It's out! The floating fixture between Rounds 16 and 22 is set.

The waiting game frustrates fans, but the new block of timeslots suits the broadcasters, who in effect pay for the game.

It also gives the AFL another announcement and time to shine, while at the same telling us all who those at City Hall (and in the halls of TV land) think is hot and who is not.

Below is my top 10 takeaways from the fixture reveal:

1Bye bye Blues and Bombers

We all knew Carlton and Essendon were on the nose, and the AFL agrees. Not a single Thursday night or Friday night game between them in the new fixture block. Cop that. Richmond misses out too, but we expected that from the very start of the year.

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