simba_
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the best call ever would be sandy, eddie and dunstall. just 3 guys - 2 nice normal callers and special comments from a man who has a brain. it's so simple. everyone else is trash.
What Commentators Do People Actually Like?
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You actually like Eddie after that maniacal barracking performance against your mob when Carlton beat you??
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Spot on!
The Yanks don't often get it right, but their model of one caller and one comments guy is all you need. Plus they seem to match the pairs for on air chemistry. Al and Chris are a great example of this.
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One other thing I'd like to raise is the seeming need for everyone to be a comedian. Here's a hint. If people ain't laughing, you ain't funny.
Their sports aren't anywhere as good as ours but I still watch them, but I seriously don't think I've hardly ever sat though a game of NBA or NFL and thought geez how annoying is this ****wit. Yet with our footy or cricket about 95% of our games I think how s**t and annoying at least one of the commentators are.
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I don't mind Bruce so much. If you can iaugh off the homoerotic stuff he's generally okay. But the above is his absolute worst habit. "Great call Den"...when the ball is still in play ffs. It sounds patronising for starters, but even if you interpret it as genuine, why say it at all? Is his commentary so fantastic that you simply must air your appreciation? It's stupid and distracting.
The reeling off of the resumes of each ex-player commentator is just as cringeworthy. Dwayne is the worst when it comes to this. Just call the ******* game and save the back pats. No-one needs to hear for the umpteenth time how many goals Barry Hall kicked in his career. Except for maybe Barry himself.
What I find laughable with Hall is how they almost joke about what he did to Staker on shows like LTs. The guy is a thick as s**t cowardly thug.
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I miss mid-90's bruce, he was the best play by play caller in the business, peter landy was a close second IMO
Huddo is the clear best caller out there now
Huddo is the clear best caller out there now
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The Best
Play by Play : Huddo, Cometti, Quartermain and Papalia
Special Comments: Dunstall
Bruce would be good if he just called the game instead of becoming a homoerotic self parody.
The Worst:
Play by Play: Hamish, Basil,
Special Comments: Derm, Alastair Lynch, Tony Shaw, Ling and of all time Robert Walls
And for those who have just joined us Dwayne Russell is honestly the worst of all time and I reckon would just be a s**t bloke. Oooooo Baby!!
Play by Play : Huddo, Cometti, Quartermain and Papalia
Special Comments: Dunstall
Bruce would be good if he just called the game instead of becoming a homoerotic self parody.
The Worst:
Play by Play: Hamish, Basil,
Special Comments: Derm, Alastair Lynch, Tony Shaw, Ling and of all time Robert Walls
And for those who have just joined us Dwayne Russell is honestly the worst of all time and I reckon would just be a s**t bloke. Oooooo Baby!!
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I see what you did there.1. Anthony Hudson
2. Kelli Underwood
And that's it.
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You think he was not so good in the late 90's and early 2000's before channel 7 lost the rights?
Flameboy
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He was good right up until they lost the rights in 2001 IMO. He and Sandy Roberts as a duo back then were just about as good as it'll ever get.
It's a shame he's turned into just an average commentator since then. Still has moments, but by and large is pretty underwhelming.
granland, huddo and sandy roberts. easily the best by a country mile
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Commentators:
- Dennis Cometti
- Anthony Hudson
- Gerard Whateley
- Matt Granland
- Brett Phillips
- Scott Lucas
- Jason Dunstall
Pretty much spot on. Jonno Brown is getting better as well.
This and him putting 'eh' on the end of sentences to create some over the top emphasis.
simba_
sucking a lemon
if you're talking about last years game the umpiring was so bad coupled with our fall from playing top footy that i don't remember that and wouldn't have noticed, eddie is eddie i know what he is, he's still a great caller!!
Cleavy
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I could be wrong, but I think he's a full-time newsreader now.
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Assuming you are correct, doesn't it show just how pathetic the rest of them are?
