I'm constantly surprised to hear peoples points on players and umpiring etc in todays modern times. Never before have we had 100 angles to look at something, in super slow motion etc. Never before has our game been shown so tightly where you no longer see the pasage of play or work off the ball.
Bar games shown at regional grounds like Darwin, Manuka etc..
Some see great effort where at the ground I see a lazy footballer with a half assed effort. Some see stats and players doing nothing. At the ground I see shepards being applied, great running etc etc.
Has it got to the point where unless I went to a game I can't really accurately describe a players performance or teams effort??
I just hate watching the game on TV these days. Its just plain crap imo as I can't see team structure, matchups, players off the ball etc any longer due to the stations way they market the game. Harder to judge who is manning who or responsible when things go wrong, who fails to zone out in todays modern set defences etc.
And I feel the game can be too over umpired by fans watching on TV thanks to all this. I do the same thing at home. You see every free in slow mo, super close up and scream for it. Reality is the game is played at great speed and umpired in real time by umpires so often out of position. If they called what I called for when watching on TV then the game would last 4 hours LOL
I for one HATE footy on TV.
So in reality my rant isn't against those that watch it on TV or are forced to on many occasions. Just the way its shown these days and the rediculous angles etc that make forming our own opinions and judging players/teams more accurately.
I don't need to see every pimple on a players face or his shoelaces. I do want to see where the kick is going
Bar games shown at regional grounds like Darwin, Manuka etc..
Some see great effort where at the ground I see a lazy footballer with a half assed effort. Some see stats and players doing nothing. At the ground I see shepards being applied, great running etc etc.
Has it got to the point where unless I went to a game I can't really accurately describe a players performance or teams effort??
I just hate watching the game on TV these days. Its just plain crap imo as I can't see team structure, matchups, players off the ball etc any longer due to the stations way they market the game. Harder to judge who is manning who or responsible when things go wrong, who fails to zone out in todays modern set defences etc.
And I feel the game can be too over umpired by fans watching on TV thanks to all this. I do the same thing at home. You see every free in slow mo, super close up and scream for it. Reality is the game is played at great speed and umpired in real time by umpires so often out of position. If they called what I called for when watching on TV then the game would last 4 hours LOL
I for one HATE footy on TV.
So in reality my rant isn't against those that watch it on TV or are forced to on many occasions. Just the way its shown these days and the rediculous angles etc that make forming our own opinions and judging players/teams more accurately.
I don't need to see every pimple on a players face or his shoelaces. I do want to see where the kick is going