It's Tough Being Me: The Shane Watson story

[LongHopCassidy]

It's official.

 

[burr]

I am glad it has happened to me at a young age because I can learn from that. You know, if I was 30 or bit older, I would be questioning myself.


I wonder if Pattinson was thinking of our beloved VC when he said that.

 

[silentstriker]

Watson is older than 30? Holy crap, for some reason I thought he was like 25...

 

[Furball]

I am glad it has happened to me at a young age because I can learn from that. You know, if I was 30 or bit older, I would be questioning myself.


I wonder if Pattinson was thinking of our beloved VC when he said that.

Or Johnson. I reckon the pair of them have about 5 brain cells between them.

 

[Spark]

An update:

"One thing I have realised is how much I do miss bowling, and it has been a plan over the last two or three months to get my body to a position where I can get back into bowling again, and hopefully hold together for the cricket we have coming up," Watson said. "There is no doubt coming here as a specialist batsman has not worked out anywhere near where I wanted it to.

Australia in India 2012-13 : Shane Watson admits batting form a concern | Cricket News | India v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[LongHopCassidy]

I cannot recall a Shane Watson sentence that has not involved a personal pronoun referring to himself.

 

[benchmark00]

What do you want him to say when asked about himself ffs? One of the most infuriating aspects of CW.

"Hey shane, what do you think about your batting?"

"Michael Clarke is a really good player!"

"But shane, we want to know about your poor form?"

"Dave Warner is great at the switch hit!!"

 

[Dan]

His constant flip-flopping is the annoying part IMO.

"I want to bat 4 and bowl"
"I want to open and not bowl"
"I want to bat 4 even if I can't bowl"
"I want to bowl and open"
"I want to bat 3"
"I don't want to play Test cricket"

Randomise, rinse, repeat.

 

[benchmark00]

Nah he has never said those things.

He has always maintained he wants to open (and has been criticised for saying that) but says he will bat where asked.

He has always said he wants to bowl, but understands this is not possible at times due to being made from bread sticks.

 

[uvelocity]

There is no doubt coming here as a specialist batsman has not worked out anywhere near where I wanted it to.
There is no doubt coming here as a specialist batsman has not worked out anywhere near where I wanted it to.
There is no doubt coming here as a specialist batsman has not worked out anywhere near where I wanted it to.

 

[Jono]

His tour stats are disgusting

 

[Spikey]

really nailed that press conference #shanewatsonthoughts

 

[Top_Cat]

That oughta hold those little SOB's.

 

[honestbharani]

Really REALLY think this thread should be titled #ShaneWatsonthoughts and we should have all of the good ones from the tour threads moved here and kick start a thread for the ages.

 

[uvelocity]

<:3 )~~~ #shanewatsonthoughts

 

[Spikey]

ESPNcricinfo ‏@ESPNcricinfo 2m
Just in: Shane Watson has stepped down as Australia vice-captain. Says he wants to "focus my attention on scoring runs, taking wickets".

Or as the bro Chole says

Chloe Saltau ‏@chloejane32 4m
Shane Watson stands down as VC. Decision would otherwise have been made for him

 

[Spikey]

ESPNcricinfo ‏@ESPNcricinfo 2m
Just in: Shane Watson has stepped down as Australia vice-captain. Says he wants to "focus Shane Watson's attention on Shane Watson"

 

[uvelocity]

Lol

 

[morgieb]

ESPNcricinfo ‏@ESPNcricinfo 2m
Just in: Shane Watson has stepped down as Australia vice-captain. Says he wants to "focus Shane Watson's attention on Shane Watson"

 

[Spark]

ESPNcricinfo ‏@ESPNcricinfo 2m
Just in: Shane Watson has stepped down as Australia vice-captain. Says he wants to "focus Shane Watson's attention on Shane Watson"

oh man