Rd 5: Post Game Party!: Carlton vs. Fremantle

[LP]

It doesn't necessarily mean that.

If everything else is equal, priority should be given to players with the potential to play for many years to come.  Gifting games is selecting players who haven't earned their place on merit.

That really is the critical part.

[kruddler]

IC! :o

As I understand it the old Domain Stadium 2015 goal and point posts were 15m and 12m respectively(Required minimum is 15m and 10m). My info is that the new 2016 goal-line camera posts are higher with the point posts at 15m high(old goal posts maybe?) and the new goal posts are 18m high.

I have no idea where you get the umpire at 80% of the padding height that I cannot help you with, and this picture is the old posts and padding! :o

[img width=900]http://www.domainstadium.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stadium-info-domain.jpg[/img]

Talks of the trials of the cameras....
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/go...13l1k.html
The 6cmm by 3cm cameras, one at 40cm off the ground and the other three metres off the ground, will also be used during three Melbourne finals.

There is also a picture that goes with it...
FYI, that is a 6 foot ladder, and the bloke is probably about the same height. Note he is not at the top of the ladder though.
Works out to be about 3m, as the article suggests.....and as makes sense.

But sure, lets go with an extra 50% on that because......you said?!


EDIT:

[LP]

Talks of the trials of the cameras....
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/go...13l1k.html
The 6cmm by 3cm cameras, one at 40cm off the ground and the other three metres off the ground, will also be used during three Melbourne finals.

There is also a picture that goes with it...
FYI, that is a 6 foot ladder, and the bloke is probably about the same height. Note he is not at the top of the ladder though.
Works out to be about 3m, as the article suggests.....and as makes sense.

But sure, lets go with an extra 50% on that because......you said?!

Haw haw haw, really?

You are trying to using a 2010 report of the first ever trial of the cameras!

Not only is the article obsolete, it wasn't even correct last season before the new higher synthetic goal posts were announced with goal-line cameras integrated into the posts. And the padding might have been 3m in 2010 but not any more, but keep arguing just ignore that  boundary umpire standing right next to the Domain Stadium 2015 point post padding, or else perhaps he's just 1.5m tall!

What's more if that's a 6ft ladder the padding is at least 1m above it, and the camera is another 0.5m above that, but it's OK round down to 3m just to make yourself happy.

Seriously Kruddler, you are clutching at straws using 6 year old obsolete data trying to defend an obviously wrong statement! It's OK you can be wrong the world won't end and there is no need to be embarrassed! :o

[PaulP]

Ringing Domain Stadium and asking someone in the know might be the best way of solving this.

Or if one of our WA members is around there at some point, but that might be a stretch.

EDIT : further to this, I'm sure if you watch the video replay of the whole match., there will be enough chances to see the goal umpire adjacent to the posts - if you assume he (or she if applicable) is about 1.8m tall, you could make a pretty good guess. I just watched highlights from round 8 2015, Freo v Kangas, and the padding in that footage looks about twice the height of the umpire, so if it's still the same, my guess is less than 4m, maybe closer to 3.5, 3.6.

[LP]

Ringing Domain Stadium and asking someone in the know might be the best way of solving this.

Or if one of our WA members is around there at some point, but that might be a stretch.

EDIT : further to this, I'm sure if you watch the video replay of the whole match., there will be enough chances to see the goal umpire adjacent to the posts - if you assume he (or she if applicable) is about 1.8m tall, you could make a pretty good guess. I just watched highlights from round 8 2015, Freo v Kangas, and the padding in that footage looks about twice the height of the umpire, so if it's still the same, my guess is less than 4m, maybe closer to 3.5, 3.6.

It's even easier PaulP, just wait for a goal line review and you can see the camera embedded in the opposite post above the top of the new 2016 padding!

But seriously, Kruddler claiming the umpire was 80% the height of the goal post padding is just ridiculous.

[PaulP]

I just watched the first 3 minutes of the "smart reply" on the AFL website - in that time, they show both ends of the ground, and to me the padding looks about twice the height of the umpire.

And that is where my interest in this issue ends.

[LP]

I just watched the first 3 minutes of the "smart reply" on the AFL website - in that time, they show both ends of the ground, and to me the padding looks about twice the height of the umpire.

And that is where my interest in this issue ends.

Yep boring now.

If anyone wants really accurate figures download the free program Tracker Video Analysis. You can calibrate the video using the goal-square lines which are known to be 6.4m x 9m then it will use the video frame rate, velocity and the law of gravity to calculate the height of the ball any point above the ground backwards from the last point of impact. There are all sorts of tools built into the program to compensate for errors of perspective, fish-eye, etc., etc.. Obviously to keep things simple you are better to choose a sequence where the camera isn't panning, but even then if you can't get one fixed points like ground markings can be used as a static reference.

[DJC]

I wasn't aware of the "AFL Team of the Week" but it's not a bad effort to have two players selected, particularly as they're our first selections for the season.

Two of Carlton’s leaders have been recognised for their exceptional and gutsy performances in the Blues’ victory over Fremantle.

Captain Marc Murphy along with vice-captain Kade Simpson have been named in the AFL’s Team of the Week.

For the first time this season, two Blues featured in the line-up with ‘Simmo’ named at half-back and ‘Murph’ named on the interchange.

The skipper played an instrumental role in the Blues’ win over last year’s minor premiers, kicking a vital goal in the final minutes of the match to put his team back in front, and ultimately help seal the victory.

With 14 staples in his head, the midfielder was forced to wear a helmet during the Round 5 match – but that didn’t hinder his performance in the slightest.

Murph had 28 touches, including six tackles, four clearances and eight contested possessions, not to mention that critical goal. 

[PaulP]

I wasn't aware of the "AFL Team of the Week" but it's not a bad effort to have two players selected, particularly as they're our first selections for the season.

Great effort and well deserved IMO.

[MilkIt]

Say what you will about Murphy's Captaincy, but I'd take him over Cotchin any day of the week. He's finally spending more time in a role more suited to his skill set and I think he's been more damaging this year than he has for a long time.