General Media Grievances and Thumbs Down

[Roobs321]

Comment habits I hate;

"They should get a Goddard, a Watson, etc. down there"
"You need your Abletts, your Bennells, your Campbell Browns"
"Guys like a Bartel, a .....you get the picture"
"Masten, Shuey, S.Selwood, those sort of guys/these sorts of guys"

None of these phrases make any real grammatical sense, its very lazy and increasing more and more over the last 1-2 years. It's so unspecific and mindless. I think its shameful to have this sort of phrasing on national TV, even Bruce would never sink that low.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Comment habits I hate;

"They should get a Goddard, a Watson, etc. down there"
"You need your Abletts, your Bennells, your Campbell Browns"
"Guys like a Bartel, a .....you get the picture"
"Masten, Shuey, S.Selwood, those sort of guys/these sorts of guys"

None of these phrases make any real grammatical sense, its very lazy and increasing more and more over the last 1-2 years. It's so unspecific and mindless. I think its shameful to have this sort of phrasing on national TV, even Bruce would never sink that low.

You can thank Gary Ayres for that.

 

[MarkCatsFan]

This may well be the stupidest headline of all time:

'Isn't playing, but wouldn't it be exciting if he was?'

 

[parano1a]

Basil Zempilas keeps saying Sydney beat Adelaide by 97 points but the score was 127-50... Someone failed Maths

 

[RedmanWasHere]

This may well be the stupidest headline of all time:

'Isn't playing, but wouldn't it be exciting if he was?'

Has Kurt Tippett aged dramatically or something?

(Rhetorical Question.)

 

[aussiefooty]

Brian Taylor's rubbish negative commentary.

 

[MacMum]

Has Kurt Tippett aged dramatically or something?

(Rhetorical Question.)

I thought he looked more mature and manly in the swans jumper, also seems to be more tanned. Looks soft and pudgy in crows jumper.

 

[MarkCatsFan]

Quite easily the dumbest thing I have ever seen on the front page of afl.com.au. And that is no mean feat.

What a pointless load of sh*t coloured fluff

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

"Spot on Darce/Derm/Shawy/Johnno/Lingy/BT/Richo/Gerard/Baz/<insert every other commentator here>"

Amazing that literally every comment uttered in a commentary box is unanimously agreed upon as being 100% accurate, or in the prevailing vernacular, "spot on".

 

[Max_very_well]

Channel 7's intro to the Hawthorn/Geelong coverage was probably the embarrassing thing I've seen from them since the 'Megawall'

 

[jdko]

Anything to do with Basil Zempilas.
I don't like any of his comments, he has an extremely annoying voice and he is tough to look at (harsh but meh). In addition to all of that he makes the lamest jokes, which provoke terribly awkward reactions from his co-commentators.
I have no idea how he has made his way into professional commentary. The night I was driving along and heard him being introduced on Triple M was a very sad night.

 

[Max_very_well]

When channel seven display the teams, why do they group them into three categories?

It looks stupid having 2-3 defenders, 15-16 midfielders and then another 2-3 forwards.

What's wrong with the traditional:

DEF-DEF-DEF
DEF-DEF-DEF
MID-MID-MID
FWD-FWD-FWD
FWD-FWD-FWD
FOL-FOL-FOL
INT-INT-INT-SUB

 

[Simple Jack]

When channel seven display the teams, why do they group them into three categories?

It looks stupid having 2-3 defenders, 15-16 midfielders and then another 2-3 forwards.

What's wrong with the traditional:

DEF-DEF-DEF
DEF-DEF-DEF
MID-MID-MID
FWD-FWD-FWD
FWD-FWD-FWD
FOL-FOL-FOL
INT-INT-INT-SUB

It's totally irrelevant to the way modern football is played? I wouldn't watch channel 7 if you paid me but I've been wondering for a while when the teams would start coming out in a def/mid/fwd type format. Good on them for trying something different.

 

[Max_very_well]

It's totally irrelevant to the way modern football is played? I wouldn't watch channel 7 if you paid me but I've been wondering for a while when the teams would start coming out in a def/mid/fwd type format. Good on them for trying something different.

Is that why coaches boards are split into three categories?

 

[MarkCatsFan]

Does Damian flog Barrett seriously get paid to write this? Honestly wtf

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-26/sliding-doors-round-18

Any idiot on Bigfooty could write something about as coherent as that. F*ck I hate these 'journalists'

 

[MrKK]

Does Damian flog Barrett seriously get paid to write this? Honestly wtf

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-26/sliding-doors-round-18

Any idiot on Bigfooty could write something about as coherent as that. F*ck I hate these 'journalists'

Would read but don't want to generate a hit for that flog's work. So I just liked your post instead.

 

[bradrowe#32]

Does Damian flog Barrett seriously get paid to write this? Honestly wtf

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-26/sliding-doors-round-18

Any idiot on Bigfooty could write something about as coherent as that. F*ck I hate these 'journalists'

Yeah that was really shit.

 

[wally funk]

Round 19 on Ch7 in Melbourne - Giants v Demons broadcast instead of Hawks-Tiges. Also the final Showdown at Footy Park should not have been scheduled at a similar time as Collingwood-Essendon. Wouldn't mind watching both matches. At least Carlton-Freo is on FTA.

inb4getfoxtel

 

[BlueBen]

So, apparently Dustin Fletcher is unusually old for an AFL footballer and has been playing the game for a long time.

We get it, guys!

 

[MarkCatsFan]

Damian flog Barrett strikes again:

This week watch him try to break a dramatic story that will shake the Adelaide football club to the core...Brenton Sanderson pointed at Ben Rutten

6:46

 

[Max_very_well]

ASSUALT! ASSUALT! You touched me Sando, sorry.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Ted Richards seems like a pretty smart guy in general, but good God, he is an absolute disaster as a talking head.

 

[NSWCROW]

Whoever types the messages for the ticker on FSN can thank their lucky stars they still have a job after all these years of stuff-ups.

" Essendon to lose draft picks for next 2 ears......."

 

[1989]

Whoever types the messages for the ticker on FSN can thank their lucky stars they still have a job after all these years of stuff-ups.

" Essendon to lose draft picks for next 2 ears......."

Maybe they have a sense of humour and were talking about Hird's suspension.

 

[Max_very_well]

http://www.afl.com.au/ladder/ladder-predictor

How hard would it be to fix up the ladder predictor?