Commentatoes commentating

[mick500]

Commentating by watching the television has to stop. All they do is parrot what we can all see on the tv. How can the commentators get paid so much yet can't leave the state?? Insanity.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Commentatoes?

 

[FreddyTwoShoes]

Commentatoes?

You say commentatoes, I say commentah-toes

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

You say commentatoes, I say commentah-toes

I thought they may have been from Mexico perhaps.

 

[Shane Heard]

How I long for the glory days of the dulcet tones of Drew Morphett and Sandy Roberts.

 

[Cleavy]

Commentatoes?

Commentary couch potatoes?

 

[Blackhawk42]

Commentating by watching the television has to stop. All they do is parrot what we can all see on the tv. How can the commentators get paid so much yet can't leave the state?? Insanity.

I thought Fox were back to being there live now?

 

[btdg]

I like the term commentatoe - I think it sums it up perfectly.

But it's far more important to have 7 people in the commentary team than it is to have them actually AT the ground.

Let's not forget the purpose of the commentary team is to give nice cushy jobs to certified 'good blokes' who would otherwise be unemployable. Cutting back to the good old days of Bruce and Sandy (who weren't even ex-footballers, let alone 'good blokes' - how outrageous) would mean 15-17 members of the boys club losing their gravy train, and that is completely unacceptable.

 

[Quivorir]

Just give me the option for crowd sound only. I know what I'm watching. Let me watch in peace.

 

[Handsuper47]

Commentating by watching the television has to stop. All they do is parrot what we can all see on the tv. How can the commentators get paid so much yet can't leave the state?? Insanity.

mute the tv and put on the radio

 

[Cyclops]

Commentating should be done by blind Nepalese monks reading a Braille version of the I Ching.

Anyone looking at the TV should be blocked on all media.

Jokes aside OP is correct, Mcaveney was a racing floggo who seems to have never kicked a ball but he watched the play live and knew the players names.

He was terrible at colour but knew the stats and correctly described what he saw, instead of calling a screen.

It's a job, the workers should have the skills.

 

[Papa G]

I like the term commentatoe - I think it sums it up perfectly.

But it's far more important to have 7 people in the commentary team than it is to have them actually AT the ground.

Let's not forget the purpose of the commentary team is to give nice cushy jobs to certified 'good blokes' who would otherwise be unemployable. Cutting back to the good old days of Bruce and Sandy (who weren't even ex-footballers, let alone 'good blokes' - how outrageous) would mean 15-17 members of the boys club losing their gravy train, and that is completely unacceptable.

So much this. These yobbos are sitting in the comfort of a studio that took them 20 minutes to get to, just watching what we are seeing on the TV. It's basically the equivalent of those reaction videos you see on Tik Tok.

 

[Wojcinski]

commentators commenting the commentary is a commitment to communism in my community

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

I really love this thread title and weirdly it reminds me of that brilliant Stevie Wonder song, “Higher Ground”:

Lovers keep on lovin
Believers keep on believen
Commentatoes keep on commentatin…

 

[September Action]

It can’t be that hard to improve the commentary. Brayshaw, Underwood, Derm and perhaps BT should go for starters.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

It can’t be that hard to improve the commentary. Brayshaw, Underwood, Derm and perhaps BT should go for starters.

Derm at least knows the game, he just waffles on which annoys people

The other 3 though...

 

[kickazz]

There's just too many.

Trying to give everyone a job. They all have to make their mark and build their brand.

I just put music on instead

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Commentating should be done by blind Nepalese monks reading a Braille version of the I Ching.

That's umpiring

 

[Cyclops]

That's umpiring

WRONG how can they pay all the frees to Collingwood if they can't see the guernsey?

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

WRONG how can they pay all the frees to Collingwood if they can't see the guernsey?

They know the players voices.

 

[Cyclops]

They know the players voices.

Just glad you didn't say "they can smell them" boy would I have been pwnd

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Just glad you didn't say "they can smell them" boy would I have been pwnd

Nah, too unreliable with the collingwood crowd.

 

[Elixuh]

A nice play on words Mick

 

[yirra_kurl]

i reckon all the racing guys do a great job of the play by play commentary.

McAvaney started in racing and became an exceptional caller.
Matt Hill and Jase Richardson - both very good at the Play calling.

have one of these guys and a special comments.

 

[skittlebrew]

i reckon all the racing guys do a great job of the play by play commentary.

McAvaney started in racing and became an exceptional caller.
Matt Hill and Jase Richardson - both very good at the Play calling.

have one of these guys and a special comments.

Non players make some of the best commentators.

Likely because they're actually held to some basic standards, unlike ex players.