Mac Avaney madness

[Sedat]

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As expected, Bruce's new Friday night mate is Brian Taylor (eh Lingy). Just when we get a heap of Friday nights.....

If BT can tone down his idiotic tendencies and go back to being the good caller he was around 2011 on Fox Footy, he might be ok on Friday night - one positive is that it breaks up the moronic Saturday night boys club of BT, Darce and Richo, which might focus him more on the calling and less on the jokey crap.

[Twodogs]

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If BT can tone down his idiotic tendencies and go back to being the good caller he was around 2011 on Fox Footy, he might be ok on Friday night - one positive is that it breaks up the moronic Saturday night boys club of BT, Darce and Richo, which might focus him more on the calling and less on the jokey crap.

That's true he wasn't a bad callers beck in the day. Maybe because Saturday night is bufoon night he had to be the biggest bufoon? As the chief caller.

[ledge]

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Just get the names right and he will be the best in the business.
Makes me laugh though how he tells us what players have said to other players during the game.. Or what they are thinking.

[always right]

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I watched the grand final (again) the other day with BT's radio commentary. IMO it was comical but not in a good way. His TV commentary is better but he has certainly regressed from his earlier years when he was one of the better commentators going around.

On radio he seems to think repeating the same phrase over and over again in a single passage of play constitutes great commentary.

[Ozza]

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I was watching the highlights of the Eagles final with Triple M commentary the other day....very amusing when Darling short steps/short arms the mark and BT rips straight in with "Darling had a BO PEEP!"

Interesting mix to have him and Bruce.

Hoping that Channel 7 put an offer in front of Huddo that he can't refuse to get onto the Saturday night team.

[1eyedog]

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BT is like Pandora's Box. I'm not sure Bruce is up for the unpredictability to be honest.

[jeemak]

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I watched the grand final (again) the other day with BT's radio commentary. IMO it was comical but not in a good way. His TV commentary is better but he has certainly regressed from his earlier years when he was one of the better commentators going around.

On radio he seems to think repeating the same phrase over and over again in a single passage of play constitutes great commentary.

I was actually ashamed of the noise coming from my living room when I watched the replay with MMM commentary! It's just over the top 'straya for mine.

[KT31]

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I was actually ashamed of the noise coming from my living room when I watched the replay with MMM commentary! It's just over the top 'straya for mine.

BT screams a bit and its a shame because he is a decent commentator when not going over the top.
Frawley on the other hand with his incessant screams, noises and carry on it is like he is commentating mid lobotomy.

[Twodogs]

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I was watching the highlights of the Eagles final with Triple M commentary the other day....very amusing when Darling short steps/short arms the mark and BT rips straight in with "Darling had a BO PEEP!"

Interesting mix to have him and Bruce.

Hoping that Channel 7 put an offer in front of Huddo that he can't refuse to get onto the Saturday night team.

BT is like Pandora's Box. I'm not sure Bruce is up for the unpredictability to be honest.

Bruce was pretty poor this year. He was better after the Olympics but he was a cliche machine early in the season.

Rex had a good Grand Final call I thought. lve said before I like that one of the callers calls us Footscray. It's nice for the FNWB brigade.

BT screams a bit and its a shame because he is a decent commentator when not going over the top.
Frawley on the other hand with his incessant screams, noises and carry on it is like he is commentating mid lobotomy.

[Sedat]

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Cometti brought out the worst in Bruce, who tried to go all comedy duo sitting alongside him. He won't have the same banter with BT, which will hopefully get Bruce to focus on calling the action.

[LostDoggy]

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I'm suprised that Gerrard Wheatley dosn't have a gig on Fox calling games seeing that he hosts Afl 360.
Maybe his contract with ABC dosn't allow him to call on radio and T.V?
It's a great shame though.

[Twodogs]

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I'm suprised that Gerrard Wheatley dosn't have a gig on Fox calling games seeing that he hosts Afl 360.
Maybe his contract with ABC dosn't allow him to call on radio and T.V?
It's a great shame though.

I think you might be right with the ABC/commercial tv theory. From memory Tim Lane had to quit 774 to commentate on nine. Then he had a tanty about Ed and quit.

[LostDoggy]

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I think you might be right with the ABC/commercial tv theory. From memory Tim Lane had to quit 774 to commentate on nine. Then he had a tanty about Ed and quit.

Didn't Tim Lane also commentate on 10 with Qtrmain and Walls?

[Twodogs]

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Didn't Tim Lane also commentate on 10 with Qtrmain and Walls?

After he left nine I think.

[Greystache]

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Didn't Tim Lane also commentate on 10 with Qtrmain and Walls?

And insisted his daughter be given a role too. Which is why we had several years of having the English language mangled every week in the vein attempt at producing a coherent sentence.