Yes indeed.Phil scuttled off not to be seen or heard from at the end.

Did think he got quite quiet later on. Watching the Thursday night game and last week he's developed quiet a love in for Cas (which isn't so bad given their play) but would love to see how much he'll change if Wigan vs Cas comes up in the playoffs.

I Doubt Cas will be so good in his opinion when/if they face the Cherry and Whites......Daryl Clark, after spending the year as such a "special talent" will deserve the rugby gods treatment no doubt.

I dropped my kebab.

Is that a euphemism?

I'm glad I went. I cant stand listening to Clarke.

He's just like any other anti Leeds fan and there are a lot of them now.I go on That other fans forum to try to get proper opinions ,but it gets harder every week.One said McGuire never changes and and someone asked him why he said that ? He said I just think he has turned in to a niggly player,Ha but you said he never changes.They never comment on the other teams faults .

barrie kept digging about clarke being a salford fan for the night. very subtle

It was brilliant when Barrie said he's gona do himself a mischief jumping up and down in his chair like a Salford fan. About time someone outed Clarke for the biased t he is. Cant stand any of the others on Sky either. But Clarke is a league above them in the w-nker stakes.

You could hear the massive disappointment in his voice post-game when he was doing his summary. It was like he was gutted we'd held on for the victory.

I must admit it was amusing to hear eddie hemmings trying to convince the viewers that clarke is not biased.
Not certain if Barrie's comments were designed to have a dig at clarke or just telling as it happened.
Anyway for me it's all good fun. I suspect if Wigan were the opposition and clarke was jumping out of his seat I may not see the funny side.

If you listen to our Grand Final wins, certainly in more recent seasons his is very vocal with his views whilst it is close but disappears once its obvious Leeds are going to win.

He is a disgrace as a commentator in my opinion with his bias, and the older he gets the more sulky and anti Leeds he gets.

I suppose the bottom line is that Clarke should uphold some semblance of professionalism and unbiasedness in his broadcasting and summerising of events but comes across as a rank amateur.This is in contrast it to the comments he makes on the sky website in general which seem to be well thought out,maybe his comments there are ghost written, who knows?

Thats a brass band instrument isnt it?

he is an like typical insular fan of a small town club who thinks no one should have the right to be better than his club

Yeah, he's almost as unbiased as Barrie McDermott who is even still involved with the Leeds club and allowed to commentate on their games.

Personally, I don't think there is anything wrong with commentators or journalists openly following a team an even having a slight positive bias towards that team. As long as it doesn't go over the top, or turn in to negative bias against any other team, then no problem in my eyes.

I make no secret of my support for York in some of the features I write where its relevant, but I would never dream of openly slagging off Hunslet, for example (I would maybe cheekily cheer on their opponents but thats as far as it goes).

And my match reports are always straight down the line, even for York on their own website.

Here they come, right on cue!

i was very close to needing a replacement 60" lcd tv


clarke is an utter disgrace as an impartial rl presenter,as he only has his beloved wigan at the fore front of his thoughts when he is commentating

i will never ever forgive him for his treatment regarding danny mags and his ultra professional rugby league gods have spoken jibe

And yet isn't unduly biased toward Leeds or against any other team. He's also a former Wigan & Widnes player.
The likes of Clarke, Cullen & O'Connor should take note.

Think McDermott does a good job. He obviously has his strong Leeds connection and talks strongly of them like Clarke does with Wigan. The difference is McDermott doesn't let that effect his commentary and views on the other teams whereas Clarke does.

I like Carney, McDermott & O'Conner, the rest are cr*p.

Eddy H is past it, far too many mistakes.

I think O'Connor is awful. He can't speak well enough and usually just comes out with cliches. Also he has a habit of almost rabidly defending his former teams, especially Widnes, and his friends. A good example being the recent Gareth Hock incident. O'Connor was embarrassing on Boots n All defending Hock. We'd just been played the video of Hock charging the ref. Even the most ardent defender of Hock would say he didn't do enough to avoid the contact. But Terry believed it was entirely accidental, Hock didn't change his line and didn't dip his shoulder. In complete contradiction to the video we'd just been shown.
He should be consigned to doing daft, "fun" segments on Boots n All at the most.

It's not a criticism of him as a man, he's just rubbish on TV and I've never quite understood why he's been given so much responsibility and airtime on Sky.

Carney & Wells are the saviours. Their, all too brief, analysis of each half is the high point by a country mile. I also prefer Carney as main presenter now too.
If Sky could just keep Eddie to commentating and not attempted analysis, or droning on about the same thing over and over again, or massively over-hyping one player that'd be a great start. Because when he commentates he's pretty good in my opinion.
Stevo can be a bit annoying sometimes, but he still gets a bit of a pass because he's a legend.
Clarke, I just wish he would stop trying to be the fan of one team or another and be a professional. If he did he'd have some decent points to make.

That'd do then for me.
Carney as main presenter.
Eddie & Stevo as commentators only, with maybe Clarke as a 3rd if he can be more professional.
And a studio guest to discuss the game with Carney and Wells' analysis bit too.

Simples. No need for anyone else. Too many times the commentary team is a discussion group, so get rid of 1 or 2 of them and concentrate on commentating.

What this shows is Eddie's insecurity - when it looked like Carney was the rising star Eddie did everything to belittle and embarrass him. Now Carney is in his box and not a threat he has left him alone. Clarke is his next target - Eddie has had his day and it is embarrassing to see him clinging on like this

eddie should be gone. he's past his sell by date.

carney as anchorman in the studio.
poach dave woods as commentator.
wells to do analysis

If we were to poach a commentator then i would go for Andrew Voss,he was outstanding on Premier Sports during the world cup