John Wells is excellent , it's the job he has been given that's the problem

Far too much guessing/analysing of what has happened and what this , that or another player should/shouldn't have done , just because SKY and the Beeb are willing to pay millions to past players to talk to us like we are idiots doesn't mean we want the same in RL , we can generally see what happened we don't need somebody else to try to make up stuff to make the game look more technical or interesting , we are not football or RU

Wells' analysis is pretty much the only thing that Sky get right about their RL coverage. Although I know we're now in the Brexit 'post-expert' age and people don't want to hear rational analysis or informed opinion.

Well maybe you just don't know as much as others about the game

Yeah that must be it.

Pamela Stephenson or Pamela Anderson

Both at the same time would have been fun

You said that about Eddie & Stevo, and look how that's turned out.


Personally I'll miss Stevo, sure he regurgitates the same old platitudes, but the other night when there was a bit of a fracas he came out with something like "There's more handbags than a Moroccan Bazaar" he still manages to make me chuckle.

I just hope Eddie & Co don't make too much of his retirement on G.F. night, ultimately he's just a bit player & it shouldn't detract from the main event - but it probably will.

Andrew Voss

Whilst his passion for RL cannot be questioned and he does have his occasional funny moments, so does my dad, but I wouldn't have him anywhere near the Sky commentary team. Stevo should've been replaced a long time ago.

His role alongside Eddie (who should be the host/commentator) should be to offer the viewers insight into the game, highlight little things they may have missed, explain tactical decisions - basically what Wellsy does.

But what we get is a bloke who offers nothing apart from one-liners and bluster, no insight, he doesn't understand half the rules and helps take the commentary team off on tangents about issues away from the match being played.

Carney is being groomed to replace eddie hemmings.

I would like sky to maybe bring in someone completely new. Maybe Paul Sculthorpe

We need to get an Aussie as one of the two main commentators. No need for two broad northern accents like Tez and Baz on together either, it just drags the game back to the stereotype. Give them two their own little slot of interviewing players before the game or whatever but keep them away from the box.

Carney plus someone else new who is decent in the box, nobody else. There are two many voices spouting nonsense right now it makes your head hurt. Clarke and Wells doing the pre/post match analysis and Baz and Tez kept to larking about with the players in sketches and interviews.Cummins - get rid just no need. This is a real chance for SKY to sort out the staleness they have with their coverage so i hope they take it.

Equally, he suggested that a player would have been in touch if had bigger feet, then went on to describe him as Mr Stubby Toe Man; so it veers between minor amusement to major league cringe.

I shan't miss him - it's time for a change.

Alan Partridge.

''That was liquid football''.

As a one off, that would be superb; most RL commentaries are littered with Partridge moments anyway, so he'd slot right in.

"This is *great* banter, it really is..."

Ray French for me.

As a replacement for Eddie, definitely. Not sure he'd work as Stevo's replacement though.
They probably won't even bother replacing him tbh, the commentary box already seems a bit crowded to me. Some games can have Eddie, Stevo, Terry, Barrie and Phil all chirping in at some stage. Plus we have Cummings in there too just to add an extra bit of twaddle.

Clare Balding and Tanya Arnold. Good presenters rather than just the old boys.

To be fair I think sky will go out their way to give him a big send off.

'Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes ...YESSSSSSSS.......THAT.....was a try!! '

could work.

Carney takes himself too seriously. Needs someone with a personality for sure, because the current crop don't cut it for me...

Tony Rea is my choice. Knowledgeable, not afraid to give an informed opinion and (for an Aussie) quite humble. Was excellent on the Catalans game last week.

Please God - NO !!!











*I have bitten again haven't I*
(Damn)

I’d keep Carney well away from presenting. He’s by far Sky’s best pundit and commentator and he should focus solely on that.

Eddie is a good commentator, and Wells and Clarke (when he’s not trying to be controversial) are good at their roles.

I’d like to see Sky have a totally separate studio and commentary team like they do for Thursday games, so a new presenter would be needed.
Keep it simple!

Presenter with 2 studio pundits, and a commentator with one (or two max) co-commentators. That way it wouldn’t be the same voices doing the same role every match!

I think Sky should bring Tony Rea back on a regular basis as a studio pundit as he offers a great insight in to the game. Barrie and Terry should go, or at the absolute most be used sparingly for Catalan/Championship matches.

I don’t think I get the idea of having ex-players as the commentary team solely. Their coverage would benefit from bringing in journalists such as Gareth Walker and Andy Wilson.

Anyway, I think Sky have said that they aren’t replacing Stevo and are going with what they’ve got.

What are we going to do without the inane verbage that is totally irrelevant to what's going on?

Probably the worst idea on this thread, RL journalists are some of the most boring and pitiful people around.