GF players watch match on TV

During the TV commentary on the St Kilda Doggies match they mentioned that several C'wood players were at the match, the rest were watching on TV.

How useful is it for a C'wood player to watch their upcoming opponents on TV? Not much in my opinion.

How can they see where their next opponent is moving, how they managed to get 5m free of their opponent etc etc - all they see most of the time is close-ups of a player with a ball in hand, or a pack contest. Just occasionally there is a wide shot. So why were they not at the match?

I've often wondered if teams get the video of all the camera angles when they review a match in the following week. Does anyone know?

Which brings me to my usual whinge. I'm sick of close-ups where the ball is hand-balled just out of the field of view and the viewer has no idea who is the recipient or what pressure they are under at the time it is hand-balled. If they just doubled the area framed it would be so much better. But I guess they think it is less exciting if the viewer has some idea what will happen next. My 'favourite' is a guy running along with a ball surrounded by green. They could film that in advance for all it tells you about the broadcast match.