2024 Round 1 but not Opening Round Non Essendon Games

Football Discussion Non Essendon Stuff
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FC vs Tigers
Klan vs Chickens
GWS vs North
Geelong vs St Kilda
GC vs Adelaide
Melbourne vs Footscray
Port vs WC
Freo vs Brisbane

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Klan vs Chickens and GC vs Adelaide could be good games.

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FC are going to absolutely fist Richmond

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KING CHARLIE!!!

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Dees v Dogs is a huge game. Melbourne has a tough start to the season and if they go 0-2 they are in a bit of a hole with Port (A), Adelaide (A) and Brisbane (H) to come. Beveridge doesn’t have too much wriggle room this year so a good start to the season is crucial.

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I am looking forward to seeing how teams playing their first game of the season go against the teams that already have one game under their belt.

I think the teams who played on the weekend just gone are going to have a big advantage.

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Agree. Couldn’t they have organised say Brisbane v GWS and Freo v GC for instance? That way all 8 clubs who played in OR would play against another team that also playing in OR…

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I’m just glad we avoid the likely meltdown on here had we played a team in Round 1 that had already played in ‘Round 0’ …

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do we have 5 games after round 23 called closing round?

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We are in alternate 2024

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Dont give them any ideas

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They are just waiting for the NRL to do something and copy it.

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Next will be trying to crack the US market.

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Inevitable they do that at some point, even more likely now with the T20 world cup giving them some suitable venues to play at. We were meant to do it a few years ago, hope we back out next time

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I think it’s worth trying.
But it has to be club initiated. Not the AFL saying “ohh, you’ll be playing round 7 in LA”.

If it fails, so be it. But trying to expand the game is a good idea.

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Except Freo didn’t play in OR

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LA Coliseum is having the aths tracks reinstalled for the 28 Olympics. Afl should try swing in on the back of that and turf it for a few afl games before it’s returned to its gridiron orientation. I figure an aths tracks is about as close as you’ll ever get to a decent sized afl oval, albeit a little narrow.

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Why?

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Oh yeah, there’s a game tonight

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Real footy starts tonight