Noises I did not realise existed until tonight

[Salems Lot 2,529]

With no crowd to make a noise it is amazing the things you hear.

The sound of boots near the boundary 

The players calling "BALL"

The sound of boot kicking the footy

The umpire exhaling as he bounces the footy.

Feel free to add yours

[Call Me What You Will 751]

Traditional values, suburban footy, the game of the people, except there are no people!

[Salems Lot 2,529]

The sound of people scratching their heads trying to work out why the AFL persist with this match up as the first game of the season

[Deeman 1,497]

Commentators breaking wind?

[darkhorse72 1,916]

Any swearing picked up yet? 

[General Malaise 208]

37 minutes ago, Salems Lot said:

The sound of people scratching their heads trying to work out why the AFL persist with this match up as the first game of the season

Yeah, what's with that? Carlton persistently treated as royalty, when in reality they're basically only Harry and that American lady.

[Cards13 9,117]

The sound of “excitement“ being sucked out of the game by a terrible Carlton footy club.

[General Malaise 208]

Dementor's kiss..

[Moonshadow 17,676]

Vision missing (apart from crowd) is that of sea gulls circling for scraps of food

[Nelo 813]

It was quite interesting. Nice to have a sporting event without being drowned out with music like the big bash. 

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,823]

22 minutes ago, Nelo said:

It was quite interesting. Nice to have a sporting event without being drowned out with music like the big bash. 

Just wait until next week when the AFL realise that the game is missing that tacky and crass element and they need to do cheapen things up a bit.

Edited March 19, 2020 by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

[Beetle 4,654]

The missus reckons I‘ve said “[censored] this [censored]...I hate both these [censored] teams”, early in the first quarter for the past 4 years..

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,775]

1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

The sound of “excitement“ being sucked out of the game by a terrible Carlton footy club.

I read excrement... ?

[hardtack 10,537]

The rain... sounded like polite applause.

[JTR 2,846]

3 hours ago, Salems Lot said:

With no crowd to make a noise it is amazing the things you hear.

The sound of boots near the boundary 

The players calling "BALL"

The sound of boot kicking the footy

The umpire exhaling as he bounces the footy.

Feel free to add yours

If you've ever used the now non-existent AFL Sports Ears, you'd have had the pleasure of hearing many interesting things through the mic.

My personal favourite was Razor Ray hoicking (sp?) up and spitting out phlegm almost every time he was about to do a centre bounce.

~ RIGHT INTO MY EAR ~

????

Edited March 19, 2020 by JTR

[chookrat 4,247]

While I didn't bother watching the game last night, because Melbourne wasn't playing, I am appreciative that we have footy to watch. Glad the AFL and Clubs are doing what they can to make it work under the circumstances.

[Demonstone 22,507]

11 hours ago, Deeman said:

Commentators breaking wind?

Remember how we used to cough loudly to cover up the sound of us breaking wind?  Now it's the other way around.

[Salems Lot 2,529]

What are the odds of the Weagles running a crowd sound track during our game.  Pre-Recorded "BALLLLLL!" everytime we get near the footy.

[Jaded No More 68,913]

For me the game really lacked atmosphere and it took away from the viewing. Especially when Carlton was mounting a comeback.

While I'm so happy we can still watch footy, and while I'm looking forward to our game on Sunday, there is no doubt that the crowd and the involvement of the fans is what makes our game so special.

 

[Willmoy1947 4,085]

...hmm, not that in six months time no one will be able to go to a game....

[Traja Dee 108]

The absence of opposition fans baying for tiggy-touch free kicks was refreshing. 

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed watching last night's game, which possibly reflects my preference for high-level skills, athleticism and game plans over crowd atmosphere.  Mind you, I was bored after 3 quarters of Richmond getting away with slapping the ball upwards (against the rules back in the day) and their flukey goal kicking.

[roy11 3,853]

always enjoyed watching behind closed door soccer games for this very reason, it's interesting hearing the players communicate with each other.

 

Reckon they'll eventually add some sort of noise on the broadcast tho

[radar 1,865]

Haven’t seen any video - are players still spitting onto the ground? 
 

yuk

[faultydet 7,594]

33 minutes ago, radar said:

Haven’t seen any video - are players still spitting onto the ground? 
 

yuk

Why wouldn't they?

You never got a gobfull of slag during a game of footy?

Disgusting yes, but a part of high intensity sport.

[faultydet 7,594]

Didnt listen to radio coverage.

Did they use canned sound?