Classic Dennis Cometti-isms

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  • Bart
    CHHHOMMMMMPPP!!!!
    • Feb 2003
    • 1360

    Classic Dennis Cometti-isms

    "Solomon not quite showing the wisdom of his namesake with some of his decision making."

    "He took a divot bigger than Peter Bell!"

    "Never moon a werewolf"

    "Looks like Leigh Browns picked up a bit of pace since moving to North. Might have something to do with getting rid of that anchor"

    ?Baghdad End?. MCG where all of the demolition/construction work is in progress

    "Why would he do that. There's more cameras here than Tokyo airport"

    "There were a lot of arms but no sign of Hans Blix"

    "Spider Burton......like Pavarotti on a skateboard!"

    "There's talk of Karl Langdon offering his services to St Kilda, as if it wasn't bad enough being in 15th position"

    "Smith kicks it to Brown, off a step, looking for Jones obviously....anything but, it's Giansiracusa."

    "Sydney just need 99 of him and they'd be floating!" (Talking about TROY LUFF

    "I guess he thought; 'What's another fifty metres when we've come three and a half thousands k's'!" (During the Freo/Brisbane game, in the first quarter Koops gave away a 50 metre penalty.)

    "I can't remember what happened - checking it on the computer, the necktop not working like it used to."

    "How do you beat Rehn? Where's Stimpy???"

    "As Nelly would say, it's gettin' hot in here"

    "Like a Melbourne Tram, a lot jumped on but nothing was paid"

    'He had delusions of adequacy'

    "Andrew Walker really needs to do more. He was sensational on debut...right up there with Billy Ray Cyrus!"

    "He made a typo! He tried for Bickley and he got Buckley!"

    "As cool as the other side of the pillow"

    "He was like a Bombay train. They were hanging off him in all directions."

    "Takes the mark on one knee, as if receiving a knighthood."

    "The Bombers started this quarter looking heavily sedated."

    "....and the attendance today, 82,000, thanks to the Iraqi Information Minister...." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    " Brisbane are like a boa constrictor - they squeeze the life out of you" Camera pans to Matthews in the coaches box - "There's the snake charmer"

    "Never trust a man in a helmet with darting eyes."

    "Tyson Edwards has almost graduated up to Adelaide's upper-echelon of midfielders... he's like Ringo Starr, he's up there but he's not quite there"

    "Macintosh draped over him and it's not raining."

    "Slow delivery here, a pizza would be quicker"

    "It's like a self-saucing pudding in there - players just waiting for the whistle".

    "Everyone wants to be Gladys Knight but nobody wants to be the Pips."

    "A bit of a scuffle....obviously someone suggested the red wine with the fish."

    "Rioli Lends his weight... which is substantial"

    Dennis: Whoaaa CUMMINGS no it was almost a Modra like attempt we can see here in the replay. (Cummings shown in slow-motion).
    Dennis: Modra, Modra, Modra (Cummings gets no-where near the ball looking like a clown)Dennis: CUMMINGS!

    "Richmond attack through the corridor in this case the Hall."

    "Libba went into the pack optimistically and came out misty optically."

    "Ball in dispute, Lamb, now Yze the meat in the sandwich. Really, Lamb should be in the sandwich."

    "Great stuff by Caracella - moments before McIntosh had treated him like a rent-a-car."

    "Gaspar, the unfriendly post."

    'It looks like banfield is coming off. See, i'll never understand that, i want to speak to the coach- he hasn't done a thing wrong all day, so why bench him?'

    'Cummings goes to mark... hmm, looks like the saddlebags are weighing him down a little.'

    and after the Mcmanus/Wirrpunda clash a few derbies back. 'Shaun goes back to collect the ball, a free kick, and several teeth.'

    "Scotty Cummings alone in the square, jumping up and down and waving his arms like they're playing My Sharona"

    "Ugle playing on Peter Matera, fumbling around for the ball and probably his autography book..."

    1989 - SCHWASS playing for Kangaroos, takes a one handed mark low to the ground against the Swans. DENNIS: "look at that, I s'pose we could call that a 'Schwass-Sticker'.

    "Ashley McIntosh, like a good hair spray...capable of a subtle hold"

    "He sensed the danger, and dropped back into the hole".

    "Barlow to Bateman,the Hawks are attacking alphabetically"

    "To Tarrant, still trying to get the ice out of his hair"

    "The Magpies ought to be kicking themselves right now, but with their luck, they'd probably miss."

    "that's not one for the time capsule"

    "Bell bringing the ball out of the back line.....looking for wide runners.....passes to Walker...a contradiction in terms, really"

    "Metropolis kicking from the city end"

    "...kicks to Farmer.....sat next to him at the wrestling last night. (pause)....probably not the best place to be for a person under going anger management classes."

    "Kevin Sheedy, who was coaching Essendon 14 years before Adelaide was founded. The team, not the city."

    "McLeod is starting to get a lot of the ball...it is since they started booing him...my advise to the crowd would be...SHUUUT-UP!"

    "The only change to the Eagles side is that Rowan Jones has had a haircut"

    "those Collingwood supporters look like they've taken time off working on their Phd's to be here today..."

    "Remember the name Y-Z-E - terrific young player, bad Scrabble hand"

    "Farmer may have an injury to his calf........hmmm, a farmer with a calf problem."

    "Parker to Carr......sounds like a match made in heaven!"

    "Carr drives along the the wing..."

    "carr....parked alongside the boundary."

