www.skysports.com/video/inline/0 ... 51,00.html Only just started watching it but it looks a good show. Haven't seen Bilko mention it anywhere. Have I finally found some Rugby League related SKY sports media before him?

www.skysports.com/video/inline/0 ... 51,00.html Only just started watching it but it looks a good show. Haven't seen Bilko mention it anywhere. Have I finally found some Rugby League related SKY sports media before him?

I didn't mention it because it included #stevoretireya

Not bad though and I've only looked at 1 minute of it. This would probably be better than an hour of boots 'n' all?

ps Andy Wilson needs to shave the grey hair by his ears.

I've just finished watching it this minute. It's what BootsNall should be. A fantastic program with great debate and I didn't think Stevo was to bad.

Boots N All has been ridicuously poor this season, kicking it off with Phil Clarke's maths lesson is even worse than Paul Cullen timing PTB speeds. I still think we need players on as guests like they do on The Footy Show, maybe a few lighthearted bits as well, like a rugby league version of Soccer AM. I didn't mind Clarkey when he first started on Sky's coverage but he's making rugby league boring, and it takes something to do that!

Great find.

Only caught the first minute, but reminded me a bit of the Sunday Supplement.

half way through it. excellent so far, this is what we have been missing, some deep discussion into the game.

Just watched it all and enjoyed it. Proper debate with no idiots shouting down the microphone like Eddie and Stevo usually do. Fingers crossed it becomes a regular show.

Really enjoyed it, Rod studd is a million miles better than Eddie

There was a few occasions where Stevo just butted in and interrupted, but luckily he wasn't allowed to go off on a tangent like he usually does. I like Chris Irvine, gives considered and rational opinions on most subjects and doesn't get too carried away unlike Stevo with his 'rugby league is the greatest game, I hate all other sports' rants.

good television, and its good to see rugby league coverage is ever increasing.

I agree.
Although they've dropped the Live Championship games we now have 2 live SL games per week, the red button bit after the Friday night game, Super League Fulltime on a Sunday evening, Boots N All, Super League Super Men now extended to an hour every week with Sam's Super Tries as well. Add in the new web-based content and it's an impressive RL portfolio from Sky.

Excellent!
Always like to hear journos and both Wilson and Irvine were very good.
Good to have a "lower" profile presenter asking good questions then sitting quietly for the answers without interupting.

When is it available?

Excellent show, at last we are beginning to see programs based on football counterparts. I also think Super League Full Time is a half-decent highlight show, if they didn't mention the results beforehand it would be even better.

Boots n all needs to be completely changed or dropped, I'll tend to watch anything rugby league based but I can't sit through that. I'd prefer it if its budget was reallocated to one of the other shows.

That was quality. Best RL show on TV.

Good start with easily the best couple of journos in the game.

I hope they manage to find interesting guests each week.

I say keep it the same but bin stevo. Get a different super league player on each week or someone who has just retired. ONLY people who can string a decent chat together e.g. not Peacock.

People like Wilkin, Tomkins, Sculthorpe, Long, Farrell, Hall....

One thing I notice more and more on these programmes is putting emphasis on seeing what the players think. They claim the players are the most important people. I agree, ask them, not stevo.

I really enjoyed it, it's stripped back and is 100% better than Boots 'N' All.

I think they need to have a player's perspective though to balance it out

That was an excellent show. It's sedate without being tedious and allowed each person plenty of time to get their opinions across and make some very interesting points. It was also good to have different people than the usual Sky crowd. It wouldn't be as good if it was Cullen, McRae and Stevo and hosting by Eddie Hemmings. They got the personnel right although the idea of having a current player on the show is a good one.

It's very good for covering the stories that aren't necessarily linked to the games or things about the games that can't be covered on a highlights show.

I watched Super League full time though and I was a little disappointed, mostly with John Kear, who just seems to attempt to commentate on clips he doesn't appear to have seen before and just seems to end up rambling. He was better this week but I think that show needs a bit more work.

I thought Stevo was fine in this sort of format. There's room for one blustery motormouth when he's on a panel of four with three sober talkers. The difference is he didn't have Eddie goading him along, spouting ignorance to get a rise, with the two of them getting sidetracked and confusing each other in ever decreasing circles. Hence he was more "Mike Stevenson" and less "Stevo", and Mike Stevenson is actually often worth listening to about the game.

It confirmed my belief that the main problem with Sky's matchday team is Eddie.

That is a very good show and I cant believe I am going to say this but Stevo was very good too.

Its time to bin Stevo, this has become apparent to eveyone now. He's stuck in 1965 and listening to him talk is like a broken record.

"Its the greatest game"

"They need to utilise the dummy runners"

He has no iea about the modern game of RL, when he does his little 5 minute bit on Sky sports news I cringe to even think what fans of other sports think of this cringeworthy bald old man rambling on about why everyone in the UK should watch Rugby League, I appreciate his passion butits very dated and, well, a bit boring.

"They've got to try something different, maybe a little chip over the top"