Cringe,cringe and baulk. Sky sport drooling, star struck and curtseying like a love lorn donny osmond fan.
Ok he's made a film and got a few bob but jayzuz the obsequious lengths and grovelling platitudes made me I'll,for tucks sake it's not xerxes king of kings.grow some balls sky and have some integrity RL is already self conscious and self effecting enough about itself without you making us look like totally devoid of any hubris.welcome to the new sport rugby crowe.

I've defended Eddie in the past but he's been unbearable so far this year, constantly arguing with Cummins about straightforward referee decisions in the first two matches and now some embarrassing comments tonight. Clarke and Terry O'Connor are equally as bad, I'm still not sure why they think O'Connor has any credentials to be a commentator. I cringe whenever I hear him speak. At least Stevo is somewhat realistic and doesn't say things that make British RL look pathetic.

its gone past a joke the Samuel l Jackson faux pas is this it? Is this as good as it gets?the Eddie waring ethos have an innane chit chat and pathetic in jokes whilst an an integral piece of play is ongoing.Is there nobody out there with the professionalism and experience that can do the job?I cringe every single time without fail and Clarke chunnering like data in the background I give up.

Clarke, O'Connor and Cummins should be punted.Terrible

Carney is great, a real saving grace.Feel sorry for him at times having to work with s. Eddie, i have always said is a front line presenter, he should be the man at the head of the show and stay well away from the Comms box.

Russ should have spelled Isaac Luke for 20 tonight.

Yeah agreed yes him and Jon wells who is an excellent no nonsense sumneriser. They are fighting an up hill battle in a punch and judy show,just awful.

We had so many references to Crowe's helicopter tonight that I assumed Eddie was going to ask for a ride on Rusty's chopper after the broadcast ended.

Cummins being there isn't a bad idea in principle. If you watch the NFL, they also have a former referees coordinator to help clarify the rules. But the difference is that they only talk to him maybe once or twice a match, whereas Eddie spends an entire Super League match going on and on at Cummins about something that was perfectly obvious after one replay. It's painful to listen to. I'd be happy with a commentary team of Rod Studd, Stevo and Carney/Wells, with John Kear/Paul Cullen/Brian Noble etc, someone with actual knowledge as the fourth man.

Hopefully there flying him over the Irish Sea right now with the doors open.

Yes it all got a bit too much tonight. It's one thing hyping a game up and showing the famous faces watching once or twice, it's another to constantly brown nose till it made most feel nauseous.

I actually spat my cup of tea out when Wiggy went on about a shoulder charge, then said he was sick of people going on about them all the time, you couldn't make it up.

Not surprising really.

Always lots of threads,posts etc about marketing the game and RL has one of the best known faces on the planet, loves the game, promotes the game and is getting slated.

Is it any wonder with such positive attitude as posted on here the game struggles.

why stop there?all the fans who can remember 'Skippy' should have been issued with a privet leaf so they could all do the Skippy whistle.loooool it's so bad I've had loads of mileage out of this,Russell left the Oscars for this "yeah ok you've said 125 times.shall we prostrate ourselves "oh look there's Benjamin Netanyahu in the crowd behind that gimp,oh look there's Bashir assad who's father was a lifelong fan of Blackpool borough.

Where did Crowe actually get slated this thread, having trouble locating it?

I think the point is, yes make mention of the man and what he's done for Souths even mention other famous faces but it was just a constant stream of referrences all way through the game.

Most of the 'moaning' has been about the standard of commentating hasn't it, maybe that's why the game struggles, who knows.

its great having a name to authenticate rugby league as a sport That is happening it gives kudos.but what I'm saying no man is bigger than a sport these lot were positively drooling like that hunchback in 300 to xerxes.
We don't need crowe to validate it's existence

Stevo's Ill health this week is a reminder for SKY that he's no spring chicken and they need to start developing someone to take over his role. Eddie should also be retired at the same point. Both have given great service to the game but it's time for a new era now.

Can john wells transfer from the summarising role which he has done fantastically well to Stevos chair?just can't say of the top of my head who would be marvellous,who would be a natural

We get what we’re given, have you not seen the RFL Chairman.

Maybe the majority of S.L viewers were in-fact an underground cult dedicated to the inane ramblings of the commentary team.

Perceived as a minority sport, given a subsequent commentary team, could be worse, they could rope in J.J.B, oh the joy.

Please don't give them idea's like that.

I found myself thinking I agree with every word you say then you slipped in the name Paul Cullen as a Knowledgeable fourth man, now you have lost all credibility.

Eddie, Clarke and O'Connor all need to feck right off. I actually like Stevo and think he's good as a colour commentator, shame he is going to retire this year. Eddie often drags him into stupid slanging matches.

If they want more summarises during games then the best ones are Shaun McRae (think he's in Aus now though), Tony Rea, occasionally Barrie Mc, John Kear and although he sometimes drones on, Paul Cullen talks a lot or sense.

Yes like Tony Rea, speaks well and JK is solid.

looooooool,rl fans we're a self deprecating bunch.It's primarily a northern sport,we should have players like jbb drafted in nothing better than an I'll at ease (don't look at the camera)fidgeting, frozen roe deer in headlights when asked a hard question that visibly makes the brain hurt. Gormless mouth breathers neuro linguistically programmed for the whims of underground commentary cultjust what we need.

That's the problem with Stevo. If allowed to do the job then he's ok....but Eddie on match day and Rod Studd on BackChat insist on forcing out this rambling angry charactour that they think people love to see.

Like him or not, he's a former SL coach and therefore knows a hell of a lot more about the modern game than Eddie, Stevo, Phil Clarke, Barrie McDermott, Terry O'Connor and even Wells and Carney (who as mentioned look like Des Hasler and Craig Bellamy in comparison to the other morons). If you ever watched the match analysis that they used to do on Boots N All years ago, even with a relatively poor coach like Cullen or Tony Rae it was miles ahead of anything else in terms of actual detail and knowledge of the sport.