- Dec 14, 2008
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- Essendon
His play by play calling is by far the worst on TV. It's not even close between him and second. You may not like BT or Basil, or anyone else in the box. But having to hear Darcy pause mid-sentence on every single call (to the point where the noise of the cogs clicking over his audible on TV) only to pump out the same handful of cliche phrases like string pulled toy is the worst experience in football.
Phrase
Talking Notes
He is a genuine star Player Y
Player doesn't have to be a genuine star
Love the way he goes about it
Is yet to not love the way a player goes about it
He could be anything
Player has probably been on AFL list ~5 years, doesn't matter
Player X kicks looooooooooooooooooooooooong
This is his most accurate call
ads an ey to the end of one syllable player names to sound matey and blokey..
particularly jakey