Is 'Ten' trying to be bigger than the game.

[Big Beny Reid]

I don't care about umpire cams, Goal post cams or live conversations with coaches.

Why not let the game be the showpiece? Not the coverage

[dmc333]

I don't care about umpire cams, Goal post cams or live conversations with coaches.

Why not let the game be the showpiece? Not the coverage

Trying to cover up the fact the game won't be much chop.

[NoName]

I don't care about umpire cams, Goal post cams or live conversations with coaches.

Why not let the game be the showpiece? Not the coverage

Good post, I agree. I have never heard so much dribble come out of people's mouths before a game - get on with the coverage.....

[Bombers_Forever]

Agree! Channel 10 have no idea - it is embarassing all the things they are trying.

[Chappas]

Murphy got the tunneller.

[Stig O'Hara]

My money is on a Big Brother intruder in the second quarter.

A new camera angle - audible gasp.

Seriously,
amateur hour

[Dez!]

I didn't mind the video they just showed from the last game nine years ago or the introductions for the players.

The video, introductions and the anthem was all they needed in my opinion.

[Big Beny Reid]

Runner Cam - What a joke, isn't this meant to a serious game. Its the sort of thing that they should try on the EJ whitten Legends Games

[Big Beny Reid]

I didn't mind the video they just showed from the last game nine years ago or the introductions for the players.

The video, introductions and the anthem was all they needed in my opinion.

Yeah I agree its ok try something different before the game. But not when they a playing!

[Bombers_Forever]

My money is on a Big Brother intruder in the second quarter.

A new camera angle - audible gasp.

Seriously,
amateur hour

:D Can't argue with any of that!

[Bombers_Forever]

And now 10 are playing an ad showing all of thier innovations tonight........yawn.

Memo 10 - they are not impressing anyone

[sherrinorburley]

Runner Cam - What a joke, isn't this meant to a serious game. Its the sort of thing that they should try on the EJ whitten Legends Games
Kerr is playing under a current suspension and playing :confused: Does that mean if someone gets reported in this game they only get suspended from this type of match :eek: :confused: ;)

[Big Beny Reid]

Kerr is playing under a current suspension and playing :confused: Does that mean if someone gets reported in this game they only get suspended from this type of match :eek: :confused: ;)

If that was the case there would be fights all over the ground

[LeFtBehinD]

Runner Cam - What a joke, isn't this meant to a serious game. Its the sort of thing that they should try on the EJ whitten Legends Games

Its funny how the average person sitting at home could tell that was going to be a shit innovation. What do these people get paid for!

Why not put a camera on the ball so we can see it spinning around and around as it goes through the goals!

[Hostage]

The umpires look like the Bali nine with the amount of sh1t hidden under their clothes.

[Stig O'Hara]

The umpires look like the Bali nine with the amount of sh1t hidden under their clothes.


Gold:thumbsu::thumbsu::thumbsu:

[danzan22]

OMG did you see that goal cam just then, i never knew they kicked the ball through them big sticks, thanks ten for all the new coverage :rolleyes:

[Big Beny Reid]

Can any one remember channel 7s sky cam a few years ago. That least the coverage isn't as bad as that

[Groggyk]

Its funny how the average person sitting at home could tell that was going to be a shit innovation. What do these people get paid for!

Why not put a camera on the ball so we can see it spinning around and around as it goes through the goals!

Runs to the wrong bloke.

"Sorry"

Great stuff.:eek::thumbsu:

[Cousin Jed]

I see none of you have ever seen the All Star games in America?

[Groggyk]

Who cares?

[jozeph]

Throbby just told the joke about Judds shoulders from carrying West Coast for 6 years, what a knob.:rolleyes:

[chrisjie]

Since when were Channel 10 or Channel 7 not about themselves rather than the game?

Two funny things so far:
Several of the Channel 10 commentators saying how they might be able to use the cameras for goal line decisions. Ummm, we don't have replays in footy, never will.

Christie Malthouse asking Daniel Kerr if he would be right for next week. I know she got that job because of her top journalism.

[PAFC_1]

Worst coverage ever, embarassing and an absolute joke.

Ten tried too hard.

[Big Beny Reid]

Since when were Channel 10 or Channel 7 not about themselves rather than the game?

