Perception versus reality

[Gordon Bennett]

It's very interesting how perceptions can be different than reality. Here are 3 examples:
1.Late in the 1st quarter of sunday's match, Tim Lane said something like  "Geelong are killing them out of the centre". The reality was that Richmond had won all, or virtually all, centre clearances up to that moment.

2.A supporter can watch a match on TV and be convinced at the time that it was an appalling performance, full of errors. He then re-watches it a day later and realises that it wasn't anywhere near as bad as he initially thought, and that the error count wasn't really that high.

3. It seems that many footy supporters need a whipping boy. At Richmond it is Tivendale. If he has a good game they'll fall silent, and give him no credit.If a close analysis of a particular game shows that he made one turnover, some supporters will still swear blind that he made eight. They'll also say that he was "soft", even though he may have won the most contested possessions and led the tackles. Their perception, possibly based on past performances, will simply not match the reality.

[WilliamPowell]

2.A supporter can watch a match on TV and be convinced at the time that it was an appalling performance, full of errors. He then re-watches it a day later and realises that it wasn't anywhere near as bad as he initially thought, and that the error count wasn't really that high.

Good topic GB - and I tend to agree. Especially considering we all view things so differently - one of the things about Aussie rules is that so many areas of it are open to an individuals interpretation - just look at the rules

I know I've said a number of times over the years that what you see on the TV is very different to what you you see live because a TV camera only picks up what happens in the vicinity of the ball (x amount of mts either side). However, when you at a game you will see players doing things off the ball (e.g. shepherds etc) that don't get shown on TV. I reckon what you say above can be applied in these situations as well

[mightytiges]

It's very interesting how perceptions can be different than reality. Here are 3 examples:
1.Late in the 1st quarter of sunday's match, Tim Lane said something like  "Geelong are killing them out of the centre". The reality was that Richmond had won all, or virtually all, centre clearances up to that moment.

I remember him saying that GB. We were killing them out of the centre early on but the Cats  smashed us at every 50/50 contest around the ground with their bigger bodies and gut-running .

2.A supporter can watch a match on TV and be convinced at the time that it was an appalling performance, full of errors. He then re-watches it a day later and realises that it wasn't anywhere near as bad as he initially thought, and that the error count wasn't really that high.

We didn't get enough of the footy to make unforced errors lol . Seemed like plenty of forced errors under Geelong pressure especially by hand.

3. It seems that many footy supporters need a whipping boy. At Richmond it is Tivendale. If he has a good game they'll fall silent, and give him no credit.If a close analysis of a particular game shows that he made one turnover, some supporters will still swear blind that he made eight. They'll also say that he was "soft", even though he may have won the most contested possessions and led the tackles. Their perception, possibly based on past performances, will simply not match the reality.

 

[Fishfinger]

For a long time I've considered Nathan Bracken a pie-chucker and Lou Vincent a spud. Their recent cricketing feats are testing my opinion, but I'm hanging on grimly to that perception in spite what's actually been happening recently.

[Mr Magic]

1.Late in the 1st quarter of sunday's match, Tim Lane said something like  "Geelong are killing them out of the centre". The reality was that Richmond had won all, or virtually all, centre clearances up to that moment.

Perception:

Tim Lane's a good commentator.

Reality:

He's a fool.

[letsgetiton!]

perception: tiv is a quality player with a quality kick and skill level and add gr8 decision maker

reality: he is far from, more like pathetic and would not get a game in any other team in the afl

[Hellenic Tiger]

For a long time I've considered Nathan Bracken a pie-chucker and Lou Vincent a spud. Their recent cricketing feats are testing my opinion, but I'm hanging on grimly to that perception in spite what's actually been happening recently.

Hang in there fishfinger hopefully the upcoming WC will validate your thought processes on that matter.