Footy's back... On 7.

You know the footy is back on when you see Ben Cousin's getting his daily exercise;
Er, anyway, 7 has the AFL back, so I figured I'd tune it and watch seeing what it's like compared to 9 and 10 coverage. I'll admit, I'm not an avid football viewer- I watch a few games here and there that interest me, and whenever I think Port will lose... So really, I guess you could take my opinions as a grain of salt.

First of all, what the hell is up with the desk?Compare that to the desk Nine use to have;
That cap is from whatsonthetube.net; another great TV blog. Anyway, comparing those two, I know what one I'd much rather. But hey, maybe I'm overreacting; it is just a desk after all. So let's get to the other stuff.

The graphics are so-so. I really don't like the scoreboard in the bottom left hand corner. It just doesn't fit well down there. Shove it up top in it's traditional spot. The rest of the full screens seem kind of bland and generic; they're basically the same as the regular 7 Sports graphics, except they're more red. I also often see some pre year 2000 style of graphics when 7 previously screen AFL; maybe that's just me.

Now, the coverage itself... I felt there just wasn't enough camera angles being used. I don't want the same view for 20 seconds straight... It's a fast game. As for the commentators, McAvaney is great, though he seems to be dry compared to what he used to be. Maybe just age caught up with old Brucey. Schwarz is just terrible. Adds nothing, and God is he awkward. Cometti is always a champ, no probs there.

So, what's the verdict? Seven's coverage isn't as bad as some make it out to be... It's just not as good as it was, and for me it's not up there with Nine or Ten.

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