= fc uking joke.

Hull are embarassed about signing Russell, nothing to do with their Aussie bailing.

Why are they disappointed about Manu leaving? Errrr, because he's their best player.

Awful to listen to at times

what about stevo?

''AND HULL ARE TAKING LEEDS TO THE CLEANERS'' Stevo exclaimed with excitement as hull raced into an insumountable 6 point lead after 30 minutes.

I did LOL at that moment

They're all really, really awful. Clarke's comment about our fullback situation was just toe-curling. Our first choice has just left the club, the second choice is injured, and the third choice was playing stand off. Does he expect us to keep an unlimited stock of fullbacks?

Watching the Sky coverage is such a cringeworthy experience.
I just wish they'd take some time to think about what they're saying before they opened their mouths.
Also thought Barrie had his Leeds glasses on tonight.

If I remember right he was chuntering on about it in the Wigan game as well. I have generally shut off to the Clarke comments

That was an awful comment to make.

The sad thing is, a few years ago I thought Clarke talked sense. He still makes some decent observations but you have to filter out too much rubbish to get to them.

Barrie and Tez O Connor do OK for me as a 3rd/4th man in the box.

Carney is pretty good.

Other than that...

Apparently so, yeah.

I'm not quite sure how he concluded hull were embarrassed though. Was he a fly on the wall when the phone calls, presumably awkward if clarke is to believed, were made?

Was he there when the coach, presumably red faced, was there to meet the player?

I'm not really sure where he pulls this stuff from, except his .

FWIW Russell looks a very good player and Hull have done well to get him on board to help them out.

One of those deals which suits both clubs well, even though they are in competition

I thought he said 'it is embarrassing' rather than 'they were embarrassed'.

Either way, he's a cock.

and why, has he not applied the same logic to leeds and shaun lunt?

same situation.

Stevo also abuses/over utilises the word 'utilise'.

I would also put forward "superb"

Pronounced "syooperb".

I used to think he was the only one of the Sky pundits who talked sense. He's got steadly worse though, & is unable to hide his Wigan bias. He's now embarassing at times.

Shoooopyerb

I'm not 100% sure but I think Matty Russell is one of Andy Clarkes (agent) clients. Russell is a superb young player and probably better at his age than Sam Tomkins was.

It's a great move from Wigan, Hull and Matty's perspective to give him the opportunity to play at 1st team level.

You all know my feelings about the academy structures in this country.

Clarke seemed in a bad mood all night, especially towards Hull. Whenever a team dominates for 10 mins Stevo has a habit of saying they've dominated the whole game, the 08 and 09 Grand Finals he stated Leeds were poor after the first 30 mins only to say after 80 mins that we were great from start to finish.
Did laugh when he said near the end that Peter Gentle ''won't be gentle tonight, he'll be rough''.......just what he's suggesting there i dare not think about.

To be honest as an FC fan i find the coverage on sky shocking the same as you do. Does stevo only say things to be controversial ? I cant seriously believe someone who has played the game can have such tablet induced opinions!

I was of a similar feeling. Used to think he brought a lot to the table, and I do enjoy some of his stats (I'm a bit of a stats geek), but some of his comments are rather flippant, and just not well thought out.

I like Carney as a presenter, and think he offers some level-headed insights.

I think Jon Wells is by far the best addition to the Sky team in a long time. His analysis is top notch and he picks up on the right things when looking over tries, unlike Paul Cullen who was dreadful and often picked up on things that just weren't significant at all (and often not even there!). Although I had to disagree with Jon when he said that the video referee was right to disallow the try despite the fact that he had just said you couldn't see if he'd grounded it or not on the SuperZoom (surely that would mean "Benefit of the Doubt"?). I think he was just trying to be positive about the referee, which is fair enough (better than listening to Eddie and Stevo bickering about the referee's performance even when the ref is right!).

You've got to be kidding. He's an idiot. Quite apart from not getting the fact that in Rugby League a referee has to find a reason to disallow a try, the rest of his knowledge of the Laws of the Game is laughable. And it's not just matters relating to the game itself where he's an embarassment.

Rewind to the Good Friday derby and Hemmings handing over to Wells:

EH: "Well Jon, it's true to say that Hull today is a city divided"

JW: "Not just divided Eddie, it's split right down the middle"

It's not just his comments that grate, it's also the way he delivers them. He's like Sky Sports answer to Al Pacino in "Any Given Sunday", every statement he makes is shouted at the mic, it does my crust in.

Yep, awful.

Yes I agree and Clarke would be the first to say we dont give young British kids a chance.
What about Richards cant Wigan find a winger in the area?.