Diamond_Jim

10% plus up on this time last year is a great result. I am curious as to why around 20% of memberships are bought mid season or later

Not sure what to look for out of this game but my special interest is in the form of Stretch, OMac and Spargo. Given the absence of a dominant Richmond ruckman a strong performance by Preuss will be another point of interest. Given the weather and the various rotations by both teams it will take some keen analysis by our forum experts to draw meaningful conclusions from this match

One of the few at that time to come as a mature player from outside the VFL/AFL system IIRC. Was it amateurs or VFA?

bought one a few weeks ago but have not got it connected as yet. They put out a new model last year (the one I purchased) so fingers crossed it's a good long term (3-4 year) investment

the whirlpool consensus on this is yes as Loges says

Yes it has wifi in the sense that it connects to your local wifi network to stream but it has no ability to connect to the web without the aid of another device such as a phone or PC

Hi Clint as I understand it Chromecast is a good but "dumb" streaming device so no. It also has no wifi itself. It is taking the stream from your connected device. Apple TV seems to work well according to the techos on whirlpool. The main issue they are talking about is whether the devce has an automatic mechanism to alter the refresh rate from 50 to 60 to cope with the different streams. I think Apple TV has that ability but worth checking

i can hear the bombers in downtown Hanoi

yeah it seems that Samsung and I think LG are on the "too hard"list for the moment Not sure why as for example Sony appears to work well Samsung was incompatible with ABC I view for a long time which caused a lot of gnashing of teeth in our house!!

since the app was launched on Monday there is a new 20 odd pages on whirlpool. Most of it is positive but I have noticed most posters are talking about loading it onto various media boxes such as Nvidia Shield. Have not noticed too much commentary about a vanilla installation on a TV itself.

Big development... the Kayo Android TV app is now out and available on Google Play Search for "kayo s" as just kayo does not show it. Let the games begin You need AOS version 7.1 on your TV so you may have to update your TV software

You might be right but Kayo like Netflix is a different product to Foxtel. Foxtel required a physical boxto be delivered, long term contracts etc. It wasn't an impromptu purchase by any means. On the other hand Netflix and the modern streaming apps are just click a few times on your phone and you're away. Sorry DV8 I'm no expert on mobile sim plans but have a look at this section of Whirlpool. https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/114 PS the closest I ever came to being a DJ was playing the Hot August Night album at full volume !!

38 C = 100.4 F not footy weather

38 degrees forecast for Shepparton next Sunday I forget what the AFL hot weather rules are but could the match be shortened etc?

fascinating discussion... people seem to gloss over that the Toiges essentially played without a quality ruckman and they didn't do too badly at all over the last two seasons. A year ago the discussion was about whether ruckmen were relevant to the modern game and now we are looking at playing two.

season defining 5 minutes here...

Mithen certainly has a turn of speed and Dees hit the front !!!

the free was probably there .. no need to hold on for that long

End of Q1 North 7... Demons 6 North marginally better disposal in that first quarter

and a goal to the Dees from a great smother and scores are level A decent crowd

7 minutes in and it's North 1 goal to Demons 0

The AFL needs to get behind the concept by moving it into schools. (years 2-8 for starters). This requires rules, area co -ordinators etc. liaison with phys ed teachers etc Touch rugby is a very popular sport played by all ages and levels. No reason why this cannot be similar. Perhaps one of the three or four little league games played on the oval at half time in AFL matches could be AFLX.

Magpies getting well beaten by the Giants down in Morwell. Seems that the Magpies are having continuing difficulties scoring much more than ten points. Not that good for the overall comp

perhaps it needs to stay here a little while post game as well. Anyway a very hot day for it and not much shade at Casey. Will be tough conditions. Go Dees... a big match today

Can just imagine the number of "centre square" infringements we are going to have as all these players run various ways the moment the ball is bounced