is this guy really the heir to Eddie Hemmings's throne?

I hope to God not.

He was no improvement on Wiggy at all last night. If anything, he was worse.

I appreciate that it was a much closer and more exciting game than anyone expected (and that Featherstone played very well indeed), but having no issue with either of those two Fev 'tries' and then trying to claim that Tommy dropped that ball over the line were reminiscent of the other muppet at his worst.

Please don't tell me that when Wiggy's finally gone, we're going to have to put up with this latest 'Warrington employee' for the next 20 years.

I don't mind Brian, he got a couple of things wrong, and TBF there was a little doubt as to whether Tommy grounded the ball - it was much the same as Hardman's try, he lost it and regathered before the ball hit the floor.

Carney is a different element on the SKY team, he's articulate, intelligent and obviously with his accent adds something different to the presentation. If he is to be the 'heir apparent' then we could do much worse IMO.

Don't get me wrong - the sooner Wiggy is replaced the better. I'd rather have Donald Duck doing it than him, but Carney was awful last night. Hardman's try was never a try in the memory of man - he got nowhere near touching it down, and any commentator worth his salt should have said that.

Agreed, last night, Carney's approach to broadcasting really, it was right out the Hemmings school of one eyed cr@p.

He pronounces "H" wrong. Whenever he says "HD" he pronounces the aitch with a hard "H" at the beginning. He says "Haych." It drives me mad.

I think they had a difficult job, and didn't do it too well. They were far too excitable, when the match was exciting enough. I normally like Carney but he was poor last night in my view. Probably too much of a Wigan slant in the team for an old fashioned blood and thunder cup tie, and they like the onfield team, struggled to come to terms with the conditions.

Totally right. He was obviously trying to 'talk up' Featherstone to make it more of a spectacle, when he actually didn't need to. After a while, it became embarrassingly obvious.

I started watching sky games with the volume down awhile ago. Did he really say that tommy dropped the ball over the line? What was his view on the obvious knock on for the fev try?

I never usually comment on a refs performance but last night just seemed corrupt to me and I agree with you 100% it almost seemed like someone was told to try and make it an even playing field. I have noticed before when super league teams play championship teams that the refs are a lot more strict with the super league teams than the championship teams. I suppose it makes a better game though but it's not exactly fair.

I was very disappointed after watching the match on sky, and even though we won I was annoyed after having listened to 80 minutes of Brian and co. Whilst Fev where underdogs and I could see why he'd want to big it up or whatever, the bias was so blatant. Up until last night I'd enjoyed listening to Carney but I feel he went a bit to far last night. Some of the decisions where questionable at best, but we also got away with one or two things ourselves however it did come across at times that we were playing "championship rules" with the speeds at the ptb etc.

Is this is Ian Hardman try that went to the video referee and was actually given as a try?

Do you have a problem with Carney saying that it was a try (when it was actually given by a video official after multiple replays as a try)? Surely any commentator "worth his salt" would be able to get these calls right? Which he did.

How quickly some of the Wigan faithful have turned on a player that made his name at the club, simply because he signed for a rival later on in his career! Get a grip man.

But it was never a try in the memory of man. VR was incorrect