Good and Bad Personal Meetings with Cricketers

[GotSpin]

Good: Brad Hogg. Keen for a chat with anyone who will talk to him and always smiling
Brett Lee: The most likely in an Australian team to go sign autographs for ages and pose for photos.
The whole Sri Lankan Team: The nicest and most humble guys. Whenever they're around you can tell they just love playing cricket and they'll talk to you about it. They really do understand how lucky they are to be there.

Bad: Doug Walters: Played 18 holes with him and he's an absolute ******. Barely talked. Was in his cart all day listening to the races and kept the radio on the whole time even when I was playing my shots.
Glenn McGrath: Very rude to me and some other kids seeking autographs when he just mumbled "get out've the way kids". When we were just standing there asking him and not in his way at all

Did you beat Walters, maybe that was the reason.

 

[Dark Hunter]

Good:
Dave Hussey, Me and Djellett were at a ING cup game, and Dave was fielding on the boundary, just near us. We told him to do a dance when he thought the Vics were gonna win. With 2 balls to go, and 8 runs needed, he was walking back from the huddle after a wicket had fallen, and did a little dance. We instantly yelled out 'Dancing Dave!!'. We'd been talking to him before hand, and he seemed a really good bloke.

Neutral:
Matt Hayden. A couple of years ago, went to a training session, and afterwards he was signing stuff. You could sort of see it in his eyes that he really didn't want to be there, and he wasn't responding to anything anyone was saying, just sort of grunted in acknowledgment.. I know the guy is the sort of guy that likes his privacy, but if you don't want to sign stuff, don't come out there to the kids. And atleast try to smile.

 

[steds]

Good: Brad Hogg. Keen for a chat with anyone who will talk to him and always smiling
Brett Lee: The most likely in an Australian team to go sign autographs for ages and pose for photos.
The whole Sri Lankan Team: The nicest and most humble guys. Whenever they're around you can tell they just love playing cricket and they'll talk to you about it. They really do understand how lucky they are to be there.

Bad: Doug Walters: Played 18 holes with him and he's an absolute ******. Barely talked. Was in his cart all day listening to the races and kept the radio on the whole time even when I was playing my shots.
Glenn McGrath: Very rude to me and some other kids seeking autographs when he just mumbled "get out've the way kids". When we were just standing there asking him and not in his way at all

What about your best friend Funky Miller?

 

[Smudge]

What about your best friend Funky Miller?

That falls into the "Very Personal Meetings with Cricketers" category.

Steds, care to do the honours with the naughty smilie?

 

[steds]

Why the hell not. No one else has.

 

[Smudge]

You're a scholar and a gentleman.

Hang on, you're from ooop norf. I retract that statement.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Freddie met steds once and got blanked completely

 

[vic_orthdox]

Neutral:
Matt Hayden. A couple of years ago, went to a training session, and afterwards he was signing stuff. You could sort of see it in his eyes that he really didn't want to be there, and he wasn't responding to anything anyone was saying, just sort of grunted in acknowledgment.. I know the guy is the sort of guy that likes his privacy, but if you don't want to sign stuff, don't come out there to the kids. And atleast try to smile

. Lose lose situation - if you don't really want to be doing it, and so you decide not to, people get annoyed at you for not signing autographs.

Not suprised to see Dave Hussey getting a few positive mentions, not at all.

 

[Slats4ever]

oh yeah i forgot about funky. i kinda just went up to touch him but rather than talk to him.. that sounds grose but

 

[howardj]