KANE Cornes is frustrated that we still have overlapping games in the AFL fixture.<\/p>\n
Round 8 saw the GWS v Essendon and Gold Coast v St Kilda games overlap on Saturday afternoon, as well as the Bulldogs v Carlton and Lions v Dockers games on Sunday.<\/p>\n
On top of that, two big Saturday night games – Melbourne v Sydney and the Showdown between Port Adelaide and Adelaide – also overlapped.<\/p>\n
Cornes, who worked the Swans\/Dees game for SEN on Saturday night while the Port\/Crows game is going on, can\u2019t understand why the fixture is still laid out in such a way.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow ridiculous is it that we have overlapping games in the fixture?\u201d Cornes told SEN SA Breakfast.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s seven days in a week, nine games that need to be fixtured, do we need have overlapping games?<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Anzac Day we had the early Sunday game, the Anzac Day game and a Sunday night game. Perfect.<\/p>\n
\u201cSurely we could have shifted the Melbourne versus Sydney game to Thursday night, had a standalone Showdown and everyone is happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really disappointing. I\u2019ll have the TV on in the commentary box.\u201d<\/p>\n
There will be no Thursday night games until the next block of the fixture, despite its rampant popularity early in the season.<\/p>\n
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