Is it just me or have all the print jornos turned tv stars.

Mark Robinson Never played a game of AFL but has the right to have a go at all and sundry onHIS tv show and SEN

Jon Ralph Same (Fox footy)

Mike Sheehan Played some games for Werribee. His only claim to fame is that he has watched the game for 30 years big deal so have I (On the couch) (Open Mike)

How come these people are now such experts??????

How come these people are now such experts??????

Because the other 'experts' call them experts.

It's the Massive Masturbatory Echo Chamber of Modern AFL Footy Journalism ©.

Mark Robinson is just drunk. How he gets Radio gigs in particular is astounding!!

Totally agree DB.

Footy inquest with Bluey Adams had far more cred.

Is it just me or have all the print jornos turned tv stars.

Mark Robinson Never played a game of AFL but has the right to have a go at all and sundry onHIS tv show and SEN

Jon Ralph Same (Fox footy)

Mike Sheehan Played some games for Werribee. His only claim to fame is that he has watched the game for 30 years big deal so have I (On the couch) (Open Mike)

How come these people are now such experts??????

Its good isnt it - its who you know - such is life.

Edited April 28, 201213 yr by Dr Who

Because the other 'experts' call them experts.

It's the Massive Masturbatory Echo Chamber of Modern AFL Footy Journalism ©.

hahahaha - are you sure your not describing Demonland? ohhhhh you definitely are.

Lift your game - this place could be oh such better.

Edited April 28, 201213 yr by Dr Who

On the other hand Gerard Whateley knows more than most former players.

Although Robbo is rubbish, I hate the notion that you have to have played the game at the highest level to know anything about the game. A lot of guys who have played shitloads of games are still complete airheads.

Is Robbo ever sober?

Modern media today is not about the quality of content rather the quantity of content. Air time and pages must be filled. The obvious sacrifice in this arrangement is quality. When quality is not a factor the likes of Robinson and Barrett and any number of other witless drones come to the fore. Given that there is only ever a finite number of football related stories out there and intense competition to secure them the other casualty is quite often the truth. These sacrifices are often dismissed by the industry by describing these pieces as "Opinion", thus all responsibility is absolved. As with everything else in life the answers lie with the Simpsons. "Just don't look, Just don't look" .

I love Robbo, partly because I find it amazing how someone like him can get a gig as a football journalist for so long.

He might be useless half the time, but he certainly doesn't hold back his opinion and now and then he comes up with a gem that everyone else was thinking but was too afraid to say.

As long as there's only one Robbo I can live with it.

To his credit he usually doesnt write utter tripe like many.

Then you have guys like Patrick Smith who is just an oxygen thief.

You guys don't know much about new media.

These days if you're just a "print journalist", your worth is very small. You need to have a wide range of skills across print, broadcast and online.

At the moment there is a learning bridge between old-school journos like Robbo moving from print to TV.

Don't worry: a new generation is coming. People like Robbo won't exist must longer in that capacity. He's awful and not a lot of fun to watch.

You guys don't know much about new media.

These days if you're just a "print journalist", your worth is very small. You need to have a wide range of skills across print, broadcast and online.

At the moment there is a learning bridge between old-school journos like Robbo moving from print to TV.

Don't worry: a new generation is coming. People like Robbo won't exist must longer in that capacity. He's awful and not a lot of fun to watch.

Bril. So they've added a new skill requirement - being presentable on TV. When are they going to require that the journalist (or should that be media-ist?) actually be capable of deep analysis?

Is it just me or have all the print jornos turned tv stars.

Mark Robinson Never played a game of AFL but has the right to have a go at all and sundry onHIS tv show and SEN

Jon Ralph Same (Fox footy)

Mike Sheehan Played some games for Werribee. His only claim to fame is that he has watched the game for 30 years big deal so have I (On the couch) (Open Mike)

How come these people are now such experts??????

It's the get it off the shelf, way of today'. Disposable theories in what once was, disposable newspapers. There was a time when people used them in the toilet.

Edited April 28, 201213 yr by dee-luded

The problem is not whether they have played footy at the highest level or not? It's all to do with their analysis of the game, of which past players are at fault as much as any other journalist/reporter/commentator

"Jurnos" often become sub-editors, too.

Totally agree with this thread and it frustrates me no end.

Their faces and personalities have become as important as their content, yet their content is often about Tweeting, speculation and "reading between the lines". TV journos are one thing, but radio and print journos becoming famous on TV? No thanks.

I liked One Week at a Time on channel 10 but that has gone. Now, the Sunday Inquisition on ABC with Gerard Whately and Stan Alves is the best footy reporting and commentary you can get.