2017 ORFFU Fixture: (I think this is right) Round 1 Ararat Armadillos vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas King Island Monarchs vs Eden Whalers Cow Bay Crocs vs Blanchetown Bunyips Coolgardie Prospectors vs Pakenham Parasites Banchang Barcrawlers vs Christmas Island Smugglers Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Pearcedale Panthers Nuytsland Vikings vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Korumburra Blowflies vs Hughenden Prarie Dogs Serengeti Buffalos vs Gisborne Grenades Round 2 Groote Eyelandt Barracudas vs Coolgardie Prospectors Gisborne Grenades vs Ararat Armadillos Southern Cross Sandgropers vs Pearcedale Panthers Pakenham Parasites vs Serengeti Buffalos Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs King Island Monarchs Eden Whalers vs Nuytsland Vikings Blanchetown Bunyips vs Banchang Barcrawlers Christmas Island Smugglers vs Korumburra Blowflies Cow Bay Crocs vs Staghorn Flat Bulls Round 3 Nuytsland Vikings vs Coolgardie Prospectors Eden Whalers vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Banchang Barcrawlers vs Ararat Armadillos Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Christmas Island Smugglers King Island Monarchs vs Blanchetown Bunyips Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs Cow Bay Crocs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas vs Serengeti Buffalos Pearcedale Panthers vs Gisborne Grenades Korumburra Blowflies vs Pakenham Parasites Round 4 Coolgardie Prospectors vs Eden Whalers Pakenham Parasites vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas Ararat Armadillos vs Blanchetown Bunyips Serengeti Buffalos vs Staghorn Flat Bulls King Island Monarchs vs Nuytsland Vikings Christmas Island Smugglers vs Pearcedale Panthers Banchang Barcrawlers vs Hughenden Prarie Dogs Southern Cross Sandgropers vs Korumburra Blowflies Gisborne Grenades vs Cow Bay Crocs Round 5 Groote Eyelandt Barracudas vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Pearcedale Panthers vs King Island Monarchs Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Banchang Barcrawlers Eden Whalers vs Ararat Armadillos Serengeti Buffalos vs Christmas Island Smugglers Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs Nuytsland Vikings Blanchetown Bunyips vs Gisborne Grenades Cow Bay Crocs vs Pakenham Parasites Korumburra Blowflies vs Coolgardie Prospectors Round 6 Eden Whalers vs Staghorn Flat Bulls Ararat Armadillos vs Hughenden Prarie Dogs Pakenham Parasites vs Banchang Barcrawlers Serengeti Buffalos vs Blanchetown Bunyips Nuytsland Vikings vs Pearcedale Panthers King Island Monarchs vs Cow Bay Crocs Gisborne Grenades vs Korumburra Blowflies Southern Cross Sandgropers vs Coolgardie Prospectors Christmas Island Smugglers vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas Round 7 Ararat Armadillos vs Nuytsland Vikings Pearcedale Panthers vs Eden Whalers Banchang Barcrawlers vs Serengeti Buffalos Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Korumburra Blowflies Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs Gisborne Grenades Cow Bay Crocs vs Christmas Island Smugglers Coolgardie Prospectors vs King Island Monarchs Pakenham Parasites vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Blanchetown Bunyips vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas Round 8 Groote Eyelandt Barracudas vs Staghorn Flat Bulls Eden Whalers vs Hughenden Prarie Dogs Banchang Barcrawlers vs Cow Bay Crocs Christmas Island Smugglers vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Korumburra Blowflies vs King Island Monarchs Blanchetown Bunyips vs Pearcedale Panthers Gisborne Grenades vs Coolgardie Prospectors Ararat Armadillos vs Pakenham Parasites Serengeti Buffalos vs Nuytsland Vikings Round 9 Serengeti Buffalos vs Korumburra Blowflies Coolgardie Prospectors vs Banchang Barcrawlers Blanchetown Bunyips vs Staghorn Flat Bulls Christmas Island Smugglers vs Ararat Armadillos Nuytsland Vikings vs Cow Bay Crocs Pakenham Parasites vs King Island Monarchs Gisborne Grenades vs Eden Whalers Pearcedale Panthers vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas Southern Cross Sandgropers vs Hughenden Prarie Dogs Round 10 King Island Monarchs vs Ararat Armadillos Groote Eyelandt Barracudas vs Korumburra Blowflies Pearcedale Panthers vs Pakenham Parasites Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Nuytsland Vikings Eden Whalers vs Banchang Barcrawlers Coolgardie Prospectors vs Serengeti Buffalos Gisborne Grenades vs Christmas Island Smugglers Southern Cross Sandgropers vs Cow Bay Crocs Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs Blanchetown Bunyips Rounds 11-13 Bye and MS Draft Round 14 Ararat Armadillos vs Serengeti Buffalos Blanchetown Bunyips vs Eden Whalers Cow Bay Crocs vs Coolgardie Prospectors Nuytsland Vikings vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas Christmas Island Smugglers vs King Island Monarchs Korumburra Blowflies vs Banchang Barcrawlers Pakenham Parasites vs Gisborne Grenades Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs Pearcedale Panthers Round 15 Groote Eyelandt Barracudas vs King Island Monarchs Eden Whalers vs Serengeti Buffalos Southern Cross Sandgropers vs Ararat Armadillos Coolgardie Prospectors vs Christmas Island Smugglers Blanchetown Bunyips vs Pakenham Parasites Banchang Barcrawlers vs Pearcedale Panthers Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs Staghorn Flat Bulls Nuytsland Vikings vs