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| Quote: Dunbar "Quote: Dunbar "Jon Wells is pretty good, seems like a natural to me and I would like to see him progress from the pitchside to play a bigger role. Carney and Baz are good as pundits with a bit of craic. Tez and Offiah for me are just awful.'"
I can see Jon Wells being the main summariser if the Eddie and Stevo show are shown the door (I wouldn't mind Eddie and Wells in tandem to be honest)
I know that people like Stevo and consider him a character but I would prefer the commentary team to be informative rather than just funny! (plus, I'm sure that Wells' tactical insight will be a little more than "a little chip over the top" - if I hear that phrase one more time from Stevo, I'll throw my beer through the TV)'"
I agree with Big Ask re Wells, Carney, McDermott and O'Connor & Offiah.
I also agree with you re Stevo. Maybe keep him for pre-match, half-time & post-match stuff, but leave the commentary to Eddie & Wells with Carney & McDermott chipping in. |
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| Quote: Dunbar "Whether you agree or disagree with what he said (or believe that he should have been fired for saying it), the reason SKY have these articles on the site is to create comment and generate activity – I would guess it did both of those
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Keys and Gray generated activity and comments...
'Pundits' should have to account for the crap they come out with. |
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| Quote: Dunbar "I can see Jon Wells being the main summariser if the Eddie and Stevo show are shown the door (I wouldn't mind Eddie and Wells in tandem to be honest)
I know that people like Stevo and consider him a character but I would prefer the commentary team to be informative rather than just funny! (plus, I'm sure that Wells' tactical insight will be a little more than "a little chip over the top" - if I hear that phrase one more time from Stevo, I'll throw my beer through the TV)'"
My personal favourite is
'He's got to get the message out' |
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| Quote: Beastwood "Keys and Gray generated activity and comments...
'Pundits' should have to account for the crap they come out with.'"
Keys and Gray were caught off camera/microphone so it is a very different issue
Either Clarke's piece went through an internal process at SKY to validate the suitability of the content or it has passed by without SKY being motivated to look at it
Say what you like about Clarke and what it says about him but the remarks he made are not in same category as the sexist one's extolled by Keys and Gray
p.s. I’m not defending Clarke’s comments, I thought they were immature at best and vindictive at worst |
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| Quote: Dunbar "I can see Jon Wells being the main summariser if the Eddie and Stevo show are shown the door (I wouldn't mind Eddie and Wells in tandem to be honest)
I know that people like Stevo and consider him a character but I would prefer the commentary team to be informative rather than just funny! (plus, I'm sure that Wells' tactical insight will be a little more than "a little chip over the top" - if I hear that phrase one more time from Stevo, I'll throw my beer through the TV)'"
Gonna be off down to the Sony shop on saturday then arent you  |
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| Quote: Dico "Gonna be off down to the Sony shop on saturday then arent you ![]()
And again on Sunday!
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| dont forget the 'they need to try something different' that always precedes 'like a chip over the top' |
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| Quote: Dunbar "I would suspect that the management at SKY would prefer their pundits to write interesting and thought provoking articles to be honest
Whether you agree or disagree with what he said (or believe that he should have been fired for saying it), the reason SKY have these articles on the site is to create comment and generate activity – I would guess it did both of those
As for whether he should have sacked due to the content, I would be surprised if the management team at SKY even noticed it let alone felt it was a disciplinary issue'"
What Clarke said lacked class. It was crass and insensitive and the only thought it provoked was 'what a kn0b' and its knee-jerk idiocy was only matched by a noisy minority of Wigan fans who embarrassed their club.
There is a vast difference between thought provoking and controversial, and just offensive. There was nothing in what Clarke said bar offence. No further debate to be had. It didnt highlight anything or help the game move forward. It was just a mean spirited and offensive rant. |
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| Quote: Big Ask "My personal favourite is
'He's got to get the message out''"
I prefer "they've got to utilisise the dummy runner," usually said straight after a move involving three or four dummy runners has been used. |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "What Clarke said lacked class. It was crass and insensitive and the only thought it provoked was 'what a kn0b' and its knee-jerk idiocy was only matched by a noisy minority of Wigan fans who embarrassed their club.
There is a vast difference between thought provoking and controversial, and just offensive. There was nothing in what Clarke said bar offence. No further debate to be had. It didnt highlight anything or help the game move forward. It was just a mean spirited and offensive rant.'"
I'm not arguing with you
As I have stated 4 or 5 posts below the one you have quoted "I’m not defending Clarke’s comments, I thought they were immature at best and vindictive at worst" |
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| Quote: vikingsmurf "dont forget the 'they need to try something different' that always precedes 'like a chip over the top' ![]()
Omg, I find this so annoying! If teams tried this as much as Stevo suggested, it definitely would not be something different >.<
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Or the quite often used "(insert head coach) will be furious!"
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Don't forget about the skill factor.
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