FoxFooty calling interstate games remotely

[Registered User]

Here's an obvious prediction: they'll do all Melbourne games at the grounds from now on

 

[Registered User]

Damien Barrett said on Triple M tonight that Fox's decision to go to the Gabba last night was a very late one.
If true, they obviously did it because they wanna avoid more bad press for a little while.
Howie denied it

 

[peternorth]

Damien Barrett said on Triple M tonight that Fox's decision to go to the Gabba last night was a very late one.
If true, they obviously did it because they wanna avoid more bad press for a little while.
Howie denied it

What did howie say?

It’s not surprising that fox people would go north when the weathers warmer than it is In Melb

 

[Registered User]

What did howie say?

Barrett said that one thing he heard was that hotel rooms and flights were booked late. Howie just said it wasn't true, then they moved to another topic

 

[TheGoldPersons]

Surely Foxtel can afford flights and hotels after they lost the rights to how many sports in the past 10 years

 

[Billy ray]

What did howie say?

It’s not surprising that fox people would go north when the weathers warmer than it is In Melb

But is it this weekend? Cold wet up here

 

[mblack42]

Again I don't understand why Fox just doesn't have a crew in each market. Caller, expert and boundary rider (one expert for each local team), like the Perth model. Even if they're just random jackasses. You know there's generally a game a round in Adelaide, Sydney and SEQ

 

[Outtatym]

Again I don't understand why Fox just doesn't have a crew in each market. Caller, expert and boundary rider (one expert for each local team), like the Perth model. Even if they're just random jackasses. You know there's generally a game a round in Adelaide, Sydney and SEQ

Agreed, but it's jobs for the boys stuff I think. Once you're 'in' you're set. They don't look for new talent outside the bubble until they are forced to.

 

[peternorth]

But is it this weekend? Cold wet up here

i know

 

[calculon559]

Gary Lyon actually at the SCG; he just interviewed Cox. Not sure if the rest of the callers made the trip.
Edit: Brad & Ruby on ground as well, Huddo not sighted yet.

 

[TheGoldPersons]

BT actually bullied them into showing up

 

[Redline]

Again I don't understand why Fox just doesn't have a crew in each market. Caller, expert and boundary rider (one expert for each local team), like the Perth model. Even if they're just random jackasses. You know there's generally a game a round in Adelaide, Sydney and SEQ

Football media is super competitive for roles and pay and there are big ego's. No one is standing aside to let someone else do their job.

Everyone wants to do as much calling and roles for as many providers as they can get. Studio calling sometimese allows for more calling over the weekend and no one has to bother with airports, ubers and they get to sleep in their own bed.

On the flipside Fox want their best talent on air as often as possible.

It really is more that than saving money.

 

[Registered User]

Ha! They REFUSE to admit that their decisions to go to most of the recent interstate games were made late.
Well, I suppose they can't say it, can they?! On SEN yesterday, Korn said something to David King like, "what's the matter? You seem flustered." King: "Well, I've gotta go to Adelaide!"
The way he said it gave me 'vibes' that his schedule had been changed

 

[tugga]

Posted this in the Derwayne thread. But it’s relevant here.
one stage in the third quarter he said that both cheer squads were trying to fire up their teams.
Well, I was at the game and Dweeb Dwayne wasn’t because both Richmond and Sydney cheer squads were doing nothing.

 

[010203]

Ha! They REFUSE to admit that their decisions to go to most of the recent interstate games were made late.
Well, I suppose they can't say it, can they?! On SEN yesterday, Korn said something to David King like, "what's the matter? You seem flustered." King: "Well, I've gotta go to Adelaide!"
The way he said it gave me 'vibes' that his schedule had been changed

Maybe the thought of going to Adelaide flustered Kingy.

 

[Cleavy]

Posted this in the Derwayne thread. But it’s relevant here.
one stage in the third quarter he said that both cheer squads were trying to fire up their teams.
Well, I was at the game and Dweeb Dwayne wasn’t because both Richmond and Sydney cheer squads were doing nothing.

maybe he meant the people he was sitting next to in the studio, who were cheerleading to make it a contest?

 

[tugga]

maybe he meant the people he was sitting next to in the studio, who were cheerleading to make it a contest?

That must have been it

 

[Registered User]

Gerard Healy got caught out the other night before the start of Hawthorn vs Adelaide. They obviously have a bunch of screens in front of them. Gerard saw fireworks on one of the tvs, and said, "why is there fireworks at the cricket?", to which someone replied: "That's at the footy in Launceston"

 

[tugga]

Gerard Healy got caught out the other night before the start of Hawthorn vs Adelaide. They obviously have a bunch of screens in front of them. Gerard saw fireworks on one of the tvs, and said, "why is there fireworks at the cricket?", to which someone replied: "That's at the footy in Launceston"

Can't stand the prick.
Clueless sanctimonious twat.

 

[Partridge]

Can't stand the prick.
Clueless sanctimonious twat.

Amazingly smug for someone who last played a long, long time ago, and much like Lyon has never darkened his hands with risky things like coaching.

 

[JohnZ]

Amazingly smug for someone who last played a long, long time ago, and much like Lyon has never darkened his hands with risky things like coaching.

If he had been honest on sportsday and said he didn’t like travelling to call games then at least he’d earn some respect for telling the truth. Instead he claimed he could call the game better from an office and on that I call bull.

 

[happy_eagle]

Deep down if they felt it was justifiable they wouldn't go to the lengths they currently do to pretend they are at the ground when they are not.

It's the wanting to have it both ways which is a bit annoying (wanting to call from the studio, but pretend they are at the ground).

 

[Mentallo]

Deep down if they felt it was justifiable they wouldn't go to the lengths they currently do to pretend they are at the ground when they are not.

It's the wanting to have it both ways which is a bit annoying (wanting to call from the studio, but pretend they are at the ground).

You reading this Deeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrwayne??

 

[PerfectFooty]

It's so obvious when they're not at the ground and yeah Dwayne is the most obvious

The amount of times the umpire pulls a free and they're guessing what it is or informing the viewer with the wrong free because the umpire isn't perfectly in frame is bad (I would think with the standard of umpiring annoying the general public trying to communicate the frees correctly to average viewer at home would be important to the AFL), then obvs hyping up those deceptive goals that you could clearly see at the ground

 

[peternorth]

So think it’s the lying that people don’t like.