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  1. Matt79

    *Official Third Test at Edgbaston

    If McDonald and Johnson play and Hughes doesn't, be sure to check the evening news for Inbox24's head exploding.
  2. Matt79

    *Official Third Test at Edgbaston

    Bloody England. "hmmm it nevers rains here, so let's build a ground that retains fluid like Aunt Gladys". How you managed to knock off the French, Spanish and Germans for centuries remains a mystery. :p
  3. Matt79

    *Official Third Test at Edgbaston

    If that is the XI, at least with McDonald we'll have more options to cover it if Johnson is again disappointing. Strangely enough, both North AND Clark are stiff.
  4. Matt79

    *Official Third Test at Edgbaston

    Awta.
  5. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Buckley had a kick to kick with him and said he was already 'adequate' with his kicking. And he'll have excellent situational awareness in general terms. Looking forward to seeing some crunching tackles from him as well. Oh yeah - die league die btw.
  6. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Agree that he's been impressive and I like what I've seen of him to date. Richmond could do much worse.
  7. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Agree with you re: the draft. As I said, I don't really know what the solution is, but I think there's a problem when the draft picks you get at the end of the year become (apparently) the main determinant of your team's prospects. The priority pick, for one, has to go. Maybe some form of...
  8. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    So, you're not that far away, but you're going to dump a third of your list and rebuild with youth - during a period where the draft will be compromised massively by GCFC and presumably West Sydney? And not all of those kids will work out in the way you hope anyway. Not advocating the extent...
  9. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    @ Vic - And plenty of others don't, because no-one knows where they are now. The overuse of Hawthorn as proof that the decimate-and-rebuild strategy is the ONLY way to achieve success is so annoying. Geelong didn't really do that.
  10. Matt79

    Leading Oz coaches refuse to teach doosra

    Early days Taylor used him a few times in the role Ponting himself has tried to use Hussey occasionally. Except being Taylor, it often seemed to result in an immediate wicket.
  11. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Recruit him on that basis - whether he'd be willing to do it is another thing - there would have to be factors other than short-term on-field success that would make him want to do it. "We want you to come in, cut deep, and start putting into place the setup and culture that will position us...
  12. Matt79

    Leading Oz coaches refuse to teach doosra

    8-) whatever
  13. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Two to three years, then. My point is you probably wouldn't want to offer a new contract to a 57 year old. Richmond could have done much worse than getting Mick and having him mentor guys like Campbell or Rawlings. This approach of "we want a looong term coach" smacks a bit of a single girl...
  14. Matt79

    Leading Oz coaches refuse to teach doosra

    Forgot to mention the hairiest man in world cricket as well! :shame:
  15. Matt79

    Leading Oz coaches refuse to teach doosra

    Fourth pic is Chuck Fleetwood-Smith. Hogg was not hopeless. He never got much of a chance in tests, but he was a fantastic ODI bowler. Bevan, playing as an allrounder, took nearly two wickets at match at a tick under 25. Sobers, like those I've listed above, could deliver wrist-spin out of...
  16. Matt79

    Leading Oz coaches refuse to teach doosra

    whazzup? say what? flipping heck... I say! Starting to struggle, itbt...
  17. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Stoked. My love for Bucks can best be liked to Corrin's love for Geraint Jones, sorry Jimmy Anderson, and whoever the next English flash in the pan is - except Nathan merits it. There are risks in any appointment - I think Buckley is an excellent coaching prospect so he deserves a shot as an...
  18. Matt79

    T&T chief hints at regional split - Cricinfo

    If the ICc was any kind of governing body, they'd be able to find a way to intervene in situations like this. Sound like WI cricket essentially needs to have a neutral, professional team put in place to administer it and select and run the team.
  19. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    If Richmond had any brains they'd throw the kitchen sink at Mick.
  20. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Well done to Simpson as well. I thought Garry Lyons got it pretty right last night on FC - low key, no fuss, but absolutely full of class. Reckon he'd be a great prospect as an assistant somewhere. Him and Longmire for North sounds good.

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