Just because it was four hours long doesnt automatically mean it was good. I thought the red button stuff was excellent, most of the build-up hour was them introducing all the new bits. The in-game commentary was as bad as ever and the game wasnt bad but hardly a classic. People were talking about the margin meter but 95% of what I read was negative. Phil Clarke is determined to overcomplicate the sport.

The margin meter was ridiculous, don't know what they were basing it on as it bore little relation to the pattern of the game. Just after half time with Wakefield dominating the play since the restart and having levelled the scores and Widnes losing their composure it pops up to still predict a Widnes win. It finally predicted the possibility of a Wakefield win when they managed to get 8 points ahead, even then it bizarrely predicted a 3 point margin (later amended to 8 points as they opened up a 12 point lead). It would be less gimmicky to ask the studio guests for a predicted result every so often during the game than to dress up Phil Clarke's guesswork as some sort of prediction machine. At least then you could get them to explain the thinking behind their prediction.

I don't even know what it is.

How has no-one mentioned the absolutely god awful "Interchange" green and red lights they've now decided to use? I hadn't a clue how many interchanges were left looking at that monstrosity.

Just what I was thinking.