Exactly - fancy a sports caller calling the sport with no BS...
It is so novel.
Ch 7 Commentary - is it intervention time?
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It is so novel.
Credit where credit's due, BT didn't hold back when pointing out the handfull of head high frees missed by the umps on young Ginnivan yesterday. Most neutrals would probably agree that a couple of them were unfairly or blatantly ignored.
Ginnivan still ahead though.
I’ve noticed this quite a lot lately. Pumping up teams excessively, to be in the game still while 30 points down in the last quarter. Did they get a directive from AFL HQ on this I wonder?
It demeans the audience - treats us like dickheads - as to what it says about the commentators…it merely reveals them
The one thing Ginnivan won't have soon is ahead, the way its going.
Darce made an attempt to talk up Port's chances (7 points down with 6 seconds to play) at the last centre bounce on Saturday night.
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Darcy says that on nearly every shot as long as the ball is spinning right no matter what direction it is going. 40% of the time it will be a goal, 30% of the time it will be a behind and the remaining 30% will either be on the full or fall short
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I thought I heard him stop himself saying "ball" a couple of times.
I wondered if someone has (finally) had a word.
Cleavy
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need to have a few more words, coupled with some slaps upside the head.
This has been going on for a long time, especially from BT. I remember a game back in 2021 between Essendon and Carlton where BT kept talking up Essendon’s chances late and Bartel said to BT something like ‘I’m not buying what you’re selling.’
Topkent
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Lol no it's clearly a channel 7 production team incentive. On MMM BT would call it a shit game and hawthorn are shit.
It's a channel 7 thing 1000% I don't know how people miss this lol
hawkman
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it is a TV thing. Dwayne Russell does the same on Fox
Topkent
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Say the games over and people stop watching.
BT went on MMM last week and said the good Friday appeal game was gonna be shit and north were shit lol.
Turn on 7 and he'd be told to say it's a great day for families and a happy nice occasion everyone should get behind
Cleavy
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Mark Beretta was being such a fanboy this morning on the Sunrise sport segment live from Adelaide Oval for Gather Round. Wearing his Geelong scarf. Unless it's Grand Final week, who does that?!
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Right off the vegetable of the bat, that one.
Damien Barrett often remarks on Sounding Board that he enjoys Triple M BT and JB but not the Ch7 versions.
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I don’t like listening to him. Not shy about giving his opinion on free kicks and is aping his more annoying colleagues a bit more often these days.
Topkent
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Sounds like every player is his hero. So cringe
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Great, get rid of Hamish, get a carbon copy. Save us when he starts inserting the most random, tedious tidbits about the player's personal lives.
Common denominator is that commentators irrespective of where they're come from, as soon as they have a Ch7 microphone in front of them turn for the worse.
Jason Bennett is the only current commentator who hasn't been Sevenised.
I can't think of any other commentator calling the game from the McAvaney/Cometti era (i.e. the most recent AFL media contracts) to nowadays who hasn't sold their soul to the "Boys Club", Nicholson being the latest.
His recent Collingwood call was essentially barracking.
Jason Bennett is the only current commentator who hasn't been Sevenised.
I can't think of any other commentator calling the game from the McAvaney/Cometti era (i.e. the most recent AFL media contracts) to nowadays who hasn't sold their soul to the "Boys Club", Nicholson being the latest.
His recent Collingwood call was essentially barracking.
Add to the list….
Neat ball.
Neat ball.
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Time to retire BT you don’t know which player is which. That’s the 3rd time tonight
Also.
Pounding ball.
Pounding ball.
