2018 non-freo nonsense (aka discussion)

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Nobody could have foreseen this coming?...

The AFL is sweating on Marvel Stadium Wi-Fi concerns to be fixed after the national draft dress rehearsal was abandoned in embarrassing fashion on Wednesday night.

According to Fairfax, clubs left the Melbourne venue concerned about what might happen during the live broadcast on Thursday.

The event, which kicks off around 4pm WA time, will feature live pick trading for the first time in AFL history.

Officials intended to rehearse the first 50 selections but pulled the pin after 31 picks were simulated in unrealistic time.

The deadline for picks - which officially stands at five minutes - was extended to 15 minutes to account for technical difficulties faced during the dry-run.

Disconcertingly, no media were present to use the Wi-Fi during the dress rehearsal, which failed to overcome sluggish internet speeds.

After heeding concerns from clubs, the AFL has conceived a back-up plan that would see picks lodged by pen and paper and delivered to the AFL hub by league-appointed runners.

However, the AFL intends to run the event as originally planned and believes it can fix the problems that surfaced yesterday.
 
Nobody could have foreseen this coming?...

The AFL is sweating on Marvel Stadium Wi-Fi concerns to be fixed after the national draft dress rehearsal was abandoned in embarrassing fashion on Wednesday night.

According to Fairfax, clubs left the Melbourne venue concerned about what might happen during the live broadcast on Thursday.

The event, which kicks off around 4pm WA time, will feature live pick trading for the first time in AFL history.

Officials intended to rehearse the first 50 selections but pulled the pin after 31 picks were simulated in unrealistic time.

The deadline for picks - which officially stands at five minutes - was extended to 15 minutes to account for technical difficulties faced during the dry-run.

Disconcertingly, no media were present to use the Wi-Fi during the dress rehearsal, which failed to overcome sluggish internet speeds.

After heeding concerns from clubs, the AFL has conceived a back-up plan that would see picks lodged by pen and paper and delivered to the AFL hub by league-appointed runners.

However, the AFL intends to run the event as originally planned and believes it can fix the problems that surfaced yesterday.

Staff at Dept. of Australian Statistics, are heard to groan ………….. been there, done that.
 
Staff at Dept. of Australian Statistics, are heard to groan ………….. been there, done that.
I think the best bit is...

...the AFL has conceived a back-up plan that would see picks lodged by pen and paper and delivered to the AFL hub by league-appointed runners.

Australia - taking technology use to a whole new level.
 
I think the best bit is...

...the AFL has conceived a back-up plan that would see picks lodged by pen and paper and delivered to the AFL hub by league-appointed runners.

Australia - taking technology use to a whole new level.
Shades of the interchange wardens writing down players sir-names on post-it notes in the not too distant past.. If only each player was given a number or some such, to identify each individual. :think:
 

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Just heard Kim Hagdorn say that Liam Ryan walked out of the Eagles training camp telling officials that it was "too hard."

He's also overweight, very unfit and vomited after a simple training drill.
 
Even if Liam Ryan never plays for the Eagles again they could consider his selection worthwhile.

Hagdorn went on to say that that his form in the WAFL was terrible and yet was still selected in the seniors ahead of other players -who unlike him were putting in the work. He now has a premiership medal, and like Steven Armstrong and Rowan Jones before him, will be called a Premiership Hero.
 
Hagdorn went on to say that that his form in the WAFL was terrible and yet was still selected in the seniors ahead of other players -who unlike him were putting in the work. He now has a premiership medal, and like Steven Armstrong and Rowan Jones before him, will be called a Premiership Hero.

RoJo was at least a - supposed - good bloke
 
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