Diamond_Jim

For remote indigenous communities this makes good sense but I'm not sure I agree with the wider bans especially for Australians.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/chinese-life-slowly-gets-back-to-normal-as-the-epidemic-subsides-coronavirus worth a read in these times...... For many in China, life is slowly returning to normal, giving other countries a glimpse of what might await them once the worst of the epidemic has passed.

F1 is holding an e event with "real drivers" competing. Sounds interesting https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/20/f1-drivers-virtual-races-following-postponements-bahrain-gp-codemasters-2019

Hope our forwards are watching the frees being given in front of goals not to mention that if you are a forward you can throw the backman out of the way and not give a free. Two or three that went the Bombers way decided this game

No difference in quality etc... standard is 2 devices at once...premium is three devices at once

I quite liked Drysdale Demons post about listening to CD's while watching the games rather than the commentary. Any suggestions for Freo vs the Bombers. Perhaps some good sea shanties

Fibre is the way for domestic use for the next few years at least. 5G has a role but it will be in the internet of things and is really only for densely populated cities at least in the short term. The NBN has been a complete stuff up for so many reasons.

I find it a welcome distraction from the constant doom and gloom now being pumped out 24 hours a day. If anything it reminds me that it is merely a game to be enjoyed. Sure it probably will only last a few more rounds but lets savour it while we can.

I'm warming to a crowd of Mickey Mouse and friends at Docklands. I would give anything to see Scrooge McDuck yelling at the umpires !!!

Wagner or Gilbert and Sullivan

Noooooooooooooo please I am still having bad memories after a match between Colombia and ??? at last years World Cup

Had thought it would be a closer game. Lucky the Dogs have kicked straight or this would be embarrassing.

the AFL are going to keep the Docklands roof open so they don't fall foul of the 100 people inside an indoor venue rule. Crown casino considers each of its rooms a venue so you just put sets of ten people in a sponsors box and problem solved.

Yes I was thinking the same thing... Andy and co have not asked for donations for a while ...but the joy this site gives us all continues unabated.

The opening round is an anomaly in that it is played over four days but given that we are starved for sport I see no reason why we shouldn't play the crowd free games over say five nights each week. Yes I know there will be a few short turn arounds but it will benefit the lesser clubs such as ours with increased exposure. Other than the Perth crowd very few will be watching us on a Sunday afternoon this week.

wonder if they played those incredibly loud half time ads as well. There was one shot of an ad on the scoreboard that I noticed in the Ch 7 coverage but I was not sure if it was live or CGI. Found the Virgin airlines ad they were running when goals were kicked rather ironic not to mention the NAB ad for all those successful businesses.

Might be a bit too much for mass LED screens but you could project the various cheer squads assuming you could get over all the image and privacy issues. Perhaps just fill the stands with imaginary animals. It definitely needs something.

CGI coverage of the stands has been a possibility for years. They did it at a rugby union game years ago. It's the MCC who is against it.... they own the ground advertising rights. They had apoplexy at the time

why the usual half time break? Thought they all wanted to shorten it and it was only kept so the fans could get to the toilet etc....No fans ...so

you can get a gig speed for another ten dollars a month but none of my computers etc are powerful enough to take advantage of the speed even if I could find something that needed it. Just went down to the pool and the local authorities have ordered all pools closed plus our gymn.....grrrrrrrr life in Paradise may not be so perfect after all.

Brown Weideman and Jackson named in the interchange....interesting. Spargo named in the team..what do you know....Old Dee will be happy !! Will be a miracle if we win this one

Think the Gold Coast my friend. Definitely not the Solomons A big condo right on the beachfront with a full size pool. Life's not tough here I can assure you. Did I mention the 500Mb speed fibre internet for A$40 a month (kayo via the VPN) and of course there's always the bum gun in every toilet if you run out of toilet paper. Take care.

In Malaysia at present. Markets are well stocked and the supermarkets (there are not that many) are well stocked including loads of toilet paper. Have made the decision to stay in our holiday house for the next few months. Malaysian government closed all non essential businesses the day before yesterday.Travel outside your house is supposed to be limited. In a country that exists for coffee shops and food courts some are finding it a challenge.

Have never seen politicians creating such panic as as have the PM and the even worse state premiers. Andrews..." we will hit the worst in June when thousands of patients will need intensive care" Riddle me this...why should the per capita result be much worse than China which extrapolates to a total case number of less than 0.001% Even if we get ten times what China reported so say 0.01%.(26000 Australian total) with deaths one twentieth of that. Where do you get "thousands in Victoria alone needing intensive care" when the published data shows that most will not require hospitalisation. ( Please excuse if I have some zeros in the wrong place but the basic premise holds true)

you cannot carry four injury plagued players as a team. One yes..two maybe but four?? Have been saying for weeks this is a team management issue and we are sadly lacking. Hopefully in this stuffed up year we can get the balance right because as others have said I doubt we will see a full season anyway.