FOOTY CHAT # 14 recorded 29/5/23 (4:19)

A quick look at the Crows abysmal performance in Ballarat vs Bulldogs and a summary of their commendable win vs Saints whilst at the same time asking for a fair go in the face of criticism that his commentary style goes off on too many tangents and isn't always as relevant as it could be. Approx 5 mins.

As the Dreamtime Round approaches Big Bob remembers his own dream time when the game was different and also joins the dots between the unseemly tone of the booing that has cropped up latey linking it to the demise of the Christmas panto. Approx 7 mins.

Big Bob is frustrated by the number of umpires on the field and asks the questions that require answers - are there too many? do they know what they are doing?do they know the rules? do they know how long 50 metres actually is (give or take 10 metres or so)? Approx 4 mins.

Big Bob brings his experience as a footballer, commentator and yodeller as he sums up the Crows chances to defeat the reigning premiers on the cigar shaped home turf. Approx 5 mins.

Big Bob is speechless as he sums up the Crows game Vs Magpies - he puts it down to bad kicking and bad tactics. Approx 3 mins.

Big Bob goes back to the one and only time he was reported and subsequently suspended for 2 weeks. Despite the injustice of this it gave him the opportunity to defend his woodchopping title at the EKKA. Approx 5 mins.

Big Bob celebrates the success of the first Gather Round held in Adelaide as well as the place of coffee in the game and reminisces about the days of the interstate football carnivals and the hi-jinx the players were prone to get up to in those bygone days.