Two funny things so far:
Several of the Channel 10 commentators saying how they might be able to use the cameras for goal line decisions. Ummm, we don't have replays in footy, never will.

Christie Malthouse asking Daniel Kerr if he would be right for next week. I know she got that job because of her top journalism.

Now they are craping on about how good their own HD coverage is!!!

Another point that they are more worried about them selves

[sherrinorburley]

If that was the case there would be fights all over the ground
The AFL dont regard this game as legit then-re Kerr playing under suspension.

[Campbell's Chunky]

My money is on a Big Brother intruder in the second quarter.

A new camera angle - audible gasp.

Seriously,
amateur hour
lol. Corey Worthington to come out as the mystery player. Isn't aligned to a team so will kick where he wants.

He will also have 31 cameras strapped to him.

[mcglee]

Goal cam hasn't been used to show a goal yet
Ump cam for the scintillating view of the grass as the ball hits it
Who cares who is sitting on the bench
Worst camera innovations ever made worse by Ch 10 producers who dont know when to show them anyway

What a bore!

[Motormouse]

How about the stirling footage of the goal umpire checking the score card??!!!:eek:

Spare me PLEASE!!

[mcgarnacle]

i dont understand the need to have 4 highly-paid tossers in the commentary box. it just sounds like a bunch of blokes crapping on bout shit cos they all have to justify their inflated salaries with the need to say anything.

1 play-by-play commentator, 1 special comments, and 1 boundary rider, is all thats required.

[Stig O'Hara]

lol. Corey Worthington to come out as the mystery player. Isn't aligned to a team so will kick where he wants.

He will also have 31 cameras strapped to him.

Did my dough on the second quarter.

Maybe in the last half Brown has to sit in a Combi Van,
somewhere on a flank.

And watching a goal umpire marking his card on "ZitCam",
has changed my opinions on how the universe was created.

[Lions_Master]

My money is on a Big Brother intruder in the second quarter.

A new camera angle - audible gasp.

Seriously,
amateur hour

They're going to get Travis the Voice to comment on the game for the second half.

[EagleMan87]

lol. Corey Worthington to come out as the mystery player. Isn't aligned to a team so will kick where he wants.

He will also have 31 cameras strapped to him.

Mike, Fitzy and Bree in the commentary box, with Jackie O and Kyle Sandilands on the boundary.

Couldn't be worse than the garbage we're being served so far:thumbsu:

[Motormouse]

i dont understand the need to have 4 highly-paid tossers in the commentary box. it just sounds like a bunch of blokes crapping on bout shit cos they all have to justify their inflated salaries with the need to say anything.

"What do you think of this bloke?"

"I think he's the best!!"

"Well what about this bloke?"

" He's the best TOO!!!":rolleyes:

good grief....

[mcglee]

Gee the view of the umpire waving his arms in front of his face was Logie Award winning coverage!!

[sherrinorburley]

Voss: you have a thing for ruckman wallsy?

Wallsy: why yes i do.

[Spudregus_87]

yeah, so far just about all the innovations for the game have been shite:
post cam - not being used what it should be used for; those line ball decisions where the viewer is uncertain whether the ball has been touched before the goal line.
umpire/runner cam - not of the lens quality of the main cameras, and is the constant bobing up and down meant to make me nauseous? audio is terrible with the runner came, so theres no point having it. and i dont care if a goal umpire can write on a peice of paper.
interchange cam - only good when those 8 players came off at once.

the boundary riders aren't earning their money either.......

really wish nine had the footy back, or you could hear the triple m guys over the top instead...

[thejester]

I like how they spend more time talking about the camera angle than the actual vision.

And whoever called UmpCam ZitCam is spot on. That shit was gross.

[mcglee]

Hudson and Voss have just spent five "analyser" minutes raving about the cameras again and hoping they would have more opportunities to use it during the year. That is great use of an expert commentator analysing the game!! What a bunch of tools!

[Stig O'Hara]

"SphincterCam" showed its true worth,
with the Johnson goal at the finish.

Totally useless.

BOG - Mark Williams, for being himself.

[Motormouse]

The umpire cam when he bounced the ball gave me motion sickness and a great view of the turf while I missed what happened when the players contested the bounce.

I hope someone gets strips torn off them for this telecast.

