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The use of technology fot technology's sake, pointless

Its embarrassing, imagine tuning in being a first time viewer of SL and seeing that.

2 litre bottle of unbranded cider and smelling of urine

It was brilliant with 14 minutes left and Wakefield winning by 8. Up pops Phil with his margin thingy saying Wakefield will win by 3 points and Clarke states "it's predicting the points to flow for Wakefield now"

How the hell will anybody be able to keep a straight face in the studio tonight when pieface starts banging on about his margin meter. If I was Phil Clarkes doctor I would have him in ASAP for some tests.

Think i'll contact sky and ask for a rebate on my subscription for wasting it on that pile of tosh. How did they ever think that it was a good idea???

No doubt we'll hear "what a success it is " and how the fans are loving it.

But enough about Phil Clarke. What do you think of the margin meter?

The Margin Meter was almost as pointless as the random names appearing near the clock after every tackle

Can't see why you're all knocking the margin meter. It's half-time prediction was very close as far as the winning margin was concerned. OK, so it got the winning team wrong, but many great inventions are subject to the odd 'teething problems'. I'm confident an intellect as mighty as Clarke's will soon iron this one out.

Once he's sorted it, the RFL could adopt Margin Meter as a sort of rugby equivalent of the Duckworth-Lewis to decide the result of games abandoned at half time due to floodlight failure.

That's unfair on Hull KR, we all know the highest probability of floodlights failing is at MS3 Craven Park!!!

One thing it has detracted from is the utter tripe the main commentary team talk through the game! Clarke has fallen victim of spending too long with the duo Eddie and Stevo!

I just wish the RFL and Sky would realise those two are way past their best (if they ever had a best!). Every penalty given those two said it was for something else when the officials hand signals were clear on screen! Both are still living in the past with tactics and how the game actually works now. Defending isn't textbook at this level yet Stevo still praises a tackle around the legs. I dread to think how a team coached by him would fare in todays world of RL!

I've said before both of them need to retire with Clarke maybe given the magazine show midweek. A commentary team that are knowledgable, up to speed with all things RL and know the rules for starters is what the game needs. Less witty banter and more information about what is going on would benefit the game as a whole.

As for the contraption Margin Meter, it doesn't work, never will work and should be scrapped after last nights performance! I do hope the Dr wasn't paid for producing such a waste of time!

That's actually an instructive comparison. For D/L in cricket, you have pretty well-defined 'resources' (wickets and overs left) from which you can make a reasonable - if sometimes baffling - estimate of the runs that would have been scored, based on how the team was doing in the match. I don't think a D/L equivalent for RL is likely to be as useful, as there aren't those kinds of defined resources. A run of penalties or point-scoring can give a side a long time in possession without reply; fitness differences tell in the last 20min, etc.