RoCo & Finey wrap up AFL news, preview the games, and take a stroll down memory lane with “Fantastic Footy Flashbacks”!
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RoCo & FINEY’S TIPS FOR ROUND 10
RoCo (57): Richmond, Carlton, Geelong, Melbourne, W Bulldogs, Sydney, West Coast, Port Adelaide, Essendon
Finey (51): Brisbane, Carlton, Geelong, Melbourne, W Bulldogs, Fremantle, West Coast, Port Adelaide, Essendon
Remember the short-lived opportunity Fox Footy watchers had to press red to watch without the commentary, just the crowd noise?? Must have been too popular.
Outstanding rant, RoCo. Absolutely nailed it. Ted from Toorak is out of touch, bigly. Nothing but a corporate marketeer.
Wholeheartedly agree Rohan. Insightful commentary or even thoughtfully in-game analysis has been lacking in the AFL for some time. This idea that you have to be an ex-player to understand the game or speak about it is really hurting its broader appeal. (Especially as most of the players don’t really have a firm grip on the English language and so they have to rely almost completely on tropes and cliches to communicate with viewers and listeners). But the bigger problem I fear, is that the game just isn’t what it was. These days, it looks a lot like 120 minutes of scrum feeds with upwards of 30 blokes jostling for territory (whatever that is) and series of dubious interpretations made by six (or or is it seven), umpires that have no parallel to the game I grew up playing. Perhaps I’m just old now, but I can’t imagine Plugger thriving in this version of footy and that’s how I now it doesn’t mean anything to me any more. I still read about it, and I sometimes still listen in to it; but I can’t stand watching it.
Great article.
Especially agree with the condescension from commentators.
I read your column on ESPN about falling AFL crowd numbers and agree wholeheartedly with your comments about the self indulgence and self importance that has entered the game in the media area. The same problems are also seen in NRL and cricket commentary. My wife and I attend the three Giants’s games in Canberra and one of the joys is that there is no commentary. There are a couple of big screens which replay the most recent scoring shot or a great mark or tackle and the roar of the crowd fills in the rest. I don’t how we can generate some self awareness in the TV commentators (I don’t have Kayo or Fox, so don’t know what happens there) but in the meantime maybe we just need to keep on saying please STFU.
At last someone has pointed out an obvious problem with the saturation of media on football and relentless commentary on every channel about the same and often repeated topics. Such as what can be done to make the game more attractive once coaches adapt to rule changes and then complaints when the AFL makes a rule change. Let alone the mediocre in house jokes between former players, boring prolonged reminiscing and some very poor commentary that at times sounds like someone in the back production crew has whispered through a comment to make about what is going on. I prefer to watch from home because of crowds, though in a good game, a crowd atmosphere is unbeatable. However I usually watch without the commentary on these days. An example of the mediocre input of commentary on rule changes: the ruck nomination rule. I think it took at least two years (maybe more) before I heard BT finally suggest the common sense idea to do away with the nomination and simply state that only one player from either team can contest a ruck competition. If the team fail to communicate effectively they either give away a free because a third man has jumped in or they miss the contest if no-one from their team rucks. Simple, leaves it on the team to organise and stops wasting time while umpires call for nominations.