    "Problems for the umpire, a two Carr collision both with the same numberplate"

    "carr in heavy traffic"

    "car drives into space"

    " Casanova would be jealous of that pick up"

    Dennis: King to Ling
    Dermott: Just forward of the wing
    Dennis: Don't you start!

    "....[player] working in a phone booth, does well!"

    "That was the third of two options".

    "It's a goal! A dream start for Hawthorn. Spider had both his legs taken out from under him - leaving only the other six to balance on....."

    "Buckley's about to enter the stadium!" on Nathan Buckley's endurance and workrate a majority of the way through the final term (Bucks had run 19 KM during the course of the game, according to an onscreen stat... and think "Olympic marathon" here)...

    "that was a case of being very hard to keep up with the Jones' "

    "German sheapards" for Peter German.

    "he goes much better as a mammal". He was talking about Brenton Sanderson being a former Magpie and Crow and that he was now a Cat.

    "And he's marked it like it was room service!"

    'Another late night drinker..' to the caller who asked if Denis was ever going to coach an AFL club
  • Matt79
    Bring it on!
    • Sep 2004
    • 3143

    #2
    You probably already said it, but sorry if I missed it...

    "Centimetre Perfect"
    Swannies for life!

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    • ROK Lobster
      RWO Life Member
      • Aug 2004
      • 8658

      #3
      The one this year, sitting beside Dermie to the effect of:

      Richie V, narrowly second in the Hawks B & F last year despite missing 6 weeks after taking some bad advice at 1/2 time...

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      • punter257
        Deadliest Left Boot
        • Aug 2004
        • 1660

        #4
        ahhhh good read that
        some classic lines there
        easily one of the best commentators
        Roosy = LEGEND

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        • sydfan83
          Senior Player
          • Jan 2003
          • 2929

          #5
          when Brisbane kicked a goal after being 13 goals down against WC at the Gabba a few weeks back:
          "The wheel might still be turning, but the hampster is dead"
          Last edited by Xie Shan; 10 July 2005, 02:00 PM.

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          • Charlie
            On the Rookie List
            • Jan 2003
            • 4101

            #6
            For your viewing pleasure...

            And if that's not enough...
            We hate Anthony Rocca
            We hate Shannon Grant too
            We hate scumbag Gaspar
            But Leo WE LOVE YOU!

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            • The Boot
              A Blood to the bootstraps
              • Mar 2004
              • 544

              #7
              It's been used by him before but from round 12 - "Glass breaking .. " (Darren Glass of West Coast).
              Good men do good deeds. Evil men do evil deeds. But it takes religion for a good man to do evil deeds.

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              • GoSouth33
                On the Rookie List
                • Mar 2005
                • 695

                #8
                I should have written them down at the time and not relied on memory but on the weekend he talked about a player being "the man from Snowy Rovers" and another one along the lines of "just like exploratory surgery he's looking for an opening".

                Go DC!
                Run2Live,Live2Run

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                • ScottH
                  It's Goodes to cheer!!
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 23665

                  #9
                  Was it him that said abt LRT "carrying the footy like a loaf" of bread on Sunday

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                  • Bleed Red Blood
                    Senior Player
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 2057

                    #10
                    Yes it was.

                    I like Commeti, Brereton is **** though.

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                    • Ablett_20
                      On the Rookie List
                      • Jun 2005
                      • 72

                      #11
                      Haha, some funny lines there!
                      gO u SwAnNiEs!

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                      • liz
                        Veteran
                        Site Admin
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 16773

                        #12
                        Originally posted by GoSouth33
                        but on the weekend he talked about a player being "the man from Snowy Rovers"

                        Go DC!
                        That was in reference to Sean "The Pout" Dempster and it is actually factual - it is Dempster's junior / country club.

                        One thing I enjoy about listening to both Commetti and Brereton is that they are both pretty knowledgable about the players they commentate on, including the lesser lights. You get the impression that they actually do some preparation for the game!

                        With Sydney it helps that they commentate on us regularly but I still reckon it shows a level of professionalism that you find in few other commentators.

                        I really enjoy Dermie as well as Dennis, despite some of his idiosyncrasies, and I find the interplay between the two of them pretty funny.

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                        • stellation
                          scott names the planets
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 9720

                          #13
                          Originally posted by liz

                          One thing I enjoy about listening to both Commetti and Brereton is that they are both pretty knowledgable about the players they commentate on, including the lesser lights. You get the impression that they actually do some preparation for the game!

                          With Sydney it helps that they commentate on us regularly but I still reckon it shows a level of professionalism that you find in few other commentators.

                          I really enjoy Dermie as well as Dennis, despite some of his idiosyncrasies, and I find the interplay between the two of them pretty funny.
                          I completely agree. It is extremely frustrating having someone who is paid to commentate on the football fumbling around player details, it really makes you appreciate these two.
                          I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                          We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                          • Vivien
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Apr 2005
                            • 261

                            #14
                            Wow, good job! Some classics there...

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                            • cruiser
                              What the frack!
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 6114

                              #15
                              A Cometti-ism I wrote down from last nights Port v Hawks game. After a particularly awful, clumsy passage of backwards handball and kicking by the Hawks that resulted in a turnover, Cometti said:
                              "That's not football for the time capsule."

                              There was another almost too complex beauty he came out with that I cant remember but which drew verbal applause from Brereton.
                              Occupational hazards:
                              I don't eat animals since discovering this ability. I used to. But one day the lamb I was eating came through to me and ever since then I haven't been able to eat meat.
                              - animal psychic Amanda de Warren

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