**Official** New Zealand in South Africa

[popepouri]

Originally Posted by SilentOne

Kepler wessels is the worst, everything NZ did is either good or okay, but anything SA did was excellent or great.

how hard is it to be an impartial commentator? FFS

I'm from SA and I'm embarrassed.

[Smudge]

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Otago men, are they?

They are. You wouldn't be accusing me of bias, ****?

Look, the whole affair was handled terribly by NZC and Hesson - particularly some of the rewriting of conversations by Hesson. But some of the stuff from NZ fans, particularly on the net, is nothing short of idiotic - personal slights against Hesson's appearance (relevance? Nil), abuse of McCullum who has largely kept his nose clean in this affair, and comments like the one I quoted. I have kept pretty quiet on this, but that comment was the culmination of rubbish comment after rubbish comment.

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by Smudge

They are. You wouldn't be accusing me of bias, ****?

Look, the whole affair was handled terribly by NZC and Hesson - particularly some of the rewriting of conversations by Hesson. But some of the stuff from NZ fans, particularly on the net, is nothing short of idiotic - personal slights against Hesson's appearance (relevance? Nil), abuse of McCullum who has largely kept his nose clean in this affair, and comments like the one I quoted. I have kept pretty quiet on this, but that comment was the culmination of rubbish comment after rubbish comment.

I actually tend to agree tbh.

[Hurricane]

Originally Posted by Prince EWS

I actually tend to agree tbh.

You're from Australia.

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by Hurricane

You're from Australia.

Cool story bro.

[Viscount Tom]

If you took 20 years off Andy Flower made him into a **** and a Kiwi then remove any osrt of use as a coach you'd get Hesson.

PEWS doesn't know where h's from.

Also
New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13 : McClenaghan added to New Zealand Test squad | Cricket News | South Africa v New Zealand | ESPN Cricinfo

How does he get picked I mean forgive me if I've missed something but an average of nearly 40 in FC seems somewhat high to be at the front of the queue.

[hendrix]

Bracewell had a ****ty FC average as well before he was picked

[Neil Young]

Originally Posted by Smudge

They are. You wouldn't be accusing me of bias, ****?

Look, the whole affair was handled terribly by NZC and Hesson - particularly some of the rewriting of conversations by Hesson. But some of the stuff from NZ fans, particularly on the net, is nothing short of idiotic - personal slights against Hesson's appearance (relevance? Nil), abuse of McCullum who has largely kept his nose clean in this affair, and comments like the one I quoted. I have kept pretty quiet on this, but that comment was the culmination of rubbish comment after rubbish comment.

It's pretty obvious Hesson lied through his teeth while sacking a popular player as captain. People are bound to be pissed off and show it. With the normal added internet hyperbole.

It's all pretty tame, mind.

[Mike5181]

Originally Posted by Smudge

They are. You wouldn't be accusing me of bias, ****?

Look, the whole affair was handled terribly by NZC and Hesson - particularly some of the rewriting of conversations by Hesson. But some of the stuff from NZ fans, particularly on the net, is nothing short of idiotic - personal slights against Hesson's appearance (relevance? Nil), abuse of McCullum who has largely kept his nose clean in this affair, and comments like the one I quoted. I have kept pretty quiet on this, but that comment was the culmination of rubbish comment after rubbish comment.

I'm with you there.

[Mike5181]

Originally Posted by Viscount Tom

If you took 20 years off Andy Flower made him into a **** and a Kiwi then remove any osrt of use as a coach you'd get Hesson.

PEWS doesn't know where h's from.

Also
New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13 : McClenaghan added to New Zealand Test squad | Cricket News | South Africa v New Zealand | ESPN Cricinfo

How does he get picked I mean forgive me if I've missed something but an average of nearly 40 in FC seems somewhat high to be at the front of the queue.

It's only a reserve spot, and he's been picked on potential mainly. Gillespie, Milne, Wheeler, Small etc are all injured atm so he was really the only option outside the older guys like Arnel. Wagner or Martin will play anyway.

[BeeGee]

Originally Posted by hendrix

Bracewell had a ****ty FC average as well before he was picked

And look how well he is going now.

[hendrix]

In terms of selection it's a big improvement over picking Nicol as reserve batsman.

[thierry henry]

Honestly I think one of the main reasons people dislike Hesson is because he is short and looks like a stereotypical geek.

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Originally Posted by thierry henry

Honestly I think one of the main reasons people dislike Hesson is because he is short and looks like a stereotypical geek.

I didn't even know what he looked like until he shafted Ross Taylor tbh. I don't usually take much interest at all in how a coach looks, just how he coaches. Obviously I should take more notice in how a coach interacts, communicates and lies to his players though.

[Kippax]

Hesson will be hated because he's fitting the bill of the classic player power era toady, a 38 y.o. fanboy who didn't have the mana to live and die by his own calls.


Bryon Bell, part-time pimp

McCullum has a record of being more impressive the more frivolous the situation is, and is now showing us a walk-in wardrobe of sports speak's cast off clothes. Like John Key you could argue he ultimately wants the best for NZ's prospects rather than just his own, but he's a slippery eel that's very good at making an expedient call, and will look at you blankly if you ever used the word 'ambitious' in a pejorative sense. "Two jumps in a week, I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy". We'll see if he gets this second jump tomorrow.