Pathetic.

LOL, so you've no actual comeback to that then, is that because I'm right and you're wrong and you've no way of actually showing what Mike Stephenson has contributed to RL aside from his playing credentials (he got paid for that and it was his job btw) and a few handouts to amateur rugby league teams that thousands of people across the country do week in week out?
What of that is incorrect/inaccurate?
So, I ask again, what has Mike Stephenson ACTUALLY done for the game of RL over and above many others that has a positive contribution to the sport as a whole. I've given him credit for backing the heritage museum, so what is left???
You going to say his devotion to sporting commentary/summerising, purleeease, he gets paid a lot of money to spout a load of old crap and has done for years.

I can't even say he's past it because he was never there to begin with as he's always being shockingly poor throughout..got lucky on the back of his past career, nothing more.

So come on, please come up with a better comeback than 'pathetic' which is what your response was...

I think that Stevo often gets stuck about what to say hence the amount of rubbish/invention he comes out with. At least he is contradicted by the other commentators who clearly disagree with him - they too are not always blameless.

Stevo aside my big moan is about radio commentaries.

I recently crossed radio boundaries from Hull to Leeds and Manchester whist listening to game commentaries.
I would like to know from the radio where on the pitch the team in possession are, which player has the ball, which number tackle of the six and regular score updates. I realise that there are stoppages and then I am happy to listen to chit chat until the game gets going but please commentators keep me informed!

An example of my issues about radio commentaries is when listening to a Salford versus Widnes game last season at one point of what sounded like strong Widnes attacking the commentator announced that Widnes were one yard from the Salford line. He then immediately announced that "this is Radio Manchester on frequency blah, blah, blah......." then never mentioned the specifics of the game for approx a minute when he finally mentioned a scrum on the 20 metre line. Clearly there was no score at that time but they never commented on the missing detail.

I accept the local support aspects of radio commentaries and even enjoy the bias sometimes but please can they keep me informed.

For the last couple of seasons i have watched the Sky coverage, but listened to any radio coverage i could find. I found that increasingly i was just listening to the radio.. I have not renewed Sky Sports this year, and i'm not missing it thus far.