The absolute state of Channel 7 commentary
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So simple. At the moment I press -30sec button when the ad starts and press Live button when the 30secs finishes replaying. Just need to automate that somehow.I've been spoilt with Foxtel. Can't believe how bad normal TV is with all the ads. Sometimes it was an ad 30 secs apart then I also enjoyed the sneaky 2nd ad and then the pop-ups on screen.
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sherb
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I wouldn't limit that to Channel 7.
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When you have enough people over to watch the game with, you actually don't even hear the commentary. Cannot comment on yesterday, but watching the highlights I will give Bruce credit for the last 10 seconds leading up to the siren. Some real iconic stuff there in all honesty.
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Bruce McAvaney needs to retire, I have admired him from afar but having that bafoon BT next to him is simply not working.
I just hope he is not doing the Cricket as well.
I just hope he is not doing the Cricket as well.
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He's just as bad as Bruce & BT. Yells way too much. Needs to learn to calm the **** down. What he is calling is usually nowhere near as exciting as his over the top yelling suggests. Why can't the play by play commentators just call the game in a normal, coherent tone without yelling and inserting their own contrived narratives and leave those things to the viewer/listener.
Footballers don’t make good commentators...game style and quality of commentary is a big reason viewers have tuned out.
The numbers for 7 (cricket & football) will decline until they employ credible sports journalists.
BT with an all-time iconic Grand Final call yesterday as Sheed lined up: "You just think if he gets this that West Coast might be able to win the Premiership!"
Imagine doing a job as long as BT has done commentary and being that bad at your job.
Imagine doing a job as long as BT has done commentary and being that bad at your job.
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How does Lingy get a spot before Huddo.
When the eagles were chipping it around the backline, racking up the marks, I thought "they're a chance here'.
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BT: "The most acute angle in footy!"
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Noticed it in the Prelim as well as the Grand Final, but getting bit frustrated at the commentators calling it a goal before the ball has even gotten close to the posts.
Just call the action, and not add in your opinions or assumptions. Leave that to the guys there to analyse the game.
Problem is that there's too many in the box.
Just call the action, and not add in your opinions or assumptions. Leave that to the guys there to analyse the game.
Problem is that there's too many in the box.
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It would be related to the number of syllables of their surnames? Commentators in the AFL just love the sound of their own voice, so filling in as much airtime as possible is like an objective.
Hawthorn United
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This one I wouldn't put down to just commentators.
The AFL HQ are obsessed with it, and that filtered down to the media and commentators.
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Haven't read all 23 pages, but has anyone mentioned the camera work lately? It's so zoomed in. Perfect if handballing was the only form of passing the ball from player to player.
Soon as someone kicks it, we don't know where the balls gone or what's up ahead.
Soon as someone kicks it, we don't know where the balls gone or what's up ahead.
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Get it wrong plenty of times too because they call it so early.
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Agreed, had a full house for the GF and didn't notice any of Ch7's s**t.
That's exactly it. Too many folks wanting to add their 2c. Ch7 needs to stop taking their cues from NFL coverage, a game that has minute long pauses in between 10 seconds of action, and start looking at coverage of non-stop action sports like the AFL.
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Yeah, like Jetta's point, Bruce had called a goal, or another late in the game to Collingwood.
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The worst is Basil.
Sometimes it's obvious that it's going to be a behind but Basil calls it as if it might come back for a goal. I guess it's to add some excitement to the kick but in the end, it's just really annoying. It doesn't help that he's 3 seconds behind the play and the ball is already 10 rows back.
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That’s mainly just Bwuce but it has rubbed off onto BT. He calls for the score he hopes as soon as the ball has been kicked but doesn’t actually known or tell the viewers until the goal umpires have waved the flags
I think he's going to be mucking out Winx's box/stable in the off season
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She doesn't play AFLW.
Same reason the ex-players are commentating or involved in the media, and not journos.
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blackshadow
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If your definition of a good journalist is to whip up righteous indignation over a chook you might have a point but in reality she's a talentless hack who only has a job because of who her father is.
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