Channel 9 commentary whinge thread 2013

[JUBJUB]

If anyone has watched the recent Pakistan v Sri Lanka series from the U.A.E they will never ever complain about Nine commentators again after putting up with Danny "Dickbrain" Morrison.
Not hard to see why he can't get a commentary gig in his own country.

 

[eth-dog]

Ian Chappell. He sprouts crap as usual. I love how he said bowling right arm around to Carberry was stupid. Newsflash: Carberry has been dismissed 6/7 times from right arm around the wicket

 

[reubski23]

Ian Chappell. He sprouts crap as usual. I love how he said bowling right arm around to Carberry was stupid. Newsflash: Carberry has been dismissed 6/7 times from right arm around the wicket

It was actually Bill Lawry who said it

 

[Outshined]

Commentary is a tough gig, and it's impossible to impress everyone, but Channel 9 would improve so much if they injected Healy with valium and locked Slater in a room with his own coverage of the 2005 Ashes on an endless loop, with his only means of escape being a return to that style.

The others, I can listen to fairly comfortably. Chappell grates occasionally, but he can be endearing if you think of him as the half-pissed great uncle at the family get together, who loves telling people how good sarsaparilla is, and how the 1960s were a far better time to be alive.

 

[Righteo]

Commentary is a tough gig, and it's impossible to impress everyone, but Channel 9 would improve so much if they injected Healy with valium and locked Slater in a room with his own coverage of the 2005 Ashes on an endless loop, with his only means of escape being a return to that style.

The others, I can listen to fairly comfortably. Chappell grates occasionally, but he can be endearing if you think of him as the half-pissed great uncle at the family get together, who loves telling people how good sarsaparilla is, and how the 1960s were a far better time to be alive.

This is an amazingly good way of describing it, agree completely.

 

[eth-dog]

It was actually Bill Lawry who said it

No it was Chappell. Lawry had just been taken off air at that point

 

[JP Sauce]

I already miss the days where replays of wickets would be shown in full and uninterrupted, stop ******* around with that shitty technology you're so proud of yet don't seem to realise it's a massive wank and looks cartoonish on SD anyway.

It adds absolutely no insight or interesting perspectives whatsoever.

A billion times this.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Get a digital radio
Only a fraction of a second out compared to AM

Not available in Canberra (as far as I know anyway). As far as I'm aware, the ABC is only trialling Dig and Jazz stations, and SBS has some digital radio here. Grandstand is not available, except by streaming and that is out by more than AM.

 

[jefffff34]

If anyone has watched the recent Pakistan v Sri Lanka series from the U.A.E they will never ever complain about Nine commentators again after putting up with Danny "Dickbrain" Morrison.
Not hard to see why he can't get a commentary gig in his own country.

To be fair, Morrison is probably offered a lot more money to be working there.

Also, did you come up with that nickname all by yourself? It's very witty. Well done.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Andrew Symonds would make a very good commentator. Where is he at?

 

[Parquet Court]

Andrew Symonds would make a very good commentator. Where is he at?

Fishing

 

[Parquet Court]

Ian Healy reckons Clarke doesn't wear long sleeves very often when he bats. Pretty sure he's done it in there last 4 tests heals

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Warne's attempts at humour are giving me the shits beyond even Healy, he's getting very close to Slaterbad.

 

[Torz]

Andrew Symonds would make a very good commentator. Where is he at?

He's commentated for Fox quite a bit. Usually half cut.

 

[Borry]

Why do they have a silly poll about the best city in the world.

 

[Kram]

Fishing

And drinking.

 

[Registered User]

Kerry O'Keefe just announced his retirement from the ABC.
Is that thread-worthy?

 

[caveman72]

Kerry O'Keefe just announced his retirement from the ABC.
Is that thread-worthy?

after sydney abc cricket just wont be the same he will be missed

 

[Richard Cranium]

Warnie/

'Just check the front foot. That's kewl.'

/Warnie

 

[Righteo]

Warnie/

'Just check the front foot. That's kewl.'

/Warnie

Reminds me so much of Eric Cartman the way he says it.

 

[jefffff34]

Slater just said the Barmy Army sing "You'll Never Walk Alone"

Absolute clown.

 

[wce4premiership]

The worst thing is the run through of the wickets.

Over the bowlers shoulder, slow motion. All that is required for anything LBW, caught behind or bowled. Those shitty red streams, pause, swing camera to right angle for no reason except to avoid showing how the ball actually moved off the seam which was the key to the wicket, view from behind with crappy red stream into keepers gloves......**** OFF ... it's not fancy, it shows nothing!
Only for some great catch square of the wicket would that ever come in handy, hopefully minus the cartoonish circles below the players and red stream behind the ball.

 

[Big Bryza]

Andrew Symonds would make a very good commentator. Where is he at?

Got himself in a Bingle.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Andrew Symonds would make a very good commentator. Where is he at?

Lying in a drunken stupor somewhere.

 

[JUBJUB]

He's commentated for Fox quite a bit. Usually half cut.

That was when he actually bothered to show up and as you say on the odd occasion he turned up pissed