SKY : Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:46 pm  

Just got home from work and found the stream of the Leeds & Warrington game and Eddie was on.

I thought that he was gone?

More radio commentary and TV pictures it is then.

Re: SKY : Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:48 pm  

And then the next link Stevo is there too.

Lack of ambition for me.

Re: SKY : Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:39 pm  

Stevo’s last year.

Re: SKY : Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:47 pm  

Don't know why but thought they had both finished at the end of last year.

Re: SKY : Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:15 am  

It's like the Keys/Gray situation with the Premier League football a few years ago. They were well past their sell buy date. Eddie & Stevo have done their best over the years but there's nothing fresh or insightful. I feel that Sky need two completely new/younger faces offering a modern slant on the game. The rest of the Sky crew are OK but even they have been there for a few years now. If you get a job with Sky Sports on Superleague it's a job for life.

Re: SKY : Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:00 pm  

theredshed wrote:

It's like the Keys/Gray situation with the Premier League football a few years ago. They were well past their sell buy date. Eddie & Stevo have done their best over the years but there's nothing fresh or insightful. I feel that Sky need two completely new/younger faces offering a modern slant on the game. The rest of the Sky crew are OK but even they have been there for a few years now. If you get a job with Sky Sports on Superleague it's a job for life.

The trouble with Sky injecting life back into its SL broadcasts is that it first needs to give a toss about RL. The indications to me is that they don't really care. They've cut back magazine shows year after year, and now squeeze a couple of SL games around their mountain of Premier league broadcasts and shows.

I think Sky will just promote what they already have rather than find new talent, so I wouldn't expect anyone or anything new when Laurel and Hardy finally retire.

Re: SKY : Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:36 pm  

Sky's coverage needs a complete overhaul. If you compare it with Australia's Channel 9 their format and insight within the game heavily out guns our dismal coverage. I find the commentary team quite drab compared to Ray Warren, Gus Gould, Joey and Sterlo. We have to prostrate ourselves week in week out to Stevo, Eddie, Clarkey, Terry and Baz Mac. The likes of Hanley, Offiah, Schofield and Gregory and more Rugby League legends should be involved within the format like Lockyer, Tallis, Fittler and Vautin are on The Nine Network. I find Paul Cullens commentary very knowledgeable and insightful like Gary Neville was for Sky punditry. However IMHO Gus Gould punditry for reading a game pi55es all over any pundit in any sport. The format and commentary, punditry needs one hell of a shake up.

Re: SKY : Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:57 pm  

FLAT STANLEY wrote:

Sky's coverage needs a complete overhaul. If you compare it with Australia's Channel 9 their format and insight within the game heavily out guns our dismal coverage. I find the commentary team quite drab compared to Ray Warren, Gus Gould, Joey and Sterlo. We have to prostrate ourselves week in week out to Stevo, Eddie, Clarkey, Terry and Baz Mac. The likes of Hanley, Offiah, Schofield and Gregory and more Rugby League legends should be involved within the format like Lockyer, Tallis, Fittler and Vautin are on The Nine Network. I find Paul Cullens commentary very knowledgeable and insightful like Gary Neville was for Sky punditry. However IMHO Gus Gould punditry for reading a game pi55es all over any pundit in any sport. The format and commentary, punditry needs one hell of a shake up.

Spot on.

The Australians seem to have a knack of picking the right people for commentary, especially ex-players. Their focus is on the game and highlighting the best parts, whereas Sky coverage is all about the contentious issues, and making drama out of negatives.

Re: SKY : Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:58 pm  

If you missed the game there was only a 15 mins highlights slot later on, didn't even repeat the full game like they used to.

Re: SKY : Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:33 pm  

Stephenson just latches onto one aspect of the game and just won't let it go like a dog with a bone. The Leeds game it was their decision not to go for goal and today Catalan not playing wet weather football. He and his side kick have outlasted their sell by date by many seasons.