gotta love the countdown clock

[therisingblues]

Now imagine if there was a big corny countdown clock like in basketball. While the Bays still had the ball there is a huge likelihood that the Glenelg supporters would have been counting down with the clock "25...24..23..etc" (I've seen Crows crowds doing it, and it makes me cringe) that Bays player with the ball would have known exactly how much time was left and probably would have done anything rather than pass it sideways to a team mate just a few yards away. A long bomb to the goal front would have definitely saved it under those circumstances. The unknown time remaining must have added pressure to the player with the ball, it definitely worked magic through the crowd, supporters of both clubs all about me were shitting themselves!

Your argument is irrelevent as in close games the players know exactly how much time is left these days, the coaching staff knows and conveys that to them.
Perhaps we should alternate the amount of quarters each game and not tell the players how many there will be, now that will really add to the suspense at the end of every quarter.
Whilst on that train of thought why not get the SANFL to not worry about a fixture next year and just tell us approximately which days and where the games might be, imagine the enjoyment we'd all get out of guessing it right and seeing a game of footy.
Now THAT would add to that game.

Hmmm, why not a tmovie theaters have guy who's seen the movie before yelling out to everyone what happens next!

[Wedgie]

Now imagine if there was a big corny countdown clock like in basketball. While the Bays still had the ball there is a huge likelihood that the Glenelg supporters would have been counting down with the clock "25...24..23..etc" (I've seen Crows crowds doing it, and it makes me cringe) that Bays player with the ball would have known exactly how much time was left and probably would have done anything rather than pass it sideways to a team mate just a few yards away. A long bomb to the goal front would have definitely saved it under those circumstances. The unknown time remaining must have added pressure to the player with the ball, it definitely worked magic through the crowd, supporters of both clubs all about me were shitting themselves!

Your argument is irrelevent as in close games the players know exactly how much time is left these days, the coaching staff knows and conveys that to them.
Perhaps we should alternate the amount of quarters each game and not tell the players how many there will be, now that will really add to the suspense at the end of every quarter.
Whilst on that train of thought why not get the SANFL to not worry about a fixture next year and just tell us approximately which days and where the games might be, imagine the enjoyment we'd all get out of guessing it right and seeing a game of footy.
Now THAT would add to that game.

Hmmm, why not a tmovie theaters have guy who's seen the movie before yelling out to everyone what happens next!

Its quicker and easier if you download it.

[Voice]

At actual games of AFL the clock counts up anyway. It's only on the telly that it counts down. Sure club officials can acess this info from the telly to relay it to players on the ground but then we see stupid situations like Bowden from Richmond rushing behinds for the last 90 secs of the game to allow a win. For that reason alone all time clocks should count upwards

[therisingblues]

Yeah but Theri, these days the players know so we'll never see a repeat of your example

That's Wedgie's point

I don't see how training staff would be able to keep eveybody so up to date with the time, they can only run so fast, with the crowd counting the time down with the clock the information is more immediate, and what about the suspense in the crowd? That day was magic, and the "time on" concept made it better.

[therisingblues]

Now imagine if there was a big corny countdown clock like in basketball. While the Bays still had the ball there is a huge likelihood that the Glenelg supporters would have been counting down with the clock "25...24..23..etc" (I've seen Crows crowds doing it, and it makes me cringe) that Bays player with the ball would have known exactly how much time was left and probably would have done anything rather than pass it sideways to a team mate just a few yards away. A long bomb to the goal front would have definitely saved it under those circumstances. The unknown time remaining must have added pressure to the player with the ball, it definitely worked magic through the crowd, supporters of both clubs all about me were shitting themselves!

Your argument is irrelevent as in close games the players know exactly how much time is left these days, the coaching staff knows and conveys that to them.
Perhaps we should alternate the amount of quarters each game and not tell the players how many there will be, now that will really add to the suspense at the end of every quarter.
Whilst on that train of thought why not get the SANFL to not worry about a fixture next year and just tell us approximately which days and where the games might be, imagine the enjoyment we'd all get out of guessing it right and seeing a game of footy.
Now THAT would add to that game.

Hmmm, why not a tmovie theaters have guy who's seen the movie before yelling out to everyone what happens next!

Its quicker and easier if you download it.

Better still, we could start a "how the movie ends" forum where people type in the ending of every good movie they have ever seen. Especially popular with people who love the countdown clock I hear!

[Wedgie]

Better still, we could start a "how the movie ends" forum where people type in the ending of every good movie they have ever seen. Especially popular with people who love the countdown clock I hear!

Agreed, its called reading the book, I do that for a lot of movies.
Im glad we're all on the same page now (pardon the pun).

[therisingblues]

Better still, we could start a "how the movie ends" forum where people type in the ending of every good movie they have ever seen. Especially popular with people who love the countdown clock I hear!

Agreed, its called reading the book, I do that for a lot of movies.
Im glad we're all on the same page now (pardon the pun).

I'm sure we all end up on the same page eventually.
Pun pardoned.