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Footy media , love’m or hate’ m ?
- Thread starter Mr Brightside
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Lets face it, Kane Cornes was never really much of a footballer & is now just a failed fireman
The Bounce is on Fox Footy right now and I watched 1 minute before remembering how bad it was and turning it off. Forced, unfunny, creatively barren, cringeworthy. Reminds me of Hey Hey It's Saturday.
Jake Niall isn't the best wordsmith but you can tell he's a deeper thinker than most.
Conversely, Greg Baum is very good writer but that can sometimes get in the way of his ideas.
I don't know whether Daisy Pearce writes but she's a very impressive interviewer.
I think Peter Ryan gets the balance right between news (facts and proper reportage) and entertainment (content for clicks).
Michael Lovett's writing is fairly dry but he doesn't indulge in the hyperbolic crap of most.
Jason Dunstall's bluster and puffery conceals some good thinking on the game.
Jonathan Howcroft in The Guardian is sensible and Rohan Connolly is the thinking man's Mark Robinson -- someone who is a fan but with bit of coherence.
I think there's plenty of good writing on footy but the commentary and analysis of the game on TV is appalling.
You are a good poster 'n all. Respek. But are you talking about Jezza's Mark?
Jezza hit Jenkins hard. Full tilt. Had little time to adjust anything at all. Many many players have dropped easier grabs.
And he was high. Deceptively high. There are heaps of still photos at different angles to the TV shot confirming this.
And what is a technical mark? There are only two things that make a mark great. Height and was it held. The higher you are the better it is. That's why Roach, Smith, Birdman, etc live on in legend. One of the biggest marks , in the famous game of all, makes it a great mark.
And in the running to be the best of all. Jenkins was 193cm apparently so anyone can do the math.
I've just watched that segment. Cornes nominated an overrated mark as a great then called one of the greats overrated. Mind boggling.
Apparently there's 1800 accredited journos on the AFL books. Just about matches the number of AFL HQ staff!
The best thing about Castagna marking the ball is that he looks more surprised than anyone else that he's managed to hold it.
I reckon Royce's in the 67 GF is better than Jezza's. It was years before I was born, but for aesthetics, degree of difficulty (off one step, no ride, all leap), and taking the ball at the highest possible point, it might be my favourite, most exemplary Australian football image of all time. I wish I'd seen him play, Dad and my uncle rave about him.
My Dad, too. He was there when Royce took that grab and could never quite believe it.I reckon Royce's in the 67 GF is better than Jezza's. It was years before I was born, but for aesthetics, degree of difficulty (off one step, no ride, all leap), and taking the ball at the highest possible point, it might be my favourite, most exemplary Australian football image of all time. I wish I'd seen him play, Dad and my uncle rave about him.
I was there but I was just a young kid.I reckon Royce's in the 67 GF is better than Jezza's. It was years before I was born, but for aesthetics, degree of difficulty (off one step, no ride, all leap), and taking the ball at the highest possible point, it might be my favourite, most exemplary Australian football image of all time. I wish I'd seen him play, Dad and my uncle rave about him.
As you say the reason that mark is so incredible is that he has no back to jump on. Pure leap
He was 19 years old In that game
