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17 hours ago, Pates said:

Agreed the alternative appears worse than the current, McLachlan in particular regularly gets players wrong and Brayshaw's voice is one of the most annoying sounds on TV. 

I think I'm in a minority here but I don't mind Basil Zempilas, I think he's a bit more of a "just call the game" commentator. I know there are ways to do it but I wish you could have the option on smart tv's to change the audio to be other radio stations.

McLachlan's terrible, just terrible.

Brayshaw is actually OK when he just focuses on calling the game, but he drifts off into bufoonery and "bloke-ness" too much (it's ingrained in him from his Triple M work).

I can't stand Basil, but that's in part due to some of his non-AFL-related behaviour.

If Adam Papalia from Fox was available to switch over, I'd be happy to hear more of him.

 
12 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

My apologies to Jason Bennett who I called Nathan Bennett in an earlier post (which I now can't edit to correct).

And on SWYL's point about the English style of commentary versus what he called the "invasive" style of Channel 7 (good description, by the way), like it or not, we're stuck with the current style. Why? Because Channel 7 has admitted they've tried both and found that overall, their audience prefers the "invasive" style of calling.  

tks LDVC ... where did Ch7 admit invasive over complementary English style please?  most interesting.  To think 7 had Bruce n Den and they did talk a lot but gee it was complementary ... hope my words makes sense with Bruce n Den sort of being invasive with lots of words but most were golden.

On 3/1/2021 at 6:34 PM, Pates said:

The way they do the presentation/commentary side of English Premier League is at complete odds to what seven does with AFL. Seven goes for entertainment and energy, focusing on personalities and having banter between the commentators (at the disservice of the game being play). 

The way they do commentary for football in the UK is simple, they have two commentators for the match (one former player for special tactical commentary) and one that calls the game (and doesn’t feel obliged to to fill every single second of the game). Pre-match, half-time, and post match is handled by the studio who focus on the game (with a little bit of getting to know the people of the game pre-match). 

Seven’s coverage really is insufferable at times. 

For Bruce his moment I will always remember him from is Cathy Freeman’s gold medal win. Iconic. 

Like the way cricket was called by Ritchie ,He never seemed to have to talk constantly not like todays mob Warne and co reminding us how good they were

 
11 hours ago, Anti-Saint said:

tks LDVC ... where did Ch7 admit invasive over complementary English style please?  most interesting.  To think 7 had Bruce n Den and they did talk a lot but gee it was complementary ... hope my words makes sense with Bruce n Den sort of being invasive with lots of words but most were golden.

It was quite a long time ago, possiby 20-30 years ago or so. It wasn't long after the year the ABC had the sole rights because I can recall the discussion referred to the ABC style, which was more like the English soccer version. 

McAvaney was a great footy commentator and is probably the best sports broadcaster we've ever had

His footy commentary was exemplary with regards to his knowledge of the game and the 'gushing' I always just saw as an amusing aside. Never bothered me

Even better with the Olympics and horse racing and Bruce will continue in those areas but will go out on top re the footy.  Kudos

 

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8 hours ago, Macca said:

McAvaney was a great footy commentator and is probably the best sports broadcaster we've ever had

His footy commentary was exemplary with regards to his knowledge of the game and the 'gushing' I always just saw as an amusing aside. Never bothered me

Even better with the Olympics and horse racing and Bruce will continue in those areas but will go out on top re the footy.  Kudos

 

I disagree. Now I found Kayo and the fox team, esp. Huddo,  I didn't realise how verbose McAvaney was. He would just never shut up. 

Over on Fox they actually discuss the game mid play. You don't need someone telling us that so and so kicked the ball, and then XX  XX handballed. We have eyes.

7 commentary style treats the audience like children. I might be on to something.

11 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

I disagree. Now I found Kayo and the fox team, esp. Huddo,  I didn't realise how verbose McAvaney was. He would just never shut up. 

Over on Fox they actually discuss the game mid play. You don't need someone telling us that so and so kicked the ball, and then XX  XX handballed. We have eyes.

7 commentary style treats the audience like children. I might be on to something.

I watch the game intently and tend to have the volume down and just tune in to the chatter whenever I feel the need.  For some the commentary plays a big part but for me it doesn't (I'm listening in a selective way)

So it depends on how you view the whole package. 

For instance I can't stand Huddo because he screeches too much (which defeats the purpose of having the volume down)

McAvaney's knowledge is 2nd to none though (in my view) so that's what I listen to in a selective way

We're all different so it's ok to agree to disagree.  In the end, the game needs to entertain us

Sound off, radio on

Seven commentary all about either themselves or some useless side issue.

Hate the screeching, sycophantic dribble that is dished up with no relevance to the action occurring.  

Bye Bruce

 
12 hours ago, nomed said:

Sound off, radio on

Seven commentary all about either themselves or some useless side issue.

Hate the screeching, sycophantic dribble that is dished up with no relevance to the action occurring.  

Bye Bruce

Is the radio sufficiently in sync with the TV pictures? If so, do you use analogue or digital radio?

 

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Is the radio sufficiently in sync with the TV pictures? If so, do you use analogue or digital radio?

 

LDC I’ve had no trouble synching up with Kayo and a selection of your preferred radio stations thru the AFL app.

Usually I have to pause live TV for about 10-15 secs to synch.

it’s a far better experience. I was driven to this mostly because of Bruce, it was becoming nauseating.


48 minutes ago, Hell Bent said:

LDC I’ve had no trouble synching up with Kayo and a selection of your preferred radio stations thru the AFL app.

Usually I have to pause live TV for about 10-15 secs to synch.

it’s a far better experience. I was driven to this mostly because of Bruce, it was becoming nauseating.

Thanks. To be honest, I didn't mind Bruce's commentary. I'm less enthusiastic about some of the other TV callers, though, but whether that's enough for me to go to the effort of synching radio with TV is questionable.

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