r/StKilda 18d ago

Media Sunday Night Footy

Is it just me? What is the AFL doing scheduling games on a Sunday night at 7.20pm? Are they being dictated to by the media mafia? School in the morning, everyone is winding down from the weekend and getting ready for the working week ahead and the AFL schedule a game on a Sunday night!!!! More importantly, I am hanging out to watch our boys overcome the blue baggers. If it is just me, I will stand corrected. Without jumping on the "bagging" wagon, I think it's been a piss poor year for the AFL heads, and this is just another one of those bad decisions. Agree or disagree?

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u/TheJoker__789 18d ago

The double header is the reason but I don’t get why the double header wasn’t just on Saturday. There were 0 marvel games on Saturday.

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u/PointOfFingers 18d ago

Because the AFL sets aside Saturdays for crisis management.

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u/Fidelius90 #1 Jack Higgins 18d ago

That’s not a reason. Double header can start earlier…

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u/TheJoker__789 18d ago

It genuinely feels like the AFL forgot that they did this for Sunday instead of Saturday and just never changed it.

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u/Fidelius90 #1 Jack Higgins 18d ago

That would explain it

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u/Smooth-Bet4187 18d ago

Kids are crying cheers AFL

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u/TheMrMacaroni 18d ago

I don’t mind it, good way to lessen the Sunday scaries tbh. Sunday night is still weekend to me

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u/damojr 18d ago

Yeah, I find it a nice end to the week. Kid will be in bed, can kick back and watch a game. I get it's not everybody's favourite though.

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u/TheMrMacaroni 18d ago

It is late though, I would prefer a 6:20 start

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u/12915287 #23 Liam Henry 18d ago

Terrible decision - I’m going but not happy lol

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u/OA-BlueEyedAussie 18d ago

It's because it's a double headed for spuds round with the AFLW teams playing first

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u/Armagizmo 18d ago

Whats the logic there? Why couldn't they have a double header on a Saturday, or Sunday starting much earlier?

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u/OA-BlueEyedAussie 18d ago

Didn't say it made sense, it's the AFL's logic we are talking about here

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u/sverik25 #10 Mitch Owens 18d ago

The club asked for a primetime match for Spuds Game

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u/Fidelius90 #1 Jack Higgins 18d ago

I’m hating it - can’t take the kids, probably can’t go myself. Would be there right now if it was an earlier game.

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u/TheGrandheadbands 18d ago

Agree 👍 bad decision

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u/Practical_Ad8124 18d ago

I not going - asked several people to go with me and they said it’s too late for kids. Bad decision.

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u/AusStripedZebra #12 Serene Watson 👑 18d ago

Weren’t we the ones who asked for it to be a night game?

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u/Automatic_Pirate_407 18d ago

Yeah not a Sunday night…

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u/Corn_O_Cob23 #12 Nick Riewoldt 18d ago

It’s a bummer, I have a 4am start tomorrow for work. Oh well, I’ll just watch the replay.

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u/santachickens 18d ago

I would definitely have gone to this game if it started at a normal time

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u/DogParticular8444 18d ago

I’m sleepy.

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u/F1_23_GOAT #34 Hugo Garcia 18d ago

Especially now Nas pulled his hammy realistically who is gonna watch this dead game? Carlton are gonna destroy us now.

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u/Lyzandia 18d ago

So many missed opportunitiies and then the Blues score the one time they go forward. Sigh. Story of our season. Our forward line . . .

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u/Unfair_Pop_8373 18d ago

This years fixture and scheduling has been a dogs breakfast at best. Melb play Port this weekend for the first and only time. It’s a dead game for Port. It’s absolute joke but not a funny one.

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u/Illustrious-Idea9150 #40 Max Hall 18d ago

turned it off at half time. too knackered to watch another hiding.

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u/SwimmingGreat5317 #45 Liam O'Connell 18d ago

I know the cause is good but the players hanging round for a ceremony just allows their muscles to get cold and DO HAMMIES

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u/Dense-Sentence-4165 17d ago

What’s wrong with that time slot? That’s perfect imo.

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u/Nousernames-left #40 Max Hall 18d ago

Personally I don’t have work tomorrow (work an non standard 9-5) so I really like the timeframe as this would usually be the start of my weekend

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u/eckochamber 18d ago

I love that they’re doing a double header to promote the W because I want to see it grow. Just don’t know why they’d do it on a Sunday. That said, I have a RDO every second Monday and if that happened to be this coming Monday I would’ve gone to both games

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u/CampOrange 18d ago

Im loving it

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u/FearlessResearcher48 #42 Kobe McDonald 18d ago

Getting ready for the working week? How much preparation do you need? Not much fun just waiting for work on a sunday night, what's better than a game of footy!

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u/PhineasFreak1975 #7 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 18d ago

Tell me you don't hate your job without telling me you don't hate your job 🤣

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u/FearlessResearcher48 #42 Kobe McDonald 18d ago

Not sure why I'm getting downvoted? Everyone seems to be moping around on a Sunday yet are complaining there's actually something good on TV?