I'm sure there's already a thread for these self obsessed 'media' commentators but honestly how unbearable are McLachlan, Zempalis and Watson?

COMMENTATE THE GAME YOU FLOGS.

Don't give an analogy for every single play that happens, stop calling puopolo "poppy" he's not your mate Hamish, Zempalis stop fawning everytime cyril get's the bloody ball and Watson start calling it as it is you weak commentator.

Oh, Basil, Jack Trengove. NOT JACKSON, JACK. Not Bernie Jones, BERNIE VINCE.

Hamish McLachlan annoys me the most. Self obssesed latte sipping [censored] who is the type of bloke who wears 2XU tights on a sunday morning coffee without shorts on. We don't care that your brother is Gill mate, your as pompous and self absorbed as he is.

Channel seven are a disgraceful bunch. Would rather Brett Phillips and the SEN or Triple M commentators any day of the week.

Rant over. Go Dees.

Usually the channel 7 team don't bother me, but today was painful.

Basil is either an idiot or one of the great trolls, calling Trenners "Jackson" at the start of the call. I suspect the former. Dead set, it's not that hard to get names right, and it is literally your job.

They were absolutely woeful. Barracked for Hawthorn all day and just dribbled [censored].

Agree - it was shocking. Bunch of dopes all of them.

Watson did a great job over interpreting everything. I wonder why he failed as a coach....

Edited June 4, 20169 yr by ickey_11

Did you know that Melbourne hadn't beaten Hawthorn in 10 years... Watch that game and they only slip it in once, twice, fourteen thousand [censored] times!

Cyril Rioli was mentioned about a million times. There were other guys playing you idiots.

Hard to imagine any group of people being any more annoying.

Tim Watson is an imbecile. Cliche-ridden, state-the fookin-obvious drivel.

Patronising, hyperbolic and dumb. Not a single insight was gained all game.

 

At the game but i have less than no time for tim watson.

If my son was injected 1000s of times with literally godknowswhat id be losing my [censored], not defending the club he plays for

Father of a drug cheat

evidently Ali had parkins... no parkinsensens

Gratefully was able to attend today meaning I got to avoid McLachlan and Zempilas.

Hamish McLachlan is, IMO, the worst AFL media identity going around. Hopeless commentator, knows little to nothing about the game, speaks in cliches and platitudes and yet turns up every bloody game Channel 7 shows these days.

7's focus on status, history and side-stories detracts from the actual game.

I'll bet Rioli was talked about all day. He had 11 touches and pretty much no influence at all.

6 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Gratefully was able to attend today meaning I got to avoid McLachlan and Zempilas.

Hamish McLachlan is, IMO, the worst AFL media identity going around. Hopeless commentator, knows little to nothing about the game, speaks in cliches and platitudes and yet turns up every bloody game Channel 7 shows these days.

7's focus on status, history and side-stories detracts from the actual game.

I'll bet Rioli was talked about all day. He had 11 touches and pretty much no influence at all.

Luke Darcy obviously knows the game but has no presence on screen.

If you had played a drinking game where you took a shot every time they referenced Hawthorn's historical dominance over Melbourne, you'd have been hammered by halftime. You get used to the condescending crap but [censored] me it was irritating today.

I honestly can't believe how stupid Basil Zemplas is. There's no other way to put it. The man is an imbecile. 

 

We are living at a time in history where the quality of AFL commentators is at an all time low.  Channel 7 has the worst group of all and they need a real clean out and get some trained journos into calling instead of family connections and ex footballers like. Watson, etc etc.  

I feel stupid saying this but the amount of MFC haters in the media has become obvious.  Dwank Dwussell, Mathew sock sucker Lloyd, Leigh Matthews just to name a few.

radio is the biggest disappointment with quality.......its just a poor standard, and I have been listening to footy calling for 50 years.

As for Fox footy....well that is just club ego.  The only show I enjoy is On the Couch.  

Loved in the last when WATSON was banging on about the young Hawks. Queue graphic with average games played, approx. 120 to 60......

 

Where did they find this idiotic Basil clown anyway? Did he play?

He's like some wannabe personality who flunked out of acting school or something. Deadset [censored]! 

They were as competent and unbiased as the umpires today.

2 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

They were as competent and unbiased as the umpires today.

I actually apologised to the Mrs and kids today for the my anger at both the umpires and commentators. They both frustrated me in equal doses.

Turned the sound off 5 minutes into the last quarter, agree about the constant references to Hawthorns dominance over the years, nothing at all to say about the maggots in green.

Commentary today was just a big hawthorn circle jerk.

2 hours ago, Soidee said:

We are living at a time in history where the quality of AFL commentators is at an all time low.  Channel 7 has the worst group of all and they need a real clean out and get some trained journos into calling instead of family connections and ex footballers like. Watson, etc etc.  

Channel 7 could do with a clean out, and they would be able to do it easy enough, just concentrate on having two commentary teams. A Friday/Saturday Night team and a Saturday/Sunday afternoon team for each week. Two commentators, two special comments commentators and a boundary rider each.

Anthony Hudson, Jason Bennett, Jason Dunstall, Wayne Carey, Mel McLaughlin (she needs to do something at 7) Team 1

Gerrard Whately, Matt Granland, Garry Lyon, Dermot Brererton, Sam Lane Team 2

So in short Carey is the only one there who i'd be happy to see stay (baring in mind Commetti is retiring). Bennet can be promoted from the VFL, Lane can be given a boundary role as can Mel McLaughlin who's joining the network. Signing Hudson, Whately, Granland, Lyon, Dunstall & Brererton could do 7 some good.

It's all wishful thinking though, which will never happen.

 

I still really miss Clinton Grybas.

All downhill since then.

Incomplete topic, you missed the biggest [censored] of the lot. BT (Who will probably surface next Monday. YOu should be grateful they ration their "Commentators"around or all of them would have been there today.

1 hour ago, AngryAtCasey said:

Channel 7 could do with a clean out, and they would be able to do it easy enough, just concentrate on having two commentary teams. A Friday/Saturday Night team and a Saturday/Sunday afternoon team for each week. Two commentators, two special comments commentators and a boundary rider each.

Anthony Hudson, Jason Bennett, Jason Dunstall, Wayne Carey, Mel McLaughlin (she needs to do something at 7) Team 1

Gerrard Whately, Matt Granland, Garry Lyon, Dermot Brererton, Sam Lane Team 2

So in short Carey is the only one there who i'd be happy to see stay (baring in mind Commetti is retiring). Bennet can be promoted from the VFL, Lane can be given a boundary role as can Mel McLaughlin who's joining the network. Signing Hudson, Whately, Granland, Lyon, Dunstall & Brererton could do 7 some good.

It's all wishful thinking though, which will never happen.

 

Not bad...I think Granland is underrated, would swap in Scotty Lucas for Dermott, find someone else for Garry...

5 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

Luke Darcy obviously knows the game but has no presence on screen.

Darcy like Lyon could play the game, knows very little about it....

Basil used to call Garlett Jesse time and time again in the past. He didn't get a chance to call his name today.