"The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It is nothing of the kind. The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom." Danny Blanchflower.
Might have been written by a footballer about football - but never a truer word............
Sounds good, hopefully the make a decent fist of it.
If it's done professionally it can only be good for the game. Hopefully it'll get away from the "flat cap and whippets" presentation delivered by Barry and Terry. We need to move forward!
Will Perry is doing it, so certainly not a flat cap type.. usually very funny
*Just read the article which confirms Perry is doing it
I’m interested to see how this goes actually. McDermott and O’Connor are obviously passionate about the sport but I think we’re behind other sports when it comes to analysis. Sean Long was in the studio before a game last season and he went into more detail in about 15 mins than those two have done since they got involved.
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The fella behind the documentaries is quoted in the League Express saying he wants RL to be a sport watched by Americans in bars, and wants the weekly show to look like a 'Nike advert' because he knows 'what is cool'. All the buzz words and sentences he used with the aim of exciting people made me cringe to be honest. But, I suppose I'm not the target audience for this show, strangely.
I suppose this in one of the conundrums in life - how do you attract the attention of potential new fans to a niche sport without creating something that doesn’t alienate the current supporter base? The show might be a bit like the early Super League era Bradford Bulls who attracted new viewers with a mix of pre-game entertainment and a variety of in-game singing which many traditionalists despised. Unfortunately, the efforts were transient and the Bulls 20,000 fan base is no more than a distant memory.
I suppose we'll just have to wait and see and judge for ourselves when the 1st episode airs this week.
The new season definitely has a different 'fresher' vibe to it. Some things may work, some may not but at least they appear to be trying now. I really liked the new advert to promote the season, thought it perfectly encapsulated what the sport is about, so I'm hopeful that the new content and ideas (new weekly TV programme and docuseries) will be good to watch.
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
The weekly show is on tonight but haven't yet found where/when the documentaries are are on. Anyone know?
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Don’t know what to make of her new show. When it first started I thought the set looked really cheap, with the two presenters not addressing the camera which also seemed to be miles away from them. I liked the alternative filming and camera angles from the GF and the filming of the Leeds team training. Burgess was a bit boring though. The feature with Hurrell watching the first game of last season was also underwhelming. I also thought they could have done a season prediction and some kind of profile and discussion of each team. The sound also didn’t sound right. Hope it gets better in the coming weeks.
Thought it was decent - a modern look to it. I think it will live and die by how interesting the guest is but I thought the features were good. I think they are trying to be a bit different in not doing the usual season preview/team profiles - there are umpteen of those around and in fact there’s one on before the game tomorrow, so I can see why they didn’t go down that route
Bloody SkyGo didn't work off my phone to record it.
I tend to agree. It was all a bit flat. I don’t like Will Perry as he’s just a bit of dick. The female presenter was a little bit pushed out.
As you say Burgess was boring. Didn’t mind the GF stuff. The game review has potential but Hurrell was a poor choice. I will stick with it as maybe it needs the season to start. Just wish Perry was not doing it. He reminds me of a Rugby League groupie.
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Enjoyed the angle, to be honest I get bored of the "how do you think saints will go?" "Yeah they'll be fine, they've not had many changes" same old.. I'd much rather see features such as the training feature, thought the grand final video was excellent..
George Burgess with his black hair was boring, but it was nice that Perry mentioned the gouging twice, he's probably not had many ask him that
It's worth remembering that Will Perry is an actual presenter, whereas Farrell isn't.
I definitely think having an actual presenter who knows about rugby rather than an ex player given 20 minutes of media training is an improvement.
George Burgess was boring but with better guests and more interesting segments as the season progresses - there’s not much you can discuss pre-season, we need a few incidents/controversial decisions to discuss.
I’ll stick with it and see how it goes.
Thought it was a decent start. Nice set up and the GF highlights were really well done. The TWP was quite annoying although I could see what they were trying to do.
Not a real fan of Perry, I thought he was quite wooden as was Lois who doesn't appear to be that well rehearsed in prestenting yet. Very early days and they will improve as they go on. They also weren't helped by Burgess and Hurrell having similar personalities of a pair of dead ants.
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Bit disjointed but did enjoy it.
I get what they are trying to do. But echo other sentiments on here, Burgess and Hurrell where poor choices as guests.
Tidy up the shaking cameras and a bit better audio.
I liked the female presenter. Would like to see her bit more involved with the interviews. To add to that, it was nice to see presenters who could string a sentence together.
I hope it is given time to evolve into something good for the game.