Certified Legendary Thread The absolute brilliance that is the C9 commentary team. CC: Brad McNamara

[Art Vandelay_]

It's funny as we all said good riddance to Brad

 

[dtm06]

Oh Brad, never change.

 

[jefffff34]

What a complete dickhead he is.

 

[Temploar]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...il/news-story/0d1729ebefd0117cce352a4212679cf

CHANNEL 9 has been roasted for failing to make any changes to its commentary panel for the summer of cricket.

The network’s Ashes commentary team was unveiled at North Sydney Oval on Friday, where not one new face was revealed in the famed commentary line-up.

The network has particularly been criticised for failing to include any women’s commentators in the squad which will call the 2017-18 Series, beginning with the First Test at the Gabba on November 23.





I'm sorry but.... What? This pisses me off.
It's a men's Sport. Let the women call the women's game.

Maybe this is my biased opinion because I am a "white male" as the PC brigade say these days but no bloke this summer is gonna be sitting on the couch with a beer in their hand and say "**** I wish they had a woman calling this game"

I know some of us don't like the 9 commentary team but it's traditionally been a boys club and we all saw what happens when you mess with a boys club for the sake of political correctness a la the footy show.

WHY IS THERE SUCH AN OUTRAGE OVER THIS?
Let's be honest primarily males will tune into the men's ashes this summer.

I don't get why the world keeps ignoring facts for the sake of "diversity"

But my opinion doesn't matter much these days as a man.
Thoughts?

 

[Gough]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...il/news-story/0d1729ebefd0117cce352a4212679cf

CHANNEL 9 has been roasted for failing to make any changes to its commentary panel for the summer of cricket.

The network’s Ashes commentary team was unveiled at North Sydney Oval on Friday, where not one new face was revealed in the famed commentary line-up.

The network has particularly been criticised for failing to include any women’s commentators in the squad which will call the 2017-18 Series, beginning with the First Test at the Gabba on November 23.





I'm sorry but.... What? This pisses me off.
It's a men's Sport. Let the women call the women's game.

Maybe this is my biased opinion because I am a "white male" as the PC brigade say these days but no bloke this summer is gonna be sitting on the couch with a beer in their hand and say "**** I wish they had a woman calling this game"

I know some of us don't like the 9 commentary team but it's traditionally been a boys club and we all saw what happens when you mess with a boys club for the sake of political correctness a la the footy show.

WHY IS THERE SUCH AN OUTRAGE OVER THIS?
Let's be honest primarily males will tune into the men's ashes this summer.

I don't get why the world keeps ignoring facts for the sake of "diversity"

But my opinion doesn't matter much these days as a man.
Thoughts?

It's nothing to do with PC, for the most part they are terrible at calling the game.

 

[Registered User]

I agree. I got sick of listening to the girl doing "special comments" on Triple M Football this year. I regularly turned over, but I wanted to hear Brendan Fevola's farkups

Don't forget Kerry Packer's old MO: do almost anything to keep attracting a new viewers, even if the coverage is dumbed right down and broadened to be "super" all-inclusive, because the rusted-on fans will still watch, no matter what

 

[Ekomaira]

is Bumble coming down?? that's all I care about

 

[Carl Hooper]

It's nothing to do with PC, for the most part they are terrible at calling the game.

I really enjoy that female British commentator they had on ABC radio last year.

she would be great to hear on channel 9 to freshen it up a bit imo.


edit-

Alison Mitchell is her name

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Interestingly there was no mention in the article of the women calling last nights game and maybe asking the question of why they couldn't join the men's crew. Maybe there are commitment conflicts. Pretty sloppy article. Unfortunately that is media today

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

I'm glad there are no women joining the team because it would have been a token inclusion and I'll bet London to a brick it would have been Lisa Sthalekar who IMO is the worst of all the female commentators going around. Bad enough that I had to put up with her on both the TV and the radio during the women's Ashes.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

is Bumble coming down?? that's all I care about

Nope. Michael Vaughan and Kevin Peitersen.

 

[Ekomaira]

Nope. Michael Vaughan and Kevin Peitersen.

that sucks. I like KP and don't mind Vaughan but no Bumble is shit

 

[happy_eagle]

I hope KP is able to keep his dislike of the ECB and Alistair Cook under control

 

[SwampCreature]

Alison Mitchell is a better commentator/analyst than most of the 9 crew.

 

[ioppolo]

I hope KP is able to keep his dislike of the ECB and Alistair Cook under control

Where's the fun in that

 

[Teen Wolf]

Diversity ain't such a dirty word. The reason 9's Golden Age commentary team was so iconic is because each of the members had a distinct voice (literally, but also in the sense of their outlooks on the game). You lose a lot of that when it's wall-to-wall Healy-Clarke-Warne-Slater for hours on end. That's four guys with the same whiney monotone cracking the same bad jokes while calling for an aggressive declaration. Maybe we only need three of them? I'd have no problem if they replaced Slats with a woman, a Pom, or dead ****ing air.

 

[samFFC]

I know some of us don't like the 9 commentary team but it's traditionally been a boys club and we all saw what happens when you mess with a boys club for the sake of political correctness a la the footy show.

It was slightly less shit?

WHY IS THERE SUCH AN OUTRAGE OVER THIS?

Because Lawry and Warne are the only two who have ever been good at commentating, and even then far below international standards esp. the BBC.

I don't get why the world keeps ignoring facts for the sake of "diversity"

What "facts" are you referring to?

 

[lewigie]

Is Bumble not bothering to come down or is he doing radio stuff?

 

[Father Jack]

It was slightly less shit?



Because Lawry and Warne are the only two who have ever been good at commentating, and even then far below international standards esp. the BBC.



What "facts" are you referring to?

Sky-Warne is good, Nine-Warne not so much

 

[chunkylover]

Is Bumble not bothering to come down or is he doing radio stuff?

He saw the writing on the wall last tour and thought how many times will these muppets bring up thommo shattering my box over 2 months

 

[samFFC]

Sky-Warne is good, Nine-Warne not so much

Touche, and yet he is still the best of the Ch9 bunch realistically...

 

[Cleavy]

I'm not opposed to having female cricketers on the commentary team, but getting rid of the 3 person commentary stints would be higher on my priority list.

 

[Registered User]

I might’ve said this last summer, but i didn't mind Isha Guha on Triple M.

 

[Donakebab]

Why even bother with the Ch9 commentary anymore? Just line up your TV with the ABC digital broadcast and avoid these awful shittrucks altogether.

 

[04 Durif]

Sky-Warne is good, Nine-Warne not so much

Warne nearly looks like a person of colour in that picture. Could be some diversity there from the sun bed loving cat