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Anyone who says Kelli Underwood is a good commentator after watching this isn't being fair dinkum
Anyone who says Kelli Underwood is a good commentator after watching this isn't being fair dinkum
Anyone who says Kelli Underwood is a good commentator after watching this isn't being fair dinkum
Anyone who says Kelli Underwood is a good commentator after watching this isn't being fair dinkum
thats not real surely. that literally sounds like someone has spliced in 'orange team'
Could be that Sarah doesn't want to work anymore than once a week.Sarah Jones is barely seen at all anymore, maybe once a weekend.
I’m a fox footy junky because I like watching chat about the game and so forth.
But holy s**t it is cringeworthy at the moment.
I’m watching first crack at the moment and David King is just loathsome with his analysis.
He’s talking about this ‘amazing Sydney defence’ because when the ball goes left, all the defenders drift left. When the ball is in the middle, they stay in the middle.
Oh wow how amazing. You see that in fifth grade soccer ffs. How does that qualify as analysis.
His appraisal of the Pies - look here, this is fantastic, Melbourne have one on 5 there - shows footage of a Melbourne player with 5 pies players kind of in the area.
F***en wow, midfielders getting near the ball.
Then he follows up with ‘look at Melbourne’s numbers AT CLEARANCE’ (* I hate how he says phrases like that). They could have been 8 goals up at half time but if Collingwood can break even they are in the game.’
I literally posted this twice on this forum today- it’s not analysis, it’s what anyone with a modicum of common sense can see.
Football is 22 guys playing for 18 teams who all have the same rough sort of approach with little tweaks across the teams depending on the physical attributes they have at their disposal and that’s that. Coaches move magnets and pick match ups they think will work, and they have a basic ethos they try and instill in their teams to stick with and then it comes down to execution and who can do it best and most often.
That’s it
This insistence on digging deeper is absolutely f***ing awful and it makes the diatribe of someone like Robbo actually refreshing because it’s a basic view of the game
I’m a fox footy junky because I like watching chat about the game and so forth.
But holy s**t it is cringeworthy at the moment.
I’m watching first crack at the moment and David King is just loathsome with his analysis.
He’s talking about this ‘amazing Sydney defence’ because when the ball goes left, all the defenders drift left. When the ball is in the middle, they stay in the middle.
Oh wow how amazing. You see that in fifth grade soccer ffs. How does that qualify as analysis.
His appraisal of the Pies - look here, this is fantastic, Melbourne have one on 5 there - shows footage of a Melbourne player with 5 pies players kind of in the area.
F***en wow, midfielders getting near the ball.
Then he follows up with ‘look at Melbourne’s numbers AT CLEARANCE’ (* I hate how he says phrases like that). They could have been 8 goals up at half time but if Collingwood can break even they are in the game.’
I literally posted this twice on this forum today- it’s not analysis, it’s what anyone with a modicum of common sense can see.
Football is 22 guys playing for 18 teams who all have the same rough sort of approach with little tweaks across the teams depending on the physical attributes they have at their disposal and that’s that. Coaches move magnets and pick match ups they think will work, and they have a basic ethos they try and instill in their teams to stick with and then it comes down to execution and who can do it best and most often.
That’s it
This insistence on digging deeper is absolutely f***ing awful and it makes the diatribe of someone like Robbo actually refreshing because it’s a basic view of the game
Assume so, she is the best host on the channel imo. I don't mind Gary but we could put together a great montage of him forgetting names or just what he is meant to talk about in general.Could be that Sarah doesn't want to work anymore than once a week.
Haha I don't mind King. I understand the complaints but I enjoy listening to him. Better than player and coach interviews. Appreciate he actually preps for his shows and attempts to provide some value. It doesn't have to be spot on all time but you can tell he enjoys it.
King obsession with Champion Data and all the stats borders on the deranged. Takes the fun out of the game.
Makes you pine for the 90s when Channel 7 coverage would flash up the total kicks, marks, handballs, inside 50s as stats in the post-game wrap and that was it. Simple and not the mind numbing detail or the 'lab' (remember that?) we have today.
Haha I don't mind King. I understand the complaints but I enjoy listening to him. Better than player and coach interviews. Appreciate he actually preps for his shows and attempts to provide some value. It doesn't have to be spot on all time but you can tell he enjoys it.
Agree that the overuse of stats is mind-numbing.
I reckon a lot of the stats can come down to coincidence, rather than a deliberate coaching tactic.
I love how the commentators always quote the teams 'pressharr rating' however don't actually educate the audience as to what it means.
'x team had a pressure rating of above 200 for that quarter' - I have no idea what this even means and not convinced the commentator does either.
I think from memory, that 150 is average so 200+ must be off the charts. But how they get to such a number, I have no earthly idea.I love how the commentators always quote the teams 'pressharr rating' however don't actually educate the audience as to what it means.
'x team had a pressure rating of above 200 for that quarter' - I have no idea what this even means and not convinced the commentator does either.