Thougt for a minute that in the first sentence you said "capitalism..."



And nah. The bloody locals want too big a cut, the "protection", you understand? And have a nasty habit of separating you from your gonads if you argue.

At least the gnomes of Zurich only charge a small percentage to look the other way, and you don't need a private army to get your hands on the money and make off with it.

Think Stevo picked up the "For Mine" phrase from Peter Sterling...He uses it when he*s commentating on the NRL.....Must be a Aussie thing. Stevo live over there i think....

Indeed he does, as he's quick for some reason to tell everyone he meets.
BUT he no longer commentates with "I'd put my house on that"
UK£ earnings v Aussie$ mortgage may preclude any form of property gambling

Stevo popped out of the water in front of me 10 years ago in Noosa Heads, QLD. Not a pleasant surprise, for mine.

A player called Formica has signed (and scored today) for Blackburn Rovers. Although they do say he is more suited to a table-topping side........

No he doesn't, nor the swimming pool, which he must have lost by now anyway. Maybe he's already lost the house in a bet years ago?

You'd think the Sky, being the professional broadcasters they are, would have some kind of review of their commentary teams, in all sports, maybe on an annual basis. Someone who listens to the tapes and thinks "this guy's getting annoying with this" and has a one to one with the culprit each year.

It's not that such as Stevo are natural speakers, far from it, and he has clearly worked hard at the job so there would be no real reason for him to take umbrage at a bit of 'coaching' from time to time.

Stevo spoke at an end of season do about 18 years ago. I was surprised, & a little disappointed, at how well he did. Seemed confident & a natural.

I'd imagine he would in that situation, an 'end of season do' and he would be in his element. He muddles his words and repeats himself far too much to be a 'natural' on TV though (for mine

). Jon Wells, now he [iis[/i a natural; comfortable, fluent, never flustered and never seems short of the appropriate bon mot when required. A star is born...........

He was initially encouraged by Sky to come up with the catchphrases. The trouble is that nobody at Sky seems to have realised how irritating they become after nearly 20 years.