Can we get rid of him now please.
His stats are so mind numbingly boring and pointless

Stevo mentioned Lee Westwood in the build up - haven't seen him on the pitch (or any other golf shot

) yet

Would I be wrong in saying Warrington look very average without Briers, they're praised for their strength in depth but they look so ordinary without him and its not just been tonight imo.

Wire have been poor, they have been slow and, dare I say it, look old.

Saints have been efficient, and have only needed to be so to beat this Wire side.....I know after Leeds' last 2 seasons it is suicide to say it, but this Wire team don't look capable of reaching a Grand Final.

Completely agree, think Wire where lucky Catalan & Hull were so bad, Rovers put in a solid performance and saints are doing the same tonight. I would put money on Wire not getting to the GF if Briers is not to return.

Surely we are not falling into the trap of Winning side good, losing side poor.

Has SKY brainwashed us to this extent?

I don't think wire have looked good when they've won, only against Wigan did they look good with briers playing a key role. Warrington don't look the same capable team they have done over the past couple of years, Briers is huge miss and I don't think that fact can be underestimated.

Wire may not have been at their very best and yes Briers is a big miss, but they've played worse and won before now.

Tonight's win is down to Saints' outstanding defence - Wire simply couldn't break them down. Their kicking game was very good and they took the right options in attack. Any team would have struggled. Lomax was excellent at full-back and the rest just did the basics very, very well.

OK, so everyone agrees. Get rid of Phil Clarke.
Great

I like his stats. The people that tend to not like stats are the ones that don't really understand their importance to analysing a game, or just understand what they mean at all!

Just like most of the Sky team. The only two who really has any insight is Carney amd Wells. The others should be potted!

What do you mean.

I go further, I don't think we get enough stats, and TBH, my complaint, not that its a major one, would be that Phil Clarke dumbs things down like he's been told to imagine he's talking to new viewers all the time. Doesn't need to do that, people don't need spoon feeding. For example, watching NFL, I don't know what all the American Football commentators are on about, but it adds to the enjoyment rather than detracting from it.

I understand the stats, Its not rocket science. what he says in 10 mins could be done in about 30 seconds
He gets boring

Give an example...

My favourite:
"It's interesting to note that a significant proportion of tries in rugby league are scored in the opposition's half".
That would be because the try line is in the opposition's half, Phil.
And it's not a significant proportion, it's all of them.

I like Clarke. And his stats.

that would be "from" not "in"

I get the impression the stats thing is given to him to give him something to do.

I like him, I'd replace Stevo with him and he wouldn't need the stats.

It's Stevo that has got to go. "That looked forward, either way, got away with it, as far as I'm concerned, it's as simple as that."

But they've got to get the message out that his commentary has become stale. When they finally change the team around it will be like manna from heaven.

Imo the commentary and punditry in rugby league comes across as amateurish and paints the game in a poor light. Compared with 6 nations union coverage and you can see what I'm talking about.

It undermines the rfls desperate attempts to attract more trend-conscious southerners to the game.

I like Clarke and I appreciate most others don't. However, given that Super League now goes out live all over the world his input gives new audiences a way of looking at the game.