Time for Channel 9 to replace Rabs with Warren Smith

@king sirro said:
Finally people are on the same wavelength as me. Been hammering this old fool for years with very little back up. Maybe he's just got worse lately and I didn't deserve back up previously but either way it's nice to know I'm not crazy.

I'm bordering on hate for the guy…sounds dramatic but I really can't stand him. He takes everything so personal and harps on it for 20 minutes.

Arrogant, self absorbed pig.

I don't hate the guy , but he's well past it now . He's worse when Gould baits him IMO .
Channel 9 are really taking the piss when either Hadley or Tim Gilbert call a game . As the saying goes .. "You get what you pay for" … Thank god for Fox Sports !

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@hobbo2803 said:
@king sirro said:
Finally people are on the same wavelength as me. Been hammering this old fool for years with very little back up. Maybe he's just got worse lately and I didn't deserve back up previously but either way it's nice to know I'm not crazy.

I'm bordering on hate for the guy…sounds dramatic but I really can't stand him. He takes everything so personal and harps on it for 20 minutes.

Arrogant, self absorbed pig.

I don't hate the guy , but he's well past it now . He's worse when Gould baits him IMO .
Channel 9 are really taking the piss when either Hadley or Tim Gilbert call a game . As the saying goes .. "You get what you pay for" … Thank god for Fox Sports !

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I like Gilbert in general but as a caller he is hopeless. Never taken to Hadley.

Warren Smith is head and shoulders above everyone and I like the chemistry he has with Brandy.
 
@king sirro said:
@hobbo2803 said:
@king sirro said:
Finally people are on the same wavelength as me. Been hammering this old fool for years with very little back up. Maybe he's just got worse lately and I didn't deserve back up previously but either way it's nice to know I'm not crazy.

I'm bordering on hate for the guy…sounds dramatic but I really can't stand him. He takes everything so personal and harps on it for 20 minutes.

Arrogant, self absorbed pig.

I don't hate the guy , but he's well past it now . He's worse when Gould baits him IMO .
Channel 9 are really taking the piss when either Hadley or Tim Gilbert call a game . As the saying goes .. "You get what you pay for" … Thank god for Fox Sports !

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I like Gilbert in general but as a caller he is hopeless. Never taken to Hadley.

Warren Smith is head and shoulders above everyone and I like the chemistry he has with Brandy.

I recall a few years back ? Sterlo called an entire game . I was quite impressed !
I agree Smith and Alexander are the best their is .
Don't mind halligan and vossy ..but the worst was Wayne Pearce and Gary Freeman .. Wally Lewis is a knob ….

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@Blackpearl said:
Get stepho and the other guy from English super league to immigrate. Heard these guys a few times and they are pretty good. Way better than, except for imo smith and morrow, anyone else calling the game here are cringingly woeful.

Was thinking that with the grub tallis on nine how long before his dropkick sidekick m Johns joins him on nines commentary team.

The other bloke is Eddie Hemmings
 
I like Smith but he's a little too opinionated for me. The play-by-play guy should call the action and the colour commentators offer the insight. Smith does both and it can be a little annoying.

Channel 9 had the best play-by-play commentator in the world in their ranks but let him go because of politics. Vossy is so much better than the rest of the clowns at 9 it's ridiculous.
 
@Marshall_magic said:
I like Smith but he's a little too opinionated for me. The play-by-play guy should call the action and the colour commentators offer the insight. Smith does both and it can be a little annoying.

Channel 9 had the best play-by-play commentator in the world in their ranks but let him go because of politics. Vossy is so much better than the rest of the clowns at 9 it's ridiculous.

I like vossy .. He has some cracking one liners !

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@hobbo2803 said:
@Marshall_magic said:
I like Smith but he's a little too opinionated for me. The play-by-play guy should call the action and the colour commentators offer the insight. Smith does both and it can be a little annoying.

Channel 9 had the best play-by-play commentator in the world in their ranks but let him go because of politics. Vossy is so much better than the rest of the clowns at 9 it's ridiculous.

I like vossy .. He has some cracking one liners !

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you can feel his enthusiasm in his call. Some other callers sound like calling the game is a chore.
 
@Marshall_magic said:
@hobbo2803 said:
@Marshall_magic said:
I like Smith but he's a little too opinionated for me. The play-by-play guy should call the action and the colour commentators offer the insight. Smith does both and it can be a little annoying.

Channel 9 had the best play-by-play commentator in the world in their ranks but let him go because of politics. Vossy is so much better than the rest of the clowns at 9 it's ridiculous.

I like vossy .. He has some cracking one liners !

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you can feel his enthusiasm in his call. Some other callers sound like calling the game is a chore.

IMO he's at his best with halligan calling the warriors games .. Very entertaining !

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Having watched bits and pieces of finals games live on 9, and then replays on fox, it really is mind blowing how much better, and factual, the commentators are on Fox. So much emotional sensationalist dribble on 9\. More interested in a theatrical calling than calling the match as it happens.

Doesn't Fox pay more than 9 anyway? More cash but less reach..?
 
@spearby said:
replace rabbits with w smith you have to be joking rabbits at his worst is better than smith

C'mon mate your taking the piss now ! Rabs and Gus crap on for two sets of six about the rules and where they parked there cars . Then they go to a bullshit replay and miss goal line dropouts and three tackles .. Then there's Freddy standing behind the goal kicker crapping on … It's AMATEUR HOUR at its best .
You get what you pay for ... Free to air lol it's shit !

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@happy tiger said:
@Blackpearl said:
Get stepho and the other guy from English super league to immigrate. Heard these guys a few times and they are pretty good. Way better than, except for imo smith and morrow, anyone else calling the game here are cringingly woeful.

Was thinking that with the grub tallis on nine how long before his dropkick sidekick m Johns joins him on nines commentary team.

The other bloke is Eddie Hemmings

Thanks happy, I reckon Greg Alexander is OK with his analysis during matches as well
 
I wouldn't know if Rabs has got worse as I stopped listening years ago. As soon as he started taking himself too seriously that was the end for me.What is it with his "posh" voice sometimes? Huh? I have better ways to listen to footy commentary than to put up with Rabs.

But, if you think he's an embarrassment, how about his son as ground announcer at Parra Stadium? Now, that's to be avoided if you can. Talk about reflected glory from the old man. Now he's trying as hard as possible to sound as ridiculous. Spare me please!
 
Rabs Warren is like a songbird, you like the way he sounds, not the sense of what he actually says. He is an undisputed legend and the defining voice of the game, you can't just push a guy like that off a cliff, he has to walk when he realises he is done.

I agree with lots of sentiments here, Warren Smith or Vossy are the next best options for play callers. I don't agree Smith adds too much colour; he's accurate and gets his pacing and delivery right. Hadley sounds like a robot, as does Tim Gilbert. Fox commentators are also generally dealing with co-callers of lower polish, so they need to give it some more juice. You aren't exactly going to get much to work with from Kimmorley, Belcher or Gasnier.

Seriously these threads make me think about taking up calling, I wonder if they do open mic tests? I already talk about footy all week for free, I can only imagine being paid for it.
 
i reckon gasnier is a shocking commentator. Every time he talks it makes me want to change the channel.. that footage of gasnier ignoring cronk handshake is a classic too.. Matty replays it as much as he can on his show.
 
"And a great performance from Mitchell Evans (referring to Daly Cherry Evans), who's brother is also Liam Fulton" - Mark Gasnier

Yes, he actually said that when he was interviewing DCE after a Manly game.

GREAT PLAYER, BUT THIS MAN CANNOT BE ALLOWED ON TV EVER AGAIN.

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