ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating Draft - VOTING THREAD

[harsh.ag]

The only difference between me and ****s like Howezat is that I actually admit that I've voted for myself instead of sneaking in a self-vote without telling anyone. Atleast I'm frank.

Howe was compensating for NZT's picks, you hack of a heel. No one's as big a **** as you are (admittedly only because certain members have been banned)

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wow you actually took that point on Howe seriously.

 

[harsh.ag]

Wow you actually took that point on Howe seriously.

Just assumed you didn't read the thread before posting "drivel" as per uzh

 

[OverratedSanity]

nah I reserve my drivel for guys like gimp, ***** and Blocky

 

[harsh.ag]

Also, if I go full heel here, Pothas' team is overrated. 6 votes??!!! Pshhh... clear shenanigans. Zinzan and Watson's teams better in every way

Actually I don't get the lack of love (relatively) for Red Hill's team. Has a great mix of bowling and batting. Admittedly Dolly and Love are a bit weak at 5 and 6, but everything else is top notch.

 

[watson]

One vote for my team is a ****ing travesty and you guys know it, so I'm going to vote for myself as usual

The best 2 teams imo are clearly Side of Ice and cake (even though he's a cheating **** because he got double picks ), and Watson (whose team has everything... awesome bowling, great batting, top class leg spinner)

The purpose of a Draft is to feel the satisfaction of drafting a team that appeals to you personally. What other people think is neither here nor there.

If you look at Chadingthedon's attack then it is objectively superb. In 'reality', Barnes-Bedser-Vaas-Botham-Iverson are capable of blowing away any batting order that you care to mention. Sure a string of ATG batsman look great side-by-side, but in overcast conditions with a bit of grip in the wicket the bowling of Barnes and Bedser in tandem would be near impossible to play. Whether those bowlers gather a stack of votes doesn't mean much because the truth of the matter is - they form a great attack.

Or to put it another way - to say that Team A is better than Team B is a bit like saying that Picasso is better than Monet.

 

[Zinzan]

Watson & DOG for me. Dog deserves at least one vote for his batting line-up alone and Watson's is the best team for me.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The purpose of a Draft is to feel the satisfaction of drafting a team that appeals to you personally. What other people think is neither here nor there.

If you look at Chadingthedon's attack then it is objectively superb. In 'reality', Barnes-Bedser-Vaas-Botham-Iverson are capable of blowing away any batting order that you care to mention. Sure a string of ATG batsman look great side-by-side, but in overcast conditions with a bit of grip in the wicket the bowling of Barnes and Bedser in tandem would be near impossible to play. Whether those bowlers gather a stack of votes doesn't mean much because the truth of the matter is - they form a great attack.

Or to put it another way - to say that Team A is better than Team B is a bit like saying that Picasso is better than Monet.

Sure, I agree. Only commented because there's an actual poll to find out which team is the "best"

 

[fredfertang]

NZT's the best by a couple of country miles, honourable mentions for Pothas and Chasingthedon

 

[NZTailender]

NZT's the best by a couple of country miles, honourable mentions for Pothas and Chasingthedon

Can't tell if joking or

 

[harsh.ag]

Can't tell if joking or

You got Jardine and Larwood together. fred would back you against any team, one with Bradman included

 

[fredfertang]

You got Jardine and Larwood together. fred would back you against any team, one with Bradman included

Am I that transparent?

 

[NZTailender]

You got Jardine and Larwood together. fred would back you against any team, one with Bradman included

That wasn't actually me Not that I disagree with the picks.

Trumper, Larwood, MacLaren and Jardine all aldoraine's picks.

 

[fredfertang]

.... and anyway he also has the finest off spinner ever to have drawn breath as well as the immortal Trumper and the noblest Roman - Matt Henry apart what's not to like?

 

[fredfertang]

That wasn't actually me Not that I disagree with the picks.

Trumper, Larwood, MacLaren and Jardine all aldoraine's picks.

I really hadn't read this before I posted - at least I now know GIMH and sledger are right

 

[NZTailender]

I really hadn't read this before I posted - at least I now know GIMH and sledger are right

 

[harsh.ag]

.... and anyway he also has the finest off spinner ever to have drawn breath as well as the immortal Trumper and the noblest Roman - Matt Henry apart what's not to like?

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[watson]

?

This was the noblest Roman of them all:
All the conspirators save only he
Did that they did in envy of great Caesar;
He only, in a general honest thought
And common good to all, made one of them.
His life was gentle, and the elements
So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world 'This was a man!'

Act 5, scene 5

Archie Maclaren.

 

[honestbharani]

Thanks a lot guys... Needed the lift today....


I voted for weldone, LR and Howe.. Felt they were the best...

 

[marc71178]

The purpose of a Draft is to feel the satisfaction of drafting a team that appeals to you personally. What other people think is neither here nor there.

Why start a poll and declare a winner then?