Dravid - Defensive Captain

[umop 3p!sdn]

The fact that you can't have a normal conversation, without downign someone, shows that you are being a bit of a **silly billy**, moderator or not, you don't have to take such an aggressive approach, chill out it's the internet.

Sorry, i didn't mean it offensively if anything I said it in jest, as hard as that is to believe. Sorry if any offense was taken

My name isnt random letters either, read it "upside down"

 

[honestbharani]

I'm not a fan of defensive captaincy exactly, but there are times when it is beneficial and there are teams within which it will work better than aggressive captaincy as a whole. The key to captaincy though, IMO, is to know when to be aggressive and when to be defensive. There seems to be a mindset existing within many people that suggests you must always be aggressive, always attack - and it isn't right. Good captaincy is about getting the balance right.

I got u the first time mate.... I was juz kidding.

 

[Prince EWS]

I got u the first time mate.... I was juz kidding.

Fair enough. Just defending my stance.

 

[pasag]

Prince would have given anything to see Gavaskar's 36 I reckon. Would have made his life

Oh come on MSN for a sec btw Prince.

 

[Richard]

Not a huge fan of aggressive comments (even though I'm no saint when it comes to the matter)

TBH, IMO there's a time and place for them. I'll leave it at that though.

 

[Richard]

So what? Defensive captaincy can be effective. There is no intrinsic law that says aggressive > defensive.

I'm not a fan of defensive captaincy exactly, but there are times when it is beneficial and there are teams within which it will work better than aggressive captaincy as a whole. The key to captaincy though, IMO, is to know when to be aggressive and when to be defensive. There seems to be a mindset existing within many people that suggests you must always be aggressive, always attack - and it isn't right. Good captaincy is about getting the balance right.

Abso-bloody-lutely. Aggressive can be right, it can be wrong; defensive can be right, it can be wrong. It's ridiculous, really, said mindset that aggressive > defensive always.

 

[Johnners]

A) What for you play slowly in an ODI? Its not a multi team tournament where RR matters. You are chasing 288 and playing with a SR of just 60 doesnt sounds good. They gave away the match well before. Had if it is NZ or AUS, they could have gone fighting

B) Posted a total over 600+ and still think that you will lose the test ( with such kind of batting lineup and bowling) is useless. He should have gone for kill.
C) The third reason points out that he is defensive. He cant attack. He succumbs when he tries to attack.

They would've consolidated first (i.e. Bat in the same manner as Dravid did), and then gone on fighting.

 

[vic_orthdox]

So what? Defensive captaincy can be effective. There is no intrinsic law that says aggressive > defensive.

I hereby present you with this:

 

[Prince EWS]

Well my mother was born in England. It's in my blood.

 

[Raghav]

They would've consolidated first (i.e. Bat in the same manner as Dravid did), and then gone on fighting.

I agree consolidating for 5-8 overs at max... but more than 10 overs is bad when chasing 289

 

[Raghav]

*SIGH*. I apologize to Raghav if my post was offensive. Regardless of whether it violated any rules, I should have phrased my objections less aggressively.

Never mind Manan

 

[Richard]

I hereby present you with this:

I've always hated stereotypes.

 

[Jono]

My name isnt random letters either, read it "upside down"

Lol, nice username.

 

[Johnners]

I agree consolidating for 5-8 overs at max... but more than 10 overs is bad when chasing 289

That depends on the bowlers actually, as good a batsmen as Dravid is, if the bowlers are bowling as well as i'm led to believe Anderson & Co. were bowling, they're going to struggle to all of a sudden flick the switch and score runs at 6+ rpo. This was evident by the fact he got out whilst trying to accelerate against high quality bowling.

 

[Johnners]

I hereby present you with this:

hahaha best post