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Congratulations England, the Ashes will soon be yours!
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While I highly respect the Aussie cricket team I must say it was an entertaining serie's to watch as a "neutral". Australia have been dominant for so long and no doubt They will be back to Their best soon enough.
Congrat's to the Pom's, a near flawless performance, They thoroughly deserved to retain the Urn
A "finger" injury ruling out Ponting for the 5th test is somehow appropriate. The reaction of the general public and media has been extremely harsh given His standing as one of the greatest cricketer's of all time.
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Originally posted by Roddoss72 View PostHope we see the last of the thrice damn loser Ponting, the faster he is sacked permanently the better, by far the worse Captain we have had since Kim Hughes.
I've been asking people that question all summer and am yet to hear a decent answer.Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the cheesemakers
That's right bitches. I'm blessed!
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Originally posted by Rojik View PostAnd replace him with...
I've been asking people that question all summer and am yet to hear a decent answer.
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Originally posted by Roddoss72 View PostI know i'll get flack for this but, i would make Michael Clarke our new test captain.
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Originally posted by Roddoss72 View PostI know i'll get flack for this but, i would make Michael Clarke our new test captain.
Originally posted by 150935 View PostI still think mike hussey should be captain
We need Punter to hang in there for another 12-24 months until the team is re-jigged and someone can put their hand up for the job.
Anyhoo, congrats to England. The won in all areas of the game and deserve the kudos.Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the cheesemakers
That's right bitches. I'm blessed!
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I'm totally proud of the boys and well done. Im going to be magnanomous in victory because life is full of swings and roundabouts however this is for the journalist from the Australian Daily Telegraph.
From the Australian Daily Telegraph in November.
10 Reasons why England will not retain the Ashes.
1.Overrated
They walked around The Oval after their dominant home summer like they were God's gifts to Wisden. Here's who they really beat. No one. Nuffies and cheats. England clean-swept the worst team on the planet, Bangladesh, and then won three out of four Tests against rotten Pakistan. Now they're portrayed as superstars.
2 Kevin Pietersen He might be growing a moustache for a very good cause but he's still getting around looking like Dirk Diggler out of Boogie Nights. His most recent Test efforts have been the biggest joke. John Buchanan was right with his assessment of Pietersen. Buchanan was panned because the truth hurt. There's more than one 'I' in Kevin Pietersen and it hurts morale. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar..End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar.
3 No top speedster
Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Steve Finn are respectable quicks. But they lack the fear factor. Every truly great attack has someone pushing 150km/h, like Mitchell Johnson does for Australia. None of the touring fast bowlers are frightening. Away from swing and seam-friendly England, that doesn't leave them with much.
4 Passive captain
Andrew Strauss has to lead by example because his introverted demeanour doesn't get the blood pumping too much. Only his scores do. He leads with quiet assurance when things are going well. But he comes across as introverted and submissive when things start going pear-shaped.
5 No superstars
Pietersen is as good as anyone when he's in the mood, but he hasn't been in the mood for a long time. He couldn't make a hundred against Bangladesh - his 99 was close but no cigar - and Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus and Johnson can smell blood. Graeme Swann is the only Englishman to make a world XI right now.England are successful because they know their limitations. Which means there are limitations.
6 Over-analysis
They've faced bowling machines with footage of Australian speedsters running in at them - and still didn't want to know about Mitchell Johnson. They've given themselves three weeks in Australia to acclimatise but haven't played on pitches like the monster they'll encounter at the Gabba. Every breath they take is a part of a suffocating plan. There's no freedom, nothing instinctive or adventurous. Paralysis by over-analysis.
7 No depth
In such a cramped schedule, injuries are bound to hit both camps. England are in serious strife if they lose any of their first XI. There's a vast gulf between their top-tier players and those on the standby list. Australia can only hope and pray that off-spinner Monty Panesar is called in for Graeme Swann. Australia have eight Test-standard speedsters in the queue.
8 Chokers
This is England we're talking about. Losing is a tradition. Think soccer World Cups. Think Tim Henman at Wimbledon. Think every cricket tour of Australia since 1986-87. They always arrive talking themselves up, vowing they won't wilt under the heat and pressure and scrutiny, then wilt under the heat and pressure and scrutiny. They've hired a self-described Yips Doctor - because they need one.
9 Warm-ups
Everyone keeps rattling on about England's perfect preparation. They must be having a laugh. A few of them made runs at Adelaide Oval. It's like batting on the Hume Highway. Anyone seen the scorecards? Western Australia rolled England for 223. South Australia dismissed them for 288 on the Hume. And Australia A ripped through their top order in Hobart A yesterday. Perfectly prepared? Piffle.
10 Scars
Five of their top six batsmen are the same lot who stumbled and bumbled through the 5-0 loss on England's last trip to Australia. The scarring is deep and real. Jimmy Anderson's memories of Australia are all nightmarish. He averaged 45.16. Broad and Finn are yet to play a Test series in Australia. Hard surfaces jarring bones and muscles, oppressive heat - they won't know what or who has hit them
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G'day cope, I saw that article yesterday and I found it quite amusing.... both the author and newspaper have little repute here in Oz. Most likely a piece to stir circulation."In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason."
Ernest Hemingway.
In english "silence" means yelling louder than everyone else.
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He wrote another one after that, when Australia won the 2nd test called 10 Reasons Why Australia Will Win the Ashes, but that doesn't seem to have got so much coverage.
Personally I think the Aussie press have been brilliant - very funny (but good natured) article about 'the English' in the Australian had me laughing out loud
ENGLAND'S RUN OF SUCCESS NOT OVER.
NOW our Ashes shame is complete, the AWAAT team has decided to bow in humility, man up and accept that the sporting world has changed forever.
It is now a fait accompli that England will win the next soccer World Cup. It is also inevitable an Englishman will win the Wimbledon tennis tittle and that the Land of Hope and Glory will produce a surfing world champion.
The least we at AWAAT can do is to salute and dedicate today's column to all things English.
So, with a heavy heart, here goes.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...-1225983892627
Will Swanton - the author of the 10 Reasons, has written another:
10 ASHES REASONS WE KIDDED OURSELVES
THE only thing more enjoyable than putting together a pre-series list of 10 reasons why the England cricketers were duds has been the reaction over the past 24 hours.
I've been told by someone with a comically straight face I should deliver a formal apology. Here's what you can do with your formal apology. Stick it in Billy Cooper's trumpet.
But all the gloating is great. Do your damnedest. Sport swings off its hinges with different opinions. The more people who have a crack, the better.
For the benefit of the bloke with the comically straight face, lets revisit the 10 reasons.
more here ....
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/ash...-1225983791369Last edited by Tuck's Luck; 07 Jan 11, 17:22."COOMMAAAAAAANNNNDOOOO!!!!!"
- Mad Jack Churchill.
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I read a very good bit in a local paper and it makes a very good point that maybe the reason that the Australians are a shambles is that Cricket Australia is stuck in the 1970's as a professional organisation, every one who has been connected to this bloody shambles has had their contracts extended by two to four years.
Another factor is that these test players are treated like bloody rock stars and are pampered and catered to every whim they want, they are un-accountable, they are un-diciplined. Vastly over payed, over exposed, more concerned about their next commercial than dedicating time to their bread and butter of training hard.
Just look at one incident, the Australians had the crap smacked out of them in their first innings of the 5th Test, and instead of getting into the nets and practice like what the English did, they were all huddled aroung a sports shrink.
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