Round 11: the other games. Indigenous round (well, sort of).

[Faunac8]

Probably two of the Tigers best so far CCJ very impressive with four goals already

[Markwebbos]

For those who like the looks of Chol and/or CCJ both are playing.

In fact the latter just passed perfectly to the former inside 50, for a goal.

[MattW]

Essendon's win over West Coast in Perth has made the Eagles' chances of playing finals that much harder.

Yep. Also, Richmond down by 3 goals against Adelaide. There's a spot in the 8 available we need to win games like today's to grasp it.

[Thunder Shaker]

Essendon's win over West Coast in Perth has made the Eagles' chances of playing finals that much harder.

[Mel_C]

And almost certainly won't next. I think the AFL will start making non-Melbourne arrangements for next weekend pretty early this week. Even if the outbreak seems to be under control somewhat by midweek (ie little, if any, community transmission beyond close contacts already in isolation), I doubt the Victorian government will allow crowds at footy games next weekend.

I'm sure our game next week against the Saints will be played in Sydney. We were due to play them in Sydney in round 21 so they'll just switch them like they've done with some of the other teams.

Carlton have been told they are staying in Sydney.

[Kafka's Ghost]

The afternoon games have been so bad that the Kayo systems have collapsed. Anyone else having this problem tonight?

[stevoswan]

And yet another goalless quarter for Collingwood!

A goalless first half from Collingwood yet Geelong can only beat them by 10 pts....shocker of a game. Cats may well be the 'great pretenders' of the top 8.

Saints are doing what we'd expect (even considering their recent crap form).....43 pts up on Norf at 3/4 time.

[aardvark]

You're not wrong. Geelong have been bad, Collingwood have been worse.

A woeful exhibition of footy. Glad the AFL's new rules are creating more scoring or it would have been a nil all draw.

[Thunder Shaker]

Must be a dire game. After looking at the scores, I had to check the weather; expecting rain and wind. But apparently it's fine and a gentle breeze.

You're not wrong. Geelong have been bad, Collingwood have been worse.

The scores are 5.12 to 2.14, scores so unusual that the ABC commentators are calling them "hard to say". Cognitive dissonance.

[dejavoodoo44]

Six minutes to go in the third quarter and they've only kicked one goal. Oddly, there not completely out of contention!

Must be a dire game. After looking at the scores, I had to check the weather; expecting rain and wind. But apparently it's fine and a gentle breeze.

Lions are playing some nice football at the Gabba. Look much more dangerous than the Giants, when they have the ball.

[Sandridge]

I'm beginning to think that you don't like them.

Six minutes to go in the third quarter and they've only kicked one goal. Oddly, there not completely out of contention!

[dejavoodoo44]

And yet another goalless quarter for Collingwood!

I'm beginning to think that you don't like them.

[Sandridge]

And yet another goalless quarter for Collingwood!

[Sandridge]

Another goalless quarter for Collingwood!

[Thunder Shaker]

And the decision to use taped crowd noise is ridiculous especially when it’s obviously dictated by what the commentators say. At one stage they weren’t sure about a shot and while the players were already celebrating they then called it a goal at which time all of a sudden there was a sudden burst of cheering on the telecast.
We can see the ground is empty and so why bother trying to add artificial atmosphere ? It’s insulting and detracts from the actual game

The taped crowd noise could have been done a lot better. The main problem is the lag time.

I would have placed a couple of cameras behind the goals, with the cameras' feed going to a couple of fans of the sides, who can press the appropriate buttons. This would fix a lot of the issues with the timing.