It's painful listening to his cliche ridden boll^cks. I really liked him as a player and the few times I've spoken to him he seems a nice guy, but he's god-awful as a commentator.

Which one went into a diatribe in the second half about Broughton?

By the time he’d recanted his tale, the set was over.

Every time he opens his mouth to speak he starts or finishes with "Eddie". It's really annoying. He's obsessed with saying either "Big , or powerfull, or strong "

That was Barrie Mac, opining about Broughton's qualification as a quantity surveyor; it tells a story when someone with an education is a thing of wonder.

Imagine him trying to do the same thing with the England RU team?

Couldn't Sky just replace O'Connor with the Churchill dog? They're visually similar but the canine wins hands down when it comes to intelligent conversation.

I like O'Connor as a fella, he is fairly knowledgable about the game, but he's just not a good fit for TV punditry....
I find his tone of voice excruciating.... He always sounds like he's trying really hard to first of all try and hide his accent, then to try and sound intellectual and finally sound sincere in everything he's saying - so he ends up sounding really false... I watched the Leeds game back on TV and felt his tone really made the game seem downbeat and stale... Certainly doesn't whip up an atmosphere or the excitement levels...

Stevo back next week in place of 'Baz and Tez'... praise the lord.

And i never thought i would be agreeing to that

The sooner Carney gets the main gig the better.

He struggles to string a sentence together without stumbling over his words.

I must say, I find these threads incredibly tedious.

It is though- sadly few teams will allow their players the flexibility of being a professional rugby player whilst learning or training in an alternative profession. It's quite unusual for someone to have got a degree and then further professional qualifications in an area outside of sport. Youngsters aren't able to do a-levels etc - A few players do their coaching badges or sports degrees but little outside that.