FTA-TV Offsiders

[Saintly Viewed]

The problem is they mostly have the same type of panelists on.

Richard Hinds - yawn.

John Harms - ....'reminds of that amazing day watching the great G Ablett at Kardinia Park...'

Waleed (see Caroline Wilson) - blah, blah, self righteous pontificating, blah, blah

Roy Masters - 'Melbourne is s***. The NRL is watched by more people than AFL etc etc'

Well summarised.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Georgina Robinson likes rugby union.

 

[Minka Beaver]

Georgina Robinson likes rugby union.

Waleed Aly likes being contradictory.

(I actually thought it was one of the better episodes they’ve done recently).

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Georgina Robinson likes rugby union.

It must suck for her watching your sport slowly die. She has the odd attack on other codes but she knows she has nothing.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Waleed Aly likes being contradictory.

(I actually thought it was one of the better episodes they’ve done recently).

It must suck for her watching your sport slowly die. She has the odd attack on other codes but she knows she has nothing.

Waleed Aly has things to say. Georgina Robinson makes a point of working in rugby union once or twice when it's unconnected.

 

[Father Jack]

I was looking forward to a discussion about the Stephenson case and how sporting leagues have to finely balance their taking of the gambling filthy lucre on one hand, and the integrity of the competition on the other. It was a pretty major story throughout the week after all. Offsiders, in their wisdom, decided that it didn't even warrant a mention.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Why do you think they left it out?

 

[Kram]

Good to see Bridget Lacy on there.

Did we need nearly the whole show dedicated to a Thugby match though.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Why do you think they left it out?

Decide on Monday what the episode is about and don't care if the news changes.

Did we need nearly the whole show dedicated to a Thugby match though.

See above.

 

[Minka Beaver]

Look, I get that the Perth episode would have been planned long in advance - but that was rank.

You need to be able to adjust following one of the biggest recent weeks in Australian sport and talk about those issues accordingly. Australia is balls-deep in two well-followed World Cups, the AFL is challenged by a gambling crisis, two Australian women were on the cusp of becoming world number ones in popular sports and two other sports are grappling with the ongoing Folau dispute. State of Origin only needed a couple of minutes' discussion off the top to honour the location - nothing more.

There's no point having a weekly sports analysis program if the finger isn't on the pulse.

 

[Father Jack]

So not doing a Melbourne Cup special this year? Did they do one last year? I seem to recall not watching it.

 

[wagstaff]

Wonder if they're backing off the level of coverage it gets because of all the negative press horse racing has gotten in recent times?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Probably Rugby World Cup Final means they can't get away with a full episode on horse s**t. Guess we'll see.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

"You've got to feel for Eddie Jones"

Nah

 

[Bomberboyokay]

10:15 the horse talk started and some Racing Victoria person has joined the panel so don't expect criticism

 

[JezzasOnTheAsphalt]

Largely just analysis of the form of racehorses in that segment


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[Kwality]

Wonder if they're backing off the level of coverage it gets because of all the negative press horse racing has gotten in recent times?

Politics at play at the ABC, PC even ....

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Gerard's not there. Otherwise it would've been a full blown special.

 

[Kwality]

"You've got to feel for Eddie Jones"

Nah

I'd have been happy to join Eddie for a beer today, tomorrow & the next day .... losers make their own arrangements, bloody good loser !!

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Yeah they've dialled it down a bit. Might be because Gerard Whately and his equinophilia aren't there anymore or because of the pressure on the cruelty s1ide of the sport.

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

20 minutes of women’s sport to start the program for that one female in the audience that watches the show.

This show used to be good.

 

[Minka Beaver]

20 minutes of women’s sport to start the program for that one female in the audience that watches the show.

This show used to be good.

The quota is probably about right considering the only decent male Aussie athlete in recent months has been a horse.

 

[Not Important]

The problem is they mostly have the same type of panelists on.

Richard Hinds - yawn.

John Harms - ....'reminds of that amazing day watching the great G Ablett at Kardinia Park...'

Waleed (see Caroline Wilson) - blah, blah, self righteous pontificating, blah, blah

Roy Masters - 'Melbourne is s***. The NRL is watched by more people than AFL etc etc'

one wonders why you watch it.

 

[Kwality]

one wonders why you watch it.

Lost me some years back.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Watch it out of habit now and it's still just okay.

Sunday was worth it just for Haigh's "Racist grandpa" comment about Court. Then the netball coach tries to defend Court.