^^^This. He never fails to make me laugh, he is a natural comic.

Corrie would not be the same without him.

his scenes with Karen are classic

Steve is one of the best characters. He always makes me laugh and I loved his and Becky's relationship.

Steve should never leave, they just need to take him down a new road to mix it up. I'd like to see him go back into crime, and eventually prison. Tracy will of course take the moral high ground and ban him from seeing Amy despite her own past. He could commit fraud and end up losing Streetcars etc. I think he's been sitting pretty for too long attracting love triangle stories like a magnet, time to show us the real Steve once again.

I could see Steve being next Ken Barlow and he adds humour to the soap, particularly with Elieen and even Tracey (though I can't stand her!)

Corrie's version of Emmerdale's Marlon. His constant gurning gets on my wick. He's not funny - just a terrible actor.

There appears to be an ongoing competition for who can be the worst actor in Corrie. If so, then Steve is currently well in the lead.

Maybe in your poll.

As you can see on here, very many of us think he's a great character - funny, hapless, a bit stupid, but with a heart of gold. Long may he reign in Corrie.

^^^ This.

He just needs to get an nice woman.

Initially - as in years ago I didn't like Steve but now he's fast becoming a legend and a true favourite. Love Steve.

agree with the above posts

Steve flipping McDonald is one of Corrie's fllipping untouchables when it comes to axeings, so he is going flipping nowhere.

Flipping good!

I love Steve.......long may he reign...if, you are desperate to lose a bad actor - bye, bye, Kym Marsh....

Those saying "he cracks me up" etc and commenting on how funny the character is are missing the point.

Steve was never supposed to be a one-note comedy character yet that is all he has become, a bit like Deirdre and Gail. Even Steve's serious storylines now have that hint of comedy because of the way Gregson plays it, I am wondering if he is told to play everything the way he does or if he has just forgotten how to do serious acting.

I would not want to see him leave but the character is stuck in a rut. How many more times are they going to rehash the whole Steve/Steve's gf/Tracey stuff? It doesn't make any sense as Tracey moved on from Steve in her last stint when she got together with Charlie.

Personally I don't know what women see in Steve. It's beyond a joke that Tracey killed Charlie for cheating on her yet it's supposedly Steve who is the love of her life.

What a ridiculous post. So I have to be an actor to critique somebody's acting ability (or lack of)? If you can't take any such opinions perhaps a public forum is not the place for you.

Yes. Read your OPINION and disagreed with it.

Just because you hold an opinion, doesn't make it a fact.

Personally I love Steve McDonald, and I actually do laugh at Simon Gregson's facial expressions and delivery of his lines.

Long Live Steve McDonald - in my OPINION.

I think that sums up brilliantly the problem with Steve. How is it even possible to take a character seriously when the actor plays none of their scenes seriously? Even comic characters of the past played the scenes seriously and this often enhanced the humour. Maude Grimes was a classic example of this.

WFT is with "OPINION"?!!!!

Is your caps lock sticking?

The post I responded to did not even address my opening points, hence asking if it had even been read. That's got nothing to do with fact or opinion, rather just common courtesy that people actually respond to the original post properly. Otherwise post in a different thread!

He's my fave character along with Deidre, Kylie & Sally