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  1. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    If nothing else, I've been stoked this preseason by what I've seen of Beams and Sidebottom - look like two genuinely exciting additions to a midfield that's been solidly blue collar since Buckley stopped being a regular. Pendlebury and Marty Clarke both looking ready to take the next step as...
  2. Matt79

    Ashes vs other cricket

    For Australian and English fans - if you had to choose between having Ashes contests only or all other cricket without any Ashes, which would you choose?
  3. Matt79

    Which CW chestnut gets your goat?

    Yeah, discussing cricket on a cricket forum 8-)
  4. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Gah, pre-season means nothing. :ph34r: One day we'll win a grand final :(
  5. Matt79

    Which CW chestnut gets your goat?

    Yeah, very tedious.
  6. Matt79

    Jumping the Shark Draft

    I think in the initial post I said that demoted repicks slotted in ahead of that round's repicks, but subsequently I changed it to the demoted repick comes after that round's repicks - ie. the order Hak linked. The round 9 repicks go, and then Somerset's pick. Are either Stephen or Julien ever...
  7. Matt79

    Jumping the Shark Draft

    Nah, it's twelve hours to make a pick before people can jump in. It was just 12 when Tharmi went, and now it's 20 hours, and Julien still hasn't come on, so I reckon we carry on, and Julien can jump in whenever he comes on. You can go now Stephen, and then Julien can go before we do repicks.
  8. Matt79

    Worst player to take a 5 wicket haul in Tests

    His habit of completely failing to land the ball on the pitch, or else pitching it in his third of the pitch at least twice an over tended to relieve any pressure that he was building up. Actually, I'm probably being a bit harsh on him. He had a season or two where he was in really good...
  9. Matt79

    Worst player to take a 5 wicket haul in Tests

    Did Michael Bevan ever take a Michelle? EDIT: Yep, 6/82 versus the Windies in '97. Was a 10WM performance as well. He was a terrible bowler - like Krejza but much less tight and reliable. For him, and AB, I'm talking as a bowler, not as an overall player.
  10. Matt79

    Worst player to take a 5 wicket haul in Tests

    AB's effort versus the Windies comes to mind. Sowed the seeds for Warne's career if nothing else. Krejza might be a shout as well.
  11. Matt79

    Johnson V Flintoff

    No more unrealistic than saying "put an Allan Donald type seamer in the team".
  12. Matt79

    A.F.L Thread

    Collingwood to win by 20 tomorrow night. We're taking this pre-season cup much more seriously than anyone else, look for us to fall in a heap in June, before hopefully rallying a bit coming into September. Mick wants a bit of silverware by the end of the year. Hopefully, if we do win, the...
  13. Matt79

    Should Brett Lee be selected for the Ashes?

    ^^ Think that underplays just how good the cricket England played was - several of the Aussies did the reverse of folding, eg. Warne, Ponting, but they were fighting an inspired team, played for each other and out of their skins in periods. It was interesting reading Gilchrist's autobiography...
  14. Matt79

    Which CW chestnut gets your goat?

    Was not the intention of the thread. Rich obviously champions a couple of the positions described in the poll, but I did not include things like the First Chance Average or "Hayden vs Hussein" etc, for precisely that reason. All of the ones that were included do have several people who'll...
  15. Matt79

    Jumping the Shark Draft

    to go for players that are likely to be banned, or for selecting Lankans?
  16. Matt79

    Which CW chestnut gets your goat?

    PEWS, can you please add the stats vs reputation and Hayden questions to the poll - both should be there, I just didn't think of them when doing the poll.
  17. Matt79

    Should Brett Lee be selected for the Ashes?

    Sorry mate, that got a bit confusing halfway through. If I understood correctly, then I disagree, I think it was a few players being out of form at the same time, combined with a few players being exposed in conditions they hadn't encountered in recent times/ever (Hayden/Clarke), combined with...
  18. Matt79

    Which CW chestnut gets your goat?

    Maybe some kind mod can edit the poll to include: Hayden - one of the greatest openers ever Hayden - flat track bully
  19. Matt79

    Which CW chestnut gets your goat?

    Tried to avoid mentioning any individual poster's unusual views specifically in the poll, for obvious reasons, and focus on topics where there were genuinely two schools of thought. But that's not to say you can't nominate what you like.
  20. Matt79

    Which CW chestnut gets your goat?

    Look again ****.

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