The most entertaining radio commentary I've heard in quite some time was on Radio Humberside ... the Hull KR / St Helens time keeping controversy was quite something to listen to, one guy in particular was absolutely spitting chips about it and came within a gnat's whisker of accusing the time keepers of deliberately running the game on too long to allow saints the opportunity to nick the draw at the end. Priceless.

Those buffoons on Humberside are so biased, they make Dearden/Hunt/Kinsella's love of Wigan seem small fry

I gave up listening to Humberside because of that. Compared to them Jack and Trevor are a breath of fresh air.

I noticed at the time that it was all a bit downbeat considering the magnitude of the occasion.

I have just watched it again after reading the original post and it really is unbelievable. If the presenters' job is to sell the game and give an unbiased opinion then they are failing miserably. We all know it so why can't the powers that be see it and do something? Stevo looked like he just didn't want to be there and the only sign of genuine enthusiasm was from Phil Clarke when talking about how close/unlucky Saints were. Impartial? Yeah ok



They lost mate, just like Wigan, end of! Get over it.



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Rant over!

watched the beebs highlights on sunday and brian noble was totally different in his views on waterhouse try where eddie was sobbing like a baby for minutes after..also the offside against briers noble said we were hard done to again totally the opposite to those clowns on sky..get rid and get noble on sky..

Watching the NRL Grand final shows how unprofessional Eddie and Stevo have become.



The Aussie guy just concentrates on the game rather than trying to be funny, controversial or drone on about an incident for 10 minutes after it has happened.

Didnt Lomax actually have hands on Waterhouse after Atkins ran through so no obstruction. Not VR's fualt Lomax tackle like his Nan

There was a moment in the NRL final where a knock on was called and scrum given, yet the replay showed quite clearly the ball was deliberately knocked/stripped out by a tackler.



Eddie & Stevo would have ranted on and on about that for at least 2/3 minutes, the guys on the NRL commentary? "Well he's got a bit unlucky there" - and continued to call the action as it happened.



Totally, totally different approaches.

I'll go on record and say I'm not remotely moved one way or t'other by the Sky commentary. I am sure there must be more evils in our world to worry about.

I've no real problem with Eddie and Stevo, bar their sensationalism, over some events.



I've said this before, so bear with me, those who have seen it before

In the days of old, one telly in a house, and my dad being a fan of both RL and RU, I saw both codes. I find Union dull, unimaginative, and vastly over-rated. BUT, take their commentator of yesteryear, and he'd make the most dull 12-9 game (all kicks, naturally) seem like an event.

RL has a game that's a bit scrappy, and E&S are having non-stop digs "this is shocking", "I can't believe top class players can play this bad" etc. YOU'D NEVER HEAR BILL McLAREN COME OUT WITH THAT, and he was classed as a commentating legend.



A fracas happens in open play, in either code

E&S "This is disgusting" "There's no need for this in our game" "Appalling. They'll be looking at that, at Red Hall on Monday morning, let me tell you"

Bill McLaren "Little bit of argy-bargy there, but let's go back to that BEAUTIFUL dummy scissors between Jerry Guscott and Micky Skinner, a few moments ago. Sublime play"



E&S HAVE to sensationalise EVERYTHING.

Basically, they are bloody good broadcasters. If they weren't, Sky wouldn't employ them.

I just wish they'd commentate in a normal manner.

Going back to GMR, I was unable to go to the Wires Wigan game at the HJ a few months back, so listened to the game on GMR. Never again.



Dearden nearly had a seizure over the forward pass that led to one of our tries, and didn't shut up about it for 15 minutes (in fact he was probably still going on about it in the press box on his own after everyone had gone home), during which time nothing that was actually going on on the pitch was mentioned. The other thing I hate about GMR is the football obsession. If Rochdale Red Lion B Sunday team are playing Oldham Methodists in the first round of the FA tankard trophy at the same time as a super league or challenge cup game, they're back and to like a Wigan fan in Greggs.



"We're going over for some major news at the football where a member of the crowd has gone to buy a hot dog and a bag of crisps for his dad, but AMAZINGLY they've only got ready salted left. What can you tell us Bill?"



Idiots.

Yeah, I agree. I thought it was unprofessional of Hemmings to get cross at Briers when he whined about Sky giving us a short turnaround but yeah, it doesn't bother me either.



Having said that, Sky have got to consider moving Stephenson and O'Connor on soon, surely. They offer no insight whatsoever and I'd sooner hear the RL views of Harry Connick JR than those two.