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Can Channel 9's delayed coverage be any more predictable?

25th August, 2010
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Roar Guru
25th August, 2010
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Thank goodness the finals are coming around because the delayed telecast on Channel Nine ruined the Tigers/Eels clash on Sunday. If you were watching the game delayed and knew that the time was 5:59pm when Luke Burt was lining up the kick to tie the game, you would have known that he was bound to miss.

A Channel Nine game never crosses into the news.

The telecast is so predictable. How would you have been if you were an Eels or Tigers fan and couldn’t get out to the game and you accidentally looked at your watch just before Burt was going to take the kick?

All tension that was built up throughout such a great contest would have been removed at that instance.

How unfair is that?

Another instance in where Nine’s delayed telecast is so predictable is that whenever a try is scored, the broadcast will shoot off to commercials. Therefore, when a team is lining up for a drop-out or a 40-20 kick is successful and advertisements start running, you know that a try will not be scored in the next set of six.

If, however, Channel Nine don’t go to a break after a try, you know that another try is to follow suit very quickly.

Ever watched the first Friday Night Football game just for the sake of it but are really waiting for the second one? Isn’t it frustrating to hear Ray Warren say “stay tuned, we have a game coming that goes right down to the wire.”

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Rabs obviously doesn’t care that the viewer wants to watch the first 65 minutes of the game.

I’m really looking forward to the finals and live footy. I won’t have to worry about hiding my phone and watch or prevent myself from checking the internet.

What do you suggest Channel Nine do next season to stop them from being so predictable?

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