That’s me done with Nein

[Pneuma]

But they also get games rating terribly, it’s just seems so pointless.

The fact we manage to outrate the afl so comprehensively across all platforms despite 9s dire numbers says a lot about 9s coverage and quite a bit about the overall potential of the game to rate even higher.

 

[parra pete]

Ginnane is just horrible! The bloke just shouts at the slightest bit of action. Ging off his voice aI pictured hm as some late 60's bald bloke, suprised when I saw him!
I dont mind ennis so much, Roach is just a typical boof head old school RL bloke that keeps the perception of the game mired as a thickos sport. If you merged Ch9 and Fox together you might just about get one decent crew out of them! Fox missed a treat not getting Stirling over and not using James Graham more.

Hooper on the sideline is another sht call. News ltd saving production costs all over the place it seems.

Totally agree with you re Dan Ginnane. Can't watch any game with him as caller....He gets 'so excited' at the smallest happening in a match..,.yuk.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

I find the Fox commentary way more irritating than Nine. If I hear Ginnane, Speed, Roach or Ennis I flick straight to Nine if it’s a game they cover.

I believe Speed is at 9 now.

Not that I watch any of it but heard his commentary when they showed a snippet on another network.

I havent watched anything 9 unless its Origin which we're forced to watch on 9. I stopped watching the Sunday footy show after they gave about 5 secs of a Parra game, spent 20 minutes talking about the Dragons crisis and Freddy and Joey were dribbling about a certain up and comer that could play Origin, and this back in March.

Fox aint much better. Blocker needs glasses and I feel Ennis has gotten worse with his over the top "HERE WE GO", "OHHH GOOD TACKLE".

 

[Steel Saints]

Interesting how there is a story that the NRL is not happy with how the game is promoted at Nine. What makes it worse is the NRL scaled back it's digital arm to appease Nine and Fox. The digital arm was a platform where the NRL could market and promote itself.

In future, the NRL has to look after itself, which means revitalizing the digital arm. And it also needs to expand the game to locations that don't have a team like Perth, regardless of what the broadcasters say.

The NRL needs to think for itself.

 

[Vee]

If you’ve been to only one nrl game this year, it’s one more than Dan Ginnane has attended.
Voss and Ennis were biased as yesterday in Titans Dogs game. Disgraceful.

Serves you right for listening to them.

 

[docbrown]

Channel 9‘s Business strategy:

Step 1. Advertise Channel 7’s sports instead of Channel 9’s sports.

Step 2. ????

Step 3. Profit.

 

[Vee]

Oh dear, Fux have started inserting video ads in their ad-free telecast.

Small, many might have missed it but you can bet it's the thin end of the wedge.

 

[mongoose]

had to watch Today show this morning (baby sitting, so I just flicked on FTA TV for some background noise). I like how the sports guy is an obvious AFL fanboy.

NRL news = constant shots of Tino breaking Koriosau's jaw, also a mention of Brooks hamstring injury. No highlights of tries or anything, no mention of tonight's game.

AFL news = ran for twice as long as NRL news, Barry Franklin celebrating 350 games, hero of Australian sport blah blah blah. Cuts over to the reporters chummy AFL friend in Adelaide to preview tonight's fumble ball game probably on channel 7.

They really don't like Rugby League, its just contractual obligation and nothing more.

 

[King-Gutho94]

had to watch Today show this morning (baby sitting, so I just flicked on FTA TV for some background noise). I like how the sports guy is an obvious AFL fanboy.

NRL news = constant shots of Tino breaking Koriosau's jaw, also a mention of Brooks hamstring injury. No highlights of tries or anything, no mention of tonight's game.

AFL news = ran for twice as long as NRL news, Barry Franklin celebrating 350 games, hero of Australian sport blah blah blah. Cuts over to the reporters chummy AFL friend in Adelaide to preview tonight's fumble ball game probably on channel 7.

They really don't like Rugby League, its just contractual obligation and nothing more.

NRL werent happy the Today Show on 9 went to Radelaide to promote fumbleball Magic Round when they dont even have the hosting rights to the sport.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So the problem is this.

10 is a basket case and will never have the money to get the rights for a top line sport.

7 has decided that AFL and cricket are the sports they are focusing on. If the state of origin rights were split they would probably go for them.

