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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 2:32:30 GMT
It was a paradox Okie ! There wasn't any .... That has reminded me why I should keep off this bloody thread. Well when out of your depth mate ........
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 2:34:23 GMT
I just liked the mentally weak thing. I've shouted "mentally weak fucktards" at my tv 3 times tonight! 3 dismissals, that all could have been easily avoided. Ah ! You mental health experts ! ..A specialist subject I'm lead to believe ?
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 2:36:28 GMT
I just liked the mentally weak thing. I've shouted "mentally weak fucktards" at my tv 3 times tonight! 3 dismissals, that all could have been easily avoided. Ah ! You mental health experts ! ..A specialist subject I'm lead to believe ? Oh come off it, You don't need to be. When our batsmen need to fight and dig in they wilt under the pressure, they've got no mettle. Stevie Wonder can see it!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 2:37:27 GMT
Nonsense mate ....They should be inspired playing at home after losing badly in the summer ....this is how cricket goes ...in cycles ....the best players always bat and bowl well from their armchairs you know .... It can't really be nonsense if you write roughly the same thing I write, bish? You can call it cycles - You can say they are inspired just because they are at home (but they've not been for a good while, previously, have they?). But they are inspired and we are not. They are desperate to win - truely desperate - we don't appear to be. We are look mentally weak. It's not really cricketing talent that's losing us this test/series. It's lack of backbone with the bat in hand. The only mission for today and tomorrow was still to be batting at the end of it. 3 an over would have been just fine. We don't seem to have the mentality to dig in - As has been said previous in this thread, we appear to have forgotten what test cricket (it's a series!) is all about. Just curious .....have you played a lot of cricket mate ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 2:39:13 GMT
Ah ! You mental health experts ! ..A specialist subject I'm lead to believe ? Oh come off it, You don't need to be. When our batsmen need to fight and dig in they wilt under the pressure, they've got no mettle. Stevie Wonder can see it! Pull up your armchair and make yourself comfortable .....Stevie
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 2:40:40 GMT
It can't really be nonsense if you write roughly the same thing I write, bish? You can call it cycles - You can say they are inspired just because they are at home (but they've not been for a good while, previously, have they?). But they are inspired and we are not. They are desperate to win - truely desperate - we don't appear to be. We are look mentally weak. It's not really cricketing talent that's losing us this test/series. It's lack of backbone with the bat in hand. The only mission for today and tomorrow was still to be batting at the end of it. 3 an over would have been just fine. We don't seem to have the mentality to dig in - As has been said previous in this thread, we appear to have forgotten what test cricket (it's a series!) is all about. Just curious .....have you played a lot of cricket mate ? You're not going down the haven't played or coached in it so can't comment route are You? That's poor. Sadly I know no ex-pros to back me up like I do with football! Vaughany is hinting at it though, he's just more subtle than me! "England have not made 400 against Australia since Lehmann took over. At 166-4, if they lose Bell after lunch, this could be another score under 200. They would have to play so well to get to 350. Doom and gloom, I'm afraid."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 2:53:25 GMT
Just curious .....have you played a lot of cricket mate ? You're not going down the haven't played or coached in it so can't comment route are You? That's poor. Sadly I know no ex-pros to back me up like I do with football! Vaughany is hinting at it though, he's just more subtle than me! "England have not made 400 against Australia since Lehmann took over. At 166-4, if they lose Bell after lunch, this could be another score under 200. They would have to play so well to get to 350. Doom and gloom, I'm afraid." funnily enough I do think it helps to understand the game if you have played it .......personally I make it a point not to comment on sports that I have no experience in ...but that's just me
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 2:56:35 GMT
You're not going down the haven't played or coached in it so can't comment route are You? That's poor. Sadly I know no ex-pros to back me up like I do with football! Vaughany is hinting at it though, he's just more subtle than me! "England have not made 400 against Australia since Lehmann took over. At 166-4, if they lose Bell after lunch, this could be another score under 200. They would have to play so well to get to 350. Doom and gloom, I'm afraid." funnily enough I do think it helps to understand the game if you have played it .......personally I make it a point not to comment on sports that I have no experience in ...but that's just me If You've played it yes but I don't buy this You need to have played to a certain level to comment on it shit that gets thrown around usually about Walters, I call it the "Walters defence". If You've played a bit of a sport and watched enough of it, You can get a decent enough grasp of any sport imo. 6 down!
