Melbourne media at it again!!!

[ugg]

During the game, Basil Zempilas called Jarrad McVeigh kicking a goal "Mark" which I found quite funny because Mark was sitting right next to him.

[Untamed Snark]

During the game, Basil Zempilas called Jarrad McVeigh kicking a goal "Mark" which I found quite funny because Mark was sitting right next to him.

Well if nothing else it made Mark feel like he was relevant to the game

[goswannie14]

He's at it again...our friend Nathan Brown.

On the way home from my friends place where I watched the game, listening to the radio(pre game talkback for the Geelong vs Carlton game), the triple m team start talking about the afternoon games. They get to Swans vs Roos game, one of the team mentions that the swans are 3 from 3 and put in an awesome performance in the 3rd quarter kicking 11 goals and thats when Nathan Brown's rant starts......

"Could the swans have had an easier start to the year? They play the 2 easybeats from last year first up, whilst poor North Melbourne has to play 2 heavyweights in Collingwood and Geelong. North perform admirably only to just fail and be 0-2. The Swans have effectively had 2 weeks extra training with 2 warm up games against GWS and G.C and are 2-0. The swans are now running rampant after being played into form from this soft draw so ofcourse they're going to easily account for an admirable Roos side"....or words to that effect.

Don't believe me? Watch tomorrow's Sunday footy show and I bet he says the exact same thing when they cover the Swans/Roos game!!!

I'm calling it now folks. What we have here is our(swans supporters) new Melbourne based Media personality who hates the swans.

First there was BT(still continues to this day), then David Schwartz and now Nathan Brown.

WHO CARES???????

Really....it makes no difference to me what any journo thinks. I bet if I looked hard enough I could find a negative article/quote about every club during this week.

[Beerman]

During the game, Basil Zempilas called Jarrad McVeigh kicking a goal "Mark" which I found quite funny because Mark was sitting right next to him.

I think Tom Harley and Mark McVeigh called him on it after the ad break - it was quite amusing (and understandable).

[royboy42]

While on Zempilas, I find him the most predictable, boring caller in the game. Does not have the slightest insight into the game...keeps telling us what we are looking at. Callers need some insight, some perceptions of trends, some vision beyond the man with the ball...oh, and, in his case, a better understanding of the rules.

[Dosser]

While on Zempilas, I find him the most predictable, boring caller in the game. Does not have the slightest insight into the game...keeps telling us what we are looking at. Callers need some insight, some perceptions of trends, some vision beyond the man with the ball...oh, and, in his case, a better understanding of the rules.

Funny you should say that. I watched the game with a friend last night and we were saying the same thing. At one stage the ball was bouncing along next to the boundary line and the incredibly insightful call was "the ball is bouncing...bouncing...bouncing....". We were reminded of Ritchie Benaud's comments once when asked what the secret to good commentary was, when he replied along the lines of "dont tell the audience what they can already see" and "if there is nothing to say, then dont say anything".

[erica]

I prefer Zempilas to any other commentator who talks about anything except the game that's actually going on in front of them. Some commentators seem to think they are there to entertain the viewers while a football game goes on in the background.

[johnno]

I prefer Zempilas to any other commentator who talks about anything except the game that's actually going on in front of them. Some commentators seem to think they are there to entertain the viewers while a football game goes on in the background.

Like Dermie.

[Northern_Swan]

Don't believe me? Watch tomorrow's Sunday footy show and I bet he says the exact same thing when they cover the Swans/Roos game!!!

I've got a better idea: don't watch tomorrow's Sunday footy show.

Some of us don't have the luxury of choice. Up my way we are stuck with the Neanderthal drivel of the not quite National Rugby League Footy Show. In this day and age, surely the Melbourne version cold be played on GEM?

[ugg]

No game day on 7mate this morning? The v8s are on

[poundpuppy]

It's on at 1.30pm instead ...

[undy]

Re: Melbourne media at it again!!!

Listening to SEN today, which I rarely do, because I'm in Sydney, I heard one of the talking heads say (about the Swans) :
They have no injuries at the moment, just Jarred Rohan

Not only is it not right, it's not even wrong, as Wolfgang Pauli would have said.

[Ludwig]

Not only is it not right, it's not even wrong, as Wolfgang Pauli would have said.

Good to see quantum mechanics being discussed along with the footy on RWO.

[longmile]

While on Zempilas, I find him the most predictable, boring caller in the game. Does not have the slightest insight into the game...keeps telling us what we are looking at. Callers need some insight, some perceptions of trends, some vision beyond the man with the ball...oh, and, in his case, a better understanding of the rules.

He is hands down the worst and most irritating commentator

[Big Al]

Re: Melbourne media at it again!!!

Go easy on the commentators guys... They did bring Jarryd McVeigh into the box to give us all insight on the game.