Who is your favourite and least favourite commentator on T.V? No radio, just T.V... Feel free to go on a 'rant' if you wish.
I've got very little respect for the majority of the guys on T.V these days, they are absolute rubbish.. Oh, special comments men are included (David Schwarz comes to mind)
Favourite used to be Clinton Grybas - sad that he passed. Probably is now Dennis Commetti and Anthony Hudson as general callers, and for special comments i find the recent ex-players (i.e. Hird, Darcy, Buckley) to all be superior to the long-retired players (i.e. Walls, Schwarz, Healy etc).
Strongly dislike Schwarz and Walls for special comments, and Dwayne Russell and Quartermain as general callers. If Quartermain had any integrity, he'd excuse himself from commentating on games involving Hawthorn - he's fking uselessly biased, much worse than Lane/Carlton, Russell/North, or even MacGuire/Collingwood.
Dennis Commetti is easily my fave TV commentator...i used to like Sandy Roberts as well when he was on 7.
Rex Hunt used to be my fave but over the past couple of season i switched to triple M and enjoyed big BT. I might have to switch back to 3aw now though!!
Agreed with Grybas.. I think Cometti is slowly losing it.. Hudson is a clown.. Quartermain is a disgrace.. Russell is a fool.. Bruce has lost his junk.. Tim Lane should be lining up at CentreLink..
As for "special" comments - Schwarz is an absolute dodo.. Walls & Blight should be in a retirement home.. Buckley started off well, but lost his lustre towards the end.. I rate Hird (obviously) and Darcy.. But, my absolute worst would have to be Healy. Talk about bias, that peanut is a disgrace when we play, he talks up the other team all day at almost orgasmic proportions!
Oh, and whatever Andrew Maher is.. drives me nuts.
I find Cometti to be highly amusing but once you take out the witticisms, I can take or leave him.
And Quarterbrain makes me want to neck myself. He's laughably biased. And whilst we're talking bias thank christ Voss took up coaching, because a player I rated him, as a commentator??? Shit. My ex could've done a better job (post car accident) and his only vocal noise was honking. f***.
Ha ha, nice one Megan.. Voss was biased, but would still rate him far more highly than dipshits like Schwarz and Gerard Healy.. If people haven't noticed Healy as much as I have, wait until we play West Coast or McFlea's lot in Perth this year. He goes troppo in those twilight time-slots, and just Shits me to tears. If the Eagles/Dockers are playing junk footy, he just goes on about what they need to do to improve. If they are kicking the crap out of us, he just rubs it in.. RARELY mentions us, and loves kissing the arse of Glen Jackovich.
Megan wrote:I find Cometti to be highly amusing but once you take out the witticisms, I can take or leave him.
And Quarterbrain makes me want to neck myself. He's laughably biased. And whilst we're talking bias thank christ Voss took up coaching, because a player I rated him, as a commentator??? Shit.
I loved the chemistry between BT and JB on MMM. Will be interesting to see how Rex goes on MMM and BT on 3AW. I thought Hirdy and BT were really good on the twighlight games last year. Think Dwayne Russell should be sacked. He is useless.
Special comments I enjoy Buckley and Blight. Blight comes from left field and I like what he brings to the table. Jakovich should be banned from calling West Coast games. He with Walls (who states the bleeding obvious) should be put out to pasture.
Are you thinking of Matty Campbell Windy? He used to call a lot of their games. He is an out-and-out knob. I watched an NBL game not long ago, he and BT were calling it! I remember saying to my mate "Are you F****** kidding me?!!!". He's also the face of SportsBet, and has been the ring announcer for Green v Mundine & Green v Jones Jnr. Surprise surprise, he has been absolutely useless at all of them!
Gimps wrote:Are you thinking of Matty Campbell Windy? He used to call a lot of their games. He is an out-and-out knob. I watched an NBL game not long ago, he and BT were calling it! I remember saying to my mate "Are you F****** kidding me?!!!". He's also the face of SportsBet, and has been the ring announcer for Green v Mundine & Green v Jones Jnr. Surprise surprise, he has been absolutely useless at all of them!
I will never forget how he introduced Danny 'The Man' Greeeeeeeeeen that night... Knob
I find all of them shithouse these days. They all try to be over excited about passgaes of play - and most of the time it is very noticeable and very annoying. That said, the one's I enjoy listening to (because they have their own wit and style) are Dennis Cometti and Brian Taylor. I get a laugh out of them.
And I used to enjoy (now shoot me) Kevin Bartlett years ago as he had a certain wit about him. Now he's just a f*** wit.
But for special comments, I really enjoyed Nathan Buckley's views. Thought his read of the play was exceptional - and he was very quick to point out how a passage of play came about, or even what passage of play was about to occur. Very good reader of the game IMO.
In days gone by, I would religiously switch on 3AW to listen to Rex Hunt and Sam Newman. They entertained me for years. Just loved all the bullshit they came up with. Laughed my head off on many occasion.
Ah, didn't think it would take long for my old favourite to show up on here.. Old mate Dermie.
I still cringe at the thought of his commentary. For one, his wankish voice just cuts straight through you, no matter what he says. But for me, the thing that really pi$$ed me off, was when he continually tried to pre-empt the play. He words of wisdom like "I reckon he go out to the the right here.. oh no, yep, no.. he didn't".
The day Channel 9 lost the rights was an absolute blessing. No more Eddie, and no more of that feral rat Dermie!
Dwayne Russell makes me want to throw a brick at the TV. His use of the term "position A" for a start, the sing-song cresendo his call gets into is totally maddening and his nowadays claims to be affilated with Geelong - phftt - he was calling for Bombers head with the best of them in 2006. ( I know he played with them for a short while but he was always an arsehole from Port who ,in reality, couldnt play).
I dont mind BT. Cometti is getting a bit too cute with his witticisms as many of them appear to have been pre-planned. Anthony Hudson has lifted his game over the last few years.
MH_Bomber wrote:Dwayne Russell makes me want to throw a brick at the TV. His use of the term "position A" for a start, the sing-song cresendo his call gets into is totally maddening and his nowadays claims to be affilated with Geelong - phftt - he was calling for Bombers head with the best of them in 2006. ( I know he played with them for a short while but he was always an arsehole from Port who ,in reality, couldnt play).
If I hear him describe one more goal as a 'gem' I think I really will kill someone.
You couldn't fool your own mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine.
Gimps wrote:Are you thinking of Matty Campbell Windy? He used to call a lot of their games. He is an out-and-out knob. I watched an NBL game not long ago, he and BT were calling it! I remember saying to my mate "Are you F****** kidding me?!!!". He's also the face of SportsBet, and has been the ring announcer for Green v Mundine & Green v Jones Jnr. Surprise surprise, he has been absolutely useless at all of them!
