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NON MFC: Round 07

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30 minutes ago, Watts the matter said:

He has looked ok but Pickett's debut was every bit as good. You clearly have a short memory.

Sorry I don’t remember writing that post. 

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    35 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Time we had some "truth in broadcasting"

    1. Location of commentators

    2. Crowd noise.... real or supplemented

    And while we're at it gt rid of Bruce and BT. Bruce has notes a la his old Olympic days about favourite players. It's boring.

    I don't need them to tell me "he kicks the ball forward" etc etc

    I couldn't stand anymore tonight DJ. Hit the mute button and I synced up the radio. So much more enjoyable. 

    Bruce is now unlistenable,  I can't handle it. 

     

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I wanted him over Pickett in the draft when the word got around that we were after a small forward in the first round.

    Time will tell, but hopefully both will be guns and provide X-factor for the fans.

    I did too. I also wanted Green or Young instead of Jackson. Rivers was one of the two I wanted once we got the 20s pick however. I think we made the wrong choices with the high picks, but it’s in the past now and I support the players that are now in red and blue. Pickett is very exciting and shows glimpses of greatness.

    Doggies are probably the best team to watch in 2020. They win contested ball but also have a good fast brand played through the corridor. They have genuine stars and X factor. Good to see them beating some of the less like able teams!

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    8 minutes ago, Hell Bent said:

    I couldn't stand anymore tonight DJ. Hit the mute button and I synced up the radio. So much more enjoyable. 

    Bruce is now unlistenable,  I can't handle it. 

     

    If TV's are supposedly smart as we are told, why can't we have "commentary off" and "crowd effects on" options?

    Would set both of those to default on any Chanel 7 AFL programs if they did.

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    35 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

    Essendon's percentage dropping by more 15 and going back down under 100, and likely dropping out of the eight, is always a welcome part of any round of football.

    It's a note on the sheet abotu how long scoring this season has been, too.  Our percentage may look pretty rough at 87% but that is still only a 40 point margin.

    Geelong's spot on the ladder is largely the product of their one good smashing... of Hawthorn.  Looking forward to us taking out turn!

    The Dogs also jumped 7 spots on the ladder with one win.

    It's very even through the middle of the ladder. With our game in hand, we're nowhere near as far off the top 8 as it felt after the Richmond loss.

    In saying that, we're also only percentage off 17th. Again, it's even.

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    35 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    I did too. I also wanted Green or Young instead of Jackson. Rivers was one of the two I wanted once we got the 20s pick however. I think we made the wrong choices with the high picks, but it’s in the past now and I support the players that are now in red and blue. Pickett is very exciting and shows glimpses of greatness.

    Doggies are probably the best team to watch in 2020. They win contested ball but also have a good fast brand played through the corridor. They have genuine stars and X factor. Good to see them beating some of the less like able teams!

    Obviously didn't watch last week when they were rubbish.

    I am also intrigued who these so called genuine stars?? 

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    3 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I wanted him over Pickett in the draft when the word got around that we were after a small forward in the first round.

    Time will tell, but hopefully both will be guns and provide X-factor for the fans.

    He looks good, but his pace isn't great.  That will hurt him as a small forward.  Tough as hell though. 

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    6 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

    He looks good, but his pace isn't great.  That will hurt him as a small forward.  Tough as hell though. 

    Weightman is more of a lead of forward like Elliot. We have Hannan and Fritsch already in that role.

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    9 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

    If TV's are supposedly smart as we are told, why can't we have "commentary off" and "crowd effects on" options?

    Would set both of those to default on any Chanel 7 AFL programs if they did.

    I think this every week. 

    I turned off the game last night and watched the Dees v Suns game again. Unfortunately the commentary from Gary and Jonno Brown was worse. 

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    9 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

    If TV's are supposedly smart as we are told, why can't we have "commentary off" and "crowd effects on" options?

    You'd think this would have occurred to the TV stations by now.

    Because they could say to the commentators, "turns out only 50% of viewers listen to the commentary, so you're not as important as we thought, so you, you're taking a pay cut, and you, you're fired."

    And they could pay some teenager minimum wage to push the button on a crowd sound effect mp3 they downloaded for free. "Audio department? Boss here. You're all fired."

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    13 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    You'd think this would have occurred to the TV stations by now.

    Because they could say to the commentators, "turns out only 50% of viewers listen to the commentary, so you're not as important as we thought, so you, you're taking a pay cut, and you, you're fired."

