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  1. Matt79

    Should Australia play for the draw?

    Saying that Watson is better suited to bat six rather than open makes me wonder how much of Watto you've actually seen. He's struggled at 6 in tests, and has done his best work in all cricket in the top 4. If we were desperate to get Hughes back in, which I don't think we need to be, I'd be...
  2. Matt79

    Swimming - now a joke

    You don't think butterfly is a joke?
  3. Matt79

    Swimming - now a joke

    You're probably right re the crouching start (which is a technique issue) and the blocks. But all runners are provided identical blocks. To put in perspective, Jesse Owens ran 10.3 to win the 100 at the 1936 Olympics - so times in the sprint have improved half a second in 70+ years, even with...
  4. Matt79

    Should Australia play for the draw?

    And like almost all occasions when such a step has been taken, it's been a mistake on their part. Very much a fan of four specialist bowlers and six specialist batsman. England's case has been better than most in that Prior DOES seem good enough to bat at six, and in Flintoff, Broad and Swann...
  5. Matt79

    Should Australia play for the draw?

    No way. Going into a match planning to draw is simply not a part of Australian cricket. Fully expect all the non Aussies to say "you can think that when you have McGrath and Warne, but you'll have to adjust now they're gone", but I don't think we will and hope we don't change this aspect. That...
  6. Matt79

    Mark Ramprakash

    Sorry Z, I think you generally talk a lot of sense, but you're out on a ridiculous limb here. First, how often would Flintoff and Anderson actually be available for Lancs. Second, to say that Siddle or Hilfy are not as good as county bowlers is silly. Both earnt call ups to a better team than...
  7. Matt79

    Mark Ramprakash

    Gotta laugh at suggestions that the Aussie attack is at all comparable to the county attacks Ramps would be facing. Which is the county(s) that have three bowlers with test averages in the 20s, and a fourth who averages 30? Or has three bowlers who bowl sustained spells of 90mph, at least one...
  8. Matt79

    Swimming - now a joke

    Nothing bar steroids have produced comparable improvements in athletics. Running shoes do nothing - Bolt would break world records in a $40 pair of sneakers from KMart. Why not just legalize flippers if all you want is to achieve faster times without improving as an athlete?
  9. Matt79

    Shane Watson better than Sobers

    Would be awesome if he can stay ahead of Sobers. 264* in the first innings at the Oval would be nice!
  10. Matt79

    Swimming - now a joke

    Because it's meant to be a competition between two athletes, not their equipment. It undermines the levelness of the playing field.
  11. Matt79

    Mark Ramprakash

    To paraphrase Quint from Jaws might say about a forty year old Ramps being thrown in the deep end: England go in the water? You go in the water? Johnson in the water. (sings) Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies...
  12. Matt79

    Langer's pre-ashes dossier in the Telegraph

    Would love to know who the source of the 05 dossier re the Aussies was, and what it said. And what Buchanan said to Flower et al ahead of this series.
  13. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Well the thing is, this year they're a middling team. If they were a top four contender and they got beat like that, fair enough, but they're currently 10th Iirc, which is an accurate reflection of their performances this year. The Saints were bloody good, and I think this was partially a case...
  14. Matt79

    Swimming - now a joke

    Stealing this from a radio show, but I think the current controversy re the suits has simply marked the absurd end point of a sport utterly obsessed with records and medals. For starters, why are there four strokes competed in at the Olympics and majors? We dont have a running backwards...
  15. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Wouldbe surprised tbh - I think the 114 was comfortably a record. People were staggered when we laid 81 tackles on the Cats a couple of years ago
  16. Matt79

    Langer's pre-ashes dossier in the Telegraph

    Don't see what the fuss is about. JL used one harsh word in a five page essay, in regards to a point Vaughan and most observers would agree is accurate. I don't see why he would expect something he sent privately to the Aussie team would become public either. Funny how he's copped more...
  17. Matt79

    This is pathetic form... if true

    Yeah, would back the public drowning of every member of the Fanatics, regardless of whether this is true or not.
  18. Matt79

    Mark Ramprakash

    Lol. You'd hope for England's sake they have better options than a 39 year old test failure. And Pigeon, your comparison with the selection of Watson is about as sensible as most of your comments on issues Australian.
  19. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Think I've got five this week. Never tip Port to stand up in a crunch situation. Reckon people are being a bit harsh on Hawthron. St Kilda are, IMO, really that good this year.
  20. Matt79

    Hawkeye: More fallible than they'd like us to think.

    Uppercut, I'm completely serious. You're saying that Hawkeye is better than human eyes. I'm saying that if you really have a machine that can calculate wha a ball will do, I look forward to seeing the resultant batting machine. I'm no expert, but I'd suspect that the hawkeye system probably...

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