Footy Show

[Cher]

Originally posted by anniswan
The best part about it was the Banner for McLaren

Yes - I got a laugh out of that!

[Frog]

Originally posted by Grant
Yeah that was good,and the comment that maybe Gardiner has a broken toe and is limping around.

And apparantly Aker WANTS us to win the flag but thinks Eagles will.

I don't think they will be talking about our Swannies next week ... The Weagles will get a mention though ...

[BonBon]

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or whatever!

Hamill and Brereton tipped West Coast but Akermanis wants us to win.

How was that guy who got his hair shaved in the shape of the Opera House? That's pretty dedicated.

[timbo]

Swans content: "swans go in with an unchanged line up. Your tips boy?" "Eagles...Eagles...swans are in form but Eagles" "after the break..."



The Show's hit a new low this year. It's just horrible. Bullet and Gun is pathetic. Even Trev's lost his humour.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by BonBon
How was that guy who got his hair shaved in the shape of the Opera House? That's pretty dedicated.

I know! He must really love opera.

[BonBon]

Originally posted by Sanecow
I know! He must really love opera.

LOL.

[connolly]

Originally posted by timbo
Swans content: "swans go in with an unchanged line up. Your tips boy?" "Eagles...Eagles...swans are in form but Eagles" "after the break..."



The Show's hit a new low this year. It's just horrible. Bullet and Gun is pathetic. Even Trev's lost his humour.

Its a bizarre parody of amateur night. Almost totally devoid of any football content - all sizzle and no sausage

[ScottH]

Re: Footy Show

Originally posted by Rizzo
This should be a standing question....

Could someone south of the border let us Sydney folk know if it's worth staying up for Eddie Everywhere? I don't think the Swans got a mention last time I was suffering insomnia.

I'll come back and check before bedtime.

Thanks in advance!

You'd have to watch the show, to do that, I'm not giving up Alias for Big Ed.

[SXP]

The Footy Show is made in Victoria for Victorians so it is understandable where priorities are. It's obvious that a game where two non-victorian teams are playing will always get a low priority showing. Why is everybody here so suprised? I stopped watching this show long time ago to be too biased for my liking.

[anne]

Even the NRL footy show is better.

[Sanecow]

Let's not be silly.

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Let's not be silly.

If the NRL footy show spend 30 seconds discussing the Swans they will spend more time than the Eddie show.

The Swans games are almost always covered last. Last night, about half the coverage of the Swans was that they had an unchanged lineup. The other half of the Swans coverage was another mention of the salary cap concessions that the Swans have.

The Swans were unchanged for the fifth week in a row! Had it been any other club, that would have merited discussion because it's an unusual occurrence. Eddie's usual preoccupation with statistics would have ensured that.

The anti-Sydney bias in the show is palpably evident, and I'm sure a part of the reason is Eddie's unreasonable tirade against the salary cap concessions that the Swans must have to retain players. Eddie completely misses the point about those concessions. Anyone who runs a large company with a presence in Sydney and other capital cities knows that they MUST pay staff in Sydney a cost of living allowance because Sydney is such an expensive place in which to live. Why should the AFL be any different?

We should let Channel 9 know that by consistently ignoring the Sydney market, they are directly contributing to the lack of success of AFL in penetrating the Sydney market. If the AFL footy show had a policy of a mandatory three-minute to five-minute minimum of coverage for ALL clubs, it would be a more interesting show. Forget the rubbish like song contests and shows featuring bad acting, that's not football and is a waste of time. Such time can be more profitably spent discussing the major news items for every club. It's what a REAL football show would do.

[Glenn]

Originally posted by SXP
The Footy Show is made in Victoria for Victorians so it is understandable where priorities are. It's obvious that a game where two non-victorian teams are playing will always get a low priority showing. Why is everybody here so suprised? I stopped watching this show long time ago to be too biased for my liking.

Well it is a show that goes nationally (albeit in a insomniac hour in NSW/QLD), obviously Eddie is still stuck in the VFL era

[Sanecow]

I confess I haven't watched the Footy Show all year but I have never sat through an entire NRL Footy Show. "Almost Football Legends" and "Sammy Speaks to Special People" are nearly always worth a look but it's probably best to fast forward through the rest.

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by Grant
... Primus has had an operation and has done his ACL and will be out for 12 months and may be career over.

That's terrible news! I quite like Primus and he's certainly been unlucky with injuries over the last few seasons. Sucks to be forced into retirement unwillingly like that, should that be the case.