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They kept saying soders and i was thinking who is Soders ?
Didn’t big Rex get turfed partly due to nicknames ?
Bruce drives me insane with his “Duck “ and “BT” all the time, how do the AFL expand to other countries using nicknames no one would understand ?
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comrade
That's him. Didn't realise he was charged with assault, I thought he got the knife from C7 because he was so bad at his job.
It probably was him being bad at his job because he would be the first bloke taken off air by C7 for assaulting a woman.
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Didn’t big Rex get turfed partly due to nicknames ?
I thought it was because he made up that BS story about being attacked by a "bunch of youths" in Byron Bay when it turned out that Rex and his sons started the trouble themselves. Or his career might have been on the ropes (because in reality he wasn't very good. He didn't actually call the game, just shouted a lot and used indecipherable nicknames) and the Byron thing was the KO blow.
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At 3/4 time they showed some vision of Vlastian zoning off his direct opponent to make a 2 on 1 contest with a Richmond player and Rayner (?). Only problem was that Cameron who Vlastian had zoned off ended up with the ball and waltzed into an open goal. There's a glorious moment where Carey after waxing lyrical about how defensive units have to work as a team adds something like "of course the danger is you can leave your direct opponent to do that"
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Twodogs
At 3/4 time they showed some vision of Vlastian zoning off his direct opponent to make a 2 on 1 contest with a Richmond player and Rayner (?). Only problem was that Cameron who Vlastian had zoned off ended up with the ball and waltzed into an open goal. There's a glorious moment where Carey after waxing lyrical about how defensive units have to work as a team adds something like "of course the danger is you can leave your direct opponent to do that"
It was Grimes they were showing. Left Cameron all alone and Wooshka!
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Twodogs
It probably was him being bad at his job because he would be the first bloke taken off air by C7 for assaulting a woman.
I thought it was because he made up that BS story about being attacked by a "bunch of youths" in Byron Bay when it turned out that Rex and his sons started the trouble themselves. Or his career might have been on the ropes (because in reality he wasn't very good. He didn't actually call the game, just shouted a lot and used indecipherable nicknames) and the Byron thing was the KO blow.
I implore everyone to take in this piece of Australiana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_SPOrCYI5A
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Were the bits that were cut out referring to Bali? Stay classy Rex.
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Yeah he feels very much like they pulled someone from the crowd.
Jobe Watson is also not very good, and showed it last night. Also did a weird big explanation at halftime about why the umpire should be bouncing the ball in the middle of the ruck circle and not off to the side which was worth commenting on I guess but I doubt the audience required the lecture on how the idea was for it to be fair for both rucks (I mean it's pretty self explantory).
Jobe Watson sucks. He's the suckiest suck that ever did suck.
His evidence manifest of the channel 7 nepotist boys club.
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The great man Dennis Cometti as a bulldog!
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ledge
I remember as a kid (under 12) that I couldn't stand him, and I asked my Nan who he played for and she mentioned for the bulldogs but not very long - this did not make me happy at all.
Funnily in my late teens and early 20's I started to appreciate Dennis Committi commentary and wore it as a badge of honor he played for the dogs!
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I remember as a kid (under 12) that I couldn't stand him, and I asked my Nan who he played for and she mentioned for the bulldogs but not very long - this did not make me happy at all.
Funnily in my late teens and early 20's I started to appreciate Dennis Committi commentary and wore it as a badge of honor he played for the dogs!
Great commentator and treated the game as it should have been, enjoyed with quirky little statements that made you smile at least.
Those days are gone now with commentators too busy complimenting each other, putting up their past achievements every time they come on as a claim to being an expert which doesn’t actually mean you can commentate !
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Not a commentator but our very own Stevo who had borrowed a pair of my freinds glasses to walk around the crowd at Whitten Oval , not sure if it was leading up to the preliminary final or grand final.
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Not a commentator but our very own Stevo who had borrowed a pair of my freinds glasses to walk around the crowd at Whitten Oval , not sure if it was leading up to the preliminary final or grand final.
So many questions.
Why did he borrow your friends glasses? Why didn't he have his own glasses? Why did he need glasses? Was it because they were bulldog glasses? Did he give them back?
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Twodogs
So many questions.
Why did he borrow your friends glasses? Why didn't he have his own glasses? Why did he need glasses? Was it because they were bulldog glasses? Did he give them back?