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Post by craig67 on Dec 7, 2013 2:59:23 GMT
Not looking good.
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Post by kingstokie on Dec 7, 2013 3:04:14 GMT
Calamity.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 3:04:42 GMT
7. Bowled after fannying around shitting himself over nowt barring Mitchell Johnson (obvs). Deary me.
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Post by craig67 on Dec 7, 2013 3:17:23 GMT
I reckon even Bish would get a bat at this rate.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 3:21:19 GMT
It can't really be nonsense if you write roughly the same thing I write, bish? You can call it cycles - You can say they are inspired just because they are at home (but they've not been for a good while, previously, have they?). But they are inspired and we are not. They are desperate to win - truely desperate - we don't appear to be. We are look mentally weak. It's not really cricketing talent that's losing us this test/series. It's lack of backbone with the bat in hand. The only mission for today and tomorrow was still to be batting at the end of it. 3 an over would have been just fine. We don't seem to have the mentality to dig in - As has been said previous in this thread, we appear to have forgotten what test cricket (it's a series!) is all about. Just curious .....have you played a lot of cricket mate ? I played a reasonable amount of Juniors (our school wasn't a cricket school ... so not as much as I would have liked), I was wicket-keeper captain, batted at 3, when we did play. I stopped playing after school (teacher strikes - mid 80s - meant no "6th form" cricket) ... I started again at uni (Manchester) and to a large extent finished when uni finished. I was OK (I was a decent 'keeper, if I blow my own trumpet). Thank god for Ian Bell, is all I will say. When I have to listen to the Australian commentry team tell me, other than him, the English batters "look scared"; I'm not about to start "pulling punches" just because I'm not currently the one facing 150kph missiles in the middle. Mentally, batting is the hardest thing in sport I have ever tried to do. In football, the closest comparison I can make is having to take a penalty (but to do that every ball, not just once every few games). Go in looking scared, bat like you are scared, and it was all over before you started the walk to the crease. Sadly, mate, that's where we appear to be right now.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 3:25:34 GMT
Vaughan is saying this is worse than 06/07, whitewash all the way. I can't disagree with him and I genuinely thought we'd fight today, we had to. Monty on hat-trick ball.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 3:26:20 GMT
funnily enough I do think it helps to understand the game if you have played it .......personally I make it a point not to comment on sports that I have no experience in ...but that's just me If You've played it yes but I don't buy this You need to have played to a certain level to comment on it shit that gets thrown around usually about Walters, I call it the "Walters defence". If You've played a bit of a sport and watched enough of it, You can get a decent enough grasp of any sport imo. 6 down! [/quote I wrote a big reply to you for this post .....But then deleted it , I can't be bothered to argue the point ......because you like to argue ...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 3:27:14 GMT
I reckon even Bish would get a bat at this rate. Yes ...but I could bat mate
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Post by craig67 on Dec 7, 2013 3:27:39 GMT
So what level did you play Bish?
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 3:28:04 GMT
If You've played it yes but I don't buy this You need to have played to a certain level to comment on it shit that gets thrown around usually about Walters, I call it the "Walters defence". If You've played a bit of a sport and watched enough of it, You can get a decent enough grasp of any sport imo. 6 down! [/quote I wrote a big reply to you for this post .....But then deleted it , I can't be bothered to argue the point ......because you like to argue ... Nearly as bad as our batting!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 3:29:02 GMT
Vaughan is saying this is worse than 06/07, whitewash all the way. I can't disagree with him and I genuinely thought we'd fight today, we had to. Monty on hat-trick ball. Why the smiley face then ? ...I don't understand ...I am gutted about this
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 3:31:49 GMT
Vaughan is saying this is worse than 06/07, whitewash all the way. I can't disagree with him and I genuinely thought we'd fight today, we had to. Monty on hat-trick ball. Why the smiley face then ? ...I don't understand ...I am gutted about this Monty is hilarious. He always makes me smile. If You don't laugh You cry, so I laugh, that's how I deal with "adversity"!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 3:32:50 GMT
Why the smiley face then ? ...I don't understand ...I am gutted about this Monty is hilarious. He always makes me smile. If You don't laugh You cry, so I laugh, that's how I deal with "adversity"! Well I cry ...
