Draw out - 9 games at SCG

[aardvark]

I can see 13 wins there and a few maybes........

[conradhc]

It's great to get the 9 at the SCG. Being close to Canberra, glad that the GWS home games at Manuka don't clash with Swans games, so we'll be able to go and see more footy there. Yay!

Sunday twilights will be interesting for us, given we have to get home and work the next day. Saturday twilight worked really well for us, something we were surprised at.

[PerthSwannie]

AAAaahhhhh. Just Jim Dandy!!! I only get one game over here in the West and this year is slap bang in the middle of school holidays in July when we are down South camping. Great!! What`d`ya rekon? Leave the family in the caravan and come back for the game(4 hour round trip)? or watch it at the closest pub???

[Yuri H]

9 games at SCG - great! The later starts, I dunno about ... I was actually hoping for more Saturday arvo games myself.

As for the shhhedule of who we play - might be better doing the tougher ones in the second half; we always seem to go sluggish mid-season and then just when I'm about to write the season off, storm into form toward the end (in my opinion - any actual facts/statistics notwithstanding).

[satchmopugdog]

I am bit annoyed that Hawthorn has decided that we are team they should taken to Tassie - surely we draw more people to the MCG than Brisbane or Adelaide.

You might be annoyed.....I AM ECSTATIC...Aurora Stadium 1 hour down the road....woo hooo

[i'm-uninformed2]

That's why it's on 7mate. The Swans games just dont get ratings. At least they have put them on 7mate so that's lucky for those without Foxtel.

When did 7 announce everything was being shuffled off to 7mate?

[Peace]

this draw really wants us to make the top 4, i'm very happy.

[Bas]

When did 7 announce everything was being shuffled off to 7mate?

Read it somewhere here. I rely on Foxtel though.

[ernest13tse]

Matches 'exclusive' to Ch7 involving Sydney will near certainly be shown on 7, whereas games involving other teams especially on Friday and Saturday nights are most likely to be shown live on 7mate, rather than at 11:30pm..

[DLBIA14]

I may be the only one, but this draw makes me very uncomfortable. There is a lot of pressure on the boys to be 9-2 or 10-1 by the end of the first 11 rounds and we all know that level of performance without hiccups is not something our team can't usually do. It's the games we are expected to win that we do the worst in. This season Adel/Rich/Mel ect. were all games we dropped, but should have comfortably won.

Adding to that we have an extremely tough run home, which potentially could kill our confidence and take away any momentum into the finals. Having said that it would potentially be a bonus if the season plays out like this season and we have a very clear top 4. If they have nothing to play for, will they compete hard?

Interesting to see how it eventuates, but i'm really happy we've got as many games as we have in Sydney. For the first (and possibly only time) thanks GWS! Disappointed we've lost the Canberra games cause we do have a lot of supporters here. GWS might take most them, but I do like that we are going to Tassie.

[DLBIA14]

Taking a break from my work and having a casual look at our draw I think we could end up with between 40-60 points. Around 40 if I was being quite cynical and have us dropping a few against average teams and 60 if were were to beat most teams except the top 5 in 2011. Essentially could finish in the top 4 or just outside the 8 and taking the middle ground has us lining up for a 5/6/7 finish. As expected then...

[Primmy]

I will just throw this in; having read the start times of the Sydney games, where does this leave the Reserves draw. Does this mean no reserves this year too? Or strictly limited access?

[lwjoyner]

Us melbourne supporters st""d again. Games against Essendon and Blues at Etihad (almost no i saky impoosible to get a seat at unless you sit up high, and Blues almost the same,both clubs especially if they are winning) and again at Skilled where you cant get a seat. But we play in Launceston what a joke. I can see less members again from Victoria. When will we get 6 games in Melbourne and more at MCG where we can sit in a good spot for free, and not have to pay about $25 on top of our membership to go to games at Etihad and if you can get a ticket to SS.

[CureTheSane]

Us melbourne supporters st""d again. Games against Essendon and Blues at Etihad (almost no i saky impoosible to get a seat at unless you sit up high, and Blues almost the same,both clubs especially if they are winning) and again at Skilled where you cant get a seat. But we play in Launceston what a joke. I can see less members again from Victoria. When will we get 6 games in Melbourne and more at MCG where we can sit in a good spot for free, and not have to pay about $25 on top of our membership to go to games at Etihad and if you can get a ticket to SS.

What memebership?
I let that go years ago. If the AFL (and teh club to some degree) are going to make it so hard to my team play, they don't get my support.

I'm not upset over the draw - exactly as I expected.
I'll assume that the few games we get to see live will be played in Melbourne, and that those played outside of Melbourne will not be on FTA.
Same old.... you will continue to see less and less Vic based supporte..X - followers - at games.

[Damien]

When did 7 announce everything was being shuffled off to 7mate?

Was part of the 1.25B deal. 4 Live AFL games on FTA in Sydney but on 7mate. As Bas said, great result for those without Foxtel.