Bruce William McAvaney - The always updating Quotes Thread
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invinciBlues
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****ing hell. He's as creepy as a bloke standing in a trench coat outside of a primary school.
He gives us a bad name.
Flameboy
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Even in 2001. I've watched the Grand Final between Brisbane and Essendon about 652 times, and he called it brilliantly.
Never been the same since 7 got the rights back.
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I love his enthusiasm.
Talks over Dennis sometimes. Other than that, if you were a Crows fan last night, it made an exciting game pretty memorable.
Talks over Dennis sometimes. Other than that, if you were a Crows fan last night, it made an exciting game pretty memorable.
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Only issue is that the radio doesn't sync up with tv. TV is usually a few seconds behind.
Drink whenever Bruce says:
"Hooooking baaaaaaaack..."
"..a little toe poke.."
"oooh they're right in this"
or whenever he relinquishes any responsibility for what are his own statements, such as:
"you reckon.."
"you feel.."
"you think.."
...and throw in a "don't you?" at the end of any of these just to further distance himself from his own views of the game.
Also, whenever he abruptly cuts shorts one sentence to excitedly leap into a new and separate train of thought without ever resolving the initial thought.
Drink to any of these rules and you'll be getting your stomach pumped by half time.
"Hooooking baaaaaaaack..."
"..a little toe poke.."
"oooh they're right in this"
or whenever he relinquishes any responsibility for what are his own statements, such as:
"you reckon.."
"you feel.."
"you think.."
...and throw in a "don't you?" at the end of any of these just to further distance himself from his own views of the game.
Also, whenever he abruptly cuts shorts one sentence to excitedly leap into a new and separate train of thought without ever resolving the initial thought.
Drink to any of these rules and you'll be getting your stomach pumped by half time.
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I cant believe people have the gall to complain about Bruce when you have the likes of Dwayne Russell and Luke Darcy commentating on games.
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I thought his "greatest night in South Australian football history" call was a bit much (especially coming from a South Australian who is knowledgeable on the history of the game in SA), and typical of some of the hyperbole he comes out with these days.
Still, I don't think he's that bad aside from that kind of stuff.
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That one drives me mental.
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No better example of this than the 'glass bowl'
5:00 mark of the video. So much WTF all round.
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"I think you might be training this week.....don't you?" - I never realised he had done it for so long. I thought it was only the past couple of years.
you just get the feeling...
I've for long said the same thing.
Far too "loose" than the tighter more disciplined caller he was before 7 lost the rights
DarwinRoo
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Geelong were winning and playing good footy but did they need the constant blow job from the commentary team? North supporters and neutrals deserve better.
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"He [Guthrie] has nearly had his shorts pulled off.That's okay"
Yep Bruce,keep denying the obvious
Yep Bruce,keep denying the obvious
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Can he go for one match without mentioning Cyril? Last night when Varcoe ducked and weaved but then got pinged for too far Bruce made some comment along the line of, "Cyril's watching at home and thinking 'I do that every week'." Seriously if Cyril is at home when Bruce is commentating he must be pretty freaked out by the obsession Bruce has with him.
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Oh well, made up for the rd 1 Essendon-North game where he was basically barracking for North.
Jimmy Bartel's face being looked at on the bench after a head clash. Bruce "It's too pretty a face too be bandaged up, isn't it?" lmao....., obviously no answer in the affirmative and no answer at all from his co-callers except for a little laugh from Lethal!
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"Oooh, hes pretty to watch isnt he?!?!"
I dont know Bruce, IS he?
I dont know Bruce, IS he?
still love him though, even though he does get a 'bit' carried away these days
Bruce has always been awkward though. i'm pretty sure it was the 2012 Brownlow and he shook Jobe's hand. and he hung on, and on, and on... and on. wouldn't let his hand go.
Bruce has always been awkward though. i'm pretty sure it was the 2012 Brownlow and he shook Jobe's hand. and he hung on, and on, and on... and on. wouldn't let his hand go.
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you forgot "arches his back.."
If you listen carefully, Luke Darcy has started to do the same thing.
