Channel Nine, with some of the boneheaded mistake during its coverage of the GF reminded me why I hate watching them cover a game. There were a few matters which stuck out for me.
Firstly, when Turava caught the ball when contested by Cobbo. The commentators went on about how Cobbo may have been run off the ball and said watch the replay in the box. Thing is the replay came up showing something completely different and never showed this contest for the ball. The director dropped the ball on that one, you could hear Slater's tone of disbelief when the replay came up not showing it.
Secondly, Joey Johns observations during the game. There was one in the first half where the Panthers received a penalty when To'o was tackled after fielding a clearing kick inside his own quarter. Johns stated "I think you'll find that's for a high tackle" whilst the referee was quite clearly signalling that one of the tacklers was offside. Slater corrected him by saying it as for a chaser being offside. That was the biggest clanger I can remember from the entire commentary team.
One other was whoever came up with this nugget for the commentary team (and I can't remember who said it). During the second half they mentioned that if Brisbane won they would be the first team since the Wests Tigers in 2005 to go from outside the top 8 in one year to being premiers the next. I knew that was complete bullshit, as the 2013 Roosters had done it, finishing 13th in 2012 to being minor premiers and premiers in 2013.
Those 3 events alone show me that Nine need a complete overhaul of its coverage. They've been complacent for way too long.
