13th Thread - Who will be the Pantomime Villain?

[Burgey]

Lol

 

[Ruckus]

Was this meant to be a Harris injury joke?

haha, whoops, left out faulkner too. Harris no. Very mentally strong, up there with the best in the side from that pov. Faulkner - no clue.

 

[GIMH]

Patto seriously likely to jump the fence and belt someone if he's all fired up in the middle of a spell. Hope it's Corrin.

Haha I don't think I'm attending any cricket this summer. First time in many years. We'll see though.

Enjoyed the OP, you'd make a good Evertonian.

 

[NUFAN]

lolz, nice one Valer.

As if, Siddle would run in any harder if taunted. What Ruckus is saying is basically who is mentally fragile. For me its Watson, Hughes, maybe Wade. Some might think Khawaja fits into this category, but I don't.

With the targets for what Burgey is saying, it has to be Warner and Watson.

 

[Ruckus]

well not necessarily mentally fragile, just those who I think are more likely be emotionally affected (e.g. an angrier Pattinson probably wouldn't be a bad thing for his performance). But I guess a more relevant answer to what Burgey was asking, is that 'pantomime villians' are typically the players who either are the most talented in the team, get on the nerves of the opposition, let their performance be emotionally effected by the crowd/players or have a combination of all those qualities. For me, someone like Clarke (while he no doubt will cop some flack from the crowd because he is the best player and captain) is too understated to be the main target. Watson, I think, just isn't enough of a 'marquee' player to attract that much attention anymore. It's gotta be Warner or Pattinson.

 

[Howe_zat]

How many times was the OP re-drafted?

 

[Burgey]

Did it in about 10 minutes at work this morning. I'd have thought it was obvious :-/

 

[Howe_zat]

I'm impressed by your commitment

 

[Burgey]

The case I had listed for four days finished before lunch yesterday, so I have a bit of spare time.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

The Barmy Army songs in the first session will be pivotal. Warner most likely to have an on-field meltdown and define the series though.

Pattinson will be the barbarian imbecile given endless **** over homeworkgate, Watson (God forbid he plays) is already the soft nancy boy afraid of ghosts, and Warner will cop it endlessly over his tweets and general illiteracy. Crowd won't be kind to Hughes either, mostly for being Clarke's undroppable pet. Think Siddle elicits grudging respect nowadays, as does Clarke. Then again, so did Gillespie in 2005 and they wouldn't shut up about his investment caravan property.

Patto and Warner to come out for the better if so. Watson will collapse like a histrionic rag and give an exclusive to the Daily Mail. Pat Howard to insist team confidence is high after every drinks break.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Also, beautiful post by the Burge.

 

[Hurricane]

Also, beautiful post by the Burge.

AWTA had me in stitches.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Warner likely to bite back and respond, which makes it more likely that he'll be the favourite. Probably the only time that the Barmy Army holds an intellectual advantage over anyone too, tbh.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Flibberttyjibber

Even my own fans are turning on me now.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I would imagine Homeworkgate members may be the first target with Watson taking the brunt of it through the summer as he is such a ****.

 

[Burgey]

Even my own fans are turning on me now.

Nah, all in good fun mate.

Doesn't mean we won't abuse the **** out of each other, but it's all in good fun.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Nah, all in good fun mate.

Doesn't mean we won't abuse the **** out of each other, but it's all in good fun.

Course we will, then have a month or so off and start again.

 

[Dan]

Even my own fans are turning on me now.

 

[Burgey]

Course we will, then have a month or so off and start again.

It's a marathon, not a sprint!

 

[luckyeddie]

It's a marathon, not a sprint!

Both of which are Olympic events, so that's Australia buggered right there.