The FIXture is in

[Laurie]

Who cares we are only making up the numbers.
Dont blame the AFL fixture

[The_Dud]

If we were in the 8 it would be one less team we could play against in the 8.

I feel sorry for Norf - ALL of their remaining games are against teams above them on the ladder - and FFS - NONE of Melbourne's games are against teams above them!!!!!! WTF

If we are going to make the Eight and be competitive we would need to beat these teams anyway - if not - and we are only going to get into the 8 to make up numbers - I would rather not be there

But Mum - he got more chocolate than me - seriously!

Yep - it is a conspiracy:
Fixture;
Travel;
Umpires;
Days Rest;

ALL OF IT - Just to keep St Kilda down

How about we kick straight and win a few?

Open your eyes Sainter_Dad, can’t you see it’s obvious the AFL reposition the goalposts at the end of every quarter so it’s harder for us to kick straight?!?

Also it would have been polite of the AFL to use that crystal ball of theirs to let us know how much of a failure the likes of DH and Hill would be so we could save ourselves some grief!

You know you can be unhappy with our performance and still think our fixture is a joke?

Why not just play the top 4 every week then, if we are good enough we should win and make finals.

The difference between doubling up against Sydney and doubling up against North is massive. Our lack of form has simply exacerbated what was already a ridiculously hard fixture.

The draw is done before the season.

Sydney finished 16th last year. North 17th.

There is never going to be a 100% fair way to do the draw in a 22 game season as teams form fluctuates week to week and season to season.

[Sainter_Dad]

The draw is done before the season.

Sydney finished 16th last year. North 17th.

There is never going to be a 100% fair way to do the draw in a 22 game season as teams form fluctuates week to week and season to season.

I have argued a long time ago that the only fair way of doing a fixture without playing every team twice is:

Play each team once - Rounds 1 - 17

Bye

Top eight play for 6/7 of the final 8
Bottom 10 play for the remaining positions

Keeps the season alive

[SaintPav]

The AFL don’t give a rats about fairness.

[CURLY]

The AFL don’t give a rats about fairness.

Correct look up the last time we played Port at Etihad.

[SaintPav]

The AFL don’t give a rats about fairness.

Correct look up the last time we played Port at Etihad.

Rob Waters last season as coach?

[lewdogs]

If we were in the 8 it would be one less team we could play against in the 8.

I feel sorry for Norf - ALL of their remaining games are against teams above them on the ladder - and FFS - NONE of Melbourne's games are against teams above them!!!!!! WTF

If we are going to make the Eight and be competitive we would need to beat these teams anyway - if not - and we are only going to get into the 8 to make up numbers - I would rather not be there

But Mum - he got more chocolate than me - seriously!

Yep - it is a conspiracy:
Fixture;
Travel;
Umpires;
Days Rest;

ALL OF IT - Just to keep St Kilda down

How about we kick straight and win a few?

Open your eyes Sainter_Dad, can’t you see it’s obvious the AFL reposition the goalposts at the end of every quarter so it’s harder for us to kick straight?!?

Also it would have been polite of the AFL to use that crystal ball of theirs to let us know how much of a failure the likes of DH and Hill would be so we could save ourselves some grief!

You know you can be unhappy with our performance and still think our fixture is a joke?

Why not just play the top 4 every week then, if we are good enough we should win and make finals.

The difference between doubling up against Sydney and doubling up against North is massive. Our lack of form has simply exacerbated what was already a ridiculously hard fixture.

The draw is done before the season.

Sydney finished 16th last year. North 17th.

There is never going to be a 100% fair way to do the draw in a 22 game season as teams form fluctuates week to week and season to season.

Sydney are an interstate team and North share our home ground who would you rather play twice?