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  1. Matt79

    Ashes Predictions

    That wasn't great stuff from you either Burgey. The "it's the Ashes (therefore I have the right to be abusive to English members if I feel like it)" line really isn't going to be looked kindly upon. You know the drill, report baiting and don't make the situation worse by insulting people or...
  2. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    Think the commentators got caught up in how well Mathews and Malinga played. They seemed to enjoy the partnership and be pretty pleased for the SL boys at the end. As has been said, it's hard to get too upset when SL beat you because they're quality guys. I don't think they're biased against...
  3. Matt79

    The "Channel 9 Commentary Is Hurting Brain" Thread

    I made a pretty similar comment last night in the SL tour thread. A lot of Aussies seem to view our players being better than everyone else as a natural order of things, something that should not and can not change. Hence a lot of the overreaction against Ponting or Clarke as skipper and/or...
  4. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    There's a lot of very thin skinned fans out there it would seem. Would you have preferred Chappell suggest that they were cheating? Because that or panic were really the only two credible options.
  5. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    Good to see you following the advice in your own sig! :p
  6. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    Not sure how these two posts intermesh.
  7. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    tbh
  8. Matt79

    The "Channel 9 Commentary Is Hurting Brain" Thread

    Surely Packer's offer of a job for life to Greigy can't still apply now that PBL don't even own Nine.
  9. Matt79

    The "Channel 9 Commentary Is Hurting Brain" Thread

    Is that the cream, the off-white, the ivory or the beige?
  10. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    Cam White is generally acknowledged as a good skipper, he's just not quite a good enough FC batsman to have earnt a spot in the test team though. I'd like to see them give him a decent go in the middle order however.
  11. Matt79

    The "Channel 9 Commentary Is Hurting Brain" Thread

    Ponting as commentator would be awful.
  12. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    Callum Ferguson as next captain?? WTF? Has the world gone mad??? EDIT: I suppose it deflects attention/gives a clue as to the articles credibility from the article suggesting North EDIT: Cam White winning that poll - in a Sydney newspaper ffs! :cool:
  13. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    Remember when I rang up SEN in between the Sri Lanka tour and the India tour in 07, told the guy that Brett Lee was going well at the moment, but was very nearly a spent force (I think I said 07/08 was the last summer we'd see him bowling in tests in Australia), that Johnson was decent, but too...
  14. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    Which one of them? They look horny for each other tbh.
  15. Matt79

    *Official* Sri Lanka in Australia 2010

    I think they're beguiled a bit by Hussey's character and the high regard everyone who deals with him personally seems to have for him. I think Punter relies on him as a person and friend a lot in the time since the mass exodus at the end of 06/07. That, plus his blitzing start, has bought him...
  16. Matt79

    The "Channel 9 Commentary Is Hurting Brain" Thread

    And the obvious problems are: they're not good commentators.
  17. Matt79

    Michael Clarke's captaincy

    Watson got driven for four once I think, and otherwise seemed to manage to avoid getting smashed too badly (relatively) by bowling generally sensibly.
  18. Matt79

    The "Channel 9 Commentary Is Hurting Brain" Thread

    Apart from anything else, 9 needs to get over this "you have to be have been a good Australian player to get a guernsey in the commentary team" fixation - Mark Nicholas aside. ****, throw some money at Gideon Haigh - again, not to do ball-by-ball, but to do some stories and interviews for the...
  19. Matt79

    The "Channel 9 Commentary Is Hurting Brain" Thread

    Yeah, will have to investigate this sofa thing, because the 9 guys were terrible tonight. They seem to have been getting worse every year for a while now. So overdue for a cleanout. Fire the current lot as a job lot, apart from Richie and Chappelli who should be kept as the "special comments"...
  20. Matt79

    Michael Clarke's captaincy

    No, never thought that at all really. Most of them were offline and too short. I think the short ball is an under-used tactic in ODIs precisely because it gives the batsman something to think about besides picking up good length balls, but you have to execute it just right. If it's wide either...

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