(Not so) sweet caroline

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  • erica
    Happy and I know it
    • Jan 2008
    • 1247

    You can believe that Annie but it's not correct. The umpires are waiting for the signal that the TV ads have ended.
    All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke

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    • Meg
      Go Swannies!
      Site Admin
      • Aug 2011
      • 4828

      Originally posted by AnnieH
      No. They were standing around (again) waiting for it to finish.
      So what do you think they were doing on TV? Standing around waiting for SC to finish?

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      • ugg
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        Site Admin
        • Jan 2003
        • 15976

        It's obvious from previous weeks they don't wait for the song to finish. That was my gripe in the first place!
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        • 0918330512
          Senior Player
          • Sep 2011
          • 1654

          It's the same at all grounds I think. There is a light that flashes to indicate the ads are done. Sometimes on the scoreboard, sometimes in the stands facing the umpire as he lines up to bounce the ball so he can see it without turning around
          Last edited by 0918330512; 26 June 2017, 12:40 PM.

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          • Meg
            Go Swannies!
            Site Admin
            • Aug 2011
            • 4828

            Originally posted by 09183305
            It's the same at all grounds I think. There is a light that flashes to indicate the ads are done. Sometimes on the scoreboard, sometimes in the stands facing the umpire as he lines up to bounce the ball
            Yep.

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            • MattW
              Veterans List
              • May 2011
              • 4231

              Originally posted by Meg
              So what do you think they were doing on TV? Standing around waiting for SC to finish?
              Gotta say, this is how it came across on tv. I'm familiar with the usual practice of a light indicating to an umpire that the telecast is ready, and usually there is a second or two at the start of the quarter where the broadcast shows the centre square set up and the umpire waiting, registering the light and then bouncing. It struck me that the broadcast showed the players and umpires standing around the centre square for an inordinate period before the second period. I could hear the bloody song blaring and given the umpire didn't bounce it til the music stopped, figured the umpire was waiting for it. Maybe the light doesn't shine until Neil has reached his inspiring crescendo.

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              • Danzar
                I'm doing ok right now, thanks
                • Jun 2006
                • 2027

                Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I really don't like Sweet Caroline being played at quarter time hey.


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                • 0918330512
                  Senior Player
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 1654

                  Originally posted by Danzar
                  Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I really don't like Sweet Caroline being played at quarter time hey.
                  Ummmmmm . . . given the title of this thread . . . there is a reasonable chance it has been discussed before. Just PM AnnieH to get you up to speed

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                  • AnnieH
                    RWOs Black Sheep
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 11332

                    Originally posted by MattW
                    Gotta say, this is how it came across on tv. I'm familiar with the usual practice of a light indicating to an umpire that the telecast is ready, and usually there is a second or two at the start of the quarter where the broadcast shows the centre square set up and the umpire waiting, registering the light and then bouncing. It struck me that the broadcast showed the players and umpires standing around the centre square for an inordinate period before the second period. I could hear the bloody song blaring and given the umpire didn't bounce it til the music stopped, figured the umpire was waiting for it. Maybe the light doesn't shine until Neil has reached his inspiring crescendo.
                    Thanks Matt... you said it better that I ever could.
                    This is how it came across at the ground as well.

                    I'm NOT stupid peeps... I know that the umpires wait for the light to indicate that the ads are over.

                    I hate bloody sweet caroline.
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                    • Industrial Fan
                      Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 3318

                      No idea what sweet Caroline has to do with football.

                      They even played it at both the arsenal games at anz...? How about something from the last 20yrs- seven nation army is a plug and play.

                      Why can't we escape that stupid song?
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                      • veramex
                        Pushing for Selection
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 63

                        I loved it yesterday - had to be a dig at the swans with sweet Caroline starting and then abruptly stopping (with a change of record sound). I do find the giants media team a little more creative - swans media always tends to feel a little too corporate/polished....

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                        • monopoly19
                          Senior Player
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 1098

                          Originally posted by veramex
                          I loved it yesterday - had to be a dig at the swans with sweet Caroline starting and then abruptly stopping (with a change of record sound). I do find the giants media team a little more creative - swans media always tends to feel a little too corporate/polished....
                          I wasn't there last night but that sounds very funny! Would've loved the Swans guys to do it at the SCG - I am so over Sweet Caroline.

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                          • CureTheSane
                            Carpe Noctem
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 5032

                            I heard Hells Bells during the game before a bounce.
                            Much more inspiring and appropriate.
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                            • Doctor
                              Bay 29
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 2757

                              It was brilliant. They started playing Sweet Caroline, there was a collective groan from all, then there was a scratching sound like the record being taken off and they played Don't Stop Me Now instead. A clever idea that was cheeky but not rude, and a WAY better song.
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                              • royboy42
                                Senior Player
                                • Apr 2006
                                • 2078

                                While we're on SCG entertainment, am I the only one who is driven crackers by the guy and gal with the over amplified nonsense talk?
                                It's so distorted that I can't understand what they say.
                                I'm quite happy to be called old and grumpy if that what the majority think.

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