Diamond_Jim

According to the Whirlpool site the Android TV app will be available prior to season start. I can imagine they are having trouble making the app compatible with all makes of TV. If it is anything like the ABC app and Samsung TV's I can understand. The other thing that is becoming obvious is that they are not offering the full Foxtel with all its bells and whistles. It is the Foxtel Now product with perhaps better HD. As such you get channel 7 coverage if they are broadcasting an AFL match (including ads) and no easy recording. The whirlpool discussion on Kayo is now over 200 pages ! Plenty of discussion on the playing media along with syncing issues. https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/2763582?p=215

sage words Mr Chook In a strange way we are in a similar position to Collingwood with Mason Cox. Like Cox, Sam W had a good finals series but the jury is still out on their long term impact on the game. Looking forward to seeing how Sam goes as a full time member of the senior team.

A very thought provoking article from the Guardian about the ownership of various soccer clubs and their potential use as soft power in the world of international politics. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/15/sportswashing-europes-biggest-clubs-champions-league-owners-sponsors-uefa Seems that only the German fans are pushing back... Must say if I was living in Europe I might be looking to follow a local second division team. "These facts on ownership, partners and practices are presented simply as information. At the end of which two things leap out. First, the level of actual English interest in the world’s top club football is negligible. Not one of the four Premier League clubs involved is majority owned by a company or individual based the UK. There are no major UK sponsors. All England is really offering here is some staging, a little colour and heritage. The actual property is all located elsewhere "

Doing my annual winter trip to India at present. Yeah it's different and it's unbelievably hot outside the November to March period. Almost every truck is a Tata so there's scope to think laterally if we want to bring in the brawn. Not that many years ago who had ever heard of Isuzu.

Thank you Ernest... you lift the tone as always. May I remind you of another of your famous quotations... “Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” PS: No aspersions of course on your character of course Ernest... BTW been fishing lately

Their foray into formula 1 was not that successful. Lovely logo though and it's nice to have something on the jumper that people actually know. Took me years to work out who in the hell SEW were on the Hawks jumper !! Almost bought one a couple of years back. Out of the West the luxury cars were going relatively cheaply after the mining boom came to an end.

Great TV. Along with West Wing it can be watched multiple times and you still get new takes on issues. Has to be the best ending ever to a series as well.

I think he's backing himself to bring home the bacon (it is the year of the pig after all). I like it in the sense that if he does membership goes up and with that revenue... a bit for the coach ... why not. Can see the argument of the traditionalists but perhaps it's time we broke the mold.

what can one say.... very like the MFC a dud of a car back in the eighties being the butt of so many jokes. A lot better now Now owned by the big Tata conglomerate of India...perhaps we could branch out

Though we could then be referred to as the Colonel Blimps

yep there's a lot of discussion about the needed speed on the whirlpool site. People say why is it not like Netflix. According to the experts it is the refresh rate of sport that requires more bandwidth. 7mbs is right on the margin if I recall and 13mbs should get very good definition.. I think Looking forward to trying the service when my internet goes beyond its present 3 or 4mbs with lots of drop outs...grrrrrrrrr

yep it resonated with me a la that man in the White House... great post Wrecker PS... if the above made me sound like a fan of Donald... I am ceratinly not !!

Just another update... apparently kayo released a tweet in the last couple of days saying they were still working on the Android TV app.... (said they want to get it perfect... which makes sense.) Most comments on the Whirlpool site are favourable. There are sound synchronisation issues with some devices seems to be the most prevalent complaint. Still looking very good as an investment for the upcoming season. Cheers from Bangladesh !

One has to think on the tactics. If teams are going to park the bus perhaps we should try the same.Having watched knock out games for many years it always seems to me that there is parking of the bus by both sides on many occasions until the first goal and then it's game on. Our style has become way too predictable and without the stars who can cut through a defence not to mention score a goal or two it just seems that we will more often than not be playing football lotto. The next world cup qualification is certainly not going to be easy. In Dhaka at the moment. A city of leafy boulevards it is not but I am off to explore Old Dhaka today.

The Palestinian game was probably the best from a technical aspect. The Syrian game for a change involved relatively all out attack against the socceroos which is something we rarely see. Good win but the performance did not inspire great confidence in the team's ability against the likes of Korea and Japan. Hopefully they surprise me. Mabil could be the future. McLaren does not impress. Ikonomidis may have the goods. Kruse seems on his last legs.

it would require a vpn .. but why not go with Kayo. Assuming a seven month season at $25 a month that is $175 and you get all the rest of the sport as well

Japan beat Uzbekistan overnight so we have avoided Japan in the group of 16 and now face Uzbekistan. That loss to Jordan cost us as had we won we would have had a far easier match against Vietnam. Almost no coverage of the non Australian matches in the Oz media so far. Doubt that it will change. Went online and the ticket prices for the first round of matches at least were very reasonable...about A$25 if I recall. Off to Bangladesh late next week so I may miss the pointy end of the tournament but I may get lucky with the hotel TV coverage. From what I hear sports bars in Dhaka are few if any !!

Take care....those places don't exactly sound like the Greek Isles

what a wonderful piece of info Gaawn....thanks... I'm sure that will be of interest to many. Here's the link if any want to look at it on the MFC membership site. (You even get one free admission). https://membership.melbournefc.com.au/packages/view/970/international-member

thanks ... have heard of maotai but have never tried it. Spending a lot of time in Asia myself I am aware of the paint stripper taste that you describe. It is also used to describe the taste of durian which is also an acquired taste. The taste you describe is often associated with raw alcohol. Never thought of it as an expensive taste so it's very useful to know. Mind you I have a bottle of campari that I can never seem to finish either. cheers

completely off topic but perhaps relevant to our followers in China.. After years of trying to work out who Hisense were I think the arena for the Australian Open Tennis has been renamed 1573 Arena. A google search showed up a brand of Chinese Liquor. Any of our China residents care to comment. Cheers PS.. found this on the net: "Australian Open officials announced in Shanghai last night one of the biggest sponsorship deals in its history with an aspirational Chinese distillery that dates back to The Ming Dynasty. "

Careful... Gil will have us playing games in Splitz if he thinks he can make a bob or two?

Hi Matt this article may be helpful to you. It suggests you need a minimum steady speed of just under 8mbs to enjoy Kayo in HD. https://www.finder.com.au/kayo-data-usage Interestingly enough I was reading elsewhere that if we ever see 4k streaming it will require a speed of 20mbs. I also saw a comment saying that a 4k television camera costs around A$1M so I doubt we will be seeing much 4k content. And of course they are just about to release 8k televisions. Boy this area has come a long way fast. Here's the article about why we don't see much 4k streaming. The comments are very instructive. https://www.residentialsystems.com/blogs/2018-finally-be-year-4k-broadcast-tv-content

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Anyone have Foxtel Go and can comment on the present set up. 6 of 9 may be exclusive to Foxtel in Melbourne but not Australia wide. In the example above the Adelaide game, the Sydney game and the Brisbane game would also be broadcast by Ch 7 FTA into home markets. That would make 6 of 9 with Channel 7 coverage