Anybody else still miss ReUnion?
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@Bones said in Anybody else still miss ReUnion?:
@MN5 said in Anybody else still miss ReUnion?:
Not at all. I'm glad Tony Johnston and his bum chin have been put out to pasture.
Target audience.
They should get Mex and Ken ‘Second man play’ Laban to host a show. It would be unbeatable.
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Never watched ReUnion. I like the breakdown, I like JK, he's a great dude and though he's a one eyed Jafa, as someone said above, he isn't afraid to he controversial. I like Bernadine Oliver-Kerby as well, probably coz she's diehard Chiefs Mana. No issues for me but like I said I can't compare to ReUnion.
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I barely watch/ed either, other than watching rugby, I come here for my rugby chat and analysis...can you tell :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:
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@taniwharugby said in Anybody else still miss ReUnion?:
I barely watch/ed either, other than watching rugby, I come here for my rugby chat and analysis...can you tell :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:
Awful analysis, incorrect conclusions, zero insight
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@Yeetyaah the problem with JK is that he appears to have little to no clue or depth to his analysis. Amazing human being, but goddamn I don't want him anywhere near a rugby team coaching position. How he got and kept the Blues coaching job I have no idea.
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@nzzp James Parsons is someone I reckon should be looking at that side of things once he finally hangs up his boots, never rated him as a player, but hearing him speak seems to be pretty onto it with his analysis, not to mentioned seems a top bloke too!
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@taniwharugby said in Anybody else still miss ReUnion?:
@nzzp James Parsons is someone I reckon should be looking at that side of things once he finally hangs up his boots, never rated him as a player, but hearing him speak seems to be pretty onto it with his analysis, not to mentioned seems a top bloke too!
absolutely agree. Great human being, tries his guts out, a leader, but just a bit small for top level rugby it appears.
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@taniwharugby I like what James Parsons has to say, too. Corey Flynn is similar; I like his radio commentary.
I find Sir JK as annoying as hell. Always yelling over the others; spewing a lot of nonsense. And as some others said, too much fanboying on the Breakdown (not only SJK) and too little analysis.
I like their live interviews more, but like @akan004 said, they assumed too much that what McLennon said was 100% true and that's typical for the programme. Still, it's for the interviews that I still watch the Breakdown.
1014 Rugby came closest to what I want to see. If they would combine that with a news section, it would be a great programme.
Instead of Re:union, I just watch the match highlights.
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@Yeetyaah said in Anybody else still miss ReUnion?:
There was a YouTube show called ruggamatrix or something on YouTube a couple of years back that I thought was quite good, just a couple of Aussies but they put their bias aside. I think they had to stop due to lack of funding.
That was hosted by Djuro Sen and Ben Kimber and was top notch. Sen is no longer there but Kimber has started a new podcast with Morgan Turinui called The Rugby Ruckus. They are both generally pretty fair although in recent times Kimber has been fairly one sided with his reporting of the TT/RC negotiations.
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Meg should be used more on a show like Breakdown to analyse games. While he knows SFA about the laws of the game I enjoy his insight about how the backs are aligned and what was done to manipulate the defence. Mexted was the same on Re:Union in an analysis role, but was poor as a commentator.
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As I'm in Oz I don't watch the Breakdown, but I used to really like Reunion, TJ was good on that show in an opposite way to how shit he is when commentating the Invitational Chequebook XV, Crusaders, Canterbury and but for different reasons the Blues/Auckland.
Reunion in its heyday struck the right balance of analysis/highlights of games and fluff pieces. The few episodes of the Breakdown I've seen seem quite slight in comparison on the analysis.
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Love The Breakdown, I think it is excellent.
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@Nepia said in Anybody else still miss ReUnion?:
As I'm in Oz I don't watch the Breakdown, but I used to really like Reunion, TJ was good on that show in an opposite way to how shit he is when commentating the Invitational Chequebook XV, Crusaders, Canterbury and but for different reasons the Blues/Auckland.
Reunion in its heyday struck the right balance of analysis/highlights of games and fluff pieces. The few episodes of the Breakdown I've seen seem quite slight in comparison on the analysis.
Agree with all of this except I can't comment on The Breakdown. Have never seen it.
With regard to SJK. He was never that on to it as a coach or analyst. And being "controversial" doesn't necessarily indicate a greater intellect. Something a few talk show hosts seemed to forget.
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