Kelly Underwood

[laughingnome]

Replace her with one our own far more knowledgeable and entertaining woman RWOers, I say!

Not that she's on RWO, but why did they go with Underwood over someone like, say, Christi Malthouse?

[Robbo]

Thank God for that. Lewis Jetta kicking his 1st goal last year was a great moment but it was ruined by her commentary.

[Primmy]

I am glad this has all been said. I felt a bit disloyal for not sticking up for her, but honestly that voice....its not good Kelly, sorry. I am sure she is a good journalist and all that, but no, I cannot back the Sisterhood in this instance. Not her fault. Blame the genes.

Was thinking about all this and I must admit to a personal preferance for women to be calling anything being played by women and not having men comentate. The reverse hangs true too......male voices for male played games.

I am sure there is a female god up there shaking her fist at me even as I type.

[Lucky Knickers]

Thank God for that. Lewis Jetta kicking his 1st goal last year was a great moment but it was ruined by her commentary.

See...I thought that was one of her best moments. You could tell how desperately she wanted him to kick it and how carried away in the moment she was just like us.
Toast to Kelly. I think she did a fabulous job. Her voice didn't bother me at all and I really liked that she talked about football and didn't divert off the commentary to a little chat about what Leigh Colbert was wearing on the boundary or some other unrelated navel gazing from the ex-players that make up the lions share of commentary teams.
But there you go - chalk up another win for style over substance.

Not that Leigh didn't look HOT

[Yuri H]

See...I thought that was one of her best moments. You could tell how desperately she wanted him to kick it and how carried away in the moment she was just like us.

Yeah, I liked that moment of hers too, myself.

[Big Al]

Yeah, I liked that moment of hers too, myself.

I had no issue with how she commentated that particular sequence of play but unfortunately it always comes back to the same thing...THAT VOICE.

Any chance that Harry Hi Pants be given the boot as well...

[Big Al]

Replace her with one our own far more knowledgeable and entertaining woman RWOers, I say!

What a suck up

Wish I'd though of it

[Wardy]

Replace her with one our own far more knowledgeable and entertaining woman RWOers, I say!

goes without saying!!!

However poor Kelly who really did know her stuff and in alot of casses better than the chaps - didnt stand a chance with the voice. I'm surprised that network Ten didnt spring for voice coaching - I reckon she would have got more air time. Anyway I vote for Lucky Knickers & Kirkari - now there are two women who know their stuff ,tell it like it is & with good humour - perhaps they would be the new "Graham and the Colonel" (for those who dont know who G &TC are - watch old re runs of The Late Show) and of course they will need to be hydrated throughout the broadcast - so I will be on hand to serve the refreshments.

[Jewels]

goes without saying!!!

However poor Kelly who really did know her stuff and in alot of casses better than the chaps - didnt stand a chance with the voice. I'm surprised that network Ten didnt spring for voice coaching - I reckon she would have got more air time. Anyway I vote for Lucky Knickers & Kirkari - now there are two women who know their stuff ,tell it like it is & with good humour - perhaps they would be the new "Graham and the Colonel" (for those who dont know who G &TC are - watch old re runs of The Late Show) and of course they will need to be hydrated throughout the broadcast - so I will be on hand to serve the refreshments.

I never realized that Kirkari was one of the sisterhood!

[Wardy]

I never realized that Kirkari was one of the sisterhood!

oh yes she is - and a very cluey member of the sisterhood at that!

[Dalai Lama]

Kelly Underpants woods? Most confusing

[ScottH]

Kelly Underpants woods? Most confusing

You certainly are.

[ShockOfHair]

It seems this thread won't die, so I may as well confess -- make sure you're sitting down -- I kind of like Kelly Underwood. Not that she's the greatest caller around, but I like that she is (or was) eloquent, well-informed and respectful of the game. Compared with the smug and self-important plodders she was teamed with, she was a breath of fresh air.

As for her legendary alleged "flat voice", what can I say: the Australian media is dominated by cretinous monotone voices. I'm bemused as to why AFL fans have somehow singled her out when game commentaries routinely include the likes of Gary Lyons and Robert Walls, who speak in a manner incomprehensible to most English speakers.

It'll be years before any broadcaster is brave enough to introduce another female match caller. In the meantime we'll have to endure the usual banalities and worn-out superlatives, not to mention barely-disguised team allegiances (hi Tim Lane!).

End of rant. Let's keep the boringness going.

[RogueSwan]

... Anyway I vote for Lucky Knickers & Kirkari - now there are two women who know their stuff ,tell it like it is & with good humour -...

How would they go showing any sort of excitement for a game between, say, the Blues and Bummers?

[liz]

It seems this thread won't die, so I may as well confess -- make sure you're sitting down -- I kind of like Kelly Underwood. Not that she's the greatest caller around, but I like that she is (or was) eloquent, well-informed and respectful of the game. Compared with the smug and self-important plodders she was teamed with, she was a breath of fresh air.

As for her legendary alleged "flat voice", what can I say: the Australian media is dominated by cretinous monotone voices. I'm bemused as to why AFL fans have somehow singled her out when game commentaries routinely include the likes of Gary Lyons and Robert Walls, who speak in a manner incomprehensible to most English speakers.

It'll be years before any broadcaster is brave enough to introduce another female match caller. In the meantime we'll have to endure the usual banalities and worn-out superlatives, not to mention barely-disguised team allegiances (hi Tim Lane!).

End of rant. Let's keep the boringness going.

I had thought about posting the same sentiment - but hadn't got around to it. Completely agree. I think some people struggled to adjust to a female voice commentating, because they just weren't used to it. But while Underwood's voice might not be the most elegant, it is certainly no worse than many of the long term male drones who we put up with. Give me her voice over, say, Matthew Lloyd's anyday of the week and again on Sundays.

I thought her call of the Jetta goal was far more interesting than any of the three radio calls of the same passage that were broadcast on Fox's midweek show.