Spot on. I thought Carney actually worked hard to add some real comment, the Baz and Tez stuff was cringeville.

personally i would get rid of eddie and stevo and have barry, phil 'stats' clarke and carney on together.

I'd have 3 teams. Commentary team - Eddie, Stevo and Mcrae

Studio team Carney, Mcdermot and Davies

pre and post game team on the pitch Bill and AN other

Stevo last night commenting on Bobbie Goulding's appointment.



"There was more than just my eyebrows raised when I heard the news".



Lovely.

Just on Goulding, who is looking pretty well these days.....how good is it to see a bloke around with a bit of fire in his belly from England!





Goulding was the last Pommy halfback that really troubled us. He was just a complete ****hole, I hated him, because he would gob off and not care who he was playing and cause us problems, then tell us all about it!





Technically, he's not going to worry the likes of Bellemy, Sheens, Bennett and co, but you'd love to have him in a really good English coaching set up as an assistant coach because he would have you wanting to run through brick walls after a few minutes of talking to him!





I wonder, how many current English players have the drive he has....

I was expecting this :









From the guys at each end.



Give 'em back the flags and the butcher's coats say I !

Have to say, this thread is one of the funniest I've read in while!





Once again Rugby League was made to look like a small game. Any major international game needs a capacity crowd to make it look like its somert worth watching. The RFL did right by not being overambitious with the size of the venue but it's location was a bad choice.



By choosing Doncaster the RFL seems to have been caught between 2 stools: not an out and out 'development' area but not smack bang in the middle of the heartland so guaranteed to pull in a decent sized crowd.



SKY do seem to be throwing too many pundits/commentators at the game presently.



I've nowt against Eddie Hemmings but would keep limit him to presenting duties in a Richard Keys style. Then hand over to a commentary team of say Clarky, Stevo (for comedy value) and Bill as the main commentator (always been impressed with his knowledge when he does the job). Have a couple of 'expert' summarisers in the studio who offer a good insight before and after the game and at half time. Carney and a.n. other.



Terry & Barry Mac can be amusing but should be kept away from internationals if we hope to present a professional image to non-believers.

I think at times Barry Mac is a funny and entertaining bloke, but the nosensenical cliches he was attempting to use to fill 15 seconds of analysis was just drivel.



Terry ('the forwards need to lay the platform for the half backs so they can play on the front foot') is just a bloke who thinks he's funny and isn't. It's so bad it's not even funny.

Eddie Hemmings is starting to get on my t1ts.

This is good stuff. It is the only decent thing you've said in your entire 'adult' life but good stuff nonetheless.

Can't argue about the camera work anyway, did well to pick out a certain dashing fellow pre-match, I believe

You are never of the tele Matt