Real time draft- voting poll - Page 4

Johnners · 13-01-2013, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by fredfertang

Thought Johnners team the best, shows what I know I suppose

Is benchy disenfranchised?

Shows your the most knowledgeable poster on the site obvs

BoyBrumby · 13-01-2013, 04:05 AM

Bit surprised at the lack of Spikey love; pretty awesome looking bowling line up.

8ankitj's my personal fav tho.

Spikey · 13-01-2013, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Bit surprised at the lack of Spikey love; pretty awesome looking bowling line up.

8ankitj's my personal fav tho.

In hindsight, I shot myself in the foot picking Miller first. I should have taken McGrath instead and picked Kallis with my next pick (which was the plan, until Miller was actually there for the taking...)

Spikey · 13-01-2013, 04:10 AM

Andy, Cabinet and 8ankitj btw. thought about Mighty Mariner tho

uvelocity · 13-01-2013, 04:14 AM

cabinet 8ankitj monk

Spikey · 13-01-2013, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Spikey

Andy, Cabinet and 8ankitj btw. thought about Mighty Mariner tho

hahaha didn't know he was voteless. a pretty gun batting line-up and Akram and Tyson to open the attack. Perhaps Andy Roberts over Anderson but idk, no votes is a little surprising. we don't hate Kumble that much do we!?

Howe_zat · 13-01-2013, 04:32 AM

Akram at 7 makes him a bit easy to dismiss, I think

Spikey · 13-01-2013, 04:34 AM

check out the 257* hater

Howe_zat · 13-01-2013, 04:34 AM

Didn't say it was fair

BoyBrumby · 13-01-2013, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Spikey

Andy, Cabinet and 8ankitj btw. thought about Mighty Mariner tho

Yeah, ZaltzHair got my other vote with 8ers and you.

SJS · 13-01-2013, 04:41 AM

How come only one of my votes got registered ?

watson · 13-01-2013, 03:18 PM

A Post Mortem

At the time of the draft I suspected that Ian Botham and Matthew Hayden would be vote losers for my team. However, I selected Ian Botham because I had to shoe-horn a Pakistani player into the team and figured that Wasim Bari was the best player still available (Javed Miandad and all the top-notch quicks were gone).

My suspicions have been proven correct I think. Ian Botham is not rated as a first change bowler relative to other ATG bowlers. In fact he is so under-rated that his apparent lack of skill was not able to be masked by Marshall and Garner as the opening bowlers, and the class of Verity as the spinner.

It would have been nice to have better 5th bowler options in the team, but I still think that it's the lack of confidence in Ian Botham and Matthew Hayden that cost the team about 5-6 votes.

Interesting.

kyear2 · 13-01-2013, 03:59 PM

I would say Botham more than Hayden. Botham was the reason I almost dinn't vote for the team, but as you said, it's hard to over look Marshall, Garner (best ever opening combination) and Verity (top 5 spinner ever). Plus the middle order was the best on show.
Of the percieved modern FTBs, I still rank Hayden far ahead of the MoYo's, Mahela's and Sehwags of the world, so not a problem for me. Botham though was a big drop off for a first change. Half of Viv's highlights were againts him.

morgieb · 13-01-2013, 04:05 PM

Spikey - a decent side overall, but a lot of the players seem to be merely good rather than great, which is a fatal flaw at this level.
AndyZaltzHair - Bradman makes this side awesome, but it's still very good without him.
Cabinet96 - outstanding, only slight concern is the lack of aggressive bats.
Coronis - arguably the best batting of the lot, but the bowling isn't really good at this level.
8ankitj - very good, but its main strength is with its stars rather than.
Watson - great batting and opening bowling, but the bowling lacks a little depth.
Johnners - batting doesn't look so good at this level, but I like the bowling.
MightyMariner - probably the weakest of the bunch, making Compton open and batting Wasim at 7 are mistakes and the rest of his bowling is pretty average at this level.
Monk - batting is pretty meh at this level, but his bowling is stellar.

8ankitj · 13-01-2013, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by morgieb

8ankitj - very good, but its main strength is with its stars rather than.

Rather than? That's your team BTW

View Poll Results: Please select the THREE best teams
Spikey	3	10.34%
AndyZaltzHair	19	65.52%
Cabinet	22	75.86%
Coronis	6	20.69%
8ankitj	11	37.93%
Watson	10	34.48%
Johnners	1	3.45%
Mighty Mariner	0	0%
Monk	7	24.14%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

13-01-2013, 04:05 AM	#47 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,637	Bit surprised at the lack of Spikey love; pretty awesome looking bowling line up. 8ankitj's my personal fav tho. __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

13-01-2013, 04:32 AM	#52 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,862	Akram at 7 makes him a bit easy to dismiss, I think __________________ Maybe we wouldn't be so quick to fill buckets with filth if we knew they had a soul. Or maybe that's what they're into. Ain't no way to get inside a bucket's mind.

