: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:08 pm  

Head High Tackle wrote:

No one ever needs eminding about why Leeds fans are called whinos.

And there's me thinking it's all because we're a bunch of fookin'alcoholics!!

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:16 pm  

I actually thought the coverage was better than last year. The addition of Carney to the team, the dropping of the pre-match preamble through the VIP dining room. Phil Clarke actually doing a pre-match summary that was understandable (particle physics and RL is probably not going to capture the imagination). I also though that the commentary was very fair and entertaining.

Good job from Sky.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:27 pm  

DHM wrote:

I actually thought the coverage was better than last year. The addition of Carney to the team, the dropping of the pre-match preamble through the VIP dining room. Phil Clarke actually doing a pre-match summary that was understandable (particle physics and RL is probably not going to capture the imagination). I also though that the commentary was very fair and entertaining.

Good job from Sky.

Carney was streets ahead of the others.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:39 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

Carney was streets ahead of the others.

I thought he was a breath of fresh air. Sky seem to like him, I hope he gets to do more work.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:44 pm  

DHM wrote:

I thought he was a breath of fresh air. Sky seem to like him, I hope he gets to do more work.

Being the past it crock he is,he's gonna need it!!

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:19 pm  

I honestly believe that Sky are innovative (sometime misguided) and forward thinking with their coverage of Rugby League in general.

If you compare their coverage to that of the BBC you’ll see they are streets adead.

The one (technically two) thing that lets their coverage down are dumb and dumber in the commentary box, the longer these two muppets are allowed to spout their irrelevant drivel the longer they’ll continue to spoil the efforts the rest of the Sky team put in.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:23 pm  

LS16_Rhino wrote:

I honestly believe that Sky are innovative (sometime misguided) and forward thinking with their coverage of Rugby League in general.

If you compare their coverage to that of the BBC you’ll see they are streets adead.

The one (technically two) thing that lets their coverage down are dumb and dumber in the commentary box, the longer these two muppets are allowed to spout their irrelevant drivel the longer they’ll continue to spoil the efforts the rest of the Sky team put in.

Talking to the site's most respected poster earlier about this and we agreed that Sky's camera work is far, far better than the BBC's challenge cup coverage but that the BBC's commentary and presentation styles are much better - no pantomime style commentary, no hype.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:28 pm  

Puig-Aubert wrote:

Talking to the site's most respected poster earlier about this and we agreed that Sky's camera work is far, far better than the BBC's challenge cup coverage but that the BBC's commentary and presentation styles are much better - no pantomime style commentary, no hype.

Completely agree – BBC commentary – Sky coverage, bingo you’ve cracked it.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:42 pm  

I am thinking of paying for Phil Clarke to get a lesson in RL rules, his "we should just give him the try" was something else.

: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:12 pm  

The only gripe I had were as per OP i.e the insistence on using the tracking cam and the helicopter which prevented you from getting a feel for the passage of play. Carney was , as ever excellent and if he doesn't play next year should IMO replace Clarke on the sky team.