While the competition on the field will again be fierce in an AFL season beginning on Thursday, the battle for broadcast ratings off it will be just as intense.was one show to take the honours last year, almost shirt-fronting its primary mid-week rival,. But the latter, now rebooted and helmed by two new hosts, sports journalist Neroli Meadows and comedian Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann, has declared it is ready to again make a splash.
It's been a bit of a whirlwind few days for Meadows, who had her role confirmed and returned from a holiday in West Papua at 6am on Saturday to meet her new comrades as a "team" for the first time. While admitting the challenge is "scary", Meadows is ready for what awaits. "The number of tweets and social-media correspondence and Instagram direct messages, people have a real strong attachment to this show. It's a genuine thing. It's, obviously, scary but at the same time, I have never been someone who has chosen not to do something because it is a bit of a risk. I never want to be somebody that turns down an opportunity because it might not work out because the upside is so much greater.
"I think that has been missing a bit in the footy landscape. That has always annoyed me when people say that players never say anything, they don't have any personalities. I think they do and they do have a lot to say. I think this current crop of players, this generation, they have so much to say and they are so passionate about so many issues. I just think it is an untapped resource on television.
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agerealfooty Couldn’t believe it when I saw it....thought I was watching the wrong channel...”no” I said to myself...”couldn’t possibly”...but it’s true, a woman hosting The Footy Show. Stunned!
agerealfooty Don't do it Neroli! It's dead.
agerealfooty JC himself couldn’t save it.
agerealfooty Hope it goes well. Be good with some new faces
agerealfooty Ah now the AFLFootyShow has demised. Origsmartassam always reminded me of Mr Keating (Robin Williams) in Dead Poets Society, trying to stand up against a sheeplike society, & rather than just fire the teacher, Channel9 closed down Welton Academy.
agerealfooty Give it a chance before you negative nancies kill it off.
agerealfooty The Front Bar will be loving this
agerealfooty
agerealfooty Neroli deserves her opportunity. She has early the respect. Especially after her cricket work.
agerealfooty Why Neroli_M_FOX why
agerealfooty Can someone tell me who the lady is please, the last one wasn't known out of Victoria
agerealfooty Rebooted right out the door soon enough
agerealfooty DeanoTL 🤔
agerealfooty Lehmo should’ve stayed at 10. He’ll be unemployed again by years end.
agerealfooty good way to end your career
agerealfooty Still not watching.
agerealfooty Reeks of failure
agerealfooty Hate to say it but the show doesn’t sound like a ratings winner for Channel 9. They could have at least changed the name of the show.
agerealfooty Not for us. We switched off this program years ago.
agerealfooty You know what they say about dressing up a turd....
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