Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:55 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

Ray French, now he’s retired I’d say Dave Woods.

I’m not really a fan of French (nothing personal against him, he’s a lovely guy and very knowledgeable) simply because he represents the old-school BBC view of RL.

However, I get a warm fuzzy feeling when hearing him on clips of old challenge cup matches on YouTube etc, as it reminds me of watching RL on Grandstand on a cold winter’s Saturday afternoon. Mud, proper old school scraps on the pitch, fans running on at the end of the game etc etc.

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 10:26 am  

I thought Sam Tomkins was excellent last night. No sitting on the fence or bland statements, and not afraid to call out players for their errors. Would like to see him on Sky more often, but he referred to having a role with Catalans arranged for next year.

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:32 pm  

So after 5 pages, we have a number of 'good' commentators, but quite a few seem to be retired.

Clive Tyldesley seems to come out on top so far, but I'd rather concentrate on those still commentating.

Andrew Voss, Jon Champion - generally positive
Stuart Pyke, Kyle Amor, Sam Tomkins, Jon Wilkin get mixed reviews, but overall positive.
Carney is seen as a little bit below them, and below Adam Hills.

Is that it?
Come on you lot!!

Interestingly there is a seemingly common gripe that there are too many presenters and we could do with slimming them down.
One commentator and one side kick for the 80 minutes.
One introducer and one analyser prior /post match (plus half time).
Get the commentator doing the post match interview, so you can do a good job with four.

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:51 pm  

fez1 wrote:

So after 5 pages, we have a number of 'good' commentators, but quite a few seem to be retired.

Clive Tyldesley seems to come out on top so far, but I'd rather concentrate on those still commentating.

Andrew Voss, Jon Champion - generally positive
Stuart Pyke, Kyle Amor, Sam Tomkins, Jon Wilkin get mixed reviews, but overall positive.
Carney is seen as a little bit below them, and below Adam Hills.

Is that it?
Come on you lot!!

Interestingly there is a seemingly common gripe that there are too many presenters and we could do with slimming them down.
One commentator and one side kick for the 80 minutes.
One introducer and one analyser prior /post match (plus half time).
Get the commentator doing the post match interview, so you can do a good job with four.

Not read all the posts but can’t get my head around Wilkin in the positive camp, the guy just never stops talking and prevents others speaking at times, don’t no if anyone recalls but he was made fun of for this in a challenge cup game on the BBC.

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:53 pm  

Gary Lineker anyone now he seems to be available talking of football enjoyed it when Chris Kamara was a guest one time.

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:28 pm  

Hard to believe Mick Morgan hasn’t received a nomination…

I’d love it he he took over at sky….even if it were just Cas v Wigan as a renaissance!

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:29 pm  

Hard to believe Mick Morgan hasn’t received a nomination…

I’d love it he he took over at sky….even if it were just Cas v Wigan as a renaissance!

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:56 pm  

Just watching crufts on Chanel 4 and the very knowledgeable Clair balding is presenter,.she did a bit of punditry on our beloved game and did a good job much better than some that we have

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 10:18 pm  

sir adrian morley wrote:

Just watching crufts on Chanel 4 and the very knowledgeable Clair balding is presenter,.she did a bit of punditry on our beloved game and did a good job much better than some that we have

She’s just got the tennis gig on the beeb, so I doubt we’ll see her back in RL any time soon.

She made a great anchor though, which was helping to dispel the old stereotype.

Re: Pundits - yet again. : Sat Mar 11, 2023 11:30 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Gary Lineker anyone now he seems to be available talking of football enjoyed it when Chris Kamara was a guest one time.

Gary Pillocker would probably say our game is stuck in the 1930s. Now no one reply with he's probably right.