I'm surprised to hear such praise for Clare Balding in this particular thread considering the appalling way she put down Brian Noble a couple of years ago for his pronunciation of a word ("calibre", I think) at our cup semi against Catalans.

Eddie's comment to Brian Carney wasn't necessary but the man has rugby league in his blood which Clare does not.

Stevo is the most annoying for me. At a time of record viewing figures he insists on looking for unnecessary controversy which comes across badly to the viewing public.

Whilst Phil is an intelligent member of the Sky team his pro-Wigan stance isn't acceptable. He could learn a few things from Gary Neville who has been impressive in his impartial approach to football commentary (& that's from a Liverpool fan!).

Very impressed with Jon Wells & Brian Carney.

Carney, Wells, McDermott and O'Connor are bearable. Get rid of the other 3. It amazes me how Eddie keeps his job when he manages to mistake players on regular occurrences.

I couldn't have hated a player more than I did RatBoy "Feed the Goat" Chuckle while he was playing the game. What a tw@! But watching him now on Sky, he is by far the best footy pundit there is.

Brian Carney is brilliant. Jon Wells has impressed me. And I do like Barry and Terry too.

I think most of them need canning, including Barry and Terry.

Get some Australians on who have had some form of media training.

Well Eddie has been a professional broadcaster for over 30 years Carney has been a rugby player and got a degree (but not in broadcasting) Eddie was on Radio Merseyside for years before he went to Rugby League and probably if you work with muppets long enough you become one!! as the rest of the Sky team are.

O'Connor is an imbecile. He has never said or done anything of value apart from that time he pointed at Neil Cowie when the Fletch was calling him a fat Josh Charnley.

That is my view as well. McDermott is not much better, he is a like a fatter, more stupid Paul Cullen and doesn't really say anything incisive.

Like people have said, Clarke is the best if he could stop being a Wiganophile.

I can just picture the scene.
The credits roll, and the producer says into Slim's earpiece "cut to Slim"

Slim "Good evening, and welcome to tonight's match. Joining me in the commentary box, will be that Pie Eating Know Nowt, Odemwingie, who'll be spouting his usual b0ll0x, and touchside will be Rogues Gallery, but don't expect input from him. Somebody asked him a question about the Huddersfield game, on a well known website, and he hasn't come up with an answer, over a month later!.

I would suggest that Rogues has forgotten more than you will ever know Mr.Lefty Goldblatt!!

H is quite old, bless him. The mind does go.

You think he has just forgotten what Bridge did at Huddersfield?

I seem to recall we were calling him a fat Bobbie Goulding, rather than a fat 80s lesbian.

Maybe, maybe not.

May I humbly suggest that you now roll over, and stop taking all the bedclothes away from Mr Gallery, there's a good chap. I think there's a bit of a "love-in" going on, eh?

during commentary Wiggy belts out that Warrington Last won at wigan in 1973 (yes he said "seventy three"icon_wink.gif and then they lost the next 17 consecutive matches until they won at the DW in 2000 and something....

Now He has obviously misread 1993 for 1973 but both cretins then go on about it as fact and Stevo says well that period was wigans best ever so its hardly suprising..

but as a proud Wire fan of the 80's we had one of if not the best record against the pie crusters at central park than anyone else and these two idiots just wipe it out...you'd think when Wigan lost two league games all year in 1987 both to us, and infact only lose at central park twice once to us and once to the Touring Aussie test side its worth getting right.

sadly they are a pair of old bum bangers [size(got it in)[/size

I picked up on that, too. The thing is, previously they've got it right - with Eddie himself saying that Wire have one of the better records against Wigan especially through the 80s.

Rule #1 of being a sports journalist, get your facts right, or you're likely to upset an entire fanbase or two (or more). I'm afraid Eddie failed big time on that one.

excellent use of bum banging there.