    And they could pay some teenager minimum wage to push the button on a crowd sound effect mp3 they downloaded for free. "Audio department? Boss here. You're all fired."

    I’m a bit surprised it’s not a thing either, the broadcasts that get sent around to the networks typically have a mixed audio (with coms) on the first two channels and the effects audio from the ground on the 3rd and 4th channel. There are probably more mixes happening because of no crowd but I’d be very surprised if it couldn’t be a relatively easy option to create on the TVs. 

    I’d be a strong supporter of being able to choose different radio stations commentary as well. Some of the commentators on Seven in particular are infuriating. 

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    15 minutes ago, Pates said:

    I’m a bit surprised it’s not a thing either, the broadcasts that get sent around to the networks typically have a mixed audio (with coms) on the first two channels and the effects audio from the ground on the 3rd and 4th channel. There are probably more mixes happening because of no crowd but I’d be very surprised if it couldn’t be a relatively easy option to create on the TVs. 

    I’d be a strong supporter of being able to choose different radio stations commentary as well. Some of the commentators on Seven in particular are infuriating. 

    Pates l have Kayo so I can pause the stream but I'm sure you can do the following even with free to air with modern smart TVs. 

    Step 1. Mute Bruce and all the other tripe on ch7. (it is now horrendous and ruins the game) 

    Step 2. Listen to your choice of radio through the AFL app on your phone and play thru your Bluetooth speaker.

    Step 3 Pause the stream/live TV until it is in sync with the radio call. 

    There were about 7 radio stations to choose from,  even WA or SA stations for the masochists.

    I can't tell you how much more enjoyable an experience it is. 

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    given the amount of $$s the channels have tied up with commentators to be the 'sound' of their football coverage, there's simply no way that they'll allow you to pick and choose (rival) commentary teams

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    ‘Press red for Ed’ was a good feature a few Queens Birthday games ago. After Watts kicked the sealer, Ed literally turned red. 

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    Just heard on 3aw that Bruce calls from Adelaide with BT in Melbourne and the boundary rider Hodge in Brisbane.

    No wonder it's so bad.

    I thought Hodge was both underutilised and underwhelming.

    Calls out for local commentary but as many have mentioned Ch 7 seems to think that the callers are the stars !!!

    Surely WA has excellent commentators for example as would SA.

    PS.. was watching the Hungarian GP practice session. Track nowhere near as scenic as Austria. Whoever was mixing the sound had no idea.Commentators could hardly be heard over the cars. My natural reaction is to turn up the sound and well.... that didn't work. Hope they fix it for qualifying tonight.

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    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Just heard on 3aw that Bruce calls from Adelaide with BT in Melbourne and the boundary rider Hodge in Brisbane.

    No wonder it's so bad.

    I thought Hodge was both underutilised and underwhelming.

    Calls out for local commentary but as many have mentioned Ch 7 seems to think that the callers are the stars !!!

    Surely WA has excellent commentators for example as would SA.

    PS.. was watching the Hungarian GP practice session. Track nowhere near as scenic as Austria. Whoever was mixing the sound had no idea.Commentators could hardly be heard over the cars. My natural reaction is to turn up the sound and well.... that didn't work. Hope they fix it for qualifying tonight.

    wa = basil

    sa = bruce

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    GWS at home no problem. All their fans, still fit comfortably with social distancing in place at the Sydney Showgrounds.

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    The Bears are the best team in the comp at the moment. easily beat GWS away
     

    They will smash us next week. Need to win tomorrow!

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    Be very careful about having wagers on TAB with regard to totals for players. Not for the first time this season checked my totals of disposals on the AFL web site at 3/4 time, seeing if i was in with a chance in last qtr to achieve the required number.

    Example: today Zorko had a 3/4 time total of 17  at least before the third qtr was finished. Had another five in the last qtr at least.

    Something smells here........ amazing how many blokes have finished the games with totals of 19 or 18 and 23 or 24.???

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    Rankine just kicked the first goal of the game out of mid-air.

    Arrogance and brilliance all rolled in to one.

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    26 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    Rankine just kicked the first goal of the game out of mid-air.

    Arrogance and brilliance all rolled in to one.

    he's a pretty special talent - able to make something outta nothing

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    He’s a great prospect, but all of this fawning over Rankine by the commentators is getting tiresome! Derm was just creaming himself over the fact that he was running alongside the ball carrier heading towards goal! 

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