Shut the F*ck up.

How many times has he said this season that the coach has sent the message out to do this and that.

Does he actually believe that the players cant think for themselves or is it that, he just cant help his gob saying sh ite

About time sky got rid

Pease follow the several other threads on this subject haha. Got to agree though had to flick between the rugby and what ever else I could find was driving me nuts.

The worst part today was "they should of been 7 up!" ... 5 minutes after half time, because Salford didn't go for a drop goal ... Before half time ... I just ... I can't even ...

That and Phil Clarkes "Salford have been OUTstanding here today" Eddie: "but they've still lost" <awkward silence> were beyond cringeworthy

what concerns me is potential new viewers may mistake them as knowledgable, I mean if it's the first time you've heard him call "for the one point" you wouldn't know about the other 50million ... Every single game

Noble sent out the message to put Fages into the first receiver and get Tim Smith out of the industry, and it worked.

I'd say enough 'messages' have been sent out regarding Stevo now. Enough already.

If I had the time or knowledge/capability I would create a Stevo soundboard app for all us RL fans to enjoy. Im sure it would be more amusing than it is on live TV. Every single game. I reckon only about 10% of what he says isnt cliche'd rubbish and thats being generous.

Lets be fair - there was a cracker last night after Harrison Hansens big hit :-

(Eddie) - ' That was out of the top drawer'
(Stevo) - ' Top Drawer? It was half the wardrobe'

Is there anyone out there that actually likes the Sky commentary?

Stevo is just way beyond cheese with his ancient catch praises and clueless out dated knowledge of the game.

Eddie, I believe he cant keep up with play and often misses the blatantly obvious. Example - Salford break around the 65 min mark, Fages loses the ball and Danny Tickle kills the danger by kicking the ball dead. Obvious viewing. Yet Eddie only noticed Tickle kicked the ball dead when it went to the video ref.

Phil Clarke - Obsessed with getting his head up the backside of the different flavour of the week. At the min he seems to be deep in love with Salford and is almost like their Lawyer in a court case making the best possible defence he can for them.

Im absolutely certain at least 95% of RL fans think Eddie, Stevo and Phil Clarke need to get axed, even the players on twitter consistent mock their knowledge. Why dont the Sky producers see this? Surely some sort of fan power needs to arise?

The contrast between the analysis from Sterling and Johns before the Souths/Roosters game and that from Clarke/Stevo & Co is incredible.

The first you actually learn something (Amazing eh? What a novel idea!). The second you just want to press “mute”.

The one small tiny ray of sunshine (and I'm clutching at straws here!) for me losing my SKY subsciption and having to watch highlights on SLTV is that I don't have to put up with the three amigos of Stevo, Eddie and Clarke.

I totally agree - they just don't bring the same quality as you find with the Aussie broadcasters (who actually know what is going on).

If Sky want to keep SL and the RFL want it to grow and attract a wider audience, then some rebranding and new blood is needed for it's telecast... because at present it just seems cheap - and the commentary team are at the centre of that.

I don't want to turn it into a "geographical debate" - but surely they can find commentators that don't all sound like they're from the same town - mix it up a bit and have some diversity - might then make it seem slightly more "national"

ps... I must be the only one that actually finds Eddie more irritating than Stevo - atleast Stevo is what he says on the tin.... a windbag. Eddie is just frustrating to watch - his love affair of Sam Tomkins whilst he was at Wigan and being the face of SL was just horrible to watch - I think that may have been why Sam wanted out of England - anyone have Eddie down as a stalker?!!

"got to get the message out, say, 'Come on..." and other bingoisms -

I can't make up my mind whether Stevo realises he does it, or how it grates, but the producer must inexplicably like bingoisms as he can hardly not notice, so you'd have to blame Sky.

You will only realise how much you miss them when they're gone. Unique, symbolic commentators.

I caught the pre-match of Bulldogs -v- Brisbane this morning, with Johns, Finch and Fittler looking at techniques for tackling Tony Williams. In terms of analysis it was a different class and, like you say, the viewer actually learns something about how the game is played.

Also, I watched the Footy Show for the first time last night. Bit too "laddy", but shows what can be done with a bit of effort, enthusiasm and more importantly by showing the personality of the players. Night and day compared to 'Boots and All'. There must be enough players in SL with enough personality to sit on a panel and crack a few jokes in front of an audience, rather than Cullen and Clarke chatting statistics.

I still find it hard to believe that we are stuck with the same commentary team and formats of programming that we had pre-Super League.

Having said that, I think that BackChat is a pretty good format and is the perfect platform for Stevo, rather than the full time presenting/commenting job.

No your not,

The senile old fool just waffles nonsense all game long, every game.

Take last night, he went on for about 5 minutes talking about whether Adrian Morley had ever played on Widnes pitch before.