[Killer eagle]

yeah, so far just about all the innovations for the game have been shite:
post cam - not being used what it should be used for; those line ball decisions where the viewer is uncertain whether the ball has been touched before the goal line.
umpire/runner cam - not of the lens quality of the main cameras, and is the constant bobing up and down meant to make me nauseous? audio is terrible with the runner came, so theres no point having it. and i dont care if a goal umpire can write on a peice of paper.
interchange cam - only good when those 8 players came off at once.

the boundary riders aren't earning their money either.......

really wish nine had the footy back, or you could hear the triple m guys over the top instead...

Christie Malthouse is the dumbest person out there. Im sure boundary riders make stuff up.

After Kerr was injured she said, "ive just went and talked to Kerr, and he said he should be alright to play next week. So i think Kerr is good to play next week." Kerr wouldnt say that, as he knows hes suspended.

Did she even talk to Kerr or is she talking shit.

[GPW1]

best innovation since skycam.

seriously who is charge of this rubbish?

[GPW1]

wait a minute, i just got up to grab another beer and theyre showing f1 qualifying? was there a presentation of the allan aylett medal?

[W W Biscuit]

Who else thought that the goal umpires looked like leggo men?

[warney7]

Runner Cam - What a joke, isn't this meant to a serious game. Its the sort of thing that they should try on the EJ whitten Legends Games

Yeah but channel 9 cover that game.........and they have good football coverage. :thumbsu:

[Motormouse]

....and as the final minutes of the telecast die away, instead of showcasing the players and their talents, another 5 minutes is wasted looking at replays of Umpires cam, and runner cam, and goalpost cam (which quite frankly shows less than what the goal umpire at the other end could see, but don't tell the commentators that....they think the afl should SERIOUSLY consider taking this technology on board).

I think this one would have been great to see live....sucks to be the rest of us!!!!

[Motormouse]

wait a minute, i just got up to grab another beer and theyre showing f1 qualifying? was there a presentation of the allan aylett medal?

If that was for best on ground, then yes, it went to Fevola. If not...then I've missed it too.

[bradrowe#32]

My money is on a Big Brother intruder in the second quarter.

Haha, well played.

[mcglee]

And the winner of the Aylett medal is.........Umpire Cam!
Joke of a Night. They spent 20 minutes of a delayed telecast talking about the frigging cameras then run out of time to show the medal and trophy presentation and no post match summary ( not that I really wanted to listen to Walls and Voss crap on about the obvious.)

Amateur hour at Channel 10 tonight.

[CF]

How about the stirling footage of the goal umpire checking the score card??!!!:eek:

Spare me PLEASE!!

I agree and they showed it about 3 times. Can we have a grass cam so we can watch it grow next time?:thumbsd::thumbsd::thumbsd:

[OzBomber]

Can any one remember channel 7s sky cam a few years ago. That least the coverage isn't as bad as thatThat was 9. And yes, it was crap.
I hate seeing the side of the umps face all the time. :thumbsd:

[Jim Boy]

They had obviously decided not to take the match seriously. They even decided to show fights in the outer at one point.

Doubt umpire cam will see the light of day again until they get camera wait under 500 gms. 3.5 kgs, tonights camera weight, is just an insane burden on the umps.

[Beau_Waters for PM]

Voss: you have a thing for ruckman wallsy?
Wallsy: why yes i do.
That quote was hilarious.

[Sebastian Balboa]

i dont understand the need to have 4 highly-paid tossers in the commentary box. it just sounds like a bunch of blokes crapping on bout shit cos they all have to justify their inflated salaries with the need to say anything.

Totally agree on this.

What the current situation does is encourage inane banter between them, little in-jokes repeated thru'out the course of a match and just general laziness that detracts from their coverage.

1 play-by-play commentator, 1 special comments, and 1 boundary rider, is all thats required.

:thumbsu:

[mattwinter]

Fox Sports >> Ten > Seven

Who the F%*k is Ten trying to Kid? Goal-post cam, umpire cam, bench cam - this is revolutionary?

The ABC have put a camera on goal umpires in the SANFL for years, they've put cameras in the goal-posts as well. They act as if the idea of having a stationary camera positioned somewhere on the ground is a new idea - cricket has had cameras in stumps for a decade or more.

