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Yeah, I reckon it is.
I think you're overestimating how busy they are, and the amount of research they actually do for their stories.
I'd stop short of saying that they have to watch all 9 games over the weekend. 1 family event and you're pretty much screwed. If they're going on TV Monday or Tuesday night to talk about it though I'd expect them to watch replays during the day.
I don’t think it is. I wouldn’t expect an NBA reporter for ESPN to have watched all 82 games for each team. Sure AFL is only 17 but IMO there isn’t the need to do so. Just my opinion.
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Ralph is a muck raker so his job is not some much the footy.
I would expect that someone appearing on "On the Couch" each week should have watched every game by the time they appeared on the show
I would expect that someone appearing on "On the Couch" each week should have watched every game by the time they appeared on the show
I think you can be a good reporter and not watch every single min of every single game. Not watching every game isn’t the issue with Ralph.
A couple of years ago Kevin Bartlett on SEN said he actively avoided watching Freo whenever possible. He was an AA selector at the time (no idea if he still is). That’s how professional this competition is.
82 game season versus 22 so not sure about the comparison. Ralph admitted that he's watched more Freo games this year largely because he's had no choice.
So you reckon Ralph watches as many Freo games as say Collingwood or Richmond games?
Do you think it's ok that there's still a high proportion of reporters and commentators who don't even know who our players are?
I think if he comments/writes/tweets about a team/player/game and also has the label 'expert' then it should be an expectation to watch games and I'm sure his employers think the same.
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to be fair NBA is basically multiple games every night, what makes someone like Zach Lowe one of the best NBA reporters is that he makes the effort to watch at least some of each team every few weeks. slightly different dynamic with the AFL, but I don't think for a reporter it's unreasonable for them to watch some of each team every few weeks. although as someone who's started listening to the footyology podcast this year, what I like most about that is that Connoly and Fine do watch a decent chunk of each game.
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Simon McPhee: The Purple party to roll into 2021
What? Is it over already? Really? But we were just get getting going. Fremantle’s final fixture against the Western Bulldogs is exciting and should be another glimpse of good things to come at Freo.
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Yeah that’s a fair request, I don’t think it’s necessary to watch every single min of all games though. Seems like a waste of time for a lot of the journos who don’t comment on game day stuff.
The AFL doesn’t have anyone that even comes close to Lowe regardless if they watch all games. The only person I know promotes the fact they watch every game is Terry Wallace and most of his job is analysing the lists so it makes sense.
I bet they don’t. He would have better click bait things to write about than watching or writing about Freo v North.
No, it's one element of his job. Ralph primarily isn't paid to provide detailed gameday analysis. He's paid to break news and report on every aspect of the AFL (particularly with a Victorian focus, as it's a Victorian paper). Not saying he isn't a flog, just that it's not realistic to expert him to watch 600+ hours of footy on top of all his other work duties
In this media climate with hundreds of jobs being lost across the industry every year? I doubt it. In fact I reckon they're probably being asked to do more than ever
Go back in the thread to the thread marked McPheeSimon McPhee: The Purple party to roll into 2021
What? Is it over already? Really? But we were just get getting going. Fremantle’s final fixture against the Western Bulldogs is exciting and should be another glimpse of good things to come at Freo.
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if you are providing 'expert' comment nationwide on who should win the Rising Star should you perhaps regularly watch the games of one of the top 2 prospects? Likewise, if you are on the AA selection panel (Kevin Bartlett), aren't you breaching your duties in not watching every game?
Every single min of every single game? No, I don’t actually think that’s required.
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