Re: Bye bye Eddie and Stevo? : Sun Apr 19, 2015 9:14 pm  

Football's presentation is top class atm. They now have well respected recently retired players providing the analysis.

Re: Bye bye Eddie and Stevo? : Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:13 am  

Basic requirement for a commentator....know the rules of the game. Too many games are ruined by long debates about whether a knock on was a knock on or not. The fact they had to bring in an "expert" to interpret the rules says it all about the level of expertise of the commentary panel.

Even in golf, where the rules are notoriously complex, the TV coverage doesn't bother with an in-house rules expert to explain every aspect.

Re: Bye bye Eddie and Stevo? : Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:40 am  

IF it's true I imagine carney will take over Eddie. It looks like he's been groomed for his job.

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Re: Bye bye Eddie and Stevo? : Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:25 am  

Carney is by far and away the best presenter in the whole set up, and would be perfect to step into the Eddie role.

Not sure who is out there from recently retired players, or that will be finishing at the end of this season that could be the new Stevo. Defo not any of the rest of the crew - in fact, a couple of them could do with getting binned off as well and get a load of new faces in, like Sky did with the football.

Re: Bye bye Eddie and Stevo? : Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:05 pm  

Being a main commentator is a specialist job. They'll get a new one in when Eddie does pack it in, neither of the replacements, Arthur or Studd, are good enough. If they were grooming Carney for that role, he'd be doing it this year and he isn't.

Re: Bye bye Eddie and Stevo? : Mon Apr 20, 2015 1:08 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

Being a main commentator is a specialist job. They'll get a new one in when Eddie does pack it in, neither of the replacements, Arthur or Studd, are good enough. If they were grooming Carney for that role, he'd be doing it this year and he isn't.

I agree, but i was under the impression that they were only leaving at the end of the 2016 season.

When the time comes I would Sky to bring in Andrew Voss over to take over as the main man.

Re: Bye bye Eddie and Stevo? : Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:03 pm  

Not sure I can take another season of their drivel.

Re: Bye bye Eddie and Stevo? : Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:25 pm  

If I were sky, my no 1 target would be Andrew Voss