Jonathan Brown said on Nova 100 breakfast today that Fox Footy would mark Round 23 of the current AFL season as House of the Dragon Round, to coincide with the debut of Game of Thrones prequel on Foxtel on August 22. He said he and colleagues like Nick Riewoldt and Sarah Jones did a promotional shoot at the MCG yesterday.
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Absolutely ridiculous
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Is this satire?
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Anything for a bit of cross-promotion, I wouldâve thought that the GOT themed round in 2019 was enough for them not to do that again, was cringeworthy then, is cringeworthy now.
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Kelli Underwood mistakenly called GWS the âorange teamâ yesterday.
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It wasnât a mistake. It was unacceptable.
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I donât dislike Kelli as an individual and think she cops too much hate for things she canât control, but far out she needs to do better as a broadcaster in terms of preparation and presentation. You can tell from the video when she pauses, she canât remember who GWS are.
There were several times in that game when she said things incorrectly, such as player names and general english, such as âswitched the flickâ during the 2nd half. She just needs to take a deep breath before she calls and calm herself down before she opens her mouth and speaks. Itâs a shame that Fox have someone like Jess Webster whoâs actually capable of doing Play by Play and havenât used her on a Menâs game, hopefully next season.
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Jess Webster is amazing, Fox need to use her more often.
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Pretty much nailed it there.
You do have to wonder (and yes, Iâm totally going to be that person) if the same amount of online hate would have happened if someone like say, Brian Taylor or Dwayne Russell had made that blunder. Something tells me that probably wouldnât be the case.
With that said, by any standard that was an awful error. Yikes. So much so that The Front Bar featured it in the first five minutes last night. I wonder if she had a moment of stage fright or a sudden bout of anxiety, because an error like that is very rare.
On a positive note, I would really like to see Jess call a game on TV - have heard her on ABC Radio and sheâs a solid caller! Hereâs hoping Fox give her that chance.
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I feel like it wouldâve been the same to be honest, given it was a pretty major cock up that was broadcast live after all. Good to see the Front Bar Boys take the Mickey out of it as well.
The bio of the Giants Twitter & Instagram read - the orange team, itâs back to normal now
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To be honest I donât even think Kelli had an error with forgetting who the GWS Giants were, it was just a clumsy turn of phrase that was made painfully obvious by the pause.
She has her ups and downs but the reality is people watch her more because she is the only woman calling regularly on TV. Iâd love to see Jess Webster get a go as well - just not instead of Kelli. The more variety in the box the better I think.
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With the Dogs a chance of getting into the top eight with a victory (and then a chance of getting knocked out again by Carlton), Fox Footy are running a live ladder graphic.
If the Dogs win and Carlton are fighting to get back in the eight, it will be interesting to see if Seven do something similar or if Fox run the graphic on top of Sevenâs feed.
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That is quite smart
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i love when they do this, no doubt they will keep it for the saints sydney and blues pies game, they did this last year with the brisbane vs west coast, where they needed to pump west coast to secure top 4.
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Fox Footy to televise the All Australian & other Awards on Wednesday with AFL360 during the dinner break. First time in two years that the AA night has been held live in the room and not televised as a pre-recorded event.
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Not showing on the Collingwood v Carlton game yet but itâs updating on the Hawks v Dogs game as the Carltonâs percentage has taken a hit in that game.
Hopefully if dogs hang on and itâs still needed they will find a way to keep it on in the other game if itâs still close. Maybe over where they have the scores from other games, that might actually be what theyâre waiting for.
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St Kilda is basically out of the running now with their poor percentage but Sydney is chasing top 4 so the live ladder will be handy
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I guess itâs a graphic the OBs have access to but not Pres. Seven have flashed up a live ladder graphic a handful of times but nothing permanent sadly.
