If Jimmy Anderson started his career 5 years later, would he be higher regarded?

[Coronis]

Averages 28 away (including neutral) if you cut out his first five years.

Well done Flem, you can't even troll properly you BUFFOON

I disagree with a lot of Flem’s **** thats been posted recently but can i chop out 5 years I don’t like of anyone’s career?

 

[Daemon]

It’s a bit daft to assume he’d hit the ground running and enjoy the same success he has over the last decade+ without the learning curve in the first bit.

It could’ve gone either way. He may very well have Ryan Harris’d it but it’s certainly not as simple as chop the first bit of his career off.

 

[GIMH]

I disagree with a lot of Flem’s **** thats been posted recently but can i chop out 5 years I don’t like of anyone’s career?

The title of the thread is literally
If Jimmy Anderson started his career 5 years later, would he be higher regarded?

 

[Starfighter]

Yes IMO.

 

[Burgey]

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[Line and Length]

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[Kirkut]

I think what goes against Anderson is his initial years where he was an average bowler. So that "first impression is the last impression" comes into play here.

 

[Adders]

I think what goes against Anderson is his initial years where he was an average bowler. So that "first impression is the last impression" comes into play here.

Probably.......but only applies to extremely stupid people.

 

[TheJediBrah]

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If Australia used the drop-tation policy this summer and ****ed Starc off they probably would have won the series

 

[honestbharani]

If Australia used the drop-tation policy this summer and ****ed Starc off they probably would have won the series

Wonder if someone suggested that here. ?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Wonder if someone suggested that here. ?

A lot of us have been suggesting it for years

 

[SteveNZ]

No because dumb ****s are just, you know......dumb ****s.

This is pretty much it, you could shut down all the Anderson threads on this basis. Obviously there's a ring leader of the dumb ****s that is egging it all on too

 

[Shady Slim]

If Australia used the drop-tation policy this summer and ****ed Starc off they probably would have won the series

only if they brought neser in instead though imo, which they wouldn't have done

 

[Burgey]

I think we can all agree that Anderson if debuted five years later he would still be a massive ****. That stuff is ingrained

 

[Starfighter]

only if they brought neser in instead though imo, which they wouldn't have done

What makes you think Pattinson wouldn't have been the right choice? Actually, was he still injured? If so, I wonder if they might have droptated Starc if he'd been fit. They surely wouldn't have gone for Abbott, but maybe Neser was not as 'serious' a choice.

That said, can you imagine the recriminations from the media and casuals if they'd benched Starc and we'd still lost...

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Broad losing his first 5 years would have some pretty amazing stats. He was raw and picked too early but we stuck by him and got the rewards later on.

 

[Son Of Coco]

If you took out his first 20 years, he would be pretty exceptional.

 

[Days of Grace]

Imagine Hadlee’s stats if you took out 1973-1977.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Imagine Hadlee’s stats if you took out 1973-1977.

Don't have to imagine!

370 wickets at 20.11

 

[ataraxia]

Don't have to imagine!

370 wickets at 20.11

what's his batting record?