Gisborne Grenades Korumburra Blowflies vs Cow Bay Crocs Round 16 Gisborne Grenades vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Cow Bay Crocs vs Eden Whalers Pearcedale Panthers vs Serengeti Buffalos King Island Monarchs vs Staghorn Flat Bulls Korumburra Blowflies vs Blanchetown Bunyips Christmas Island Smugglers vs Hughenden Prarie Dogs Pakenham Parasites vs Nuytsland Vikings Ararat Armadillos vs Coolgardie Prospectors Banchang Barcrawlers vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas Round 17 Groote Eyelandt Barracudas vs Cow Bay Crocs Nuytsland Vikings vs Banchang Barcrawlers Coolgardie Prospectors vs Blanchetown Bunyips King Island Monarchs vs Gisborne Grenades Pearcedale Panthers vs Korumburra Blowflies Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs Pakenham Parasites Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Ararat Armadillos Eden Whalers vs Christmas Island Smugglers Serengeti Buffalos vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Round 18 Christmas Island Smugglers vs Nuytsland Vikings Southern Cross Sandgropers vs Blanchetown Bunyips Pakenham Parasites vs Eden Whalers Cow Bay Crocs vs Pearcedale Panthers Gisborne Grenades vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas Banchang Barcrawlers vs King Island Monarchs Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Coolgardie Prospectors Ararat Armadillos vs Korumburra Blowflies Serengeti Buffalos vs Hughenden Prarie Dogs Round 19 Ararat Armadillos vs Cow Bay Crocs Korumburra Blowflies vs Eden Whalers Coolgardie Prospectors vs Pearcedale Panthers Nuytsland Vikings vs Blanchetown Bunyips Gisborne Grenades vs Staghorn Flat Bulls King Island Monarchs vs Serengeti Buffalos Southern Cross Sandgropers vs Banchang Barcrawlers Groote Eyelandt Barracudas vs Hughenden Prarie Dogs Christmas Island Smugglers vs Pakenham Parasites Round 20 Pearcedale Panthers vs Ararat Armadillos Eden Whalers vs Groote Eyelandt Barracudas Blanchetown Bunyips vs Christmas Island Smugglers King Island Monarchs vs Southern Cross Sandgropers Staghorn Flat Bulls vs Pakenham Parasites Korumburra Blowflies vs Nuytsland Vikings Cow Bay Crocs vs Serengeti Buffalos Banchang Barcrawlers vs Gisborne Grenades Hughenden Prarie Dogs vs Coolgardie Prospectors
Alright everyone, there's been a minor change. What we've done is swap round 3 and round 9 (currently not reflected in Holky's post, I'll update it soon). Why we're doing this is because the 4 teams that are the most effected by the Port-GC R9 bye are Banchang, Serengeti, Coolgardie, and Christmas Island. Fortunately all four teams play eachother in R3, so by swapping this with the R9 bye, we can then have option 3 from the bye discussion (keep everything as is, and the teams with extra players out just suffer more, rather than option 1 of taking averages), and no team is either seriously advantaged or disadvantaged. Some teams have no players taking the bye, a couple have 1 or 2, but these four teams (currently) have 5-7 players who will be missing. So by having these teams face off in the effected R9, we're limiting the damage. The board discussed this over drinks, so things got a little bit confusing as the discussion progressed (and we got very side-tracked), but we agreed that this was the way to go forward. If anyone has any serious issue with this, please let us know, otherwise this is what we'll be doing.
@Tylo has 4 key players out rosa broadbent boak swallow ( who should be up to speed by round 9) he plays @martyg strong advantage to him as he only has gray out @DamoH has more players affected but only hartlett trengrove play maybe mckenzie but bonner frampton wont play and rischittelli out acl
I'll take the rap for that. My mistake in that I missed Swallow and Rosa when relaying the info to the board. The way I see it, is there's no solution that's fair to EVERYONE, unless we don't play any games at all, Rd9, and change our Finals structure and restrict finals to top 4 only, as we'll be short 1 week.
currently Banchang, Serengeti, Coolgardie, and Christmas Island all playing each other change it to Banchang, Serengeti, Coolgardie, and Monarchs
The first thought was to redo the fixture to evenly match the teams in round 9, which we may end up having to look at again.
I'm trying to calculate how many starters are affected, not sure what to count returning Essendon players as in terms of average though.
After some calculations with 2016 average scores, I have determined, based on points lost from lineups the following draw for R9: Serengeti vs Banchang (each team lose over 100 points) Coolgardie vs Korumburra King Island vs Blanchetown Pakenham vs Staghorn Flat Christmas Island vs Cow Bay Ararat vs Nuytsland Gisborne, Groote Eyelandt, Eden, Hughenden, Pearcedale and Staghorn Flat play in the other 3 games. Gisborne are only down about 2 points. Although Christmas Island had a lot of total players affected, only 3 are starters and depth allows them to be easily replaced. By comparison, Blanchetown lose Robbie Gray and he is replaced by Kane Lambert which is about a 43 point difference. A new draw will be added soon to account for these changes.
Whatever the board works out is fine by me The option which allowed the averages would probably make the changing of the draw a moot point though... just saying!
Either way is OK, I probably should have waited before editing my spreadsheet... I'll make a new draw as a backup though just in case