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Now that Ten has withdrawn from AFL (watch out for a bid for NFL given Lachlan Murdoch/James Packer proclivities), who would be in the Demonland television commentator dream team top 8?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

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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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Straight Sets Simon Legend

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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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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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