Yeah pretty much because they were bulldog glasses, he was offered, he loved them. A little fun in a happy environment.
Gave them back later.
Just a jovial moment.
I told him to pose with them on so he did and I took a couple of pics.
He wandered around with them for awhile getting a few laughs.
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Was going to start a new thread (in the AFL forum maybe) but figured maybe this one is the best place for it
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-...mayor/12778660
Apparently Basil Zempilas not only ran for but won the election to be Lord Mayor of Perth.
Not sure this is the right place for this but it is kind of AFL related
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hujsh
Was going to start a new thread (in the AFL forum maybe) but figured maybe this one is the best place for it
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-...mayor/12778660
Apparently Basil Zempilas not only ran for but won the election to be Lord Mayor of Perth.
Not sure this is the right place for this but it is kind of AFL related
Yeah, on a platform of sending homeless people to the gulag apparently. What a dick.
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Happy Days
Yeah, on a platform of sending homeless people to the gulag apparently. What a dick.
That's what I heard originally too but someone come out today and said Zempilas actually did some research/had someone talk to him about it and he has had his eyes opened and has changed his view on the matter for the better, so kudos to him I guess for not being a complete dick.
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That's what I heard originally too but someone come out today and said Zempilas actually did some research/had someone talk to him about it and he has had his eyes opened and has changed his view on the matter for the better, so kudos to him I guess for not being a complete dick.
That's a relief if true and reflected in his actions. The homeless stuff was the only thing I'd heard about his candidacy before I saw he won.
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One thing I’m not looking forward to is Macavaney, BT and Duck calling the game.
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ledge
One thing I’m not looking forward to is Macavaney, BT and Duck calling the game.
Same. God help us if dusty and danger are both involved in a play that Bruce calls....get the tissues.
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Same. God help us if dusty and danger are both involved in a play that Bruce calls....get the tissues.
He might be forced to pick a favourite and it will be whoever’s team is leading at the time.
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Same. God help us if dusty and danger are both involved in a play that Bruce calls....get the tissues.
You mean Paddy
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You mean Paddy
Yeah, they're great mates now.
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So I don’t pay much attention to the channel 7 commentary team, but I do like hearing Pearce and Richardson’s insights.
But twice last night both Richardson and Pearce made astute observations which BT somewhat ignored but then later in the call rehashed them as his own.
Whilst I’m at it, they actively have demoted the best footy mind in the business in Jimmy Bartel because of his marriage indiscretions but happy promote Wayne Carey and previously Leigh Matthews.
Just another example of what is wrong with channel 7 coverage.
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azabob
So I don’t pay much attention to the channel 7 commentary team, but I do like hearing Pearce and Richardson’s insights.
But twice last night both Richardson and Pearce made astute observations which BT somewhat ignored but then later in the call rehashed them as his own.
Whilst I’m at it, they actively have demoted the best footy mind in the business in Jimmy Bartel because of his marriage indiscretions but happy promote Wayne Carey and previously Leigh Matthews.
Just another example of what is wrong with channel 7 coverage.
I can't believe you've said all this and yet failed to mention the biggest blight on the commentary planet, Brayshaw.
Also, while I acknowledge that Hodge is a pretty good footbal mind, he needs some diction lessons. They might as well say "now we're crossing to a drunk guy in the crowd so we can hear how he orders a kebab on the way home after a big night out". Just total mumbled ramblings.
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EasternWest
I can't believe you've said all this and yet failed to mention the biggest blight on the commentary planet, Brayshaw.
Also, while I acknowledge that Hodge is a pretty good footbal mind, he needs some diction lessons. They might as well say "now we're crossing to a drunk guy in the crowd so we can hear how he orders a kebab on the way home after a big night out". Just total mumbled ramblings.
Hahahaaaa.
Pferb eh snork re blep ba smicken defender do thing good.
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azabob
So I don’t pay much attention to the channel 7 commentary team, but I do like hearing Pearce and Richardson’s insights.
But twice last night both Richardson and Pearce made astute observations which BT somewhat ignored but then later in the call rehashed them as his own.
Whilst I’m at it, they actively have demoted the best footy mind in the business in Jimmy Bartel because of his marriage indiscretions but happy promote Wayne Carey and previously Leigh Matthews.
Just another example of what is wrong with channel 7 coverage.
The fact that they even exist is what's wrong with them.