This season, they've often used Jacquelin Magnay, who writes for the Sydney Morning Herald, in a futile and somewhat cynical attempt to satisfy some of the show's critics and boost the female audience. It says a lot that the only woman they can get who knows a bit about the sport (League isn't her main thing I understand) is there only after pressure from the top to put her in. The whole situation's made worse in that she's like watching paint dry - or whatever the audio equivalent of that is! (all IMO, of course!)

As I said, the Nine Network and the media at large felt that the Footy Show was too 'Blokey' and was full of idiotic, chauvinistic nonsense. They were right, but that's why we all loved it - or at least I did!

So they've thrown in Vossy in an attempt to talk more footy, thrown in Magnay to add some token female presence and swapped all the lunacy and hi-jinx for super dull commercially sponsored segments, betting odds and longwinded discussions about chicken wing tackles and the like, were everyone ends up agreeing with one another anyway.

Fatty's never been a great presenter IMO - he can't read an autocue - but that has never really mattered because it was all a bit of a laugh. Now its all supposed to be so slick and Fatty just ends up looking crap. Both he and Matty Johns have also looked far from comfortable in their own skins at times this year, almost seeming to bite their tongues on occassion, when previously they'd have let rip.

The Footy Show is finished. Long live the Footie Show

Been on for ten minutes and they're not making much sense. Flailing in the face of a witch hunt.

Bilko wrote:It is - www.rugbyleagueontv.co.uk I've got it on at Midnight and not 10pm.

Bilko wrote:It is - www.rugbyleagueontv.co.uk I've got it on at Midnight and not 10pm.

Bet it's not fun for them and everything that has gone on.

Thought Gus Gould talked a lot of sense. At least they're not burying their heads in the sand, especially Matty Johns. Think the other culprits should hang their heads in shame for not owning up and letting him take the fall.

Finally a sports star who is actually prepared to apologise for his actions.

magnay has been good.

she knows a lot about RL.

not a bad sho wtonight

Gould only comes on when there is something important to talk about and his interviews are always superb.

see Andrew Johns and Sonny Bill Williams interviews for further proof

Trying to watch this now only the feed of mickey that setanta is its the only channel not getting signal. Would like to hear what they are saying about Matty Johns.

You can rely on Gus Gould to have a good blub on the show. No doubt the ratings were good. Call me cynical but Johns will be back in a couple of months after it all blows over and the woman has pilloried in the press as a slapper who was gagging for it. It's a bit more mileage in it yet to get the names of the other boofheads out in public.

Fatty looks as happy as if he'd just bitten on a Big Mac and found a fresh cow pat in there.

The NRL is in a fecking awful state. The Footy Show is dying.

The whole situation is ridiculous.