AFL.com.au is a disgrace

[Milang_Panthers]

Have a look at this, link http://www.afl.com.au/fixture

All RD1 games are a draw, where are they spending all that money?


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At least they've finally been able to make the competition more even

 

[Dirty Bird]

Oh no!! does that mean everyone is 1st??!?!?!

Actually, on tiebreakers. It'd be

1. Lions
2. Bulldogs
3. Dockers
4. Eagles
5. Blues
6. Tigers
7. Suns
8. Saints
9. Magpies
10. Kangaroos
11. Cats
12. Hawks
13. Crows
14. Bombers
15. Giants
16. Swans
17. Demons
18. Power

ps. At the end of the season there would be 9 coin flips to seperate 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, 15/16, 17/18

 

[Dirty Bird]

Adelaide would be first. Unfortunately we'd be second last, ahead of only the Dogs.

Tiebreakers
1. Points (18 ties)
2. Percentage (18 ties)
3. Pints for (split to 9 duos)
4. coin toss (but for the time being, they go by alphabetical order)

 

[Dirty Bird]

You know, despite the consistent complaining by others in recent years about the website, I thought it was ok.
But this year they've finally done it, they've ruined it all. Pathetic setup, missing normal stuff. Incorrect information. F*ck ups. Match Centre links not working.

I feel after 5-6 years of ok, it has now gone to abysmal.

 

[BM123]

I like how I have to wait a whole day to listen to the post match interviews.

 

[Mateyman]

You know, despite the consistent complaining by others in recent years about the website, I thought it was ok.
But this year they've finally done it, they've ruined it all. Pathetic setup, missing normal stuff. Incorrect information. F*ck ups. Match Centre links not working.

I feel after 5-6 years of ok, it has now gone to abysmal.

Agreed. The really old one with 1 main spot for 4/5 stories + others listed was WAAAAAAY better just for formatting purposes (4-5 years ago). I can't tell where match reports are, what is recent news etc. etc., and the live stats used to be much better too

 

[Dry Rot]

I'm a BigPond customer (because of the cable), and last night I tried to watch 4 quarters of the Dogs v Lions game from here

http://bigpondvideo.com/

Now in my maths, that's 4 x 30 minute quarters = about 2 hours of enjoyable footy (for a Dogs fan last weekend).

Not so with Telstra, the worst big company and worst tech company in Australia.

It took over 4 hours, and even then I didn't see the lot.

3 hours spent trying to make sputtering or frozen content work across 3 different browsers until I got to the 15 minute mark of the last quarter. Whatever I tried, failed. So with a heavy heart after midnight, I contacted BigPond tech support.

Another hour lost, to no avail. Best of all, the four dills in the Philippines I spoke to had no idea that BigPond offered such videos.

Tried again today, same result.

Telstra are utterly ****ed and should be closed down. Utter disgrace.

 

[Full Wingspan]

The Match Centre is absolutely deplorable ATM. It's actually pathetic. Scores and stats hardly update at all. And that results page is just infuriating. The AFL wants to attract a global audience but it seems they're doing everything it possibly can to confuse and deny outsiders the chance to explore the game via the most effective medium available. Where do they think those foreign to the sport will first go if they want to find out more about it? Wikipedia and the AFL website. The league needs to get with the times and start to prioritize the accessibility of its online resources.

 

[RickSanchez]

You're all idiots, of course it's wrong.
Richmond wouldn't be ninth according to these results.

 

[MightyHawks]

Seriously terrible...

The mobile site is sh!thouse too

3 really things useful in a mobile site
1) Scores
2) Teams
3) MRP decisions

Never been able to use it for simple things like that

It's 6pm and the teams have been out for an hour... but not on the afl mobile site...

They get a lot right, the AFL, but there are some clangers

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

I have had cause to vent about the AFL website a lot over the last 6-7 years. It really is that bad.

Hopefully one day they will offer well optimised video streams, use a webplayer that actually works, fix the formatting of the site, get rid of the OTT distracting banner/panel ads, develop a user friendly menu system, update info and post match day pressers in a timely fashion, provide a properly functioning live tracker and a website that doesn't crash under heavy traffic ... right?

Have you tried surfing their site on an iPad?

It's the only website that causes my iPad to freeze.

 

[Dry Rot]

Someone should send this thread/link to Telstra CEO David Thodey, who should then resign, after sacking everyone and have the company would up.

 

[ZosoCat]

you guys should try and watch AFL games on AFL.TV.

 

[Gongswan]

The AFL's computer system

 

[Alfonz]

I can't imagine any professional sporting body that has a worse website.

You can't even check the most basic things like teams on an iPhone or iPad, for goodness sakes. It still brings up the NAB Cup grand final sides.

 

[Great 2008]

Also I will be coming to BF to see the teams in nice simple text. Could not believe I could see the teams on BF before the AFL website (and the Hun for that matter). Nice work BF contributors

 

[Spongebob]

The AFL has realized that this information super highway, inter webby thing is just a passing fad. No more than 6 or 7 people will ever use it. No use putting any resources into it.

Off to lunch now.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

I haven't gone near it in years.
Shocking thing. That heraldsun live super footy thing seems uncomplicated,fast and up to date. Tells you the "correct scores" updates stats etc.
Good enough for me.

 

[Faz 2000]

It really is awful. I couldn't find the final teams and sub info all weekend. It's the little things too - having a picture of Mitch Duncan and teammates with the caption "Billie Smedts and ....".

They redesign it every 6 months or so, too. Just to make it slightly more jumbled, less clear, and slower to load.

I would have thought a good team of 2-3 people who know football could get it right.

 

[raskolnikov]

Absolute disgrace of a site. Utterly pathetic.

 

[T2B_]

Once upon a time the main problem I had was mainly the use of crappy Silverlight for their videos but now everything is just worse.

 

[Sprout]

I'm still waiting to see who makes the final cut for the Melbourne vs Port game.

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[David Schwarz]

If I was running the website I'd have a large photo of that time I teabagged Gary Lyon after a 20 point loss to the Roos smack bang in the middle of the page

Vast improvement if I do say so myself

 

[Hawkers]

AD on the internet

 

[T2B_]

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