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Football commentary does my head in

binman
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43 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

I remember Will Ralston wrote a parody song about Ten losing the rights back in ‘11, and giving them a bake about various failings.

I’d be stoked to have Tim Lane, Stephen Quartermain and Robert Walls back on commentary. The latter two could be grating, but at least they focused on the game and not rubbish about St. Kilda players throwing Mexican themed birthday parties or how quiet the stadium is. 

Agree with you on Quartermain and Lane, but Walls is past it. Way too often his analysis is based on what the game used to be and not what the game is now. 

I’ve always like Drew Morphett, straight forward commentary that doesn’t hype anything unnecessarily. 

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    10 hours ago, faultydet said:

    Brian Taylor is God's gift to this thread.

    I'm watching the game now and Daisy is just embarrassing BT and Carey with her special comments.

    CH 7 have always been a lowest denominator -type coverage, assuming the viewing audience is 15 years old, and hence attract those low level analytical types (Daisy excepted).

    But over on Fox last nigth David King commented onBen Brown being good mates with Alir ALir from their old north days, confusing him with Majak Daw.  Really poor research and disrespectful by King.

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    3 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

    I'm watching the game now and Daisy is just embarrassing BT and Carey with her special comments.

    CH 7 have always been a lowest denominator -type coverage, assuming the viewing audience is 15 years old, and hence attract those low level analytical types (Daisy excepted).

    But over on Fox last nigth David King commented onBen Brown being good mates with Alir ALir from their old north days, confusing him with Majak Daw.  Really poor research and disrespectful by King.

    Wayne carey to daisy:

    Daise, keays has a glove on. Has he had it on before

    Daisy

    Yes

    Carey:

    Is it injury related?

    Daisy

    Get me the [censored] out of here (she thought)

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    10 hours ago, Click_Bate said:

    Did anyone catch the fox footy pre game where David king said alir alir would know Ben brown really well (mistaking him for Majak), and then doubled down and said it again after the ad break? Cringe

    To be fair they look alike ?

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    Brayshaw's yelling even when speaking a normal sentence drives me nuts.

    I'd love to have a mute commentators function for Foxtel 

     

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    10 hours ago, DeeZee said:

    I love the old ABC days , just describing the play and not being too opinionated and cheesy with the jokes.

    Rex called them the Tobin Brothers for a reason :-)

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    5 hours ago, demonstone said:

    ???  No 5 in Hunt's 29.

    Too much wine.

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    20 minutes ago, Northern Summer said:

    Rex called them the Tobin Brothers for a reason :-)

    Though as much as Rex was a guilty pleasure at times for a younger and more easily impressed Colin, he did lose the plot some point in the early ‘00’s. Challenging smokers to punch ons, bringing inflatable sex dolls into the commentary box and throwing chocolate eggs at spectators was proof of this.

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    12 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    Though as much as Rex was a guilty pleasure at times for a younger and more easily impressed Colin, he did lose the plot some point in the early ‘00’s. Challenging smokers to punch ons, bringing inflatable sex dolls into the commentary box and throwing chocolate eggs at spectators was proof of this.

    Sounds like a TISM gig

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    1 hour ago, Pates said:

    I’ve always like Drew Morphett, straight forward commentary that doesn’t hype anything unnecessarily. 

    I don’t think old mate Drew will commenting a game any time soon.

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    26 minutes ago, binman said:

    Sounds like a TISM gig

    I didn’t say they weren’t worthwhile pursuits in the main. ?

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    The young superstar - anyone under 20

    A legend of the game - anyone over 25

    Magic - any indigenous player

    So and so are coming at (name club here) - they're 30 points down

     

     

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    6 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    heard that... they gave a year too.. was it 1979?

    I started racking my brain because I felt ashamed that I could not place him as a player

    They said the age he had died, and as such he would of have been playing as a 40y.o., only reason I knew it was garbage.

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    3 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Tim Lane is definitely a great commentator. And not just of footy; his cricket commentary is also awesome. 

    Always gets a bit salty about a Carlton loss though (-; probably why his profile dropped the last 15 years. He is good with other teams.

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    8 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I wondered about that. I remembered him as President but never as a player. Then rather than correcting it, they just made it sound like he was both a player and the club President over the same time period.

    Nevertheless, on balance, it was better that they made the effort to remember him than to have ignored his passing.

    I can't blame the commentators because they just read whatever fun fact is put in front of them, but a bit of a [censored]-up by the research department.

    Edited by Supermercado

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    14 hours ago, binman said:

    Wayne carey to daisy:

    Daise, keays has a glove on. Has he had it on before

    Daisy

    Yes

    Carey:

    Is it injury related?

    Daisy

    Get me the [censored] out of here (she thought)

    Gold post about sums it up. Thanks

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    22 hours ago, faultydet said:

    Kellie Underwood escapes criticism because she is female.

     

    She is an atrocious commentator just above BTs' level.

    Her voice in particularly makes me grind my teeth Needs serious voice training

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    Carmody, Speed, Paplia, Bennett, Daisy - then daylight. The boys club is unbearable.

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    On 7/9/2021 at 11:00 AM, DeeZee said:

    I love the old ABC days , just describing the play and not being too opinionated and cheesy with the jokes.

    Tim Lane is the last of them. 
    Rex Hunt began the steady decline 

     

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    6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Tim Lane is the last of them. 
    Rex Hunt began the steady decline 

     

    Rex Hunt was an abomination as a commentator. Tim Lane the best.

     

    What a contrast.

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    15 hours ago, jumbo returns said:

    The young superstar - anyone under 20

    A legend of the game - anyone over 25

    Magic - any indigenous player

    So and so are coming at (name club here) - they're 30 points down

     

     

    They HAVE to score the next goal to have any chance (said with 15 minutes to go)

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