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Tony Jones - Lets get right to the point, you're a talentless hack who somehow survives in the clown show that is Channel 9 sporting coverage.
As a sports commentator for the evening news your job is to read scripted lines and despite all the years you have been doing it you're barely adequate at it.
Somehow you have carved out a long, but clearly not a distinguished, career at CH9 who as a network can't be setting the standards very high with their sports presenters.
You host the Sunday Football show which is a lighthearted bordering on, but falling short of, comedy show where clearly the panel of sporting experts have little to no respect for you.
Once again this is highly scripted before it goes to air and you're frequently the brunt of the panels cracks at you.
All that is fine, the evening sports reports you just have to read off what others write for you Mike Moore style.
For the footy show it doesn't really matter if you com off looking like a fool because at best it's a sports show/comedy show hybrid that no one takes seriously.
Perhaps this all appeals to people with a strong Australian sense of humor.
For some reason though, which is beyond me, CH9 see fit to have you not only host but also provide unscripted comments on international sports.
This is where it all goes pair shaped because you're knowledge of sport is poor and rarely insightful but you also aren't relatable to many people following the coverage.
This summer you have referred to Kohli, who is one of the all time greatest batsman as a bully, the emerging tennis player in Collins as a brat and quite possibly the greatest tennis player of all time in Djokovic as a hack.
And for good measure you also showed a lot of disrespect to the Serbian Nation.
When it goes a bit pear shaped you try to explain it as your Aussie Humor and offer up a halfhearted apology. I'm surprised that CH9 allow this but maybe it gets them some extra rating points.
International sports like Tennis don't need hosts trying to steal the headlines from the players. Just stick to the script in front of you and don't try to ad lib.
You have zero credibility for your sporting knowledge and I doubt you would know the difference between a football and a boob because you have probably never touched either.
I hope Ch9 come to their senses and give Jones a fitting farewell.
As a sports commentator for the evening news your job is to read scripted lines and despite all the years you have been doing it you're barely adequate at it.
Somehow you have carved out a long, but clearly not a distinguished, career at CH9 who as a network can't be setting the standards very high with their sports presenters.
You host the Sunday Football show which is a lighthearted bordering on, but falling short of, comedy show where clearly the panel of sporting experts have little to no respect for you.
Once again this is highly scripted before it goes to air and you're frequently the brunt of the panels cracks at you.
All that is fine, the evening sports reports you just have to read off what others write for you Mike Moore style.
For the footy show it doesn't really matter if you com off looking like a fool because at best it's a sports show/comedy show hybrid that no one takes seriously.
Perhaps this all appeals to people with a strong Australian sense of humor.
For some reason though, which is beyond me, CH9 see fit to have you not only host but also provide unscripted comments on international sports.
This is where it all goes pair shaped because you're knowledge of sport is poor and rarely insightful but you also aren't relatable to many people following the coverage.
This summer you have referred to Kohli, who is one of the all time greatest batsman as a bully, the emerging tennis player in Collins as a brat and quite possibly the greatest tennis player of all time in Djokovic as a hack.
And for good measure you also showed a lot of disrespect to the Serbian Nation.
When it goes a bit pear shaped you try to explain it as your Aussie Humor and offer up a halfhearted apology. I'm surprised that CH9 allow this but maybe it gets them some extra rating points.
International sports like Tennis don't need hosts trying to steal the headlines from the players. Just stick to the script in front of you and don't try to ad lib.
You have zero credibility for your sporting knowledge and I doubt you would know the difference between a football and a boob because you have probably never touched either.
I hope Ch9 come to their senses and give Jones a fitting farewell.
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