By DANNY BUTTLER
FOOTY is back on the box and it’s more of the same from the Seven team.
The marquee Friday night game (or Thursday night for the Easter opening round) saw Bruce McAvaney and Dennis Cometti wheeled in for their increasingly tiresome double act.
Cameron Ling and Wayne Carey will be special comments men, while Tim Watson and Matthew Richardson ride the boundary.
The opening game offered a glimpse of the sparkling repartee viewers can expect for the next six months.
At one point, Matthew Richardson offered an opinion that proved incorrect. Bruce shot back with a remark about not following Richo’s tips at Randwick races on Saturday, then turned his focus back to the game.
“You could say this game’s an each way bet,“ Bruce quipped with comic timing not seen since Bill Shorten’s last zinger.
The one thing Friday night football had going for it was Leigh Matthews, a man who doesn’t always say a lot, but is worth listening to when he does open his mouth.
In typical Channel Seven fashion, they thought Leigh might be getting a bit long in the tooth to attract younger viewers, bringing in 40-something Wayne Carey to fill his shoes. That’ll get the kids away from their iPads.
Saturday night is the domain of the very excitable Brian Taylor, who brings a sense of levity to the broadcast that seems to infuriate most viewers.
Judging by last Saturday night, it will be more of the same again with Brian screaming, Matthew Richardson playing the clown and somebody else filling the gaps when BT is out of breath and Richo is out of ideas.
Seven calls itself the home of footy, buts it is a home that most would leave if they would ever give us the chance.
– Danny Buttler
