Sandy Roberts

[BigVic]

Legendary broadcaster Sandy Roberts has called it a day on TV. The end of an era

 

[PerfectFooty]

Gun caller, was a little slow when he made the cross over to fox footy, as he hadn't called for a while. The last couple of years have been without any sort of mistake i can recall during his calls.

Make no mistake, gun caller in his prime.

We're hitting a sad time in the AFL media, Commetti retiring in 2016, unfortunately losing Drew morphet and now Sandy retiring

 

[Adz]

Sad.

Who replaces him?

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Was past his prime some time ago. Big mistake having him on Fox Footy.

 

[Mitchell54]

He was a pretty good caller.

Can’t wait ‘till they replace him with someone ‘Dal Santo-esque’.

 

[Wayne Dwop]

Never again can I hear "Jeremy Howe is the har flar".

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

Couldn't go one passage of play without getting at least one players name wrong and the inflection in his voice was annoying as hell. Good riddance.

 

[Kram]

The guy was a ****in idiot and a shithouse commentator.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

There's something about his commentary of this goal that always makes me smile.

I really liked him. Hopefully someone like Speed or Papalia replaces him, rather than Montagna.

 

[Cole Dammett]

Feel like this may have been an orchestrated 'retirement'.. Same week as Fox Sports got rid of Russell Ingall I guess they are organising their contracts for winter sport and Sandy Roberts wasn't part of their plans?

 

[Uncle_Leo]

If only they would * off Dwayne Russell

 

[caveman72]

 

[gordo2016]

Well done to Sandy for calling the game for so long. As a football commentator, Sandy was about the same standard as his Channel 7 mates, Richards and Landy. Useless.

 

[flamethrower]

Oh my hat

 

[Redline]

I have him in the same category as Drew Morphett. Both very overated callers who got players names wrong and thought they were above doing any research.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I'm surprised to hear this. I thought he was already retired.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

Loved a call by Sandy
Glad he will still do radio

 

[Minka Beaver]

I like Sandy. He was enthusiastic about the game without gushing, plus he never put himself ahead of the coverage. By all reports, a really decent man behind the scenes.

His style and love of the game (rather than himself or his mates) are falling out of fashion.

Sandy's accuracy clearly suffered in recent years and it feels like he may have been tapped on the shoulder - if it really was his decision, it'd be more likely to have come late last season.

I'll miss him.

 

[windyhill]

The guy was a ****in idiot and a shithouse commentator.

Oh my hat !

 

[raymond35]

He was great on World of Sport in the old days. Walked in and fitted in perfectly with the maniacs in there, even though he'd grown up on SA football and may not have been 100% on all the vfl history.
Obviously wasn't as good in recent years.

 

[mhill]

Oh my hat !

That’s the problem - he’s remembered for that s**t line and the Gary Ablett one when he literally wasn’t able to describe the genius of the great man and so he said nothing.
The games been far kinder to him that he has been to the game

 

[yaco55]

A typical Big Footy thread in which every commentator is bad - Seems like you have to be like this to fit within the In Crowd.

 

[Jcpdragonx]

Didnt mind Sandy even past his prime. The guys nearly 70, legendary career to go 46 years in TV.

 

[Reynolds Number]

Sandy circa 2018 is still much better than all the other head commentators in their current form except for Hudson, Papalia and Bennett.

 

[mhill]

He’s another example of a plethora of sports commentators who for some reason go beyond the retirement age and seem protected.
The only exception is Greg Miles who gracefully left our airwaves genuinely at the top of his game.