Neil Pickup
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Oh yeah, I forgot that full-time coaching a national side across three formats of the game was a completely identical proposition to six weeks' circus.
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Peter Moores gets a second bite of the apple
- Thread starter GIMH
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But nonetheless Kirsten is more interested in coaching in the IPL.
fredfertang
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This might bring an end to avatar bets
Adders
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If there is any justice in this world then Uvo will be displaying that fugly courtesy of me one day in the near future!
flibbertyjibber
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Is that Anne Widdecombe's better looking sister?
uvelocity
International Coach
in the meantime we can all enjoy yours
Adders
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3rd of Jun......this abomination will be gone..........6 WEEKS 1 DAY 3 HOURS 36 MINUTESin the meantime we can all enjoy yours
BoyBrumby
Englishman
It's more a reflection of his priorities rather than the status of the respective positions though, surely?
As a chap with a young family he'd obviously be more attracted to a six-week gig where he can (probably) earn as much as he could in the 24/7 365 role that would be the England head coach's lot.
As for Farbrace, if he does have a contract with the SL board one assumes the ECB will have to pay due compensation to secure his release from it.
I hope you are correct about Kirsten.
Farbrace definitely has a contract with SLC. More worrying is how he would most definitely have been privy to sensitive information about the team, its tactics, strategy etc.. Sri Lanka is going to england as the clear underdogs in the test series. we cannot afford further disadvantages.
Farbrace is meeting the SLC tomorrow. hopefully, they can enforce some sort of Non Disclosure Agreement on him.
Maximas
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He is able to leave his contract, but he was meant to give 6 months notice, so yeah, he will have to come up with financial compensation, which you'd imagine would be paid by ECB
Kirsten declined to be interviewed after they told him that he couldn't pick KP
grecian
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Really the only place I saw that reported, was in a tabloid. He's vrepeatedly said it was about his family, and he'd be happy to take the job when they've grown.
Tbh, anyone with a well paid gig would be mad to touch England atm as they are a train wreck
Better to bank the cash, let the kids grow up and wait for the dust to settle as it's odds on that it will be available again in the next year or so
Swann miscommunication?
What almost everyone quoting Swann's autobiography on the bonkers training session in New Zealand has not gone on to quote from later in the book is the following: "I felt a bit sorry for Mooresy because undoubtedly it was he who got me back onto the international scene, and he'd done a fairly good job. Sure, there were things he did as England coach that I did not agree with whatsoever, like that crazy post-match training in Napier, but I liked him as a bloke; his commitment and energy towards the job could never be questioned, and my feeling was that he had been hard done by". Sounds a bit more positive to me. Remember, it would have been very safe and easy for Swann to completely lay into Moores if he felt truly unhappy towards his tenure, since there would have been nothing to lose.
grecian
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Fair enough, just goes to show what selective quoting can do. I haven't and never will read Swanneh's book.
I don't really agree with them whilst people are still playing for England.
This was the article: Kevin Pietersen was reason Gary Kirsten rejected England - coach was told he couldn't pick KP - Mirror Online
"Privately he confided", without a quote, is about as reliable in the tabloid world as "An source close to the couple admitted..."
"Privately he confided", without a quote, is about as reliable in the tabloid world as "An source close to the couple admitted..."
YorksLanka
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Yeah I can see your point that the main onus is on Farbrace himself to honour his contract with us, however I still think it's a bit low of the ECB to court him..
Adders
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When you look like this, you can't afford to have standards......moral or otherwise.
FBU
International Debutant
The way I see it is Moores won't be trusted completely. Last time he was appointed coach of England he was allowed to select his assistant coach (Flower) and back room staff. This time Downton picked Moores' assistant coach.. That Downton and Farbrace are good friends from way back might mean that they will be talking regularly and Downton will know everything going on in that England dressing room.