CornwallRL Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Waynebennettswinger said: The Ice skater Tonya Harding? I hope they go for someone fresh but that is a bit left field! Sorry, Tanya who does the Superleague Show, I meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynebennettswinger Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 17 minutes ago, CornwallRL said: Sorry, Tanya who does the Superleague Show, I meant. I know mate, only joking. I don’t mind her to be honest. Dave Woods not so much. I don’t think Channel 4 have made any announcements yet, we can only hope that avoid the usual crowd and go for a fresh approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Waynebennettswinger said: The Ice skater Tonya Harding? I hope they go for someone fresh but that is a bit left field! Maybe avoid saying break a leg before the first episode. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigbyLuger Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, CornwallRL said: Question: Who will be C4 commentary team, will it be BBC Dave Wood & Tonya Harding, and yakki-daa Union Davies, or Sky Sports drivel, or a whole new team? Can I apply? I've seen worse names than Harding suggested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRL Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said: I've seen worse names than Harding suggested! I sent my cv off, I need the work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Tanya Arnold may be tainted by her association with the SLS, but that show's pedestrian format and limited content doesn't flatter anyone. She's always been much better when presenting live game or the BBC's extended highlights shows. 4 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabby Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, CornwallRL said: I sent my cv off, I need the work. Elvis springs to mind…”Return to sender”… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnleywelsh Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 5 hours ago, CornwallRL said: Question: Who will be C4 commentary team, will it be BBC Dave Wood & Tonya Harding, and yakki-daa Union Davies, or Sky Sports drivel, or a whole new team? Can I apply? Yakki-daa…?? What’s your problem with the Welsh language? At least you could’ve spelt it correctly. CornwallRL…I’d have thought you’d have more respect for a fellow Celtic tongue.. perhaps you’re not a proper Kernowyon. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanter Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 On 24/11/2021 at 09:01, PREPOSTEROUS said: Great stuff, hopefully they get enough of an audience to encourage them to take more in the next tv package. The audience in the stands need to get their @rses back in there too imo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 Managed a good few minutes about it - in the usual banter way - on The Last Leg Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Some background to the deal with the Ch4 head of sport. Going out to tender in the production, including the commentary team, and no highlights package. Interesting they get the 2nd choice and Sky the 3rd: https://www.totalrl.com/channel-4-welcomed-with-open-arms/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireBull Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 43 minutes ago, Whippet13 said: Some background to the deal with the Ch4 head of sport. Going out to tender in the production, including the commentary team, and no highlights package. Interesting they get the 2nd choice and Sky the 3rd: https://www.totalrl.com/channel-4-welcomed-with-open-arms/ If they got 3rd would be worried of having empty stadiums galore. Any games on Ch 4 sport has to go all out to have those games be near capacity. Play the long game, there is more for the sport to be made in sponsorship with full stands than costly one off tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark S Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 On 26/11/2021 at 18:28, CornwallRL said: Sorry, Tanya who does the Superleague Show, I meant. Maybe we could get Margot Robbie, who played Tonya Harding on a film. That would be a compromise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Thought: Helen Skelton - Mrs Richie Myler - to present? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mark S said: Maybe we could get Margot Robbie, who played Tonya Harding on a film. That would be a compromise. Think she is more of a Harlequins fan tbf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynebennettswinger Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 In this week’s League Express, Garry Schofield has humbly suggested the following panel to spice up TV coverage - Rod Studd as anchor, Mark Wilson commentating and Kyle Amor as touchline reporter. Oh and to summarise…Garry Schofield. As this whole thread suggests there is a wide variety of opinion, personally I just think we need something fresh. What Channel 4 do, they normally do well IMHO, so will be interesting to see which direction they head….as long as it’s not Garry Schofield 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Waynebennettswinger said: In this week’s League Express, Garry Schofield has humbly suggested the following panel to spice up TV coverage - Rod Studd as anchor, Mark Wilson commentating and Kyle Amor as touchline reporter. Oh and to summarise…Garry Schofield. As this whole thread suggests there is a wide variety of opinion, personally I just think we need something fresh. What Channel 4 do, they normally do well IMHO, so will be interesting