13-01-2013, 03:18 PM	#57 (permalink)
watson International Debutant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,683	A Post Mortem At the time of the draft I suspected that Ian Botham and Matthew Hayden would be vote losers for my team. However, I selected Ian Botham because I had to shoe-horn a Pakistani player into the team and figured that Wasim Bari was the best player still available (Javed Miandad and all the top-notch quicks were gone). My suspicions have been proven correct I think. Ian Botham is not rated as a first change bowler relative to other ATG bowlers. In fact he is so under-rated that his apparent lack of skill was not able to be masked by Marshall and Garner as the opening bowlers, and the class of Verity as the spinner. It would have been nice to have better 5th bowler options in the team, but I still think that it's the lack of confidence in Ian Botham and Matthew Hayden that cost the team about 5-6 votes. Interesting. __________________ 1945-1977 ATG Draft: Desmond Haynes - Roy Fredericks - Rohan Kanhai - Neil Harvey - Clive Lloyd - Asif Iqbal - John Waite - Ray Lindwall - Garth McKenzie - John Snow - Derek Underwood ATG XI: Jack Hobbs - Len Hutton - Don Bradman - Brian Lara - Graham Pollock - Gary Sobers - Alan Knott - Malcolm Marshall - Shane Warne - Dennis Lillee- Sydney Barnes

13-01-2013, 03:59 PM	#58 (permalink)
kyear2 International Debutant Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: w.i Posts: 2,506	I would say Botham more than Hayden. Botham was the reason I almost dinn't vote for the team, but as you said, it's hard to over look Marshall, Garner (best ever opening combination) and Verity (top 5 spinner ever). Plus the middle order was the best on show. Of the percieved modern FTBs, I still rank Hayden far ahead of the MoYo's, Mahela's and Sehwags of the world, so not a problem for me. Botham though was a big drop off for a first change. Half of Viv's highlights were againts him. __________________ 1st XI Hutton \| Hobbs \| Bradman \| Richards \| Tendulkar \| Sobers \| Gilchrist \| Khan \| Marshall \| Warne \| McGrath 2nd XI Sutcliffe \| Gavaskar \| Headley \| Chappell \| Lara \| Kallis \| Miller \| Knott \| Ambrose \| Lillee \| Muralitharan 3rd XI Greenidge \| Morris \| Ponting \| Pollock \| Hammond \| Worrell \| Ames \| Hadlee \| Holding \| Trueman \| O'Reilly 4th XI Richards \| Simpson \| Sangakkara \| Weekes \| Border \| Walcott \| Botham \| Lindwall \| Laker \| Garner \| Barnes

13-01-2013, 04:10 AM	#49 (permalink)
Spikey Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: All Glory To The Nev Posts: 24,082	Andy, Cabinet and 8ankitj btw. thought about Mighty Mariner tho

13-01-2013, 04:34 AM	#53 (permalink)
Spikey Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: All Glory To The Nev Posts: 24,082	check out the 257* hater

13-01-2013, 04:34 AM	#54 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,862	Didn't say it was fair

13-01-2013, 04:41 AM	#56 (permalink)
SJS Hall of Fame Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mumbai India Posts: 19,170	How come only one of my votes got registered ?

13-01-2013, 04:05 PM	#59 (permalink)
morgieb Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Paradise City Posts: 8,932	Spikey - a decent side overall, but a lot of the players seem to be merely good rather than great, which is a fatal flaw at this level. AndyZaltzHair - Bradman makes this side awesome, but it's still very good without him. Cabinet96 - outstanding, only slight concern is the lack of aggressive bats. Coronis - arguably the best batting of the lot, but the bowling isn't really good at this level. 8ankitj - very good, but its main strength is with its stars rather than. Watson - great batting and opening bowling, but the bowling lacks a little depth. Johnners - batting doesn't look so good at this level, but I like the bowling. MightyMariner - probably the weakest of the bunch, making Compton open and batting Wasim at 7 are mistakes and the rest of his bowling is pretty average at this level. Monk - batting is pretty meh at this level, but his bowling is stellar. __________________ 4-0 RIP Craig Walsh (Craig) 1985-2012 Proudly supporting the #2 cricketer of all time.

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