Number 16 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Dear Sky Sports Tezza and Bazza are inarticulate, offer only simplistic and often inane 'analysis' and are, quite frankly, an embarrassment. Please get rid (and take Phil Clarke with them). Yours etc Rugby League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Number 16 said: Dear Sky Sports Tezza and Bazza are inarticulate, offer only simplistic and often inane 'analysis' and are, quite frankly, an embarrassment. Please get rid (and take Phil Clarke with them). Yours etc Rugby League Quality letter, that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neutralfan7 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Really wish SL would follow the NRL in getting quality players on commentary once they retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 We need quality , more quality . Distinct lack of quality . And I like quality street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudger06 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I've thought for many years........they and others on board Sky Sports, don't even know the rules and sow mass confusion to both to those new to the game & full on fans of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Chopra Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I like Phil, you never know what he's going to say, do - or wear - next! But I'm afraid the other two just don't add anything any more. Not everyone needs to be a smooth talker, but it's mostly clichés from them now. There must be a younger recently retired player with some personality who can add a bit of edge to it, surely? Jammer could move straight into that role but looks like he fancies another year or two on the pitch, now he's stepped down a level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neutralfan7 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Toby Chopra said: I like Phil, you never know what he's going to say, do - or wear - next! But I'm afraid the other two just don't add anything any more. Not everyone needs to be a smooth talker, but it's mostly clichés from them now. There must be a younger recently retired player with some personality who can add a bit of edge to it, surely? Jammer could move straight into that role but looks like he fancies another year or two on the pitch, now he's stepped down a level. He's going back to Oz to commentate for the NRL isnt he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I see Baz ‘n’ Tez as descendants of Eddie Waring’s ‘it’s a knockout’ style of commentary that portrayed rugby league as a kind of cartoon violence for comedic effect, which is not only insulting to a great sport but also about 50 years out of date. Get rid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty craiq Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 whilst they are at it can they also remove the bloke with the badly fitting false teeth and scouse twang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rioman Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Sky happy with what they've got. Reinforces the northern stereotype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said: whilst they are at it can they also remove the bloke with the badly fitting false teeth and scouse twang Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Unfortunately one thing I’ve noticed about sky sports is they take no notice of what people think . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapski Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Not saying they are great, but some just want the northern voices removing. Regardless who it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Interested fact. have been watching Rugby League now for over 35 years and I have heard the phrase 'little tip on play' 1,356,289 times. And all 1,356,289 times it was Terry O'connor who said it. "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dunbar said: Interested fact. have been watching Rugby League now for over 35 years and I have heard the phrase 'little tip on play' 1,356,289 times. And all 1,356,289 times it was Terry O'connor who said it. Quality stat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCKonstantine Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Ben Proe is garbage too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ask Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, DavidM said: Quality stat Just embarrassing and actually quite annoying with some of their nonsense and repetitive theories Surely some level of intelligence would be part of the requirement rather than ‘I’ve played the game’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSaint Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 51 minutes ago, Neutralfan7 said: Really wish SL would follow the NRL in getting quality players on commentary once they retire. We don’t have many articulate ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 It’s true like , the games good but the commentary of it is complete tripe . NRL has guys like Ennis and Cronk coming on and actually adding something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Number 16 said: Dear Sky Sports Tezza and Bazza are inarticulate, offer only simplistic and often inane 'analysis' and are, quite frankly, an embarrassment. Please get rid (and take Phil Clarke with them). Yours etc Rugby League Think you should put your name at the end of your post lad as you definitely dont speak for RL. Be careful what you wish for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, Dunbar said: Interested fact. have been watching Rugby League now for over 35 years and I have heard the phrase 'little tip on play' 1,356,289 times. And all 1,356,289 times it was Terry O'connor who said it. I've told you a million times - dont exaggerate!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neutralfan7 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said: We don’t have many articulate ones... Haha thats true mate! But I could imagine players like Sinfield, Sculthorpe, Peacock, Long to name a few would be better than the current lot! Even if they just done it occasionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 16 Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mr Frisky said: Think you should put your name at the end of your post lad as you definitely dont speak for RL. I did in the original to Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCKonstantine Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Obviously the norm is to have a play by play and a colour commentator adding bits here and there. But on Sky it seems to be about 15% play by play, 10% colour, 75% waffle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 27 minutes ago, Rioman said: Sky happy with what they've got. Reinforces the northern stereotype. I'm happy with what they've got. Reinforces the Lancastrian stereotype. I like Barry and Terry. And, before anyone jumps on me, Barry and Terry are much much better than Jonathan Davies. Rugby League is a working class game that anyone can play and enjoy watching. Like it or not' Barry and Tery are still the template that the game draws its players from. I think that RL fans who criticise Barry and Terry are like the people of my generation who collect the Donald McGill saucy seaside postcards. They themselves would never have been common enough in the 1960's to buy one and send it to someone in their social circle (TBH, I wouldn't have done so either). Nowadays they regard that card as a genuine historical artefact. So do I and I still love my mates who bought them at the time and who now have progressed far more than me in their careers and tastes. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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