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 3:38:27 GMT
Monty is hilarious. He always makes me smile. If You don't laugh You cry, so I laugh, that's how I deal with "adversity"! Well I cry ... What do You call an Englishman that can handle a bat? A vet! Or Ian Bell, just to cheer You up!
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 7, 2013 4:00:47 GMT
Monty so far has faced the fourth highest amount of balls in our team and batted for the fourth longest. Says it all. He's showed some bollocks at least, he's been bombarded.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 4:14:36 GMT
Monty Panesar ... 30 balls - 1 run - hit 3 (4?) times now on the helmet or body. Still there. Top stuff, Monty. (luckily the Aussies dropped him ... twice on the same ball! but even so, top stuff, monty)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 4:27:07 GMT
Gone
Johnson has had some day.
Cracking stuff from Bell 72 is some contribution in that shower of sh1te and well done Monty for standing up with him.
Will we be made to follow on? ... Aussie comentry team split on it!
Edit: Australia will bat (so would I, 2/3 of the way through Day2!)
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Post by tijuanabrass on Dec 7, 2013 4:31:59 GMT
As far as qualifying for England cricket goes, the door has been opened pretty wide for South Africans, New Zealanders and goodness knows who else to pad out the cricketing prowess of a population of 53 million. Yet still they weren't able to muster enough batsmen and bowlers to prevent Pup Clarke and Mummy's Boy Johnson looking like Border and friggin' Lillee!
This is shameful. Three months ago I was speaking with Aussie cricket enthusiasts who were decrying the lack of development in the domestic game and calling for root and branch treatment to build for some kind of renaissance in the next 10 years - as a best case scenario. 172 all out! 398 runs behind. How the hell have England ponced over here like it was some gap-year piss up and frittered away the ashes in 7 days. Shame on you Cook, shame on you Root and Pietersen you arrogant tosser - go home!
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Post by craig67 on Dec 7, 2013 4:34:00 GMT
Gone Johnson has had some day. Cracking stuff from Bell 72 is some contribution in that shower of sh1te and well done Monty for standing up with him. Will we be made to follow on? ... Aussie comentry team split on it! Edit: Australia will bat (so would I, 2/3 of the way through Day2!) Don't you mean 2/3 of the way through Day 3??
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 4:55:23 GMT
Gone Johnson has had some day. Cracking stuff from Bell 72 is some contribution in that shower of sh1te and well done Monty for standing up with him. Will we be made to follow on? ... Aussie comentry team split on it! Edit: Australia will bat (so would I, 2/3 of the way through Day2!) Don't you mean 2/3 of the way through Day 3?? Lol ... I do Still ... they can give Superman Johnson a rest for a couple of hours and a kip overnight, then check him and Harris out in the morning and decide whether a day and a half (or day and a third? ... Just a day?) is enough to skittle us again The next England innings is going to be pivotal for the series. We either bat to the close on the 5th day, or face going home in disgrace after - the Aussies ferverently believe - Johnson rips us apart in Perth. Hello: Wicket! At least our bowlers might get a lift if the Aussies don't concentrate ...
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Post by craig67 on Dec 7, 2013 4:59:26 GMT
4-1.Game on.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 5:00:27 GMT
OH HELLO! shocking stuff from the Aussies ... this won't help them at all ... Anderson bowled a decent over, but lax stuff from the baggy greens (well, helmets) so far Seriously: Clarke & Leaman will be going mental; they don't want to let it slip now ... Might be a big session (for the series) after all
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