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| Quote P-J="P-J"Poor, biased commentator who never bothered to learn the rules of the game.
I'd say he won't be missed, but as RL is an afterthought for SKY these days (fantastic job on securing that new TV contract btw), they won't spend any money on finding a competent replacement.'"
Don’t be daft. He wasn’t a poor commentator nor was he biased other than possibly toward Lee Briers.
He was a top commentator that more often than not added to the drama and excitement of games rather than detracted from it.
The last few years have been frustrating but as others have said that’s because there’s too many people in there all chipping in every 5 mins. The 2 man formula works. They should stick to it.
Fortunately Neville Smith is going too. I’m sure he contributed in the past but recently you have to lay the blame at his door for the poor production from Sky. I think we all probably agree it’s become too much like a bunch of mates at the pub and that has to be coming from the producer. That atmosphere has been evident for years even to the point of them doing a shout out for 1 of the Sky cameramen during play in the Grand Final a couple of years ago. I’ve never seen anything like that in any other sport on TV and certainly not for that sports showpiece occasion. Again today with Eddie’s departure it was unprofessional and too much like a mates retirement party. The game should have been the priority but it wasn’t. Eddie was. And as much as I like Eddie his retirement should have been dealt with solely post-match. Not the constant references to him throughout the game.
So I’m sad that Eddie is leaving because I think he’s a still good commentator in the right environment but I’m delighted that Neville Smith is going. Hopefully a new person at the helm will give it a much needed boost of professionalism.
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| Quote Him="Him"Don’t be daft. He wasn’t a poor commentator nor was he biased other than possibly toward Lee Briers.
He was a top commentator that more often than not added to the drama and excitement of games rather than detracted from it.
The last few years have been frustrating but as others have said that’s because there’s too many people in there all chipping in every 5 mins. The 2 man formula works. They should stick to it.
Fortunately Neville Smith is going too. I’m sure he contributed in the past but recently you have to lay the blame at his door for the poor production from Sky. I think we all probably agree it’s become too much like a bunch of mates at the pub and that has to be coming from the producer. That atmosphere has been evident for years even to the point of them doing a shout out for 1 of the Sky cameramen during play in the Grand Final a couple of years ago. I’ve never seen anything like that in any other sport on TV and certainly not for that sports showpiece occasion. Again today with Eddie’s departure it was unprofessional and too much like a mates retirement party. The game should have been the priority but it wasn’t. Eddie was. And as much as I like Eddie his retirement should have been dealt with solely post-match. Not the constant references to him throughout the game.
So I’m sad that Eddie is leaving because I think he’s a still good commentator in the right environment but I’m delighted that Neville Smith is going. Hopefully a new person at the helm will give it a much needed boost of professionalism.'"
If he had ANY class he would have gone at the end of a season, not bigging himself up at Easter. The guy is a complete pr1ck in my opinion, he will not be missed.. His bias towards Warrington was obvious.
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| Quote MGarbutt1986="MGarbutt1986"If he had ANY class he would have gone at the end of a season, not bigging himself up at Easter. The guy is a complete pr1ck in my opinion, he will not be missed.. His bias towards Warrington was obvious.'"
Your mean spiritedness shines through on this important day. Your comments have no place on this forum.
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| Quote JEAN CAPDOUZE="JEAN CAPDOUZE"Your mean spiritedness shines through on this important day. Your comments have no place on this forum.'"
Well said Jeann, although he's entitled to an opinion there's no need for the unpleasantness.
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| The thing I’ve noticed this week watching the games and programmes on him is that he had a very high opinion of himself and liked himself a lot and he did turn the Easter program into the Eddie show myself I’ve never got how people get so obsessed with the commentary it doesn’t affect my watching of the game at all
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| Quote fun time frankie="fun time frankie"The thing I’ve noticed this week watching the games and programmes on him is that he had a very high opinion of himself and liked himself a lot and he did turn the Easter program into the Eddie show myself I’ve never got how people get so obsessed with the commentary it doesn’t affect my watching of the game at all'"
That's not the impression I got, he has been nothing but humble all week and praised all the support team, talked about how lucky he has been and just been fortunate be in the right place at the right time, he has shown nothing but humility and humbleness.
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| Great tribute show and must admit I was nearly filling up at the final interview. He has been fantastic for our game and has not got the respect he deserves hopefully people will give him the respect he deservers now he has finished. Definatly the Voice of RL and above Eddie Waring and Ray French, maybe not the very best commentator but he was ours.
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| Quote rollin thunder="rollin thunder"That's not the impression I got, he has been nothing but humble all week and praised all the support team, talked about how lucky he has been and just been fortunate be in the right place at the right time, he has shown nothing but humility and humbleness.'"
Probably me then like I said I’ve never been bothered who commentates
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| Quote rollin thunder="rollin thunder"Great tribute show and must admit I was nearly filling up at the final interview. He has been fantastic for our game and has not got the respect he deserves hopefully people will give him the respect he deservers now he has finished. Defiantly the Vouce of RL and above Eddie Waring and Ray French, maybe not the very best commentator but he was ours.'"
Completely agree!
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| For me, a change has been long overdue.
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| Quote Ruune Rebellion="Ruune Rebellion"Completely agree!'"
I'm not surprised you agree Jean, you answer your own posts, sad pathetic troll, cam't you get a hobby?
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| Quote MGarbutt1986="MGarbutt1986"I'm not surprised you agree Jean, you answer your own posts, sad pathetic troll, cam't you get a hobby?'"
Err i am definitely not Jean
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