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  1. banquetbear

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

    ...I never said you did. "Terrible" was in quotes for a reason. How was I supposed to know you were being hyperbolic? It wasn't as obvious as you might have thought. "The point" that "still stands" is that Taylor is not a terrible t20 player. Now everyone has a game of cricket to watch...
  2. banquetbear

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

    ...calling a mistake a "falsehood" implies I was lying. Please don't do that. So for the record you'd have "terrible" player in the team?
  3. banquetbear

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

    ...I've already conceded I got the number wrong. So no need for the "err, identical" snarkiness. My point still stands. You haven't made a case that Taylor is terrible at T20. You have simply asserted that he is, citing "he hasn't learnt new shots" and "bowlers have figured him out." Of...
  4. banquetbear

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

    ...you are correct: I'm using a monitor with bad resolution and mis-read cricinfo.
  5. banquetbear

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

    ...the numbers are nearly identical. The "record" is nearly identical. Characterizing Taylor as terrible simply isn't true. Terrible players don't end up playing 73 times for New Zealand. If you are going to claim Taylor is "not good" at t20 then make the case with something objective...
  6. banquetbear

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

    ..."not particularly good." "Terrible." These aren't objective measures: and when you look purely at the numbers (in comparison to other New Zealand players) then every New Zealand player is not particularly good at t20. Do you think that Kane Williamson is not particularly good at t20 as well?
  7. banquetbear

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

    ...with a highest ODI score of 63, an average of 34, an average strike rate of 120 and a total of 1200 runs there is no way that you can characterize Taylor as "terrible" at t20. It simply isn't true. His figures are comparable with the New Zealand Captain: Kane Williamson has a high score of...
  8. banquetbear

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

    ...Phillips selection makes the reasons why Taylor was not selected for the 20/20 ring extremely hollow.
  9. banquetbear

    Brendon McCullum to retire after upcoming Australia series

    ...I think that Mark Reason's Pacific Island comment really needs to be put in perspective. I'm Samoan. Never been prouder than when Taylor got the captaincy. And never felt more kicked in the guts than when he lost it. He didn't just loose the captaincy. They went all "dirty politics" over...
  10. banquetbear

    ***Official*** India in New Zealand 2013/14

    ...there is nothing more tiresome than a strawman attack. No-one treats Guptill as the "messiah." There are many people who follow along on these forums apart from Kiwi Ninja and Athlai and on behalf of the lurkers I'll just let you know that your constant harping on about Guptill is lame...
  11. banquetbear

    Guptill Trash Talk Thread

    ...I recently took a look at Guptill's stats. If you take out every run he has ever scored: he has a medium score of zero and an average of zero. So yeah, drop him.
  12. banquetbear

    Test NZ XI vs India

    ...team they will select: Rutherford Fulton Williamson Taylor Anderson McCullum Watling Vettori/Sodhi Boult Southee Wagner My team Guptill Rutherford Williamson Taylor Ryder Anderson Vettori Watling Bracewell Southee Boult
  13. banquetbear

    ***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

    ...I very much doubt that. Can you point out the bits in the interview where you think Turner should have been censored? Because to be honest the whole thing seemed pretty tame to me.
  14. banquetbear

    ***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

    !?!?!? ...you can take my posts however you like. If you see me as an angry cat lady then you are welcome to see me as that. There was nothing unhinged about my post though.
  15. banquetbear

    ***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

    ...what evidence do you have that NZ Cricket will stop being defensive and open their ears? Look at what happened last year. Even when Hesson was caught blatantly lying his actions were defended by NZ Cricket. I have no doubt that Turner and Coney have tried to do stuff behind the scenes...
  16. banquetbear

    ***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

    ...denotes angry cat lady? I think not. Getting back on point: Turner should be allowed to speak his mind: and I think it is important that he does. I don't want to listen to cheerleaders or muzzled commentators and I don't think the NZ public want to either. I've already stopped listening...
  17. banquetbear

    ***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

    ...I think my words were pretty clear. ?! Simply denotes my confusion. Anger on the internet is normally expressed by SPEAKING IN CAPS.
  18. banquetbear

    ***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

    ...there was nothing angry about my post?!?! I simply don't see your point. You think Turner should self-censor/lie because of who he is. For the life of me I can't see why and you have done a poor job of pointing out why he should.
  19. banquetbear

    ***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

    ...I'm not taking on board your point because your point is really bad. You agree with everything Turner said, but you don't want him to say it, even though he is being paid to express his opinion, because he is the greatest cricketer of his generation and a leader in NZ cricketing circles...
  20. banquetbear

    ***Official*** West Indies in New Zealand 2013/14

    ...I know that this is addressed at Flem, but I think you are missing the point. Turner isn't being paid to "influence change" by Radio Sport. He is being paid to give his opinion. His comments weren't made to "influence change." they were his honest answers to the questions he was asked...

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