Dr. Gonzo

20 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

That group behind Ben Browns kick were straight out of Deliverance.

I sent my family the "duelling banjos" gif when they came on

ANB take a bow

Clarrys last quarter was immense

Windsor is an absolute jet, that goal 😲 - thank you Freo 😂

Lever and TMac stood tall with May out and Petty moved fwd in the 2nd half

Congrats Jack on a great milestone win - I think the players were especially happy they got it done for him, he is the definition of a heart and soul player.

1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

But it's not really achieving much.

 

Disagree, it's bringing the ball to ground and not letting Aliir and Esava take the intercept marks.

1 minute ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

Such is Max 🤷‍♂️

WHAT A GOAL 🔥

Our midfield has been quiet and easily bested by Port tonight. Hopefully they make amends this qtr with some clearances and some of our quieter guys like JVR Fritter and Kozi get involved. We’ll need them because Port aren’t going anywhere and have generally looked dangerous and more consistent than us. 

We can do it!! 

Get Kozzie around the ball

Just now, DubDee said:

Port are beating us easily in all stats

I reckon we can get this home. We just need our midfield to click

And Roo to step up. He needs to start clunking some marks, or just making a contest to bring the ball to ground.

5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Why have they got loose men every time but we never do?

Because they're flooding back

5 minutes ago, BDA said:

jack viney. great goal

(took a lot of steps mind)

It was a great goal by Viney but setup from Nibbler's creativity. He's such an under rated player.

I would go hard for Thilthorpe, he'll be injured most of this season so could be a bit under the radar. He offers a good backup rick option as well.

Unless we get a godfather offer or another key forward coming in we should hold him to his contract. Even if we end up getting less for him at end of 2025 it gives us two more years to have a crack at a flag with him while Gawn, May, Viney are still around. You gotta strike while the irons hot, no point planning for the future when now is the time to win flags.

I don't see it with Laurie

On 24/03/2024 at 12:23, greenwaves said:

Life's too short.  Why fill it with hate 

Can you imagine a world without Collingwood?

Collingwood but West Coast and Sydney not far behind. Essendon would be 2nd but they are a joke and have been for 20 years.

2 minutes ago, Ouch! said:

we'd need a 5th umpire for looking at behind the scenes stuff... and we know how well they are going with the review system and the boundary umpires keeping things in bound.

Isn't that why they brought in the 4th umpire?

On 19/03/2024 at 14:23, Gawndy the Great said:

Can see multiple people beat me to it. I had the 4K come up on Kayo diagnostics. Honestly couldn't tell the difference from the 4K and HD. i have a 65 inch OLED using an Apple TV 4K. 

I have noticed a lot of buffering issues with Kayo so far this year - never had this issue previously. 

I used to have buffering issues on android tv but apple tv was fine, since last year it seems the reverse, quality drops/buffers on apple tv but android tv app seems pretty reliable (though was a bit blocky early in the Dogs game).

6 hours ago, BoBo said:

Someone mentioned on Demonland that the increase in score reviews is being said to be related to advertising time. Well David King on SEN basically said the same. He has a suspicion that advertising is playing a part (as well as goal umpires seemingly being afraid to back themselves in)
 

I wonder if the memo to goal umpires has been something like: ‘if there’s even 0.0001% doubt, go to score review’

No ads, siren to siren - except for the crypto ads during the 4 score reviews each quarter 😉

5 minutes ago, deanox said:

The ridiculous thing is that reducing the number of players to 16, would massively open up play and probably result in more fast play, more running and bouncing, more open forward lines, potentially more goals, etc.

Less players will be able to commit to the contest on-ball, creating more open play, and space to run into if they do get too close.

It could shift back to more man on man play, as zone defence gets too hard to play with extra area and distance to cover per player. 

 

It certainly isn't going to add congestion and stoppages. 

It would force teams to go man on man because total zone defense would become close to impossible with the grass needed to be guarded greater than the ability of players to make the next contest.

4 hours ago, old dee said:

When Tassie comes in there will be more one sided matches and more sub standard games. The talent pool will be stretched even further than now.

They could help this by reducing the number of players on field to 16, 15 or even 14. Would reduce the congestion we see too. They won't do it though.

7 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

So they’re adding one more home and away game at the expense of that weekend of meaningless match simulations.

What’s the issue?

Those meaningless match sims will just occur a week earlier

8 hours ago, Roost it far said:

Why?

Maybe it is better but it's just marginal so hard to tell? I guess there was more definition in the grass etc but the actual game it was difficult to see much difference.

Maybe if I had a bigger tv I think mines 55"

24 minutes ago, layzie said:

I've seen what its like on Foxtel but not Kayo yet. Will have to test it out. 

Are you using a Smart TV app or chromecast/Apple TV?

Sony tv app

Edit also apple tv but that's on an older not 4k tv

So are we likely to get an answer on the salary cap situation any time soon so we can start our list management strategies and potential targets to chase for next offseason? Or will the AFL keep us guessing til the last minute and pull a decision out of their [censored] which is their usual MO?

3 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

Yes, increased midfield time for Kossie is great, but he's our best small forward. Kinda robbing Peter to pay Paul, especially watching BBB and others create multiple crumbling opportunities today 

If Chandler, Billings and ANB can remain dangerous Koz and Trac can share mid/fwd rotations

I've been watching the 4k games on kayo (diagnostics showing 3840x2160) and I seriously can't tell the difference from the usual HD. Am I missing something? TV is 4k.

27 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Sorry Daz, being a bit lazy, but which players are we talking here specifically?

Just checked, JVR, Howes and Taj