I seriously don’t get it. AFL commentary is absolutely fkg appalling. How on earth does it make money?
Totally agree with the highlighted bit above and it’s applicable to most AFL accredited media.
Port granted a potential no.1 2026 draft prospect as an NGA after they found DNA heritage? Pretty big news… unless you are the AFL.
Any coincidence AFL released this on the same day as the 2026 fixture?
Only 4th top article ranking on AFL.com news… surprised they even bothered to cover it.
Ranked above it - interesting formats clubs used in their fixture releases.
Dermie and Foxtel have parted ways
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Shame. I liked Dermie. I think he sees and explains the game very well.
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When he talks footy he is good but he goes off on tangents from time to time and it is so annoying. I remember one game he was talking about the tape on the goal umpires flag for a good 5-10 minutes, just pointless drivel
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He is great, however he explains things expecting us to know what’s happening off the ball when we can’t see it on screen but he can. I think he thinks we have access to the same vision as him
Commentary teams are becoming so bland. May as well have an AI commentary team with the people being brought in. Too many professionals.
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They removed the wrong blonde from Fox.
I’m happy they have kept Sarah Jones
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“…Who is your tip for today, Dermott”
“I’m going to say Essendon”
“I disagree, I’m going to go with the Bombers”
Ahh, it’s all been downhill commentary wise for Dermott since AFL Live 2004.
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Derm would be the best special comments guy in the game if he kept his thoughts to 15sec or less. But he goes on for ages and tries to turn everything into some sort of science lesson
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Bland, stupid, poor speakers…
If you have all three you’re a walk up start for an AFL match day commentary gig
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Remember the blokey locker room style pregame chats the commentary team would have. Every now and then one of the participants forgot they were live on air and would think they were back in a blokey locker room before playing in the game. In the worst cases led to some sackings.
Or Rexy going nuts live and coming out with a massive rant.
Ah, fun times. Its all quite sanitary now.
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