A mate of mine wrote a letter to Sky complaining about the Union commentary team saying much the same and they're response says it all; Sky don't regard commentary as having to be about the game, it's a form of "entertainment". That means that no matter how dire, how inane or asinine the drivel they come out with is, Sky won't sack them because it's all for our "entertainment". Compare that to Aus where the commentators 1) know about the two 2)actually comment on the action (which would seem important for a COMMENTATOR!) and 3) when they do have some banter it's actually funny, it makes you realize how dire our lot are. Give me anther reason to never, ever buy Sky.

Be great of they had fanzone for the Superleague.

we need to sticky a phil clarke thread, every er has something to say about the muppet every week!

Only Dire and Whinos fans.

He used to be accused of being pro-saints when they were on top, what do you want him to do?

Dribble all over the mic every time Dire or Briers does something like Hemmings does?

He isn't anti-Wire, he is just very pro-Wigan. He really does need to reconsider his approach, though.

Oh my giddy aunt ! Here we go again with an embarrasing 'anti phil clarke' thread.
If he winds you up that much turn the tv volume down !
He didn't say much wrong last night but eddie was openly jizzing over us.
We've just won the LLS and destroyed Hudds to get to the semis yet you look for some negative stuff to moan about and litter this forum with (IMO)
Take a happy pill and chill the cuff out !

Come on Wire fans, I bet if Phil Clarke could see this thread he would be laughing at how easy it is for a few of you to get so irate. Same with Wigan fans with Eddie on our forum

He has come out with odd biased comment but i think some Wire fans a getting a wee bit paranoid now...

while everyone is complaining about him like this he wont be got rid of,because he is doing what he is paid to do.Why not just watch the game with no sound?I know what you mean though he annoys me too

Same with Cullen on Boots'n'all

The ''Warrington are playing very Wigan-esque'' line when we were tearing Wigan themselves a new A-Hole was the best line ive heard from him in a while.

I love the way that all season Warrington have passed the ball from one side to the other with so much speed.

Guess who said that last night.

Exactly. Can he influence a game? No.

In answer to the title, we could invite him to a Joel Monaghan party?

That really isn't a solution! People shouldn't have to watch programmes with their tv turned down!!!!

Phil Clarke is no worse than Eddie Hemmings. Clarke is biased as is Eddie. So what.

If you think hes bad listen to Gary Neville on Monday Night Football,Jesus tonight..

Come on then Sherlock, who's Eddie biased to?

It certainly isn't Wire.
Fair enough, he praised us a lot in the last couple of seasons, but before that, he's stuck the knife into us when we average/crap.
As far as I'm concerned, Eddie is a Wid, who's shown obvious favourings towards Stains, over the Super League era. Just listen to his commentaries.

If you dont think that Hemmings is biased towards Wire then you need to clean your ears out. Its almost as embarrassing as Clarke and Wigan at times. But at least I can admit that.....

Got to agree mate, always thought Eddie was a a secret Wire

Phil Clarke, clearly the best troll of wire; good bait too, he manages to get an irate thread practically every week too.

It's really quite sad.

The thing with Clarke is, when he isn't trying to put Warrington down and big up Wigan. I think he actually provides a decent amount of insight of the game. It is so blatant it does get annoying.

Are you Pies thick or deliberately obtuse.

Eddie is a Wid....end of
He's shown huge leanings to Stains in the last decade or so, because GUESS WHAT, they were winning things, and playing great rugby
He's showing (some) leanings (but certainly not bias), to us now, because GUESS WHAT, we're now winning and playing great rugby. Commentators/'journalists' do that. They ingratiate (sp) themselves to teams/people who are having success. It's happening now at Man City. For 30 years, the 'gentlemen' of the press have stuck their collective knives into them. Now, they've won a cup and are playing some fantastic football, they've suddenly started to praise them. WHAT A SURPRISE.

I've known Hemmings (to talk to, and do, quite regularly) for about 7 or 8 years. His praise towards us (said to me) can be written on the back of a postage stamp. Infact, the last time we spoke, was the day before the Wigan game (3 weeks ago), when he said to me "Sam'll tear you lot apart, tomorrow"....now that's not someone who's biased towards Warrington, is it.

Back on thread, I don't mind Clarke at all. I think he's intelligent, articulate and is very knowledgable about our game. He just shows himself up with his (rather pathetic) attitude of "damn, someone's doing better than my beloved Wigan". It was almost like, at the end of the game on Friday, he couldn't wait to mention the cup game from a few weeks back. I was almost expecting him to say "Wigan annhiliated Warrington that day, SO NERR, NERR, NERR-NERR, NERR".


Yes, Sky do have people who show some leanings towards certain clubs. We have two, in Angela Powers and Paul Cullen, though their leanings are 'covered up', quite well. O'Connor and (to a certain extent) McDermott are ex-Wigan players who revel in all things Wigan. Stevo is pro all things Yorkshire. Martin Offiah loves Martin Offiah. Clarke, obviously loves all things Wigan, to the detriment of everyone else. It's quite sad, really.

The only one who I find totally unbiased is Carney.....fair play to the fella.

A slight aside, I thought McRea was very good on Friday. Normally, I've more time for Simon Cowell, but I thought he was very objective on Friday....no histrionics, just gave his views in a very balanced manner. Well done, fatso

I think Barrie and Terry are quite fair to be honest. It's only Clarke that put's us down time and time again. End of the gaem Friday..

"Wigan came here 8 weeks ago and embarassed warrington Eddeh" said Clarke

"Wigan played great on the day and Warrington got back to within two points before a few late Wigan tries saw them home" which is what really happened.


Also forgot's these kinda stats "Did You know Eddeh, that in 160 mins of superleague rugby this season, Wigan have only managed to score 18 points against Warrington and have conceded a massive 63 points"

Some of the paranioa on here, wow! If I were some of the posters on here I'd never fart incase I shat myself.

Clarke's comment at the end of our match friday referring to the CC quarter final was actually relevant. We've got massive momentum with us at the moment and our destiny is in our own hands. But on any given day, we're only human, and could cop a hiding ourselves like we did against Wigan if we don't keep our feet on the ground.

If it was Saints or Leeds that had beaten us in the cup, nobody would have cared. It's just selective hearing and if you actually listen to a lot of the things Phil Clarke says, he offers many compliments to our player's individually and as a team.

For some fans to start talking about petitions etc, do me a favour! You're embarrasing us all.