Worst of all was when they were showing off the 'bench cam'. Wow! you have a camera looking at the bench - how amazing!

I think using the bench camera and cameras in a goal post is a decent idea, but they way they were promoting them was just shocking.

[FlyingCrow]

I dont understand why the umpires were so bulky with the camera equipment. The SANFL have been doing the Goal Umpire Cam for years. And there is very little bulkiness to the camera.

Maybe the ABC has a better budget to spend on Technology than Ten...:rolleyes:

Umpire cam was great. Love seeing the ground as the umpire bounces the ball, and his teeth and cheek as he talks to a player...;)

[serenityNow]

FFS AFL dont give the rights to 7 & 10 again.

What an absolute joke that coverage was.

Watching a #$%^& umpire groan,strain amd grunt as he slams the pill into the ground.:rolleyes:

Watching a goal umpire fill in his card....WTF?

No presentation, they piss off to F1 qualifying.

Malthouse has no clue.:o

Leave the $%^&* coaches alone and let em coach. Both sounded like it was annoiying them. Plus it doesnt add anything to the coverage.

As someone else said Foxtel>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>10 & 7

[brucetiki]

The umpires looked ridiculous with those cam suits underneath - looked like they had a set of massive tits.

I don't understand why they needed that much bulk for a camera - the ABC have had a goal umpire cam since 2001, where the camera is simply placed on the goal umpires cap, and the wiring is so minimal the goal umpires look no different physically, and the camera shots don't look too bad.

[September_Glory]

Just wanted to say the goal umpires with the camera equipment look ridiculous tonight. In fact all the extra cameras were pointless.

The answer to the topic is YES. What was with that ridiculous promo right at the start of the telecast? Showing historic grand final wins and then comparing it to this. There were no 'big moments', and there was no cup to win. Also, Wallsy repeating his "Judd-Selwood shoulder" joke for the 3rd time in one week (radio not included)... :confused: Was met with absolute silence in the commentary box.

[flukeyluke]

Average game, average innovations.

I couldnt wait for the late movie zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[boncer34]

Goal post cam isn't a bad thing. Stop the rot about all these lineball decisions.

[Mister Football]

Nobody can complain about the goal-post cam. It is a benefit to the game, no matter WHAT you pathetic whingers want to whine about.

It'll be standard by next year, because it can be a real benefit. The only reason it won't be is if the AFL decides it's too intrusive and revealing when umpires ____-up.

Umpir-cam and runner cam? Crap.

Goal-post cam? Big thumbs up.

[Motormouse]

No presentation, they piss off to F1 qualifying.

This must have been a local channel 10 thing, 'cause we saw the presentation of a big shiny dish thing to Brown and Thompson:

Bomber: Do they want me to go up too? do they want Me? Do they?

Obviously no-one had told him, cause he wasn't expecting it.:o

And we saw the presentation of the medal prior to that as well.

Your channel Ten must have prioritized the selling of a George Formen fat burning grill (or something similar) higher than the presentations.

Not Good Ten.....Not nearly good enough:thumbsd:

[Pessimistic]

Usual bias on show from walls.

"Goodes and Judd have kick started the big V"


"Power has had four effective kicks into the f50"

"mitchell had it on a plate he shouldn't have missed" when mitch did the same as power.

Plus they referred to the dreamteam as Port adelaide on at least 2 occasions

[chrisjie]

Nobody can complain about the goal-post cam. It is a benefit to the game, no matter WHAT you pathetic whingers want to whine about.

It'll be standard by next year, because it can be a real benefit. The only reason it won't be is if the AFL decides it's too intrusive and revealing when umpires ____-up.

Umpir-cam and runner cam? Crap.

Goal-post cam? Big thumbs up.

I don't get it! THERES NO REPLAY IN FOOTBALL. It serves no other purpose than to undermine umpires.

[lifelike_]

They were all trying really, really hard to make the game interesting.

The previews were a joke as well. IIRC one was all about grand finals over the last ten years, which ended in the most obvious plug ever for that Toyota.

[Kevertje2047]

Here's a link to the ABC hatcam - all taken during the State Game between VIC and the SANFL.[YOUTUBE] http://youtube.com/watch?v=lTY786P8Suc [YOUTUBE] You can see the umpire wearing it as well in a couple of shots.