Phil Clarke makes a living talking e for money - and he's becoming increasingly obscure and nonsensical as time goes on. He still meanders to the end of a linguistic cul-de-sac and then stops dead without completing his point, probably when he realises he didn't have one to begin with, or fires out analogies and anecdotes that bear no relation to the issue at hand; many of which these days seem to be related to Football - or "the wigan club."

I use the pre-match build-up as an opportunity to complete household chores, or scroll through Twitter, or stare blankly at an empty wall with the TV on mute.

No it isn't

You are confusing the word bipolar with the illness "bipolar disorder". Bipolar means to describe 2 things that are "polar opposites".... Eg. The distance between the ground and your high horse

What a sad world we live in when people portray to be offended by this.

All rovers fans must be racist as we sing dirty b&w baskets to Hull players/fans. Would you take that as a reference to Vitiligo??

There is certainly a number of people who delight in being regularly offended,

There are also some people with bipolar attitudes on expanding the game.

When discussing Wayne Bennett being involved in a training or review session at Leeds, he described it as being an own goal by the RFL (fair enough)... or an own try (not a thing Phil).

Tbf, how many of us could chat away spontaneously without ever saying something a bit daft? I mispronounced my on name in conversation earlier today.

Phil Clarkes comments make me want to stuff his mouth with sh8t flavoured popcorn and tape it over.
I apologize, i know i have issues.

It's getting to the stage were saying anything is deemed offensive.

Bi polar had its place in the general lexicon long before it was used to describe what used to be commonly called manic depression.

I also dispare slightly when speach becomes limited as it impacts fundamental freedoms.

It also has to be taken into account the generations that people come from and their environment.

I would not expect my grandparents to be as quick to adopt non gender descriptions as say a 16 year old who may have grown up with that as common parlance.

I imagine soon all public comment will be curtailed for fear of causing offence, which will of course only benefit those opposed to Liberal democracy.

Does Phil Clarke talk tosh?

Alot of the time, yes.

Does he mean to cause offense to people with protected characteristics, No.


Sometimes intent is important.

The game was to start a mental health campaign ....
Maybe mentioning Bi-Polar in any form or intent was a tad inappropriate................ How many times have you heard a Rugby League side been compared as Bi-Polar

Hot and Cold . Inconsistent etc etc but Bi Polar at the start of a mental health campaign ...

Hes becoming more and more bizarre. Too many bangs on the head in his playing days. He should start his own cult

Anything can be bi-polar. Going from one extreme to another. The Earth is bi-polar, a sports team can be bi-polar, the weather can be bi-polar.

There’s nowt wrong with saying that.

As a mental health sufferer, I find it offensive when other people find offence in mild language which they think is offensive.

Why? Because people shouldn't be persecuted for minor things. It antagonizes people who want to support mental health and they might end up being resentful that they are painted to be a bad person for saying the slightly wrong thing, but with no ill intent.

Phil Clarke spouts a lot of nonsense, but this isn't the fight chief. Nothing wrong with what he said.

Can't see anything wrong with the comment.
To my knowledge no one has complained to Sky about the comment.

Why look for an issue when there isn't one.