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Now that Ten has withdrawn from AFL (watch out for a bid for NFL given Lachlan Murdoch/James Packer proclivities), who would be in the Demonland television commentator dream team top 8?

My choice:

Top 4 game day commentators: Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Commetti, Gerard Wheatley Tim Lane

Top 4 special comments: Paul Roos, Robert Walls, Stan Alves, David Schwartz

Pet hates: Brian Taylor, Lee Matthews, Malcolm Blight, Steven Quartermaine, "Spud" Frawley , Chris Grant.

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    Callers: Bruce, Dennis, Lane, Hudson

    Comments: Lyon, Dermie, Roos, Frawley

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    Hudson is on the bench .

    Would be sporting fountain of knowledge: Gideon Haigh

    Reality : Dork who cant produce without a thesaurus and his reference books because he does not actually like sport .

    Dennis Cometti is the Richie Benaud of AFL

    Tim Lane is good , Sandy good

    The rest are sheep .

    Tolerable: Wheatley ,Lyon ,Blight .

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    Cometti and Bruce are terrible.. Get rid of them.. So boring to listen to

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    Rex Hunt

    edit, I hope the whole channel 10 team retires for good

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    Best Commentators: Gerard Whateley (ABC), Anthony Hudson (Ten), Dennis Cometti (Seven), Glenn Mitchell (ABC - WA only)

    Best Special Comments: Stan Alves (ABC), Paul Roos (Fox), Tim Watson (Seven), David Parkin (ABC)

    Worst Commentators: Stephen Quartermain (Ten), Michael Christian (Ten), Dwayne Russell (Fox)

    Worst Special Comments: Tony Shaw (Fox), Danny Frawley (Fox), Alastair Lynch (Fox), Liam Pickering (Fox), Robert Walls (Ten), Malcolm Blight (Ten), Luke Darcy (Ten), Dermott Brereton (SEN), Glen Jakovich (Fox)

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    Best

    Commentators - Dennis Commetti, Anthony Hudson, Hamish 'Hammer' McLaughlin

    Special Comments - Garry Lyon, Danny Frawley

    Absolutely putrid - Tony Shaw, Alastair Lynch, Matthew Campbell, Brian Taylor, Dwayne Russell, Glen Jakovish, Jason Dunstall, Michael Christian, Malcolm Blight.

    Everyone else is tolerable.

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    My best: Whateley, McAvaney, Commetti, Dunstall, Frawley, Pickering, Roos, Harley.

    Worst: Quarterbrain, Hudson, Lane, Lynch, Blight, Lloyd

    Intolerable: Mark Ricciuto and Robert Walls

    To say best by no means says I like em, it's just that I can tolerate em.

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    Top 4 game day commentators: Bruce McAvaney,

    Oh God, please no... He's appalling.

    Cometti and Bruce are terrible.. Get rid of them.. So boring to listen to

    Bruce drags Commetti down with him. Dennis is hands down the best we've had, and likely the best we're gonna see for a long time. Grybas is sorely missed too.

    Hudson and Commetti for mine. The old heads need to go. BT is probably going to be round for another few decades.

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    Hudson is on the bench .

    Would be sporting fountain of knowledge: Gideon Haigh

    Reality : Dork who cant produce without a thesaurus and his reference books because he does not actually like sport .

    Dennis Cometti is the Richie Benaud of AFL

    Tim Lane is good , Sandy good

    The rest are sheep .

    Tolerable: Wheatley ,Lyon ,Blight .

    Gideon Haigh has an exceptional insight into the game and has authored several books on that subject. He still plays cricket and it's his passion! You should get yourself a thesaurus and have a read

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    Tony Shaw is far and away the worst AFL media personality. Has no general sports knowledge. His AFL knowledge is limited and provides absolutely no insight. Even with Collingwood he struggles, honestly.

    My dream team:

    Rex Hunt/Dennis Commetti as primary callers, with Anthony Hudson as backup

    David King, Garry Lyon special comments

    Richo on the boundary

    And MMM +1 for Doc Larkins, an actual doctor doing the injury stuff is the best updater around.

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    I'm excited to hear Bruce's call on Friday night. He provides entertainment and a laugh. Hopefully we'll be playing some "sppppecialllll" footy

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    I can't come up with eight that I can stand listening to.

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    Gideon Haigh has an exceptional insight into the game and has authored several books on that subject. He still plays cricket and it's his passion! You should get yourself a thesaurus and have a read

    Gideon Haigh is a dilletante and a [censored] who pretends to like sport but also thinks of himself as a some kind of highbrow commentator .Knows nothing about cricket or football and couldn't write his name on a sandwich . Probably should be commentating equestrian or something equally poncey .

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