Stevo says 'utilize' about every 10 words or so, it's barely an exaggeration. 'Utilise the dummy runners' it get very, very annoying when they only explanation for a team not clicking in attack is due to this. Also any kick that finds touch when a team is in the lead is deemed as brilliant by Stevo, even if it's a poor kick that went wrong. The Stevoisms were amusing for a while but his commentary could be recorded beforehand and played during the game as he doesn't have any new insights or anything useful to say.

I've started watching a few of the Championship games this year and I must admit the Premier Sports coverage is superb considering the budget. I'm a big fan of the video ref mic that they have explaining the reasons for the decision.

They need to get the message out there: "hey, come on, our commentary team is bobbins". Eddie more so than Stevo IMO.

Yeah the Premier Sports coverage even thought not in HD is pretty good and they should definitely look at having a video ref mic for the Super League games.

Yep, Clarkey's Sports Science degree certainly gives him the opportunity to bore the socks off everyone with his theories and in-game predictions.
Sadly, he makes what is really a simple game seem very complicated.

If you go on to that weird website where you can watch videos there is a terrific one of Brian Carney tackling Anthony Sullivan. Eddie's commentary is cringeworthy yet hilarious. Nearly creams himself when he thinks Saints are going to score.

Just watched it. What an utter, complete muppet.

The only proof anyone will ever need.

When wiggy first graced our screens all those moons ago, I seem to (now embarrassingly) remember thinking "what a welcome change to that muppet on the BBC"

Just goes to show, that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

The whole Sky Sports commentary team are a joke,Hemmings,Stevo,Clarke,Arthur to name but 4....the only ones i actually quite think talk some sense are Shaun Mcrea &John Wells , but i'm sure you'll disagree..and as for the Beeb well the less said the better

Even in the worst days of Ray and Alex singing Saints' praises from the BBC commentary box, I don't think I ever felt there was as much of an agenda as I feel there is at Sky.

But I agree with you - on the whole we've been badly served by commentators.

I agree McRea and Wells are the best out of the bunch.

Who would you have commentate though? Imo it would have to be a "professional" commentator, someone perhaps with a football background who has an interest (or can get one for the right money) in RL.

Past players are often wooden imo.

That's the problem though, Eddie was a pro who is supposed to call it as it happens but has been tainted by the supposed expert who has lost touch with the game a long time ago. He's supposed to be neutral, he should be praising the good in the game as advised by the pundits, not highlighting cock ups and foul play.

Dave Hadfield used to have a job sitting quietly in the background passing notes to Eddie who would then call it as though he understood.