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The Official Slag Off England Thread
- Thread starter Rik
- Start date
IMO there is a difference to 'slagging' and being 'critical' (even if severely so)......
'slagging' is for the terrace elements, whereas you can be severely critical based upon current performances......
just because we may rubbish anyone for their current performance does not mean that we are 'slagging' or 'bashing' their past record - just their current form / tour / match....(or so it is in my case)......
e.g. - I've given my share of it to England re this tour, yet I have also said that I do not think they are 'the worst' and have actually improved under Hussain - I just think it's 'The Ashes' thing and playing v the Aussies (which very few teams can do credibly at the moment).
I only rate India & SL for Home Test & ODI Series, and would rate England above them for Away Test Series. As I rate Test cricket above ODI, this puts England ahead of them both in my book - regardless of any averages / records held etc. So what if Sachin is 'the best since Bradman' - bottom line cricket is a team game & India have a crap Test series record Away from Home!!!!
'slagging' is for the terrace elements, whereas you can be severely critical based upon current performances......
just because we may rubbish anyone for their current performance does not mean that we are 'slagging' or 'bashing' their past record - just their current form / tour / match....(or so it is in my case)......
e.g. - I've given my share of it to England re this tour, yet I have also said that I do not think they are 'the worst' and have actually improved under Hussain - I just think it's 'The Ashes' thing and playing v the Aussies (which very few teams can do credibly at the moment).
I only rate India & SL for Home Test & ODI Series, and would rate England above them for Away Test Series. As I rate Test cricket above ODI, this puts England ahead of them both in my book - regardless of any averages / records held etc. So what if Sachin is 'the best since Bradman' - bottom line cricket is a team game & India have a crap Test series record Away from Home!!!!
TendulkarMark2
Banned
When comapring the 2 teams, its important to look at the result of the matches played between the two.India won the home series against England and drew the away series with England !Originally posted by anzac
I only rate India & SL for Home Test & ODI Series, and would rate England above them for Away Test Series. As I rate Test cricket above ODI, this puts England ahead of them both in my book - regardless of any averages / records held etc. So what if Sachin is 'the best since Bradman' - bottom line cricket is a team game & India have a crap Test series record Away from Home!!!!
Now since India has a crap away record, then what do you make of England failing to win a 5 match test series against them on their own back yard???
sorry mate - the fact that India drew the Away series in England means jack **** when taken in context that they have not WON and Away series for 17 YEARS!!!!!!!
until they do I will reserve the right to my opinion that they have & will continue to have a crap Away record until they do so, and that their so called batting attack is only suited to OD cricket & their Home conditions.....a shame as they have some talent, but not the application!!!!!!
hey this means that if Zimbabawe come up with an Away series victory over Bangladesh b4 India wins a series, that they are a better Away team than India ....
until they do I will reserve the right to my opinion that they have & will continue to have a crap Away record until they do so, and that their so called batting attack is only suited to OD cricket & their Home conditions.....a shame as they have some talent, but not the application!!!!!!
hey this means that if Zimbabawe come up with an Away series victory over Bangladesh b4 India wins a series, that they are a better Away team than India ....
hey 1 Away series victory would be good, but does not count for much if it can not be backed up by further results within another 17 years!!!!!
otherwise the only ones who will be getting excited will be the beloved 'terrace crowd' we all know and enjoy so well for their wit & insight into the game......
otherwise the only ones who will be getting excited will be the beloved 'terrace crowd' we all know and enjoy so well for their wit & insight into the game......
andmark
International Captain
Hey your English you must support Aus to do this.Rik said:Roll Up Roll Up! Here's the chance you've all been waiting for...the chance to Slag Off England, the worst team in the World dispite the fact that they've only lost 3 Series in the last 3 years...the Team who a genius such as Merv Hughes feels need a new Captain...a Team who can't keep a player on the field for a day without getting injured...Roll Up Roll Up for the chance of a lifetime...
Tomm NCCC
International 12th Man
I know its a sarcastic thread like, but....
Hold up, we might be having a tough time of it, but its no reason to start slagging us off. We've had a ton of injuries for a start, im sure if Australia lost people like Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne (Yeah, australias answer to ash giles
) and a couple of seam bowlers for good measure, they would be in a right old pickle. anyway, one-day cricket was invented for lesbians like pakistan who cant play proper cricket well so they reduce the format dramatically, and change cricket forever. FACT
Hold up, we might be having a tough time of it, but its no reason to start slagging us off. We've had a ton of injuries for a start, im sure if Australia lost people like Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne (Yeah, australias answer to ash giles
) and a couple of seam bowlers for good measure, they would be in a right old pickle. anyway, one-day cricket was invented for lesbians like pakistan who cant play proper cricket well so they reduce the format dramatically, and change cricket forever. FACT