If you're offended by a sports commentator calling a player by his first name then TBH you probably need to re-assess your priorities in life.

Turn the volume down and stream the local radio commentary instead.

By far the most annoying thing is how they consistently act as tho the viewers are watching RL for the 1st time, and feel the need to explain the rules.

How these 2 keep their jobs is extraordinary!

Clarke, Stevo, Hemmings need to go,

Carney and Wells are pretty decent tho but we do need a commentator that will commentate and not crack stupid jokes and waffle off subject

Ray warran uses first names all the time, but I suppose that's alright as he's 'Straylian'.

Sure I read somewhere the other week that Stevo is retiring when his current contract expires. Hopefully Eddie won't be too far behind.

Ive just emailed sky venting my frustration about these 3 muppets (Clarke, Stevo, Eddie) ruining my ears

i doubt they will take much notice but if everyone did the same maybe we could be shut of them

its like that dodgy Scottish commentator on the boxing, it puts me off the sport when someone is blabbering nonsense

The highlight for me was when Phil Clarke seemed to think it was worth devoting what seemed an age to discussing Eamonn O'Carroll's boots and who's responsibility it was to ensure he had the correct studs in.

Sky commentary is dire when Eddie and Stevo are on
When they have the supposed "b" team on its far better imo

Shouldn't that be "...us miserable sods"?

I'm not either miserable or a sod.

Sick and tired of this thread every other week. The vast majority like them or are indifferent, yet the irate bunch believe their own opinion to be the gospel. I can't undestand how one can get so wound up about something so trivial. I think Ray Hadley is a bully and an awful commentator but I don't post on here about it and write to Channel 9 every Friday morning.

My grandparents have started watching RL for the first time this year, they seem to enjoy the commentary more than the game. Same with mates at uni. They don't have a clue who any players are but they can instantly recognise Ed and Stevo.

My opinion is that we just need a second set of commentators for the 2nd weekend game, a little change is always good and will give us a break from Eddie and Stevo, although, i've nothing really against them, it would be nice to hear different commentators on SL.

The people who don't like them are usually the people who they are also capable of picking and coaching the national team instead of Mc Namarra. Eddie and Steveo are there to make the viewing talked about and it seems to be doing a good job. Its not just about the actual rugby, its about the whole package and most people at the end of the game have a laugh about the comments they make.
Keep them and give Stevo and extended contract.

I didn't see last nights game but I like Eddie & Stevo.

Eddie is very popular, the few noisy whingers who are bagging him are in a small minority. before they whinge at me, you have every right to state your view, just don't delude yourselves that you speak for anybody else.

I think Eddie is fine, a seasoned and professional performer, who loves the game and talks it up. ANY commentator has foibles that grate or annoy differnt people in different ways, but in the round he is a good commentator I think to the majority, certainly practically of everyone I have spoken to whenever the subject has come up over the past many seasons I would guesstimate about 90% have no substantial problem with Eddie.

I agree it is nice to have occasional different commentators for variety, and they are OK too.

Stevo OTOH is very annoying now, to me. I think from my own experience the majority of people find him annoying. But then I think he plays up to a role to be opinionated and a bit controversial, and he is not the same as that in real life. Maybe he is just playing the role Sky want him to play, and maybe they judge that for their purposes it serves them well; the constant repetitions about outfits, stanzas, messages, chips over the top, utilising etc. clearly don't go unnoticed by the producer so I have to conclude it does, else they'd have had a word in his shell-like long before now.

Stevo has stated that he's retiring at the end of his current contract which will be at the end of the current Sky TV contract and that Eddie may go at the same time. He's said that he'll be seventy then. So we're stuck with them until the end of season 2016 whether we like it or not. If not, try turning the volume down.

They're both very passionate about the game and it shows, yes they've got there peculiarities and can be annoying especially when commentating on 'Your' team as they will pass of a bad call if the move was good or something of the like. But they are pretty synonymous with RL and as whole promote the game.

As for being professional and serious just look at probably the best sports commentator there has ever been, the late Sid Waddell, he was over the top, could have been deemed unprofessional but raised the profie of the sport more than any single player ever could have.

I like them. There I've said it!

Have you read what the players say about them on Twitter when there's a game on? Lol. They're openly ridiculed from what I've seen. So a bit unfair to characterise critics as a particular type of bitter fan, it seems to be an opinion held by many involved in the game at the highest level.

Personally they don't really effect my enjoyment of watching a game one way or the other because I tend to turn the volume down. I will say though that when you do talk to either friends or people at the games about them, there is an increasing amount that don't particularly like them and what a change, it seems to get more every season as well.

Eddie especially is a poor commentator imo, tends to go on forever about referee calls during the game instead of moving on with play and tbh should be left in the studio to do the pre game and post game bit.

where to start.
patronising, inaccurate (One example is in that they fail to identify what is clearly obvious), can't actually commentate (either of them). Limted ability to use descriptives.
Eddie can present to camera but that is about it, Stevo is a luddite of epic proportions and is so bad it's scary.
Both of them spout sycophantic e and with Clarky too it's a proper w@nk fest when either the goons or whinos are on (add Wanky to that of late)
Neither are 'characterful', just two old farts with next to zero talent with viewpoints/phrases that are so repititious and bizarre that it annoys the viewer and cannot help any newcomers to the sport.
We need a keith Macklin, now he could commentate...

And apart from that, you love them?

I like 'em....and there is no one better waiting in the wings

That's the problem mate.