Rob Staton

[Shawy24]

I like Rob,good commentator and presenter,had a mare with the Wednesday saga tho

Disagree. Average commentator. WNowt special. Presenter? FFS. Are you serious? Even before “Wednesday saga” as you put it, it was his view or cut off. That kid’s a sad act with a hat covering his bald bit.

 

[Hanauer]

And they wonder why hardly anyone phones or listens in any more and it's always the same comatose bunch. That's why they have the boring, mundane repartee needing two substandard presenters to fill in the time. FFS Elvis, Rotherham Mick, Brain Dead Mick, Michael the Blade who never gets anything right need telling to keep off. My favourite though is the Irish Owl who always talks sense and does have something interesting to say.

 

[Russ]

Ive not listened to it in over 10 years but what about the other South Yorkshire clubs. It wouldnt work

Enjoy!

 

[PaulPeschBlade]

And they wonder why hardly anyone phones or listens in any more and it's always the same comatose bunch. That's why they have the boring, mundane repartee needing two substandard presenters to fill in the time. FFS Elvis, Rotherham Mick, Brain Dead Mick, Michael the Blade who never gets anything right need telling to keep off. My favourite though is the Irish Owl who always talks sense and does have something interesting to say.

Ring up then you sausage

 

[nopigfansintown]

He's supposed to be unbiased and play Devil's advocate with any assumption. If the Wednesday manager says the team is too young and it's unfair to play this really young team, it's his job to hold that assumption up to scrutiny. He won't because it evaporates.

Surely there is a point where you can’t just give Wednesday and their manager a free pass and dismiss it as “he’s doing as well as he can in the circumstances”.

Surely occasionally they could say “the circumstances are what they are. Now, are Wednesday doing what they can?”

Given the constant narrative coming out of Hillsborough on player welfare concerns, why not raise this?:

Out of 95 possibly sub opportunities, 5 per game, Chris Wilder has used subs 94 times.

Out of 125 possible sub opportunities, Henrick Pedersen has used subs 86 times.

Why, when player welfare is being sighted as the major issue, are they not using the in game opportunities to manage minutes like across the city?

99% vs 69%.

Why when sighting reliance on young kids are they not even in the top 6 for average age of the XI?

How come when you list out the appearances for Wednesday, there are 16 players with more minutes than the first Wednesday teenager if they are “ruining young players”?

It’s a false narrative and even if you buy into it, they are doing nowhere near enough to keep their players fresh.

There's a whole host of factual information (including that which you've provided) that contradicts the woe is Wednesday narrative on this matter.

Staton tweeted somebody saying (I'm paraphrasing)"I know my job better than you thanks". Clearly this isn't the case. He's chairing the show and is in the role of mediator NOT arbitrator. He is also subject to the BBC impartiality charter. As the host he should take the narrative(s) promulgated by the Wednesday hierarchy (and some fans) and allow them to be scrutinised. To analyse them giving equal voice to all sides of the debate before, finally, reaching any conclusion. There are ample facts and figures here so guesswork and emotion isn't required in the analysis. We all have our natural biases and prejudices, that's understandable, but we are all also capable of taking a viewpoint diametrically opposed to those inclinations and giving it due consideration. It's actually a good debating skill to take the opposite point of view and to argue in favour of it in order to test the strength of your own argument. If we can't do that due to strength of feeling we can always recuse ourselves from a debate or hosting/mediating one. FH Team should've made this happen on this subject long ago as Staton keeps crossing the line on the matter. Does FH not have an editor saying "what are the actual stats on this Rob?" If they do they're actually hanging Staton out to dry not interceding.

Staton has never done any of the above. His abject failure when it comes to mentioning any of the factual data on this matter is simply astounding. It's 2026 and we all have access to this data... being gaslit won't fly. His patronising tone, condescension and arrogance when challenged by those who are clearly more studious on the matter doesn't serve him anywhere but in his own head. We have the data....

 

[Hanauer]

Ring up then you sausage

Been banned.

 

[hodgy747]

There's a whole host of factual information (including that which you've provided) that contradicts the woe is Wednesday narrative on this matter.

Staton tweeted somebody saying (I'm paraphrasing)"I know my job better than you thanks". Clearly this isn't the case. He's chairing the show and is in the role of mediator NOT arbitrator. He is also subject to the BBC impartiality charter. As the host he should take the narrative(s) promulgated by the Wednesday hierarchy (and some fans) and allow them to be scrutinised. To analyse them giving equal voice to all sides of the debate before, finally, reaching any conclusion. There are ample facts and figures here so guesswork and emotion isn't required in the analysis. We all have our natural biases and prejudices, that's understandable, but we are all also capable of taking a viewpoint diametrically opposed to those inclinations and giving it due consideration. It's actually a good debating skill to take the opposite point of view and to argue in favour of it in order to test the strength of your own argument. If we can't do that due to strength of feeling we can always recuse ourselves from a debate or hosting/mediating one. FH Team should've made this happen on this subject long ago as Staton keeps crossing the line on the matter. Does FH not have an editor saying "what are the actual stats on this Rob?" If they do they're actually hanging Staton out to dry not interceding.

Staton has never done any of the above. His abject failure when it comes to mentioning any of the factual data on this matter is simply astounding. It's 2026 and we all have access to this data... being gaslit won't fly. His patronising tone, condescension and arrogance when challenged by those who are clearly more studious on the matter doesn't serve him anywhere but in his own head. We have the data....

Think you need to explain the big words for some on here.