I quite like him as well. I was a bit miffed at first to find out Steve Bailey had lost the job he was a good guy.

Alex winds up the away support too which is good. He could be a cult hero in the end.

No, just misguided..

As I've already psychologically drifted away as a way to protect my brain from the horror, and barely ever attend, just waking up each morning trying to tell myself that I aren't beginning to think about watching Castleford which is a lot closer to my house, sometimes finding myself looking through the Cas shop window in the Lanes, then I don't actually know who Alex Simmons is.

Actually, he'd probably very good at hosting a karoake competition, in fact he'd be very good at hosting anything that I wouldn't want to be within 100 miles of...

I've never liked the bloke with the mic being the cheerleader,
during the game, at any ground.

It could be anyone on the PA system, I can't usually understand what they're saying anyway.

This.

He's better than MC Wiggy.

Wrong

I knew you couldn't resist replying to that ☺

Having awful flashbacks just at the mention of his name!!

What! I've been away for a week and this thread is still going strong....well, still going and that's unbelievable enough.

Look, in the words of many a poster over the years - though usually speaking of players - we should just get rid. He adds nothing and detracts immensely. What is he for?

No, I've not come back in a bad mood after a poor week. I actually came back refreshed and ready for the fight ahead after great a week in the land of my wife's 'ain folk', but thinking about Mr S has just put me in a downer..

This week his Rugby League TV show is on premier sports on Wednesday at 8PM. Freeview on sky!

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i think he's brilliant

Ditto

He was reading out the substitutions the wrong way round yesterday

Stop nit picking

It still makes me chuckle when I think back to the Oldham pre-season game, where he was introducing the fans race at half time and commented on the Oldham fan being from where's Whalley and if he won the race he'd get a matching hat and glasses.

Does anyone know anything about Alex Simmonds radio show,my lads told me him and Liam Sutcliffe and Josh Walters are guests on his show tonight

I listen to it online and it's very good. He might not be everyones cup of tea as a gameday presenter, but I think the fact that he's trying to add to the games exposure with his radio show and now TV show are testament to the blokes passion for the game.

It's also very obvious that he understands that the players are a valuable asset, and there are some real characters in the game who don't get anything like the exposure that they deserve.

Its great banter 7-9 Mondays and Simmons is brilliant on the show. The camaraderie between the players of ALL clubs should be a lesson to us fans. The current vile barrage of insults on social media between fans of different clubs I find sickening.
As fans of Rugby League we should cut out the insults and attacks on each other and support the players on the pitch. Rant over.

The TV show is well worth a watch with the second programme on Wednesday 8-9.30 Sky free - channel 428. The first one had a classic sketch by Wayne Godwin aka Waggataurus taking off the likes of Amor & Foster. Classic RL players banter all the way a welcome relief from them eejits Stevo & Eddie.

I listened to his radio show last night and I thoroughly enjoyed it

My lad was a guest on it and I got a couple of mentions so I suppose that made it more interesting for me, overall I thought it was very decent

Anybody see Simmo's wedding on Calendar/Look North last night?

Best man Chev Walker and ushers including, Jarrod Sammut and the Burgess twins, JJB etc. no one decent like me invited.

Wouldn't know what he looked like if he popped over and introduced himself - let's just hope she keeps him far, far too busy to do the mic at the Bulls!

That said, I don't think Robbie was that brilliant; it's a good job my eyes still work or I wouldn't have known half the team from the announcements!!

Not forgetting the half time announcement of our current score against Wakefield.