Sorry I havn't posted in this thread - didn't have net for a little while and then got caught up in the LFC case.

I now have foxtel in my new residence so I'd definitely be keen on doing this.

No preference on day or team as I'm usually on for everything, so whatever isn't taken I can jump on.

Awesome idea too.

Just had a play on CIL. Looks nifty.

ive had a play on Coveritlive. its pretty easy to use. it does not take long to get used to it.

Yes.

Maybe a better way of doing it would be to at the start of the week having all involved nominate which matches they are able to do, and create the roster from there. Then start sharing around if 2 people are available for the same match and 1 has covered 4 matches and the other person has done 1.

Has anyone had a play around on the coveritlive blog that KA set up?

so i was thinking, if we going to be doing the live online text commentary from our homes, thats fine. however, we would only need 5 of us per weekend to do this. no point having a specific guy per club and then letting two people cover one match.

so if we get a solid list of about 10-12 guys who are keen and willing and committed to do this, we can work out a roster per week. that way everyone gets a chance and it gives everyone a chance to have some weekends off.

im happy to workout the roster, but it would need the co-operation of all 10/12 people who are involved.

That's awesome :D Hopefully we'll get lucky with being able to watch games live.

that was awesome... remember the one on Australia vs Uzbekistan away and Adelaide vs Buykendor or whatever over there

Awesome idea! I would volunteer but I get far to absorbed in the game to pay attention to anything else that's going on.

Nevermind

Edited by zimbos_05: 13/10/2010 05:49:01 PM

If we are interested did you still want our emails KA?

Sure - it can be used for all Australian-related games that anyone can reliably supply commentary for. The key thing is to be in a position to see the game live though (not always possible with non-A-League, non-Socceroos games...)

Would it only be for A-League KA? Could you also make it available for Socceroos and the U23 + U19 games? Could even throw the Matildas in there too.

thats probably best.

was going to say saturday would be difficult for me as this is short notice and ive got a comittment on early sunday.

however, if we at home, im happy to pencil in my name for the roar game this weekend. once we get this more concrete closer to the date, ill be more certain whats going on.

I would suggest only doing it from the couch in front of a TV. You get a MUCH better idea of what happening when you have access to the TV replays that you don't see in the stadium.

Additionally, mobile broadband tends not to cope well with 10k people all txt'ing within a confined area...

Home, then you can relay stats from the television coverage and it just becomes alot easier in every aspect.

Happy with that.

Purely for a draft of this week's game (if this is going to be up and running by then), let's get some names to the games.

Note: All times are venue time-zones.


Friday Night 7:30pm- North Queensland vs Perth @ Dairy Farmers -
Saturday Night 6:45pm - Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC @ Etihad -
Saturday Night 7:45pm - Brisbane Roar vs Newcastle Jets @ Suncorp -
Sunday 4:00pm - Gold Coast vs Adelaide United @ Skilled -
Sunday 5:00pm - Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Heart @ Westpac - mizza

Only nominate if you can 100% do this match, if we want this to be a success people can't be pulling out just for shits and giggles.

Im happy to do Brisbane Roar home games. travelling can be quite difficult.

one other note. how would we be watching these games. would we be at the stadiums or just doing it from home.

if its stadium, would we not need media clearance.

if its from home, its probably easy for anyone to do it then.

Edited by zimbos_05: 13/10/2010 03:24:21 PM

If you can sort out among yourselves who's doing what by assigning yourselves to a set game each week, that would probably be the best way.

Week by week is probably best for the moment - no need for long-term commitment yet until we all see how it goes.

I would probably rather not do Adelaide matches as I would probably rather sit and watch (considering I don't get to see many due to working Friday nights) the games rather than commentate them.

I am willing to do a match each Sunday, for instance this week, Wellington vs Melbourne Heart, I could do that one.

I'm assuming we will need to set up a roster of some-sort, or just consult weekly as to who can do what game.

have you had a look at the bbc model for their games when they cover epl. its pretty good and quite neat too.

Putting myself out of the running as I rarely watch any games sober.

I would do Sydney F.C away games, but I am not always available.

the matchday thread is good, but not great.


would really love to see a matchday thing similar to what the bbc do on epl days. like dt, i am committed to doing brisbane roar games.

Edited by zimbos_05: 13/10/2010 02:45:49 PM

Like zizou, I am committed in doing Victory away games.

Those wishing to be commentators, please PM me your email addresses...

It appears we can't embed the coveritlive into forum posts, but what I will do is add it to the bottom of each Match preview for each game. It will be the same coveritlive for each game, just put into suspension at the end of each game, then restarted for each new game.

We'll give it a shot and see how we go...it will also take in tweets with the #aleague hashtag.

Commentators will need to get accustomed to the software first - I'll set up a test one for you to play with to get the hang of it.

Edited by Kevin Airs: 13/10/2010 02:21:20 PM

This would be epic. Especially for covering games like the recent AFC U19 game against the UAE where people has shit sreams etc.

http://www.coveritlive.com/

So far we have 3 willing to contribute to this, maybe it is worth trialling it for 1 match and see the reviews we recieve from the forum members.

Does anyone have a screenshot of how this coveritlive could perhaps look?