Re: Stevo : Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:43 pm  

Out of the 2 comedians we've had to endure for the last 20+ years I'm more fond of Stevo than Wiggy. Hemmings is biased and bitter individual who can't professionally present in an objective manner.

Stevo is now very predictable with his mumblings and limited vocabularly. I do think he has a passion for the game which I highly respect. Also he has done good things such as with his museum.

I will miss the Stevo word bingo though. When am I going to hear "claret", "terra firma", "he should go for a drop goal", "I'll bet my mortgage on it" again?

Re: Stevo : Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:45 pm  

I recently watched the Wakey v Australia game from the 90's & he was not bad but then he wasn't trying to be "controversial".

Re: Stevo : Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:19 pm  

I will miss the Stevo word bingo though. When am I going to hear "claret", "terra firma", "he should go for a drop goal", "I'll bet my mortgage on it" again?[/quote]


I won't miss him saying stanza though. I can't find any reference to it other than poetry so I can't see how it applies to a game of rugby unless any of you can shed some light on it

Re: Stevo : Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:43 pm  

Every time stevo mentions defensive patterns, man on man or sliding, it just grinds my gears. Also when he blames a winger for conceding a try and been in no man's land, when it's quite obvious the problem is numbers in the middle of the field!

Re: Stevo : Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:04 pm  

Will they do the switch, they need to get the link working, will they go blind, ahhhhh, give me strength. Marginally better than Ray errr French.

Re: Stevo : Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:15 am  

Why don't Sky utilse the dummy commentator?

Re: Stevo : Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:39 am  

I never understood his vociferous use of the word trundle when referring to a forward running the ball in. I always thought trundle was a slow movement. In fact when I played cricket, 'Tommy trundler' was a derogatory term for a slow, half hearted bowler.

Re: Stevo : Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:29 am  

ball-in-hand wrote:

Why don't Sky utilse the dummy commentator?

They use at least two every game!

Re: Stevo : Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:15 pm  

wildshot wrote:

Out of the 2 comedians we've had to endure for the last 20+ years I'm more fond of Stevo than Wiggy. Hemmings is biased and bitter individual who can't professionally present in an objective manner.

Stevo is now very predictable with his mumblings and limited vocabularly. I do think he has a passion for the game which I highly respect. Also he has done good things such as with his museum.

I will miss the Stevo word bingo though. When am I going to hear "claret", "terra firma", "he should go for a drop goal", "I'll bet my mortgage on it" again?

Don't forget..." ***Insert coach's name *** has got to get the message out..." usually about two minutes into every game

Re: Stevo : Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:29 pm  

Or "Coach <name> - will be fuuuurious!"

The absolute worst of his tired clichés is "<Team> have to utilise the skill factor." I even tweeted him to ask what it actually means, but received no reply.