Eddie and Steve
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:49 pm
Hi, new to the site. Wigan fan for 20 years. Can anyone tell me why Eddie and Stevo hate Wigan so much and love Saints? Commentary on tonight's game v Wire was unreal.
Ed
Ed
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Ed, Stevo went to Aus to play for Penrith in the 70's. At the same time so did Bill Ashurst from Wigan. Much to the bemusement / amusement of their Australian teammates, the two were constantly at loggerheads and it reached such a childish level that Stevo would not pass to Bill. Bill eventually returned home but made such an impact he was selected for the all time Penrith XIII. Stevo stayed, retired, worked on Aus RL radio; bought a train, filled it with RL memorabilia taking it across Australia. SKY eventually brought him back and he and Eddie have remained too long sadly. The Best British commentator I can recall was Clive Tyldsley alongside Brian Smith when ITC/Granada briefly showed RL in the very late 80's / early 90's. Yorkshire TV tried Scrumdown but that was fairly naff.Ed Osmond wrote:Hi, new to the site. Wigan fan for 20 years. Can anyone tell me why Eddie and Stevo hate Wigan so much and love Saints? Commentary on tonight's game v Wire was unreal.
Ed
Finish the tale off CP. When they packed down for a scrum, Bill cleaned out his hooker (Stevo) from second row and he had to be taken off. Penrith went on to win. Ashurst later apologised to the coach who said "You can knock him out every match if it means we win!"!cpwigan wrote:Ed, Stevo went to Aus to play for Penrith in the 70's. At the same time so did Bill Ashurst from Wigan. Much to the bemusement / amusement of their Australian teammates, the two were constantly at loggerheads and it reached such a childish level that Stevo would not pass to Bill.Ed Osmond wrote:Hi, new to the site. Wigan fan for 20 years. Can anyone tell me why Eddie and Stevo hate Wigan so much and love Saints? Commentary on tonight's game v Wire was unreal.
Ed
Personally I agree with this mostly. I do think sometime there is bias, but basically every club in the league will think that the commentators are baised against their club and pro the clubs they dislike the most. Its par for the course.stevethegas wrote:The answer Ed, is the colour of glasses you look through. I don't share your view that "Eddie and Steve hate Wigan". To say it smacks of the blinkered paranoia that is every true fan's birthright. It's just the same in every club in every sport. Unless the commentators are falling over themselves with drooling praise, they're anti us, biased, all wrong etc. Except probably they're not. They probably just tell it like it is more than we want to hear.
I think your wrong they are biased, so are most of the commentators because they know it gets a reaction and thats why we all talk about during the week.stevethegas wrote:The answer Ed, is the colour of glasses you look through. I don't share your view that "Eddie and Steve hate Wigan". To say it smacks of the blinkered paranoia that is every true fan's birthright. It's just the same in every club in every sport. Unless the commentators are falling over themselves with drooling praise, they're anti us, biased, all wrong etc. Except probably they're not. They probably just tell it like it is more than we want to hear.