I'd like to see the return of AFL - VFL aligned games playing the same weekend.
For example, Melbourne v Collingwood - Sandy v Williamstown, Bulldogs v Essendon - Werribee v Bendigo.
What do others think?
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Me too.
Was just pointing out that 18 may be one of the highlights for me. :wink:
Good point.
Interesting observation.
Perhaps caseyscorp can enlighten us further ? Whilst no longer fully driven by the AFL draw , I was under the impression that the VFL did everything possible to provide clubs with a favourable draw re AFL alignments.
Is it possible that the Scorpions have not placed a high priority on avoiding clashes with St Kilda ???
You've got me looking at it in more detail.
Of the 6 clashes, 4 occur on a Sunday afternoon, and 2 occur on a Saturday afternoon. I know that the Scorpions generally want Sunday afternoon games, so as to leave Saturday afternoons available for local competition. With the exception of the opening of the new facility at Casey Fields (the TV game of the round) and the last home game of the season, all other Scorpions home games are on Sunday afternoons.
Of the 4 clash games on a Sunday afternoon, 3 of them are in fact away games so maybe the scheduling revolves around satisfying clubs' home games aspirations (and avoiding clashes with AFL partner games at those times).
The 2 clash games on Saturdays are both Scorpions away games.
So, 5 of the 6 clashes with St Kilda matches occur during Scorpions away games. It seems reasonably compelling that the scheduling takes care to avoid a clash against home games, but doesn't give a continental about away games.
However, I would think that the scheduling should still take into account potential clashes with away games. It couldn't be that difficult.
What, like the reserves players on the wing at Werribee?[/quote]
Come off it, Dolphin.
Our reserves players don't down a while slab during the day and they are very well behaved so please don't go talking about something you know nothing about.
The blokes on the wing t Werribee would easily go through a slab. Not that there is anything wrong with that. 12 blokes is 2 cans each. Big deal.
I can't recall who it was, but somebody outed those guys as seconds players.
I couldn't care less, but don't play dumb and claim that I "don't know what I am talking about"!
The problem with allowing cars in to the ground is that this type of thing is uncontrollable. Apart from that fact that it makes the competition look like park footy.
I am not playing dumb, this is an issue which didn't know too much about until you alterted me to it.
Being serious and it's better if I don't make any more comments, as have got myself in hot water before.
Its all good Benny!! Like I said, I don't see that there is much of a problem.
Dolphins right about cars in VFL grounds though... its a bit of an embarrassment, especially at metropolitan venues.
I'd even like to see Austar Arena (Northern Oval, North Ballarat) stop the practice, and build up that outer wing.
No cars inside the perimeter fence at the VFL ground at Casey Fields!