Dump it or change it drastically. Have 9 got some sort of loyalty complex to the show and keeping it going?
IMO dump Fatty and Brohman. Bring in Matty (beg, plead whatever) and Sterlo.
Recorded the AFL show and watched it on friday. Has the feel of a big time sport and is profesionally done even if the humour is repetitive.
The GamePlan also shits on the footy show from on high.
100% agreed with the part in bold. Getting rid of Fatty alone isn't going to solve the problem if the other dropkicks still remain. In fact, it is because of the prescence of them that has, to a large extent, contributed to the decline in Fatty's performance. Yes, like the majority of you, I believe the Fatman is well and truly past his use-by-date as host and he should just enjoy his retirement on the Gold Coast. I don't need to go into the reasons why, as they've been repeated by all of you multiple times in this thread.
However, I'd also do away with the entire panel (which has been just as much of a problem as the host):
- Brohman (adds absolutely no value to the show. To reiterate what someone else said, I don't see why he is so highly revered in the media besides the fact that he is 40kg overweight which is not something to be proud of)
- Freddy (Champion player at Penrith/Easts. However, saying only a few words at the beginning and then being MIA throughout the vast remainder of the show just isn't up to standard for someone who is a permanent pannelist)
- Beau Ryan (the whole "DOGGIEEEEEEEZ" schtick has gone drier than a dead dingo's donger. His "Beau Knows" segments in the beginning were very good, but it's amazing to see how much of a dramatic decline he has taken this year. His stale performance in the intro of the GF show pretty much was the icing on the cake for me)
- Mario (I'm sure he is a nice bloke in real life. However, like Brohman, adds nothing to the show. Fatty et al. are still playing the same pranks on him from 1998. Also, hackneyed expressions such as "FAT! FAT! FAT!", "HOW ABOUT THAT, FAT?", "AT THE END OF THE DAY..." etc.)
I'd keep Vossy on the condition that he doesn't flog a dead horse every 2nd week. We didn't need to see Nathan Gardner's arse ad nauseum after it happened, as well as showing that streaker in the Tiger/Warriors SF in consecutive weeks.
Also, take a lesson from the AFL show: get guests who are articulate. No, they don't need to be Oxford University graduates in English, but don't just pluck any random player onto the panel for interviews. I noticed that the AFL show has a core set of players (former and current) they choose on the panel (Jonathan Brown, Bryce Gibbs, Barry Hall, Nick Dal Santo, Shane Crawford, Billy Brownless etc.), all who can be easily understood and don't say "ummmmmmmmm/aaaaaaaahhh........" throughout every sentence.
