Bruce McAvaney... I think its time

[J_Moore]

The commentary last night was deplorable. Bruce was probably the worst, but none of them were good.

I could tell Cyril dropped that mark at first viewing and I was surprised it was paid at all. Then the commentators are outraged about it for the next 20 minutes!? Get a grip.

Richo was the only guy who said 'nah, it wasn't a mark'

Stand by Richo

 

[YouBeauty]

NOTE FOR THE AFL:

The AFL need to step in when it comes to the standard of commentary. Commentators need to commentate on what is happening on the field and nothing else, no opinions, jokes, bias etc. Our game will never be able to expand world-wide of even fully national until this is cleaned up. Outside of the people that already love this game, its going to be hard to sell the game to new areas. A lot of the time, if you listen to our game on TV/Radio, it sounds like an episode of Wipeout. Bad jokes, Bias, useless stats, talking about other sports and really bad english (such as 'nothing doing').

 

[Elite Master]

Bruce can be painfully bad ever since 2007 where 7 regained the rights, but even so Hamish and Basil are 10 times worse which says a lot doesn't it?

 

[Wojcinski]

Bruce needs a trip to the farm

 

[XXRL]

Richo was the only guy who said 'nah, it wasn't a mark'

Stand by Richo

Good point - I said they were all bad, but I should have said they were all bad except Richo.

 

[Gravity]

Should absolutely not be doing Hawthorn games. It's beyond a joke. I always feel bad for Puopolo - he's a grown man and dedicated athlete for ****'s sake, stop calling him shit like 'Little Poppy.' Is Poppy even his nickname? Poor bloke's going to have to mute his own highlight reels when he retires.

At least as bad is his love for Rioli. There was a game last season where the ball came into Hawthorn's forward 50, Bruce makes some call like 'keep an eye out for Cyril!', ball goes to pack mark situation, Rioli not in contest, ball goes to ground, some other Hawthorn bloke picks up and goals, Bruce spends next few minutes talking about how important Rioli is because he doesn't even need to get near the ball to impact a contest. I don't have a hard on for Cyril and I'd prefer it if Bruce didn't try to work one up for me.

 

[mfcrox]

Channel 7 has been crap ever since they lost the rights to Channel 9 and 10. Commentary with Ch. 7 in 1990s was really good from memory, and I also thought Ch. 9 and 10 were pretty good when they had it.

Channel 7 is junk now though... vomit inducing at times.

 

[windyhill]

It's enough to make you spew, but are we really calling the axe for a commentator for getting excited when a good player has the ball in his hands?

I think we are mourning a formally brilliant commentator who has managed to turn himself into a complete clown.

 

[hawks787]

Hame just uttered the most sensible comment he's ever publicly said on tv, towards Ling. You're very biased, but who's gunna win?

 

[Badesumofu]

Not as good as he used to be, but are we really going to pot him for getting excited about the actual football in this era of scandals? Especially when we also have commentators like 'Hammer' and Basil talking total shit for half the night.

 

[JoeHawk]

I don't want to see him commentate the game when Rioli retires...

You're not alone there.

 

[JD Tomahawk]

Will we ever see the rights in the hands of 9 or 10 ? Or are we stuck with 7 for all eternity

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Yep, Peter Landy is my all time favourite. Think he's a bit old to make a comeback though. Peter Donegan still has a bit left in him though - he was pretty good.

Peter Donegan still commentates on the country radio station feed - it's called AFL radio live or something.

 

[Doss]

He's been noticeably less cringeworthy so far tonight.

 

[Heaps of fun]

He's shit at his job.

 

[gavaniacono]

I bet Bruce wished he called someone excrement - he would have received less grief had he done so.

 

[raskolnikov]

Outright barracking for Geelong tonight.

 

[rezagun]

His love for cyril and patty is sickening. Cant stand him. If anybody you would think hed be biased towards adelaide but hes so victorianised now its cringeworthy.

 

[Bengineer]

I remember people making similar comments about Richie Benaud 10-15 years ago.

You will miss Bruce when he's gone.

 

[windyhill]

I remember people making similar comments about Richie Benaud 10-15 years ago.

You will miss Bruce when he's gone.

I miss The Bruce of ten years ago, this current version has ruined the legacy.

 

[Jack Bradley]

I remember people making similar comments about Richie Benaud 10-15 years ago.

You will miss Bruce when he's gone.

I won't miss him one iota

 

[The Gong]

Tonight was another example. He was gushing over Geelong when they were in it and then was almost disinterested when the Swans blew the game out. Thank God Danger didn't get too many touches after quarter time or Bruce would've drowned in his own body fluids by fourth quarter.

 

[big_e]

There once was an NFL game broadcast without commentary. Would be a great experiment here, if only to teach the commentators the value of letting the game do the talking.

 

[Bengineer]

I miss The Bruce of ten years ago, this current version has ruined the legacy.

He's still Bruce.

Just enjoy it while it lasts.

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Bruce is borderline the worst caller in the game, including radio.

He's been horrid for 6-7 years.