Quote: Pie Eyed "Yeah. They were extremely annoying last night.
A few things I noticed were the differences in the commentary descriptions of similiar scenarios.
e.g. HKR's winger caught a high ball and it was a "great take", but when Miski did exactly the same, he was "holding on to the ball for dear life".
Mago stripped a ball while tackling the man perfectly, but it was described as a "desperation tackle".
I found it incredibly one-sided.'"
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Yes I noticed those examples too, for much of the game I had to keep checking the score because the tone of the commentary suggested we were being outclassed rather than actually..you know winning...it always seemed Eddie and Stevo weren't sorry to see us lose but I've often thought what sounds like support for the opposition is perhaps just me viewing through cherry and white specs and the presentation is just trying to manufacture an 'event' and talk up the opposition for the neutral but last night was astonishing it was bordering on "fake news", literally misreporting things we could see with our own eyes.
Aside from the bias, the commentary team needs shaking up. Numerous wrong naming, ignoring of developing action to waffle on about something irrelevant and multiple factual inaccuracies from commentators and pundits. The thrilling climax where Miski dived in to score was dismissed and belittled, if we want to help spread the game none of this helps. NRL commentary on a game like that would have added to the cadences of the action not hindered it