The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

[kyear2]

Did they mention Warne

Of course

So made it even worse. Lol

 

[TheJediBrah]

Warne being a great slipper is like Flower being a good keeper. People just assume he was good because he did it a lot

 

[Coronis]

Warne being a great slipper is like Flower being a good keeper. People just assume he was good because he did it a lot

Or like Anderson with bowling

 

[kyear2]

Warne being a great slipper is like Flower being a good keeper. People just assume he was good because he did it a lot

Very true

Or as with too many things in cricket, just looking at numbers.

One of the guys chose Root as well.

 

[Prince EWS]

Very true

Or as with too many things in cricket, just looking at numbers.

One of the guys chose Root as well.

Hayden and Gooch were selected to open the batting in the ATG XI by Bumble.

There's really just no context across eras most of the time from these people at all.

 

[Red]

Hayden and Gooch were selected to open the batting in the ATG XI by Bumble.

There's really just no context across eras most of the time from these people at all.

These Kimber and Bumble discussions come up on my YT recommended a lot. I’ve always been a nuffie for an ATG discussion. Amazing how little historical knowledge on both cricket and cricket players Kimber in particular has.

 

[kyear2]

These Kimber and Bumble discussions come up on my YT recommended a lot. I’ve always been a nuffie for an ATG discussion. Amazing how little historical knowledge on both cricket and cricket players Kimber in particular has.

To be fair, it was limited to post war.

But yeah.

 

[Coronis]

These Kimber and Bumble discussions come up on my YT recommended a lot. I’ve always been a nuffie for an ATG discussion. Amazing how little historical knowledge on both cricket and cricket players Kimber in particular has.

And yet people here froth on his videos…

 

[kyear2]

And yet people here froth on his videos…

And buy his books

 

[TheJediBrah]

And yet people here froth on his videos…

He's playing to the biggest audience. He knows most people dgaf about old players.

 

[Xix2565]

Doesn't seem like most people here do either tbh, so I wouldn't throw stones in glass houses.

 

[kyear2]

He's playing to the biggest audience. He knows most people dgaf about old players.

This i would also agree with.

He knows his constituencies

 

[Prince EWS]

This i would also agree with.

He knows his constituencies

Yeah Kimber himself knows plenty about older players but doesn't bother talking about them much other than as B plots for this reason. The other people he has on his videos have no idea though.

 

[kyear2]

Yeah Kimber himself knows plenty about older players but doesn't bother talking about them much other than as B plots for this reason. The other people he has on his videos have no idea though.

None at all.