Pretty much. Go ahead and analyse things that are visibly wrong with his bowling or whatever. Got no problem with anything thinking he looks unmotivated on the field either. But saying that it's more or less all because he cbf since his spot is secure and that he doesn't think the current bowling coach is worthy of his time goes far beyond reasonable speculation. I wouldn't even mind if it was just that, speculation. But the way it's being put across as though it's some sort of a fact is what irked me.
I mean, I could write 'in my opinion' after it but it's insinuated that everything I say is my opinion, unless it's obvious fact ie stats.
I don't see how it's much different to any opinion on this site that deals in mental application. If we're discussing chokes, that's mental application. How can we know that anyone who doesn't perform in critical moments has suffered a psychological block? If we're discussing someone being nervous or self-serving around milestones, mental application. Why Darren Lehmann sent a tweet to Kevin Pietersen, based on psychological guesswork. I'm just not sure why you're worried when 95% of posts here are opinions presented firmly as if to loosely resemble facts.
I don't know Tim Southee's head space, course I don't. No one does except him. Do I know people who work with him, ie what indiaholic says? Well yeah I do, have since he debuted. Maybe that gives me a pass. But also, at the end of the day, I've followed his career closely, seen his ups and downs, analysed his performance correlated to the situations he's found himself in, seen how he reacts in high pressure/low pressure situations, heard some things through people that might know, and formed an opinion of where he might go in the future. It has reason behind it, even if I'm not peering into his brain. And I'm comfortable with my right to present that opinion. That's what it is. And hey, you have your opinion too, I just don't agree that I should ease up on it. I like being able to do so on CW. And why I'm glad people like a certain banned NZ poster have ****ed off, because we should be free to express those opinions - unless they're so outrageous they border on libellous - without being attacked for doing so (which is not what you did at all).