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@sportsbyfry @DTTALK Any fwd rooks coming through? If not, which red dotter would you grab in the hope of selection soon?

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@fantasynut_afl Yep agree and you can add cricket to your list too. The only sport that seems to use ball tracking tech well is tennis, where it is quick and accurate.

Maturing as a sports fan is to realise that just as we accept player error, ump error is part of the game and drama. Yes it can hurt teams, but it's part of the game. Folks don't think enough about the downstream impact of changing something. If you give umps the mandate to use technology to ensure a call is correct, they are inevitably going to lean on it because to NOT do so would result in uproar if their call was wrong. We've seen this in all sports over decades. For eg, in Cricket, the umps always call for video replay even if they know it's out or not out etc. We (including myself) bemoaned incorrect calls, now the AFL introduces technology to try and reduce incorrect calls and now we complain it's taking too long etc. Can't have it both ways. My vote would be to just leave it in the hands of the umps. Yes, theyll get some wrong, and yes we'll all whinge about it, but life goes on and at least the game will keep moving. Just need to look at the NBA, Soccer etc and how the introduction of technology to reduce errors has made the spectacle worse.

@jackknowsballfr @FOXFOOTY I love a good whataboutism

@FOXFOOTY How about all the one side umpiring in the third for the Roos?

"Come off it! Did you see his left finger go down?!" It sure looks like Griffin Logue touched this... and then GWS held on to beat North by 7 points 🤔 #AFLGiantsNorth MORE >> bit.ly/4cyIiiM

@valmo22 What else is he though?

Berry just does not have enough to be a mid

@Jousting_Sticks You are 100% correct. They won’t ever be successful doing that shit.

They’re force feeding this guy like he’s an elite half back kick when he’s just not. Bad off ball and on ball. You know who I’m talking about

@GoatFantasyNews He’s a fucken shit kick but I like having him in my fantasy team

Archie Roberts the heir to Porko 👑 🐖 🐷 🐽 #AFLDonsPies #AFLFantasy #Supercoach

@tax_oz @spajos @RalphyHeraldSun Yeah I feel the same I think. And it shouldn’t be said these days. I think the AFL has tied itself in knots trying to be too clever, but let’s also be real, the tribunal system has been full of holes for a very very long time.

It’s idiotic to say it even if for no other reason than the likely massive penalties. I’m still not sure I’ve quite got my head around why the use of a word is levels worse than potentially destroying a guys life with, say, a head high bump. Policing “offence” is always going to be subjective and divisive.

St Kilda gives the AFL a clip even after it got Collard’s seven week ban reduced to two weeks for an appeal decision that UPHELD the initial guilty verdict. The appeals board ruled the penalty was manifestly excessive given Collard’s age, indigenous background and the fact the victim wasn’t personally offended. So the charge was upheld but for a second offence he got two weeks after a six week ban in 2024 @FOXFOOTY

@tax_oz @spajos @RalphyHeraldSun Nah he deserved what he got, I think anyone is as dumb as dogshit saying that stuff these days. The other bloke is just very lucky I think.

@TurnbullLex @spajos @RalphyHeraldSun Adelaide need better lawyers perhaps

@spajos @RalphyHeraldSun You make a good point

@RalphyHeraldSun So how does he get less than Rankine for a second offence and Rankine missed finals?

@PlusSixPodcast @JeppaDT Jagga Smith

Jeppa & Pete will hit record on Tuesday night. Name 1 player that you would like discussed? @PlusSixPodcast

@jmcheer1 @nak_98 Are you serious? For THAT?

@nak_98 Once a cheap sniper, always a cheap sniper. He should get what Harris got. 3 minimum.

Footage is slowed down but surely this gets looked at by the MRO. Pickett chose to bump late after disposing of the ball and caused a concussion.

@CalvinDT That is pretty impressive

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@CalvinDT @WarnieDT @AFLFantasy

Take that? But did you? @WarnieDT - Deceitful, dishonest, two-faced, underhanded, treacherous, fraudulent, sly, and untrustworthy. @AFLFantasy #aflfantasy

@WarnieDT @fantasynut_afl Eagles, blue, suns, tigers after is a pretty sweet run without much of a tag threat? I’m going for it!

@TurnbullLex @fantasynut_afl If you’re keen, go for it … the injury is more of a concern than a tag (for this week anyway). So if that’s not an issue, back him.

folks considering NWM this week, should we be worried about this?

@WarnieDT @fantasynut_afl Hmmm yeah fair enough. Do Crows tag though? Maybe I should reconsider. He looked elite last week though.

