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Not quite off topic: Living interstate Etihad is not an option, so don't have to feel guilty about watching on TV: In the Fox broadcast of our match the close ups which focussed on the player with the ball were extremely annoying - balls flying out of shot, no idea who was nearby. At times I could only guess that the ball was going to one of our players by looking at how the other players in shot reacted. Whereas watching the MCG match it was not that bad. Is the difference the two broadcast camera/director teams (are there 2?) or the camera set-up at the 2 venues?

A collective noun for a group of GWS supporters? You must be kidding, there is only one.

I doubt any of us are. But even so, it's a lot better than only looking forward to the match to see if our latest messiah turns in a good game.

Meanwhile over on the Doggies board... Let's hope the Demon players are as overconfident as many of their supporters.....

Definition of a team not going well: Beaten by Demons.

If we keep the last few weeks up, it will be time to change the thread title and remove the word 'embarrassing'.

Too true. A poll on at what point in the game did you stop being anxious would be interesting. In my case a few minutes into Q3 (which is a record since the 1960's).

Channel 7 up here ran out of ads to show here because we kicked so many goals.

Does Goddard get rubbed out for deliberately shoving a GWS player into the umpire? Indirect contact?

Pisses me off how the commentators including our hero seem to be making excuses for him and the whole team for that matter .

Surely other teams which gets stuck with the Darwin game want a following bye too and would support us in this? Or are we now such a threat that they'd be overruled by other clubs. (if only)

Will be offered 1 week, the arrogant sods will appeal and he'll get a second week. (Though more likely will be let off on the grounds he's just a friendly clumsy giant, a bleached Shrek).

I agree that us supporters know less than the FD (surely not!) but just because a young player is playing well and hasn't looked exhausted yet doesn't mean it might be wise to rest him before he runs out of steam.

NtG does say "Update", so of course it won't be in that link. The question is, what is his source for the update.

I don't care what the jerks in the media say . If we win we are 4 points closer to being in the finals. If we lose we are 4 points further away.

Docklands becomes (Donald) Ducklands

All it has is the time it is at spot A, the time it is at B and the distance between them. I doubt if GPS positioning (non military) is accurate enough to know where someone is at every instant if they are running in a zig zag, though it will give a reasonably good number if they run for long enough in a straight line. It will underestimate the distance travelled most likely when zig zagging. My GPS location it is currently at least 5 metres from where I really am - where is the sub-metre accuracy Deeznuts mentioned? Is Deeznuts saying the GPS on a players back is more accurate than my phone perhaps? I agree with his remarks about averages, but there is no point in higher sampling rates if the position is not known extremely accurately at every time.

I can see how GPS could give a reasonable total distance covered, but I can't see how it can give a reliable figure for speed which I assume requires running in a straight line to be accurate. Players don't run in a straight line for long and often enough I would have thought.

I'd be more supportive of that view if they therefore moved some Geelong home games to the MCG. Either that or widen the Geelong ground to resemble the width of all other AFL grounds. Ridiculous advantage to them as it is.

How about a gloat-free moment. Re Max going over the mark, I didn't quite catch it, but I thought he just jumped leaning forward and his feet did not go over the mark even when he landed. If that is right I'm surprised that the rule prohibits that. It must happen all the time when a player just waves his arms about. Nah, return to gloating.

The trick with having a sell out is to make sure you limit the number of seats to the likely turnout. I'm sure the AFL would never play games like that however.

I was going to ask the exchange rate between guineas and dubloons actually.

If true, think of all those legal fees wasted in the last week.

I expect an appeal to the High Court either way. Still reckon the whole saga is a plot to disrupt our selection planning today.

Basing expectations on the basis of the arguments made is not a wise way to make a prediction with the AFL.