Why does Phil Gould hate the Roosters now?

[A Country Member]

i'd keep the volume on if they just had the noise from the ground. they could put a few mics somewhere so we can hear what the players are saying and a few around the crowd to create atmosphere. they could have a sound engineer to coordinate everything. stats could be displayed during breaks in play.

They had that function on Fox about 15 years ago. Press the red button. You could get the ref or even just the crowd ambience.

[A Country Member]

haven't you heard of the mute button?! if you listen to the commentary you've only got yourself to blame. i use the mute and listen to music and unmute if it seems necessary

What music do you like listening to when watching footy?

[ism22]

i'd keep the volume on if they just had the noise from the ground. they could put a few mics somewhere so we can hear what the players are saying and a few around the crowd to create atmosphere. they could have a sound engineer to coordinate everything. stats could be displayed during breaks in play.

You can probably get rid of it by turning down the volume of your centre channel if that helps.

I used to like it when Roy & HG did a commentary on the radio so that you could just turn the TV volume down and tune into their bantz. Their stuff was good because they just took the p!ss outta everybody and had no clear agenda.

Does anybody do something similar these days? TBH I've sat next to random footy fans at games who know their stuff better than a lot of commentators. As an Easts fan I wouldn't mind having somebody who loves our team (e.g. a Roosters Radio kinda team) do a commentary.

[stringaz]

They had that function on Fox about 15 years ago. Press the red button. You could get the ref or even just the crowd ambience.

Yea! That was a great feature. Probably got rid of it so we couldn't hear referees talk about margins and what not.

[zac]

God help us if they put a few mics in the chookpen !

sometimes feels like there's a few megaphones here

[zac]

What music do you like listening to when watching footy?

depends on the mood. i listened to radio jazz during the first half of monday's game and a live recording cold chisel cd i'd found on the street during the second ...

[Kelby]

It is hard listening to him call the Roosters games because he's tougher on them than any other team.

"Terrible kick, terrible pass, they're clueless here".

I think people actually complained about him a season or two ago when Souths put 60 on us.

Does anyone have any theories about why he's so tough on them? He's been like this for years.

Because he expects more from us like the rest of us.

[player 1]

You can probably get rid of it by turning down the volume of your centre channel if that helps.

I used to like it when Roy & HG did a commentary on the radio so that you could just turn the TV volume down and tune into their bantz. Their stuff was good because they just took the p!ss outta everybody and had no clear agenda.

Does anybody do something similar these days? TBH I've sat next to random footy fans at games who know their stuff better than a lot of commentators. As an Easts fan I wouldn't mind having somebody who loves our team (e.g. a Roosters Radio kinda team) do a commentary.

With major league baseball there are home team sympathetic commentaries. I do get so sick of commentaries death riding us every single game. We aren't even contenders this year - maybe they could lose the tall poppy tag they apply to us.

[A Country Member]

I think the overall standard in game calling and commentary is substandard. Of the lesser know callers, I think Brenton Speed is one of the better.

[Mickie Lane]

Without all the commentators the game wouldn't have near the hype it gets.
The NRL is its own soap opera & all the commentators play a big part on how all of us feed into it.
Gus is sweet, he doesn't dislike any team, he's more of a whacky professor of Rugby League whos knowledge of Rugby League is vastly more than any of us. Some people on here cannot handle 1 bit of criticism of the Roosters yet want to criticise other teams or agree when another team is being criticised.

[Johnny Brass]

I think the overall standard in game calling and commentary is substandard. Of the lesser know callers, I think Brenton Speed is one of the better.

Speedy is a terrific all round commentator in a variety of sports not just rugby league.