Brian Taylor’s commentary through the Thursday night time qualifying last has come underneath assault from followers who tuned into the competition.
Collingwood held off a quick ending Melbourne to file the 9.6 (60) to 7.11 (53) victory and e book their place within the preliminary last.
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Despite the thrilling end, it was Taylor copping warmth from followers over his biased commentary for Channel 7.
Taylor performed 97 video games for the Magpies, booting 371 targets alongside the way in which, and has been placed on discover up to now from these tuning in over his tendency to skew his commentary in the direction of his previous aspect.
On Thursday night time followers have been calling him out for it once more.
One fan wrote on X (previously Twitter): “Brian Taylor should not be allowed to call Collingwood games. So biased commentator it’s a joke”.
Another wrote after Dan McStay was collected by Melbourne’s Jacob van Rooyen: “BT’s commentary around this was dead set putrid”.
A 3rd person wrote: “How to ruin watching football, listen to Brian Taylor call a Collingwood game”.
Taylor opened up previous to the finals kicking off relating to the place he stands forward of the 2023 Grand Final and whether or not or not he’ll be aside of the commentary crew.
While he could also be among the many prime in Channel 7’s secure of commentators, that alone received’t lock him into the largest recreation of the season.
“I think it’s more than individual, it’s a team that gets selected rather than an individual,’’ Taylor said on the latest episode of his Life of Brian podcast.
“It has been predominantly the Friday night team over the years that I’ve been at Seven. I don’t know what the history has been prior to that.
“I can honestly tell you right now as I stand here three or four weeks before the Grand Final — I don’t know if I’m doing the Grand Final. It’ll be a decision that will be made by the network as to which team should be doing the Grand Final because chemistry is of ultra importance.”
The resolution on the Grand Final commentary staff will all come right down to those that have carried out all through the season, in response to Taylor.
“I don’t know that I’m doing it, contractually there is nothing in my contract and as far as I know there is nothing in anyone else’s contract at Seven that says that they are entitled to do whatever games they are,’’ he said.
“You just get selected based on what the Channel 7 hierarchy want you to do. I would assume that boils down to you having a good year, you need to be in form, you need to be doing well and I think that’s how it’s selected.
“One thing I do know is on Grand Final day I think just about everyone in the team is doing something … everyone is involved in the broadcast somewhere along the line.
“There is no right to the berth on Grand Final day for any person within the Seven team, it’s got to be earned.”
Source: www.news.com.au
