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Not sure if its just me or because my team is going well but i think BT has done alright lately.
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Disagree called Gawn as Stynes on the weekend and has often bungled similarly in the past. He’s a ******* idiot.Not sure if its just me or because my team is going well but i think BT has done alright lately.
That was a magic momentcalled Gawn as Stynes
I don't mind hearing exactly what they have called, or if they are trying to call touched/play on/not 15, etc. I don't need the commentators telling me what the call should or shouldnt be, but I dont mind hearing the actual decisionYou lost me right there.
Luke Darcy is insufferable.
I cannot stand the way he fanboys over a number of players. When Goldsack came back in the first week of finals, it was unbearable listening to Darce blowing his load over him. He got so involved with his fairytale comeback narrative that it didn't really matter what Goldsack did because it was going to be the best thing ever. On a number of West Coast forward drives, some balls were miskicked basically straight to him but Darce carried on like he was intercepting balls he had no right to intercept because he was just coming back from an injury.
Whenever one his his chosen fanboy players does something good, you can hear him let out a little laugh and from then, you just know he's winding up into one of his 30 second wankfests. It's so painful knowing that it's coming.
I can just imagine him sitting in the commentary box and then sticking his arms out as to say to his fellow commentators, "hold on for a minute guys, this really needs to be said". Then with a massive smile on his face and a shake of the head to signify disbelief at what he's just witnessed, he launches into something like, "Awww, ha, I'll tell you what, awww, Steele Sidebottom... gee... hawww, ha, he is such a brilliant player.... the way he attacks the ball and the way he uses it... geee.... haha... you'd love to play alongside that man."
Just the ******* tone of it. Like he finds it hilarious at how good his player is; almost as if they're taking the piss out of all the other hacks on the field. He says it so slow and matter-of-factly too and he often cuts off another commentator so he can do it like it's so ******* important.
Whinge whinge whinge. You are already detached from the rest of the country so geographically cut yourself away if you hate the rest of us so much.Victorian muppets
I addressed this in a follow-up comment in this thread....
I just think Bruce has run out of chances now, despite his "status and standing". He is actively ruining the broadcast for me and many others if this thread is anything to go off.
I also believe "knowledge" of a commentator is a bit overrated. How hard is it honestly to see you’re calling Richmond v Collingwood this Friday night and then allocate a bit of time during the week to jot down a few related facts to read out during the broadcast? He probably has interns doing the research for him these days anyway.
It is much more important for commentators to call the play accurately, inject an appropriate level of excitement and refrain from regurgitating the same phrases/cliches in my opinion. I don't think Bruce does any of these things competently now.
I'm 34 and used to love Bruce's work back in the 90s. He was the king. Unfortunately the poster you quoted has it spot on.
His commentary these days consists of:
-homoerotic growls and moans
-repeating the same word several times in a row
-making a comment in the form of a question ending with "ay?"
-lately, he's taken to replacing the word "the" with "that" e.g. off that step, down that line, on that left
Bruce and hame are south aus MuppetsVictorian muppets
Dennis come to was the best..Bruce and hame are south aus Muppets
Basil is a perthy Muppet. Bt west Australia too. Richo from tas
Don't bother. Probably thinks Nicholls should have an AO for Services to West Coast.Bruce and hame are south aus Muppets
Basil is a perthy Muppet. Bt west Australia too. Richo from tas
Like Luke DarcyVictorian muppets
Yeah kick us out poach our wingman .he ain’t worth that muchWhinge whinge whinge. You are already detached from the rest of the country so geographically cut yourself away if you hate the rest of us so much.
We will replace you with Fitzroy and everyone will rejoice.
Agreed. And then you go F***, it's soccer.Commentary has gotten so bad in general that I find my love for sport waning. It's like I have to amp myself up to watch something these days because I know what s**t I'm about to be served up.
My weekends consist of having the footy ruined by Basil, Dwayne, Bruce and Darcy and the Formula 1 ruined by Martin Croft.
Is soccer the only major sport that remains unmolested by sycophants?
BT is from WAVictorian muppets
BT is from WA
Brayshaw is from WA
Zempilas is from WA
Again, I ask your age. If you haven't grown up listening to him, that explains your unforgiving attitude towards him, which is cool. There's actually not 1 commentator who comes close for me, in regards to experience and knowledge. If there was one on air now, and you had grown up with them, you might feel the same way about them in the future. Anyway, that's my opinion, and I respect others who differ.