Hurricane
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One proviso I will add to this however SkyLiner and I do not have a tin foil hat. A number of interested parties read this site. NZ Cricket had a public relations consultancy, I am convinced the consultancy reads this site to see what Joe Public thinks. Sometimes I have heard a bit of corporate speak that sounds like a PR agency would have written it that relates back to a concern we have raised here.I used to be a member of canucks.com and you get a telling off if you make a silly trade suggestion because they truly fear that the GM might be reading and they only want to give him good ideas.
On a serious note after PEWS told me that cricinfo regularly steals story ideas from CW (e.g. did you notice they picked up perhaps the West Indies should be split back into their islands) I did try to make serious and thought provoking suggestions for a good six months. That was when I was fresh.
Nothing came of it so I now I stick to hammering out my regulation thoughts I have while at Countdown or at the video store.
I have no proof for that other than knowing for sure they have hired the PR firm. And they definitely read social media for news and views and the vibe of the community.
The plunket players are also informed if they get an extended mention on this web site by their friends. Young Clarkson, and the young bucks may even have googled their own name.