@fantasynut_afl @TurnbullLex Worth watching the report as well. Couple this with the tag flag, we can watch.

@hasumpstuffedup @timrosen35 You don’t HAVE to take the contrarian position to everything you know

@timrosen35 Umps always get the retaliators. Clear off the ball bump. Has to be paid if the ump sees it.

Are we seriously paying that free kick against Josh Daicos there? Far out. A bit of justice there with the kid missing after the siren.

@FOXFOOTY Fucking hell that’s a fair word salad

'IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH' 😤 Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield speaks to the "sticky" nature of Zak Butters' $1,500 fine from the AFL Tribunal for umpire abuse... and the "pub test" that's worthy of discussion. #AFL360

@fantasynut_afl @MiniMonk10 UX is not fantasy’s selling point surely?

@MiniMonk10 Everything is navigable once you gain familiarity. The whole idea of good UX is that it’s intuitive and easy to figure out. The SC platform genuinely sux.

2 things unrelated to the scoring system that #AFLFantasy does better than #SuperCoach, and 2 that #SuperCoach does better than #AFLFantasy. SuperCoach 1. Boosts The ability to use a Boost 5 times a season is excellent. It works for both casual players and more serious ones. There is strategy in when to use them, but they also give you a way to recover when a bad injury week blows up your team. In a season where sides are getting smashed by injuries, Boosts are a great release valve. Using them early in the season to jump on the key guys you missed or saving them till later in the season to be able to deal with carnage? I really like this wrinkle in the SC game. I’d love to see AFL Fantasy consider something similar. 2. Best 22 Both games have tried to solve the in-game injury problem differently. AF has gone with the TOG% threshold, while SuperCoach uses Best 22. Of the two, I prefer the SuperCoach approach. It avoids awkward 51% vs 49% situations where an emergency either counts or doesn’t, and it adds another layer of strategy around how you use the Flex spot. It still gives coaches some protection when a player gets injured and posts a disaster score. AFL Fantasy 1. Immediate price changes / price change formula One thing that stood out to me watching SuperCoach preseason content was how many people were happy to start players who looked fully priced. That felt strange coming from AFL Fantasy, where value is everything. It makes more sense now that I understand the price change mechanics. SuperCoach price movements are much flatter, this reduces the benefit of chasing value in season. I prefer the AF system where we see much bigger price swings which create more opportunity to identify value and make ground. On top of that, AF having price changes from Game 1 is much better. I don’t really see the case for giving coaches 2 free looks before prices move. In AFL Fantasy, if you want to jump early on a player, you get rewarded. If you want to wait 1-2 weeks for more certainty on role or job security, that’s completely fair, but you pay for it. That makes sense. In SuperCoach, you can wait, gather information, fix other parts of your team, and still bring a player in at the same starting price. I don't think that really makes sense. 2. Platform UI/UX I’ll be blunt: the SuperCoach app and website are miles behind. This is not just familiarity bias. The AFL Fantasy platform is materially better. It is easier to navigate, easier to find information, easier to make changes, and just much better to use. That applies not only to Classic, but Draft as well. I’m in a SuperCoach Draft league and using the platform is still a poor experience. I genuinely don't think the SC platform has changed since 2003?

@NotElonrw @gdog411 @aakashgupta Cool and all but how did we do this 60 years ago with 1960s technology and computing power less than the phone I’m on?

@gdog411 @aakashgupta Nasa has literally built materials that you can pick up from the oven at 2000 degrees and it won't even burn your hands.

Look at this astronaut's face during reentry, knowing the capsule exterior is at 5,000°F. The physics of why he's alive are wild. The air in front of the capsule compresses so violently at Mach 25 that it turns into plasma. 5,000°F on the surface. Half the temperature of the sun. The heat shield absorbs that energy by literally burning itself away, layer by layer, carrying the heat with it as gas. One inch of material is the entire margin. On the outside of that inch: 5,000°F. On the inside: 75°F. Room temperature. The thermal gradient across that single inch is the steepest temperature drop humans have ever engineered. The orange glow in the window is ionized nitrogen and oxygen. That plasma is why comms go black for six minutes during reentry. Ground control can't reach the crew. The astronauts are alone inside a fireball, falling at 25,000 mph, watching the laws of thermodynamics keep them alive through a 1-inch wall. Artemis II did exactly this last night. Four astronauts hit Earth's atmosphere at 24,664 mph, rode a 4,900°F plasma sheath for six minutes of radio silence, and splashed down a mile from target. The heat shield is now being inspected for cracks. They found over 100 on the last unmanned test.