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  1. Matt79

    Michael Hussey – Is his time up?

    Meh, anyone can twist stats if they want to! :p nah, it's pretty damning isn't it.
  2. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    Hydrophobic
  3. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    One thing this series has done is to bring the verdict back on Strauss as a batsman. Until now, I'd have said the assessment of his career would be in the balance between a good career and a mediocre one. But for him to stand up the way he has this series and score the runs he has and in the...
  4. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    Great effort by England to be in this position with KP having been absent or limited through injury, and Flintoff restricted for much of it. Those are the two players you'd have suggested would be most vital for them.
  5. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    Well, other teams benefit from getting to play the WIs of the world, so should we, if we're too worried about the rankings. We've played India away, NZ at home, SA at home, SA away and England away across our last five series - only NZ at home would be considered anything less than one of the...
  6. Matt79

    Michael Hussey – Is his time up?

    Phil Hughes was dropped, imo, because a glaring deficiency in his game had been ruthlessly exposed. He needs to work on it and then he'll be back. Jaques lost his spot through injury, and that gave other guys a chance to push in front of him through FC performances. Hodge's dropping was a...
  7. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    Think SL would have to beat us before you'd say they're ranked ahead of us. Would back us to beat SL most of the time, England most of the time (despite it not working out that way here), and SA and Ind 50% of the time. Think we'll go back to being a very tough proposition at home and...
  8. Matt79

    Michael Hussey – Is his time up?

    Well, given he's actually averaged 50 with the bat so far since returning to the team in a position that suits him, I'd think you'd need to at least give him some more chances to prove the issue one way or another.
  9. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    What bs. We're a team in transition and we've lost a couple of tight series against good competition. If it wasn't for our system, we wouldn't have what is still one of the best two teams in the world. You want to see what happens without a system like that, look at the WIs, they won't even...
  10. Matt79

    Aussies - pick your attack for The Oval

    I blame you entirely for this current situation Aussie. You've been carrying on about a four-seamer attack since the start, and the selectors paid attention to you and now we don't have a specialist spinner on what is fast turning into a raging turner of a wicket. :ph34r:
  11. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    Bit harsh - thought most of the wickets were due to good bowling rather than any lack of ticker from the Aussies. The ball that got Haddin in particular was a beaut.
  12. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    Our comments were just about the overall technical standard of the umpiring this series - not the impact it had.
  13. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    This. It's just been consistent incompetence this series - you yourself have said you haven't been watching it til today, but there's been poor decisions and simple errors throughout, as opposed to simply a couple of outrageous howlers at crucial times or especially bad sessions (we've had that...
  14. Matt79

    Key Ashes Figures as Harry Potter Characters

    She's quite helpful in the last volume IIRC...
  15. Matt79

    Michael Hussey – Is his time up?

    Watson would be averaging 40+ since coming back into the team, so I see no problem with them trying him at 4. Would Katich want to try 4 maybe?
  16. Matt79

    The last Ashes without referrals – a running tally of umpiring errors

    Cue: years and years of animosity towards the English players involved for being "cheats" for appealing in a highly pressurised and emotional environment. Can't imagine such an event ever happening if Australia was in the field... :ph34r:
  17. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    You can't stop watching just cause we're losing!
  18. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    Didn't you two get the memo? All the good bowlers disappeared around 2001, apart from McGrath and Murali. Any batsman getting out to anyone other than those two has thrown his wicket away, what with the flattening of pitches etc.
  19. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    This has been the worst umpired series I can remember - I think both teams have been extremely hardly done by at different times.
  20. Matt79

    *Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

    With Uppercut on this. We could have batted better, and its when the opposition is playing well that players can make their reputation by withstanding it, but in the two sessions with the bat I'm referring to, England bowled very well, and we weren't good enough to withstand it. The third...

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