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Andy Maher - Sorry but I don't get it
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Dixie Normous
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He's probably paying homage to Molly Meldrum
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does Andy have any official role as part of Channel 7’s finals team? I can barely handle listening to Eddie on Fox Footy
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Andy’s role as Bob Murphy’s sidekick has seen more deferential than ever.
He knows he doesn’t belong on any form of electronic media but when he appears alongside someone who is moderately articulate and a well regarded ex player in the game, he becomes nauseatingly sycophantic
He knows he doesn’t belong on any form of electronic media but when he appears alongside someone who is moderately articulate and a well regarded ex player in the game, he becomes nauseatingly sycophantic
I'm definitely not an Andy Maher fan but he is the least of the problems with the Bob & Andy show.
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nah! he's the experienced campaigner. murph is the rookie. grossly overrated sports broadcaster. must have pictures of some of the decision makers.
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Hey Andy do yourself a favour and getting to the ****ING point
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Andy’s problems are endless but in a form of cricket where boundaries or outfield catches are continuous, his inability to anticipate the difference between a 4 or a 6 or an out field catch when ball comes off bat is astounding in addition to being annoying.
There’s a gap when the batsman hits it, followed by a “it’s gone high in the air” and then he tells where the ball has landed after its landed!
Decent commentators give you a decent idea whether it’s a 6 off the bat or whether it’s a possible catch off the bat.
He anticipates nothing!!!!
Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!
There’s a gap when the batsman hits it, followed by a “it’s gone high in the air” and then he tells where the ball has landed after its landed!
Decent commentators give you a decent idea whether it’s a 6 off the bat or whether it’s a possible catch off the bat.
He anticipates nothing!!!!
Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!
Jason Richardson also does this.
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Jason should stick to the ponies...
It is the sycophantism that really does it for me. Just nauseating.
Pretends he is being 'humble' and 'not worthy' but still somehow makes it all about him and what a 'good bloke' he seems to think he is. Vomit inducing.
He also has zero insight and zero knowledge for stats or history or anything slightly interesting in sport. This makes him a complete bore.
He tries to over-compensate for his lack of knowledge and being an utter bore by being 'enthusiastic' and 'blokey'. This has a very short shelf life.
How he stays employed is a mystery.
Pretends he is being 'humble' and 'not worthy' but still somehow makes it all about him and what a 'good bloke' he seems to think he is. Vomit inducing.
He also has zero insight and zero knowledge for stats or history or anything slightly interesting in sport. This makes him a complete bore.
He tries to over-compensate for his lack of knowledge and being an utter bore by being 'enthusiastic' and 'blokey'. This has a very short shelf life.
How he stays employed is a mystery.
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Maher's okay on shows like Before the Game and Front Bar where he can host and be the butt end of jokes, but keep him well clear of the commentary box.
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Who would have thought that Andy Maher would still be haunting people's ears five years on from the OPs post. I bet you'se blokes didn't
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Andys the master at asking a question that by the time he gets to the end of it, his guest has forgotten the first three quarters of it because its that long winded and pointless.
Wedge McManus
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He just has one of those faces, one of those accents, too many of those stupid anachronistic and overly blokey sayings and one of those delivery volumes that instantly rub people up the wrong way. You'd think having any ONE of those things would stop you from becoming a commentator but not him fmd
His cricket commentary is so repetitive:
*Gee whiz/gee/geeze
*Youse blokes/you blokes/blokes/lads
*Huge
*Outstanding
*Extraordinary
If you made a bingo card, you would have bingo 5 overs in.
*Gee whiz/gee/geeze
*Youse blokes/you blokes/blokes/lads
*Huge
*Outstanding
*Extraordinary
If you made a bingo card, you would have bingo 5 overs in.
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TheGreatBarryB
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Just curious as I’ve never heard him commentate the cricket, but does he mention the fielding positions that the ball is hit to?
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Wedge McManus
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He says "Gee Whiz" that's got alot on it
Wedge McManus
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It's often been whispered that someone found a magic lamp buried in the Western Australian desert and wished for a commentator so OTT, sycophantic and lacking in self awareness that Darryl Eastlake himself would say "geez that's too much".
At that precise moment in time, a young Andy Maher said "hold my beer", quit his job and joined the media
