The Monday Soap Box - Round Two

[Grantysghost]

I blame global warming. It's Ballarat ffs!

[bornadog]

I blame global warming. It's Ballarat ffs!

Mate, it was a beautiful day

[GVGjr]

Mate, it was a beautiful day

I'd bet the overcast morning played it's role in catching people underprepared for the sunny afternoon

[Grantysghost]

Mate, it was a beautiful day

It was. No argument from me.

But it's the soapbox so I have to piss and moan about something !

So really, I'm angry at myself for forgetting my hat.

[bornadog]

I'd bet the overcast morning played it's role in catching people underprepared for the sunny afternoon

I think you are right. I never take a bag, but took my backpack with a jumper, hat and water just in case. I should have worn a short sleeve shirt.

[Sedat]

My rant today is the axis of evil that fills the speakers of my TV set up. I'm referring to the hideous commentary of Gary Lyon, Jonathon Brown and Nathan Buckley. MY GOD I HATE IT.

They are on KAYO all the time. They have completely destroyed On The Couch with their blokey around the bbq with a few beers style. Their humour is not funny. I can't understand anything Brown says. Lyon has to comment on everything and often interrupts the caller. Buckley isn't too bad but tries to come across as a good bloke too much. Perhaps I should tell him this as he lives near me and I see him at the shops a lot!

As tired as the Fox Footy coverage has become (and it is very stale), there is nothing that makes the game as unwatchable as what those ch 7 pricks have done to footy broadcasting.

Fox Footy urgently needs a reboot of talent and method and also a significant trimming of their list - they have way too many people doing special comments. The likes of Johnno, Ben Dixon, Nicky Dal and Cameron Mooney are just not very good performers and add little insights of note. Loinchop and Buckley aren't perfect but know their stuff, as does Jason Dunstall. Derm does as well but cannot shut up - less is more, Derm. Kingy and Montagna try and provide genuine tactical insights - I will never bag them for that. Brown is the token special comments meathead, and Howie is the token Triple M inspired caller - piss him off. Just load up Huddo with more games. The Pipe is annoying as buggery but he can be a good play-by-play caller when he wants to focuses just on that and not his shitty one-liners.

As rubbish as all the above can be, it is nothing on the ineptness, and the sheer lack of respect that ch 7 show their viewers on a daily basis. They are bastards, the lot of them.

[Happy Days]

Dermott should only be allowed to call games between two teams he rates. His condescending uncle gimmick of praising shit players for executing basic skills is infuriating and the closest I get to change the channel heat with a commentator.

Also where was the race caller guy this week?

[ledge]

King annoys me . They just throw stats at him every week and tell him make something of it that relates to the result of a game.
You can spin doctor anything to make suit your agenda.
They dissect like a mortician and sometimes the day goes your way and sometimes it doesn’t , bounce of the ball etc but he will somehow turn it into the game plan was wrong . Even a 1 point loss but if it ended up the other way he will say it was a great game plan .

[Sedat]

King annoys me . They just throw stats at him every week and tell him make something of it that relates to the result of a game.
You can spin doctor anything to make suit your agenda.
They dissect like a mortician and sometimes the day goes your way and sometimes it doesn’t , bounce of the ball etc but he will somehow turn it into the game plan was wrong . Even a 1 point loss but if it ended up the other way he will say it was a great game plan .

Would you rather over-analysis, or would you prefer Hame waxing lyrical for 2 minutes in-game about how Tom Stewart's 2nd cousin twice removed used to own a Jim's Mowing Franchise and trimmed the hedges on one of Matty Scarlett's investment properties on the Bellarine Peninsula, which happened to be next door to a holiday home once owned by Billy Brownless which he once rented out to Austin McCrabb for a long weekend back in 1996?

[ledge]

Would you rather over-analysis, or would you prefer Hame waxing lyrical for 2 minutes in-game about how Tom Stewart's 2nd cousin twice removed used to own a Jim's Mowing Franchise and trimmed the hedges on one of Matty Scarlett's investment properties on the Bellarine Peninsula, which happened to be next door to a holiday home once owned by Billy Brownless which he once rented out to Austin McCrabb for a long weekend back in 1996?

That’s Macavaneys apprentice right there.
Couldn’t stand Bruce for that reason, just call the game Bruce !

[Sedat]

That’s Macavaneys apprentice right there.
Couldn’t stand Bruce for that reason, just call the game Bruce !

Maybe it was Loinchop who trimmed Billy's hedges? Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

Anyway fark ch 7

[Critter]

The way in which Channel 7 handles replays annoys me. Particularly after a goal. They minimise the live play to a small box in the bottom right corner of the screen, and keep the replay... or crowd shots... or umpires scratching their bum... on the main screen.
And then, almost every time, they get their timing wrong about when to flip images when the game restarts. Accordingly, too often we miss the first couple of seconds of live play.
Why don't they follow the Fox example?

[Flamethrower]

We have 50,000 members - Mars "Stadium" holds about 10,000. Every time we play there 40,000 members are denied the chance to watch the team live.

[GVGjr]

We have 50,000 members - Mars "Stadium" holds about 10,000. Every time we play there 40,000 members are denied the chance to watch the team live.

Not a fan of the Ballarat venture or do you think it dilutes the membership value?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

We have 50,000 members - Mars "Stadium" holds about 10,000. Every time we play there 40,000 members are denied the chance to watch the team live.

We're not getting 50000 to Marvel against most teams. As long as its the 3 games a year, against either Gold Coast, Freo, West Coast, Brisbane, GSW, Sydney, Adelaide or Port I'm okay with it.
I think it's a good connection, and one, given the relative proximity to Melbourne has the additional benefit of fostering membership growth that has a reasonable chance of being enduring if handled well.