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The channel 7 overloud whistle volume and the constant umpire yap, along with its inexpert commentary led by BT, are all terrible - that’s why I completely mute the channel 7 sound and have the radio on instead - even though the radio commentary is several seconds ahead.

What happened?

Soccer Nazi and head of SBS Sport, Craig Foster, has finally had his way. despite it easily being the most popular show on NITV (some might say the only popular show on NITV), Craig has been wanting it axed for quite some time - no doubt because of, not despite, it's popularity.

Just been listening to Kane Cornes. He was surprisingly good. Very good indeed. Wouldn't mind at all if he kept the morning 9 to 12 gig.

This. Considering the AFLW just got the largest domestic crowd for women's sport ever in Australian sport (and IMO it was a very good game to watch) AND they had last year's premiership coach on as a special guest and so were able to talk in some depth through current issues about the sport...

Yes - It's like sport is to Melbourne.

No - you're still as irresponsible as ever. But it's just possible you may be either blamed or thanked for his sacking.

... All of this ... and yet he didn't follow footy in his youth ... and at Oxford Uni he was a self avowed marxist and even had a bust of Karl Marx in his dorm room! In any case, having wondered what he thought of the GF, the evidence suggests he may have been most impressed, given the latest...

Absolutely. I watched the GF at the boutique beer bar in Fed Square. Whoever wasn't wearing Hawk gear there was cheering loudly for the Swans (me included). At least 80% pro Swans. BTW - Kinda releavant or at least of some interest for this thread - Rupert Murdoch attended the AFL GF. This...

You really don't have a clue. Have you ever actually read the Herald Sun? Do you realise it's company owns the Melbourne Storm? Do you realsie the HUN has more articles about the Storm than any AFL club - even Collingwood? That there are more Storm articles than on North, Bulldogs, Melbourne and...

You are asking the impossible. Using SoO rules, there are, of course, none, nil, zero, zilch Vic raised NRL players. Same in SA and Tas. There might be 2 or 3 from WA. However, again using SoO rules, there are now 50 NSW raised players (and increase from 31 just 3 years ago) and 45 Qld raised...

This is nowhere near correct. Australian Football is far, far ahead on all criteria (participation, attendance, membership, revenue etc). The gap is large - very large..

Its amazing the complete contrast between the Melbourne and Sydney media. The Storm and Rebels rugby clubs gets nothing but support from the local media - and a lot of it. Articles like that Gavin Atkins tiatribe simply wouldn't be tolerated here. About time there was a direct reply printed...

There could be any number of reasons for you 'feeling stupider' No it hasn't - Association Football (to give it its proper name) was only codified in 1863 - 4 years after the Australian game was codified. Soccer was introduced to Australia some 30 years after our game was codified. You reckon...

Personal abuse is always an argument that's already lost.

ManWithNoName cares enough to post. Thaanks for those links. Will make use of them. Interesting that the SMH use 'football' to mean 'soccer' - yet its stablemate in Melbourne, 'The Age' use 'soccer' - even for the Craig Foster ramblings. :confused: Who did they apply to? Who has the right to...

That's unfair ... BT is far worse. Just a terrible TV commentator.

+329 for fox so 1,208 million - not including Tasmania and FTA regionals. Great result for Sydney, given it's a non Swans game, up against live NRL and on a muti-channel to boot..

Good post! Agree on both points. I played a lot of junior soccer (more than footy) and followed the game as much. However, since Lowy took over the game as his personal fiefdom (though using taxpayers money), I've been completely turned off by its conceit and arrogance (despite having little...

Given the massive ratings rises this year, did the AFL undersell the TV rights?

Notice you can play the man - but can't dispute the facts

This doesn't include the regionals. Do we have a list that does?

:D And the rest of your pile of tripe was even more surreal than this! Which begs the question - why are you posting this on an AFL forum? The fear is all pervasive.

What?? The HUN give Storm prodigious coverage - out of all proportion to their actual popularity. And why wouldn't they? Afterall, they (literally) own them! Ironically, this is also a major reason why the the good citizens of Melbourne don't give two hoots about them, peferring community...

Is there still no way of knowing the total national ratings? Anyway, 1.148 million on a Saturday night watching 2 Sydney sides play - who would've thought that possible even just a few years ago?

Yes! A massive 'old school NRL rugby supporter, and one of, if not the, main architects of 'Super League'. Nor could he always hide his personal contempt of Australian Football. His attitude explains much of the News Ltd coverage of both codes in Sydney. :confused: The deal is with Foxtel (under...

I agree. Shocking piece of so-called journalism. By this pathetic effort, Matt Windley proves he is no true journalist - just another News Ltd hack. But, more importantly. by taking down the comments section, the Herald Sun is treating its customers with total contempt, while continuing...

Rebecca Wilson is simply writing what her bed partner and boss, John Hartigan, tells her to write. John Hartigan is the CEO of News Ltd Australia - he's also a massive, partisan supporter of the rugby code owned and run by News Ltd - NRL rugby. News Ltd has invested millions in its own NRL...

No. Just like I said, there were two banners (as the photo conclusivly proves). The one in front of the other in the pix was the one passed around the crowd. And which one is you in the photo?

Aha. That explains a lot. Were you holdng the banner?