Gather Round

[Booney]

Thursday
Adelaide v Carlton AO
Friday
Collingwood v Freo AO
Saturday
North v Brisbane Barossa
Essendon v Melbourne AO
Sydney v Gold Coast Norwood
Hawthorn v Bulldogs AO
Sunday
Geelong v West Coast Norwood
GWS v Richmond Barossa
Port Adelaide v St Kilda AO

[Armchair expert]

Adelaide v Carlton - Absolute disgrace Carlton cop the Crows in gather rort once again
Collingwood v Freo - Fraudmantle are due an appearance
North v Brisbane - Not playing Carlton this week North
Essendon v Melbourne - Dees by a point
Sydney v Gold Coast - Gold Frauds are frauds
Hawthorn v Bulldogs - Injuries have hit the Dogs hard
Geelong v West Coast - Geelong to get a world record free kick count
GWS v Richmond - Two average sides, GWS should get some players back
Port Adelaide v St Kilda - Surely they can't stuff this up

[Brodlach]

I’m making the trek to AO tomorrow night so Carlton are certainties

[Trader]

I will be attending the 4 night games again:
Thursday - Adelaide v Carlton AO
Friday - Collingwood v Freo AO
Saturday - Hawthorn v Bulldogs AO
Sunday - Port Adelaide v St Kilda AO

Hopefully not too many blow outs this round (despite 6 of the 9 games being "Div 1" vs "Div 2") which together with precipitation this weekend could take the shine off things.

[Brodlach]

You should have 4 reasonably close games

[Trader]

Yeah the other 5 seem the ugly ones.

[Armchair expert]

Only rain can stop a Crow 10+ goal win

[locky801]

Adelaide v Carlton (more likely be a draw)
Collingwood v Freo
North v Brisbane
Essendon v Melbourne
Sydney v Gold Coast
Hawthorn v Bulldogs
Geelong v West Coast
GWS v Richmond
Port Adelaide v St Kilda

[Spargo]

Yeah the other 5 seem the ugly ones.

Barring the Hawks/Dogs game you might see 3 ugly matches too. Adelaide, Freo & StK should win comfortably IMO. Swan/Suns will be tight.

[mighty_tiger_79]

hawks/dogs is the only game i can see being close or atleast worth watching

[gadj1976]

My ideal draw for gather round;

Adelaide v Brisbane AO
Collingwood v Fremantle AO
Port v Geelong AO
Hawthorn v Bulldogs AO
Sydney v Gold Coast AO

The rest can be Norwood or Barossa

GWS v Richmond
St Kilda v North
WCE v Carlton
Essendon v Melbourne

That way, both premiership and runner's up, play Adel teams in Adel at AO. Adelaide playing Bris this year, Port playing whoever wins this year on the Thursday night in 2027.

Despite Carlton' ability to attract big crowds, we deserve to be way off broadway.

This year's fixture is a fizzer.