Melbourne media at it again!!!

[goswannie14]

He is hands down the worst and most irritating commentator

No way. McAvaney is by far the worst.

[Big Al]

Re: Melbourne media at it again!!!

No way. McAvaney is by far the worst.

Eddie Maguire....
Game Over, I win.

[CureTheSane]

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.

Me too

[magic.merkin]

Zemplas is challenging Derrrrrrwayne for worst caller IMHO. I'd give him half a break if he just knew the players names. Now whilst some are screeching about VIC bias etc, he was also regularly fluffing North players names.

I listened to the first 15mins of 3AW's call with Boomer Harvey in the box with them. Wow that was a biased love fest, especially with them playing well early. Bet it become an awkward call in the 3rd!

[The Big Cat]

I listened to the first 15mins of 3AW's call with Boomer Harvey in the box with them. Wow that was a biased love fest, especially with them playing well early. Bet it become an awkward call in the 3rd!

774 3LO? My son had to turn it off because of Harvey clapping in the background. Very complimentary to the Swans in the after-game discussion apparently.

[The Big Cat]

Eddie Maguire....
Game Over, I win.

Agree entirely.

As Tim Watson once put it, he has no objection to Eddie calling Collingwood games on the grounds that he's the President, he thinks Eddie shouldn't call because he's not a very good caller.

[Primmy]

I die a little when Roosey commentates. On and on and on and not what is happening there and then on the ground. Insight is very welcome. Ten minute lecture is not, especially when special play out there is ignored.

On another note, I tweeted Schwatta to ask Nathan Brown why he so obviously hates the Swans so much; lets see if I get a rise out of it.

[juliec]

I am so astounded, I have just heard one of the commentators commenting after the Hawthorn win over the Magpies say, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE AFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also heard them say earlier, they had so many more inside 50's against the swans in the grand final, but inaccurate.

Anyway we will just go about it quitely again lol. Win the one that matters lol

[Jewels]

I am so astounded, I have just heard one of the commentators commenting after the Hawthorn win over the Magpies say, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE AFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also heard them say earlier, they had so many more inside 50's against the swans in the grand final, but inaccurate.

Anyway we will just go about it quitely again lol. Win the one that matters lol

I had a similar reaction last night when watching After The Bounce (I think). Someone called West Coast a Top 4 side? Not only are they NOT currently a top 4 side, they haven't been at all so far this season nor where they last season either.

[Bloods05]

No. The worst commentator by far is Dwayne Russell. Banal, cliched, formulaic, bombastic. Where a Richie Benaud would remain silent, Dwayne fills the silence with boring factoids about players' families or junior clubs. He has a stock of hackneyed phrases he draws on at will, but which add nothing to the atmosphere of the telecast: "biggest lead of the game so far" (before the first quarter is over); "as good as it gets" (every time someone kicks an along-the-ground goal from somewhere near the boundary); "spectacular!" (when something spectacular happens, and sometimes when it doesn't); and so on ad nauseam. His robotic delivery reminds me of an old animated character from the 80s called Max Headroom, or maybe Kryten from Red Dwarf. Awful.

[Big Al]

Re: Melbourne media at it again!!!

I miss Clynton!

[justabaraker]

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?

Not sure if this helps, but you can record FOOTY CLASSIFIED @ midnight on Gem Monday night. It's a whole lot more sensible than the Footy Show and you don't have to put up with Sam Newman

[goswannie14]

Not sure if this helps, but you can record FOOTY CLASSIFIED @ midnight on Gem Monday night. It's a whole lot more sensible than the Footy Show and you don't have to put up with Sam Newman

I'd rather put up with Sam than Caroline Wilson. pathetic excuse for a journalist that one.

That said, it is a good show.

[Gary]

The bloke on channel 7...McAveney I think

He drives me mad with his incessant determination to get his anecdotes / opinions heard even if others try & ignore him. Always thought he was more interested in his opinions & studied phrases than really a fan...then he admitted it in a recent article...his great love is racing...after retirement if it came to Flemington & the MCG he'd be at the races. Well why not do that right NOW.

[Velour&Ruffles]

I'd rather put up with Sam than Caroline Wilson. pathetic excuse for a journalist that one.

That said, it is a good show.

How someone who knows nothing about the actual game and skills of football became the Chief Football Writer of The Age remains a mystery. She is a politics/entertainment/investigative writer. It may as well be Tiddlywinks or Synchronised Swimming for all the insight she brings to the game itself. Just look at her tipping results year after year if you think I'm being sexist. She won the Age comp about 5 years ago in the most topsy turvey season in history. Beyond that blip she has been a cellar dweller for many a year. It speaks volumes about her credibility. She spreads smear and innuendo and then excuses herself with weasel words.