Mister Wright
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Son Of Coco said:DO you even make a comment that's not solely based on the fact that you think every Queensland player should be in the team? You have some very good players up there too, but it just seems like every post is "well, let's replace such and such with X from QLD" and so on.........personally I'm not too concerned where the players come from, as long as they perform and we keep on going well (which means I can definately see the case against B.Lee! haha)'
The media don't pick teams, the selectors do. The media from each state is obviously going to write about players from there, as they'd assume that's what people in that area are going to be interested in. I live just south of the QLD border, and if you think what's written in the media up that way is any better, then you must be kidding yourself, but I never assume that this has anything to do with who gets picked in the team.
Two of the selectors are from QLD, if you've got an issue with who's being picked then maybe you should question their loyalties to their home state (which shouldn't come into it anyway).
You say that Clarke has been with the one-day team most of the last two years, but then on another thread you call for the inclusion of Symonds if Lehmann's out, hasn't Symonds been with the one-day team most of the last two years as well thus missing out on a lot of first-class cricket?
Mate the media have more to do with it than you think. I have a media degree and actually did an essay/article on how the media effect the selections of players in sport. I interviewed former players, a former selector and sports psychologists, so I think I have a pretty fair idea on how it works.
I have never said that the Queensland writers are any better or worse, but to say that the N.S.W. media doesn't have an influence on selection is just being blind-folded.
Symonds has had years of first-class cricket, the fact he hasn't played that much lately, doesn't really matter - he's not 23 & lacking experience.