Disagree re TWG (my work situation has no bearing on that assessment, honestly) but agree that Trimmers is a find. He’s not the best football analyst in the country by a longshot (Fozz wins that battle, IMO) but Trimboli is an ornament to Fox’s coverage, which proves one thing: it’s not the profile of your playing career that is important, it’s what you have to say, your enthusiasm, your eye.

In my opinion Fox has an unfortunate habit of giving air time to commentators with bigger names over giving air time to better commentators with more interesting things to say. That is not going to change any time soon. So many times I’ve wished they’d mix up their on-air talent with some wildcards, but they never do. It’s all very predictable.

I preferred Bozza, too, I have to say, when he wasn’t used so readily. But he’s an asset to Fox, there’s no doubt about it. I’m very happy to see him kick on with his commentating career.

fox does a good job with excellent coverage. from nothing to this and people are complaining? it’s like the (admittedly sexist) joke goes, and replacing the department store for fox and the whingers as the woman …:

A department store opened in New York City that sold men and a woman decides to visit it in search of a husband.
At the store’s entrance, there’s a sign outlining the department store policy.
The first rule states that you can only enter the store once.
There are six floors and on each floor you can choose a husband or elect to move on to the next floor.
You cannot visit a floor more than once other than to leave the building.
The woman visits the first floor.
The sign reads:
· Men with jobs.
She moves on to the second floor:
· Men with jobs that adore children.
She moves on the the third floor where the sign reads:
· Wealthy men that adore children and are very handsome.
She thinks to herself, “that’s a very good deal” yet moves on to the fourth floor:
· Wealthy men that adore children, are very handsome and help with the household chores.
She decides to move on as things are constantly improving:
· Wealthy men that adore childern, are very handsome, help with the household chores and are very romantic.
The woman is about to make her purchase but can’t resist moving on to the sixth floor.
There the sign reads:
· You are visitor number 31,456,012 on this floor.
· There are no men here.
· This floor exists as proof that it is impossible to please women.

Its not live pay TV stole it from you.

PS go to the pub like thousands of penniless English backpackers manage to do every weekend.

My two flatmates are not into football at all but will happily watch anything with Bozza in it partly due to his propensity to drop the occassional life lesson (‘…these skills will serve you in football as well as in life’) and simply because he is a genuine guy with lots of character making the most of his second chance. He is humourous and entertaining.

As an Australian that’s something I thought everyone could get into

I like Harp’s because he is intellectual, Trimmers is perceptive, Kosmina (when he’s been given a go) is fatherly and Mike Cockerill is..well… a reporter.

Slater can be annoying, but I have also laughed quite a bit and he has a strong precesence and confidence about him.

And for me Peacock is the necessary straight man. He’s a professional, he doesn’t need to know everything about the game, he just needs to steer the ship.

I’m not sure what is meant Anglo-centric. I come from an Italian background and I don’t feel left out. I know that The World Game is probably more perceptive in their global analysis, but what issue are we addressing here?

If it is global football commentary, then Bosnich and Slater clearly aren’t your men

But matchday saturday is predominately Aleague and EPL. Both have played in the EPL and the Aleague is a new league that needs to be grown. As such, entertainment, hype and build up are more important that withering critiscm.

Save it for the more established leagues, where they have 100 years of history and are in an ongoing stage of refinment. In this country we are still trying to grown our football tree, no need to start trimming off the branches.

Then you wonder why no one cares about the A-League…

i know people who’ve criticised lack of free to air coverage, but that’s a seperate issue. i reckon fox sports do a fantastic job.