to see which direction they head….as long as it’s not Garry Schofield There's no chance they will have an all male line up imo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, Waynebennettswinger said: In this week’s League Express, Garry Schofield has humbly suggested the following panel to spice up TV coverage - Rod Studd as anchor, Mark Wilson commentating and Kyle Amor as touchline reporter. Oh and to summarise…Garry Schofield. As this whole thread suggests there is a wide variety of opinion, personally I just think we need something fresh. What Channel 4 do, they normally do well IMHO, so will be interesting to see which direction they head….as long as it’s not Garry Schofield Mark Wilson who did the wheelchair tests is a pretty good commentator tbf. Really come into his own the last couple of years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynebennettswinger Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, Scubby said: Mark Wilson who did the wheelchair tests is a pretty good commentator tbf. Really come into his own the last couple of years. Of the names he suggests I can’t say that I am actually familiar with Mark Wilson, might have heard him and not realised. It was more Studd and Schofield that I objected too. Amor I like but I am biased, would be an interesting spin on the BBC’s on pitch work of Robbie Paul, if they got Amor to report whilst playing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 16 hours ago, Whippet13 said: Some background to the deal with the Ch4 head of sport. Going out to tender in the production, including the commentary team, and no highlights package. Interesting they get the 2nd choice and Sky the 3rd: https://www.totalrl.com/channel-4-welcomed-with-open-arms/ In news coverage, when the national media arrive at a scene, they will often defer to a local reporter for background detail. That person could be an ignorant fool, but they are not to know. I hope whoever prevails in the Ch 4 tender process doesn`t follow a similar "take me to your leader" approach. RL has always been afflicted with this due to our outsider/underground/regional status. When the game was featured on Radio 4`s Saturday morning sports show, Colin Welland was their go-to. The BBC clearly couldn`t think of anyone else. The only departure I recall was a Clive James vignette during a Kangaroos tour comparing Mal Meninga to Reg Gasnier, whom apparently James was at school with. Those at the production company who know little about RL, if they want to sample precedent, should immerse themselves in Fox League. The only value in checking out UK coverage is for guidance on who and what to avoid. Haven`t read all of this thread, so don`t know if Clive Tyldesley has been mentioned. On Granada in the early 90s he was the best English RL lead commentator I`ve heard. Getting on a bit now (67, according to Wiki), but it would set a bona fide journalist benchmark for anyone following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLANTISMAN Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 On 27/11/2021 at 01:15, burnleywelsh said: Yakki-daa…?? What’s your problem with the Welsh language? At least you could’ve spelt it correctly. CornwallRL…I’d have thought you’d have more respect for a fellow Celtic tongue.. perhaps you’re not a proper Kernowyon. I think JD is great (BTW Welsh is his first language as well) Paul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binosh Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I really hope we take advantage of this, the possibilities are endless if we get this right. We need to get the characters of the players over to the public, we need to sell the players as much as the game in my opinion. This could be Fifa style player ratings. i.e SPEED, AGILITY, TACKLING, PASSING, AGGRESSION, ENDURANCE, KICKING etc I really hope the advertisements are hard hitting and show how elite these athletes are. My favourite old advertisement was this one, Something modern on this would be fantastic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Mead Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 47 minutes ago, Waynebennettswinger said: In this week’s League Express, Garry Schofield has humbly suggested the following panel to spice up TV coverage - Rod Studd as anchor, Mark Wilson commentating and Kyle Amor as touchline reporter. Oh and to summarise…Garry Schofield. As this whole thread suggests there is a wide variety of opinion, personally I just think we need something fresh. What Channel 4 do, they normally do well IMHO, so will be interesting to see which direction they head….as long as it’s not Garry Schofield Brilliant, may as well get whippet racing and black pudding eating at half time “tha knors”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigbyLuger Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Wilson, Woods and Newsum are the best out there. If Channel 4 choose someone else, they've failed on the key person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastLondonMike Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 One of the production companies who might to be tendering is the one run by former SKY producer Neville Smith (In Touch productions). Who also did the production for the OurLeague games and Women's SL. So maybe expect Eddie and Stevo to come out retirement. Newham Dockers - Champions 2013. Rugby League For East London. 100% Cockney Rugby League!Twitter: @NewhamDockersRL - Get following! www.newhamdockers.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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