I predict:
Panel
* Erin Molan - host - a chick for chick's sake. A touch of glamour. Mutton dressed up as lamb for the meatheads.
* Eddie McGuire to co-host both Footy Shows, simultaneously...without either audiences realising it, through trick photography and through generic "footy" topics, Q&As, and "his feelings on the 'game', etc.".
* Paul Kent - poached from Fox. The ex-player; everybody's "mate"; the know-it-all; the hard-hitting journo, for the "keeping it real" angle (with the occasional sly wink/nod to camera left as if to say 'I'm one of you...really, I am.").
* Beau Ryan - everyone's favourite everyman.
* David Middleton
* Paul Gallen - the grunt and the gristle.
New Segments
* Beat The Buzz - a competition hosted by Buzz Rothfield. If the contestant (NRL players) get it wrong, skoll a shot. If the player wins, they literally get to beat up Buzz Rothfield.
* Hey, Hey It's Thaiday. Sam Thaiday takes over The Big Marn's role, interviewing kids and squeezing that lemon dry for a few more years. Also goes out on the street and/or at games, and does 'funny' stuff.
* X + O's - think Hindy and Fletch, but with Z-Grade ex-footballers (with Ben Hannant in support [think Beaver Menzies] and going out and filming 'comedic' shit, stunts, pranks. Running gags, inside innuendo. Diminishing returns, detritus feeder humour, cult following assured.
* Australian Ninja Warrior - NRL edition.
* Know It All. David Middleton asking and answering his own RL trivia questions for 15 minutes.
* You Better, You Bet - all the gambling odds and match-ups, stats and what not. Hosted by Tim Simona.
* Who Wants To Be The Next Rugby League Immortal?- hosted by Darren Lockyer as he goes on the road in search of the 9th Immortal. Interviews genuine nominees such as Provan, Sterling, Meninga and Fittler over the 25 rounds of the season, culminating in a massive inauguration night where Lockyer himself is installed as the 9th Immortal.
* M*U*S*H* - James McManus, Issac De Gois and Nigel Plum star in this hilarious and heart warming segment about ex-footy players going about rudimentary, every day activities like buying a bottle of milk, helping their kids tie their shoe laces, and watering the garden and also remembering to go to the toilet and trying to find their house keys. You'll laugh, you'll cry...
