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[3rd degree]

Very average commentator is Bruce calls it before it happens then it doesn't BT is the same. Gerard Whately is the best , but is becoming full of himself these days as well.

[slydog81]

Its a sad day when you prefer the other SAussie twat Mclaughlin ahead of Bwoooooooce

[Donny]

As I said, Joel, what a crock.

Every year, same old. Collingwood loses and out come the same whingers and whinges about commentators.

Walls, Lane, McAvaney, Harley, Taylor, Russell etc. It's as if their bad and/or biased commentary lost us the game.

BORING.

All I really want from a commentator is stats - and there are few better at that than McAvaney.

Who cares if the comms sound like they favour one team or another ?!? Well, obviously, nearly everone who's posted in this thread. But why ? What's it matter ?

Contrary to what many seem to think, commentary DOESN'T affect the result of a game or how our players perform.

[swoop42]

The bias against Collingwood in his and other members of the channel 7 commentary team is obvious.

It always amazes me how excited he and others can get about players from the opposition but very rarely about our own.

Last night if it had of been us kicking the goal after the siren you can be sure it wouldn't have been brushed off so easily by those in the commentary team.

It was pathetic and unprofessional.

[David]

Obviously commentary doesn't affect the outcome of the game and might be considered a peripheral concern in the broader scheme of things, to say the least. But we all (apart from Tannin) watch football on TV at least now and then, and that means spending the better part of three hours listening to whoever's commentating. Win, lose or draw, Bruce is excruciating at least 50% of the time. You're probably right that losing exacerbates things, but the complaints are still mostly valid.

[AN_Inkling]

Correct, commentary does not affect the outcome of a game, but it can affect the equanimity of the viewer.

[King Monkey]

Donny, if all you want is stats, Bruce USED to be the best. He babbles on with inane chatter mid-game like the rest of 'em now. And someone needs to remind him he's a play-by-play man, not a special comments man.

Really hard to watch whether Collingwood is playing or not.

[Cam]

The 7 commentary team is as annoying as opening a packet of chips and finding only it only a third full. Every time you buy one.

[neil]

[Collingwood Crackerjack]

Whateley and that old Carlton bloke who's name escapes me are the best commentators I reckon, on ABC radio.

Jeez the Carlton bloke can give a bake, particularly about the Blues.

Harley is shocking, seems even worse this year; his visceral dislike for Pies, Hawks and a handful of indivdual players is quite breathtaking.

He reminds me of that out of school talking, Thirsty Merc looking piece of crap from Corio who wrote the 'tell-all' biography

[Joel]

Donny, McAvaney is tedious. I think most people would still have complained about him if we had won.

[Woods Of Ypres]

Agree with what has been said about Bruce, he used to be OK now he has lost the plot completely with his stupid words.

Tell me where in professional sports broadcasting you will find a commentator who says:

"YEP!!"
"NUP!!"
"DELICOUSSSS!!"
"you BETCHYA!!"
"Seteruperer"

the man is a friggin joke.

[collie dog]

Bruce used to be known for his all-round sporting knowledge. But ever since he called Cathy Freeman's win in the 2000 Olympics something went haywire in his brain. He absolutely lost it that night and his perspective in calling any kind of sport since has gone down the toilet with his credibility.

I think what I hate most is not his obvious anti-Collingwood bias, but his hysterical over-reaction to anything that's happening. Yes he fawns all over his favourite players (or wished love objects), but his ability to call the most pedestrian football matches like they are an FA Cup final that is 4-all in overtime is unbelievable. Once you have called a passage of play the best team goal since sliced bread, where do you go for an encore? Bruce has done his own brand and footy a dis-service by acting like an over-excited school girl on a first date.

As for the other drongos what can I say? Leigh Matthews is the Alf Garnett of commentators now. From the very first bounce he is looking for something negative to say about us. He's a born whinger by the sounds of it. Tom Harley has absolutely no authority in his voice. He speaks too fast and his voice is too highly pitched to be taken seriously. Until that Swisse ad pointed out he had a kid I could have sworn he was Gay. And I mean no disrespect to Gays. But the fact Bruce wanted Harley in the box with him might be a very good reason he has the gig when other better qualified candidates are left in the cold.

Besides the HD picture on Fox miles better than Seven.

[Joel]

Foxtel are doing a good job of barracking for Melbourne at the moment too.

[Beast]