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5 years ago

2020 Fixture Breakdown

Home Games 7 at Marvel 4 at the ‘G. I like this in terms of my personal travel to and from games but a bit worrying for finals should we make them we fckn better and have to play at the ‘G. North at the ‘G does not tickle my fancy at all tbh and Carlton at the ‘G on a Thursday night sounds awful, I’m tired already just thinking about trying to get home.

Away Games in Melbourne 2 at Marvel 3 at the ‘G

This is better. An almost even split sounds good to me. Hate that I have to get tickets to ANZAC Day but that’s the way the news goes. Also a little miffed that the country game isn’t our home game next year, I know I have to be almost alone in saying it but I really do like that it’s an annual game. There’s just something about hearing Waltzing Matilda before a game that really boosts my patriotism.

Interstate Games

1 at the SCG 2 at Adelaide Oval 1 at Optus Stadium 1 at Giants Stadium 1 at the Gabba

Can never seem to escape the SCG, I’ve always hated playing there think this is a personal attack on me by Gill but it is what it is and we’ll see how we go. I don’t mind playing twice in Adelaide. The annual Thursday night match in Perth is another one we can’t seem to ever escape, a bit sick of it at this point. Giants Stadium still gives me PTSD too and playing Round 23 away sucks. Interstate games are never going to be good when you can’t travel but that’s life.

Timeslots

4 Thursday nights 2 Friday nights 4 Saturday afternoons 3 Saturday twilights 4 Saturday nights 3 Sunday afternoons 1 Sunday twilight

There are NINE Thursday night games next season and they gave us FOUR of them! Thursday night football is good to watch when other teams are playing but when we’re playing it sucks, I feel like I don’t have anything left to really look forward to for the rest of the weekend. Very happy with our Sundays, I have to be alone in saying this but I love Sunday games the most, I get to watch every other match during the weekend and then end it by watching my own team, pure bliss tbh.

Teams We Play Twice

GWS, Collingwood, Adelaide, North Melbourne, Sydney

This is nice. I have a soft spot for GWS so playing them twice makes me happy. Collingwood and Sydney seem to be the norm recently in terms of a second match so no surprises there. Don’t mind playing Adelaide again and North should be good.

Overall seems like an alright draw, however we won’t really know until the season starts. Super keen for 2020, I miss footy so much already, I just need it to start as soon as possible. Go Dons!

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