Rumour getting around the traps is that Phil Cleary has been dumped from the ABC panel that broadcasts games live on Saturday's.
Even though at times Phil carries on a bit I am a great supporter of his comments etc as he truly loves the competition.
If you agree we should find an email address at the ABC to complain about the decision, what do you think?
I just still don't get what ABC management were thinking when they deciding to not have him as part of the coverage.
Bring back Cleary - full time in the box.
Couldn't have put it easier myself.
He should be there - he is VFA/VFL footy
Correct.
What make the loss of Cleary on a regular basis more painful is that:
(a) They rotate Phil and Ross on alternate weeks so the two are never on together. It is their banter which I enjoy most.
(b) We have to put up with the irritating and horrible stuttering of Darren Boyd every week. The ABC see something in his commentary that I and others certainly don't see. Even last week he popped up on 3WBC calling the Box Hill game and his co-commentator Ben Brady was much better and easier to listen to.
How about rotating Darren Boyd out every third week? Then they could pair up Booth calling and Cleary on the boundary.
You have a complete disdain for Boyd and although he has some negative points, I don't think he is as bad as you make out to be Footyman.
Well you know him through the netball so you've got every right to stick up for him.
I just think he's lucky to have a gig at the ABC when there are a lot better talents out there calling football on any number of community stations throughout Victoria. I'd love to know how he landed the gig with Aunty.
Commentators are a personal thing though, you only have to go on forums such as Bigfooty to see how divided audiences are on commentators such as McAvaney, Russell, Hunt, McGuire, Walls and even the press like Wilson and Sheahan. When it comes to media, what one man finds painful, another man considers excellent.
He called EFL football with Eastern FM and Channel 31 for a number of years, so I suspect the ABC saw something in him based on his calling from that particular league.