Symonds this time crosses the line

[fredfertang]

Given that Symonds has already produced a volume of ghosted autobiography as recently as 2006 it is difficult to see what this new one can have to offer other than an account of his various recent stints spent on the naughty chair outside the headmaster's office

 

[SJS]

If everytime something controversial happens in a cricketers career he is going to go and write a book wonder how many Ganguly should have had by now and even Harbhajan? I think Sreesanth needs to make up for time lost

 

[Precambrian]

If everytime something controversial happens in a cricketers career he is going to go and write a book wonder how many Ganguly should have had by now and even Harbhajan? I think Sreesanth needs to make up for time lost

Perhaps it is that autobiographies don't have the same market in India as overseas.

 

[SJS]

Perhaps it is that autobiographies don't have the same market in India as overseas.

Cricket books dont have a market PERIOD.

I went looking for books by Neville Cardus on the Indian book stores on the net. I found just one copy of one book, in a bookstore in Delhi. I have lived in Delhi for 35 years and I had that book taken from me by a friend and fellow cricketer (we played for the same club for over a decade with him going on to play everything except Test matches) and never returned.

I am very keen to go to that store and see if it is my copy for it will have my signatures.

PS : Of course I bought the book again many years later but it was a great regret since I had bought a set of four Cardus books published as a set from the Lord's bookshop when I first visited Lord's in 1983.

 

[Precambrian]

Cricket books dont have a market PERIOD.

I went looking for books by Neville Cardus on the Indian book stores on the net. I found just one copy of one book, in a bookstore in Delhi. I have lived in Delhi for 35 years and I had that book taken from me by a friend and fellow cricketer (we played for the same club for over a decade with him going on to play everything except Test matches) and never returned.

I am very keen to go to that store and see if it is my copy for it will have my signatures.

PS : Of course I bought the book again many years later but it was a great regret since I had bought a set of four Cardus books published as a set from the Lord's bookshop when I first visited Lord's in 1983.

Agree. We seriously have a lot of "casual" fans who pass of as "hardcore" ones. Fairweather ones with zero attention span.

 

[SJS]

Agree. We seriously have a lot of "casual" fans who pass of as "hardcore" ones. Fairweather ones with zero attention span.

Thats right and its worse. We now get our understanding of the game from the idiots from the electronic news channels. Cricket illiteracy is a serious problem in India but BCCI couldn't care less. It is easy to sell crap to those who cant tell the difference.

 

[honestbharani]

Haha, this is such a stretch guys. If you want to complain about Australian players go ahead, but at least stick to reality.

The Reality, mate, is that Symonds could have got his point across in a much better manner than go "What kind of country calls their Gods assholes???"..



That is condescending on his part but then again, he seems to be an idiot of the highest order, so I think his opinions mean zilch, at least AFAIC...

 

[Swervy]

The Reality, mate, is that Symonds could have got his point across in a much better manner than go "What kind of country calls their Gods assholes???"..



That is condescending on his part but then again, he seems to be an idiot of the highest order, so I think his opinions mean zilch, at least AFAIC...

Why is it condescending? Looks like he has just said what he felt.

Or maybe you are another one who has managed/chosen to misunderstand what was said

 

[honestbharani]

Why is it condescending? Looks like he has just said what he felt.

Or maybe you are another one who has managed/chosen to misunderstand what was said

When you start a sentence with "What kind of a country......" it is condescending.. I cannot believe I have to explain that...

 

[Richard]

Yeah that's a different issue to the earlier one, which was ridiculous.

"What kind of <such-and-such> does <such-and-such>?" WHATEVER the such-and-suchs equate to has negative connotations, and although I don't think I'd make that much of an issue of it, I can see why some people might.