That leaves 9. And for 9 Rugby league is just another reality show.

The other problem is that the television industry in Australia is very Melbourne centric. So all the shot callers are cult members.

 

[Colk]

NRL werent happy the Today Show on 9 went to Radelaide to promote fumbleball Magic Round when they dont even have the hosting rights to the sport.

So they shouldn’t be. That is absolutely ridiculous. It is also really stupid - heavily promote a code that you don’t have rights to.

 

[Nuke]

I never understood Nine's logic. They have dedicated racistball shows (2 that I can think of) for a sport they don't have the rights to. Flick over to Seven, and they also have dedicated shows to that 'sport', but you won't see any NRL shows on that network.
There was once, of course. The Matty Johns Show, which, I believe rated well and was quite popular (even in non-League territories), but it was cut because their aussie rules equivalent (don't ask me what that was) was supposedly terrible (again, according to what I read and what people I know told me). Seven figured if their favourite sport's show was a failure, then they'd shut down BOTH programmes.

Now I could understand if Nine had the rights they can gave a couple of dedicated shows, but they don't.
All I can think is that they take League as 'settling for', but they're really wanting aussie rules all along. If they pander to them constantly, then maybe they'd be looked at more favourably when the next contracts are available.

 

[Colk]

I never understood Nine's logic. They have dedicated racistball shows (2 that I can think of) for a sport they don't have the rights to. Flick over to Seven, and they also have dedicated shows to that 'sport', but you won't see any NRL shows on that network.
There was once, of course. The Matty Johns Show, which, I believe rated well and was quite popular (even in non-League territories), but it was cut because their aussie rules equivalent (don't ask me what that was) was supposedly terrible (again, according to what I read and what people I know told me). Seven figured if their favourite sport's show was a failure, then they'd shut down BOTH programmes.

Now I could understand if Nine had the rights they can gave a couple of dedicated shows, but they don't.
All I can think is that they take League as 'settling for', but they're really wanting aussie rules all along. If they pander to them constantly, then maybe they'd be looked at more favourably when the next contracts are available.

Of course that is what it is. I would love for our game to have the halo effect that turd of a game has. Part of it is outside of our control but then I’d add that some of it is our fault - we don’t throw ratings back at these networks and demand the respect we should nominally have.

 

[Pumpkin]

Football commentary has been crap since Ray Warren retired.

 

[Vee]

Football commentary has been crap since Ray Warren retired.

Ray was crap a long time before he retired.

 

[Nuke]

It was inevitable that Rabs would retire one day, and that a gaping hole would then be remaining until such time as another iconic voice and character would step up.
League was very fortunate decades ago in that Rex Mossop and Darrell Eastlake gave way to Ray Warren. Unfortunately right now, there isn't an obvious successor. Andrew Voss would be the top of the chain, I'd suggest, and while I do enjoy his commentary, I'm not sure he's in the same class as Moose, Darrell, and Rabs.

 

[Pumpkin]

I'm predicting that the kid on ABC grandstand called Christopher will be the Saviour for football commentary.

 

[Captain Apollo]

It was inevitable that Rabs would retire one day, and that a gaping hole would then be remaining until such time as another iconic voice and character would step up.
League was very fortunate decades ago in that Rex Mossop and Darrell Eastlake gave way to Ray Warren. Unfortunately right now, there isn't an obvious successor. Andrew Voss would be the top of the chain, I'd suggest, and while I do enjoy his commentary, I'm not sure he's in the same class as Moose, Darrell, and Rabs.

Actually Ray Warren was around doing commentary for games when both Mossop and Eastlake were still calling games. He started doing TV rugby league games with the Amco Cup with Keith Barnes in 1974. Channel 10 made him its Chief Rugby League caller in 1983, but was effectively fired in 1986 so they could bring in Rex Mossop. He was hired by Channel 9 in 1988 for that year's Rugby League World Cup final, and went on to co-commentate the 1989 State of Origin series with Eastlake and Jack Gibson and the 1989 Tran-Tasman Test series.

 

[Nuke]

That's kinda what I mean. There was a transition. A direct flow from iconic commentator to iconic commentator.
That really ended when Rabs hung up the mic.

 

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