Matthew Richardson has acquired an apology after he was criticised by a soccer determine.
The Richmond legend was side-swiped by the Footy Almanac’s Smokie Dawson over his commentary with Channel 7 in the course of the Western Bulldogs’ win over Fremantle on Friday night time.
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“Matthew Richardson seems to be a lovely fella. But if he is the best we can do in regards to “special comments” then Ch7’s licence must be revoked,” Dawson wrote on Twitter.
Richardson, probably the most common figures in Australian soccer, responded by acknowledging the remark — one thing the 48-year-old has made a behavior of doing in current occasions.
Richardson wrote: “Thanks for the feedback Smokie, enjoy your weekend. Hope 7 don’t lose their license though as I might have to hit up Footy Almanac for an (sic) football analyst role.”
The tweet ended with a thumbs up emoji.
Dawson on Monday issued a public apology for the remark.
“I apologised on the weekend to Richo for what was a poor attempt at humour on my part,” he wrote.
Richardson additionally attracted criticism for radio commentary on 3AW on Sunday with one Twitter person saying the three-time All-Australian was placing unfair stress on the Blues.
His tongue-in-cheek reply of “cheers” was sufficient for many followers to squirm.
It has been a turbulent yr for the Channel 7 commentary staff.
Seven’s Tom Browne was earlier this month in a heated dialogue with a soccer journalist contained in the Carlton change rooms.
The confrontation occurred after Seven’s Brian Taylor was slammed for what many mentioned was blatant one-sided commentary throughout Collingwood’s loss to the Brisbane Lions.
Browne challenged soccer journalist Marc McGowan after the Nine Newspapers reporter criticised Taylor’s commentary on Twitter.
Taylor was final weekend slammed once more by some commentators over his ambush to ask Swans star Isaac Heeney to pop on the scales throughout a reside TV section after Sydney’s win over Richmond.
Source: www.news.com.au
