Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:49 am  

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.

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:36 am  

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.

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:51 am  

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.

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:53 am  

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?

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:21 am  

Him wrote:

Is that a euphemism?

Thats a brass band instrument isnt it?

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 1:12 pm  

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

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 1:40 pm  

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.

[Wheels]

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 2:22 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

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.

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 5:45 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

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.

Here they come, right on cue!

Re: Spat my tea out.. : Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:41 pm  

Dwayne Dibley wrote:

at the screen when Eddie "confirmed" that Phil Clarke was 100% impartial.Comic genius.

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