The commentary was bad, but nowhere near as horrible as the camera work. Why do they need to zoom into a one square metre patch of turf all day? So many times the ball would be knocked a few metres forward and the camera had to track forward to catch up. Often the work off the ball is more important than what is happening around the ball, but you never see it on TV.

Can't stand Brererton on special comments. I accept that he is knowledgeable but he has no idea of what "concise and to the point" is. What could be said in few words becomes a monologue. A man of few words, his is not. Very frustrating. I don't need a dissertation watching the footy.

On 6/4/2016 at 6:29 PM, JackoTheMuss said:

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]! 

I thought it was Jeff Goldblum

4 hours ago, poita said:

The commentary was bad, but nowhere near as horrible as the camera work. Why do they need to zoom into a one square metre patch of turf all day? So many times the ball would be knocked a few metres forward and the camera had to track forward to catch up. Often the work off the ball is more important than what is happening around the ball, but you never see it on TV.

100% agree.  And why do they zoom in on the player who has just missed a goal or made some mistake rather than showing what options the player kicking out has.  It's almost as if they are sadists revelling in someone's pain.

Wide shots annoy some people because they can't easily see which player is which.   To that I say the game is more important than the player or get yourself a new large  TV, we are no longer living with 12" Black & white sets.  Of course it would help if the AFL took more care with clash jumpers rather than care of certain clubs.

Hamish McLachlan is to commentary what Gil McLachlan is to Aussie Rules.

Edited June 6, 20169 yr by Petraccattack

4 hours ago, poita said:

The commentary was bad, but nowhere near as horrible as the camera work. Why do they need to zoom into a one square metre patch of turf all day? So many times the ball would be knocked a few metres forward and the camera had to track forward to catch up. Often the work off the ball is more important than what is happening around the ball, but you never see it on TV.

AFL conspiring to have [censored] footage of the game so that people go to the games instead of watching it on TV . I hate watching games on tv now, its so frustrating.

As for the commentary I would like to see the same format the NBA has on their online thing where you can select the commentary stream based on either home or away. Means you get commentary from commentators who actually know more about the club than the stuff printed out for them 5min before they go live. Unfortunatly its not super practical for our format because of the [censored] house broadcast rights they keep signing and then bragging about all the money they made.