find one match that underpins the essence of the 2017 fixture, you couldn't do much better than this round seven clash between the Saints and Giants at Etihad Stadium.

That a clash between two of the AFL's smallest clubs could feature in the game's marquee timeslot was almost unfathomable not that long ago. After all, these are clubs that are ranked 15th and 17th respectively on the 2016 membership ladder.

GWS has never played a Friday night game, while the Saints' last appearance in the blockbuster spot was in round three last year.

But the old world order has largely been disregarded in next year's fixture, released by the league on Thursday.

On-field performance rather than off-field clout is now clearly the biggest factor used by the AFL when apportioning marquee slots.


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