Gilchrist calls Tendulkar a "Bad Sport"

[RhyZa]

Blaming the publisher or media entirely is lame in my opinion. He has to take responsibility for HIS book, good or bad.

Different strokes, indeed. It's debateable whether it's 'noble' to slag every which way on the pitch, including what could be perceived as crossing the line, and then shake hands with said opponent as if nothing ever happened. There is something inauthentic about that. If you play hard and compete without crossing the line, then of course that is a different story. Maybe Gilchrist realized that in the way he worded it, but by not clarifying, he shouldn't be surprised when it's interpreted in another way.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Tendulkar won't be losing any sleep, i guarantee.

Going by Akash Chopra, Tendulkar is probably missing quite a lot of sleep nowadays

 

[four_or_six]

I think I am allowed to have an opinion as much as Adam Gilchrist does. Chill out.

I am perfectly chilled. Was making the comment generally, not at you... just the thread seems to be about the Tendulkar part.

 

[pup11]

It didn't work on Hayden, duh.................


If you cared so much about the issue, I don't think a soft ban would have mattered too much. And there were disappointed reactions to the hearing from the Aussie players after it ended too..... There wasn't much secret about it, and there didn't seem to be much of a secret either that Gilchrist didn't seem as affected by it as many others were........

Didn't Hayden get warned by CA after his obnoxious comment, anyways Gilly was never part of any big controversy through his career, so i guess he didn't want to be part the SCGgate controversy either and get his name dragged amongst all that happened at that time, but since he now is a retired player he is expressing his views over the whole issue, and as Gilly has now come out and said that his words were blown out of context and now that he has called Sachin and clarified his stance the matter should end there imo.

 

[Neil Pickup]

This must be the single worst thread ever to get past 100 posts.

 

[Richard]

Blaming the publisher or media entirely is lame in my opinion. He has to take responsibility for HIS book, good or bad.

Err... he has to take responsibility for the media misrepresenting something he's written?

O...K...

 

[Richard]

This must be the single worst thread ever to get past 100 posts.

Not even close, the monkey \ obnoxious-weed ones were far worse.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Not even close, the monkey \ obnoxious-weed ones were far worse.

My bull**** filter prevented me from reading those. Clearly that is something I must be thankful for.

 

[Richard]

Oh, mine prevented me reading most of them too, and at all after a certain time, but I still got the gist (and then presumed that gist continued... on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on and on).

 

[Sanz]

Didn't Hayden get warned by CA after his obnoxious comment, anyways Gilly was never part of any big controversy through his career, so i guess he didn't want to be part the SCGgate controversy either and get his name dragged amongst all that happened at that time, but since he now is a retired player he is expressing his views over the whole issue, and as Gilly has now come out and said that his words were blown out of context and now that he has called Sachin and clarified his stance the matter should end there imo.

Worst Excuse to defend Gilchrist's stupidity

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...-sue-Australians-in-Gilchrist-racism-row.html

 

[honestbharani]

Thank you... I don't like such a grave insult tbh.

oooooooooops.. apologies..

 

[Precambrian]

Worst Excuse to defend Gilchrist's stupidity

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...-sue-Australians-in-Gilchrist-racism-row.html

Ah Latif, the great icon for sportsmanship!

Dunno why it was reported for racism. It's as racist as Obama calling McCain "white". The rest takes care of itself.

 

[Uppercut]

This must be the single worst thread ever to get past 100 posts.

AWTA.

At least the monkey/obnoxious weed stuff was almost a story, even if the discussion would inevitably be held in the caveman language of youtubish. But "retired pro appears to not really like other guy all that much". What's to talk about?

 

[RhyZa]

Err... he has to take responsibility for the media misrepresenting something he's written?

O...K...

Please elaborate the misrepresentation. You must be as naive as he was then to think it wouldn't be received this way.

 

[four_or_six]

oooooooooops.. apologies..

Hehe, no probs.

Don't advertise it.

 

[Precambrian]

Okay. Now Gilly comes up with the anticipated "It's all taken out of context" line.

By targeting the greatest cricketing icon, Gilly has ensured the maximum advertisement for his book as possible.

http://content-gulf.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/375194.html

R.I.P all these stupidness.

 

[Richard]

Please elaborate the misrepresentation. You must be as naive as he was then to think it wouldn't be received this way.

Read back through this thread. Fuller (that's FaaipDeOiad) has touched on it enough times, so have plenty of others.

 

[Son Of Coco]

If he had such feelings about what he perceives to be inconsistencies in Sachin's statements and about the way the boards and the officials handled the damn issue, why didn't he say anything back then and is only now digging it up from the grave?????????????

Hmmm, maybe because he was still involved in international cricket and would have been subject to disciplinary action!? Just a guess...

 

[Son Of Coco]

I don't see what seems stupid about it... seems like he's just giving his opinion. No harm in that, as he's not a current player. Unless no-one is allowed to criticise Tendulkar?

Got it in one...stirred up the jumping ants.

 

[Jono]

Bit of an interesting time to criticise him though (i.e. for the comments in his book to be made public).

Right smack bang in the middle of a test series where Australia just got thumped and Tendulkar just broke the most test runs record.

Btw, completely irrelevant to the Tendulkar issue, but 'True Colours' is one of the ****test names of an autobiography ever. Come on Gilly you're better than that!