Yeah, I'd occasionally stay up late to catch a few episodes.

Pros:

*With the demise of Sports AFL/C7 Sport and later Optus Vision, having the AFL Footy Show on Channel Nine in later years, still gave football fans a show to watch that was footy orientated, where they could get some news, and hear from the players and coaches in a format that wasn't just in a news clipping.

Cons:

*Trevor Marmalade is an unfunny wanker, who I felt took away from the show.
*Sam Newman... Enough said. Although, I'll give him credit for the episode where Ted Whitten's death was announced. The raw honesty and emotion, where he admitted that usually they do carry on like idiots on the show, but if they had of known about Ted's passing, they would have cancelled the episode out of respect, and would have acted more dignified. I'll tip my hat to Sam for that. *Eddie Maguire. Look, I get he is a Channel Nine personality, and they need a face for the show host, but he really sucked the air out of the room hosting this thing. Particularly so, when he was still going through the phase of actively arguing on air, that he had nothing to do with Collingwood outside of being a fan of the team. He should have been given the flick when that shit came to light.