Series losses attributable to Ponting

by JGK on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 14:35

Getting in early for the inevitable Saffie win tonight:

Ashes 2005 - "My best quick just sprained his ankle and my ATG spinner might want to have a go on a 5th day pitch. We'll have a bowl"

India 2008 - "Huss, we have them on the rack, do you want to roll your arm over"

Saf (in Aust) 2008/9 - Drops sitter off Steyn and allows Saf to put on another 150.

Saf (in Saf) 2008/9 - As tour selector picks Andrew MacDonald as the 4th bowler ahead of Bollinger or McGain in first test. The depleted Aussie bowling attack allow Saf to score 456 to win a test.

by OP Tipping on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 14:51

Now, what _is_ the selection situation at the mo? I remember in SRW's day, he explicitly said he was not part of the selection process for tours.

by DJ_Smerk on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 15:01

Aus in Eng 2009:"We couldn't have done it without the help of Ian Bell".

by horace on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 15:47

JGK wrote:Getting in early for the inevitable Saffie win tonight:

Ashes 2005 - "My best quick just sprained his ankle and my ATG spinner might want to have a go on a 5th day pitch. We'll have a bowl" fleas,bung, marto, kid, tgm injury.

India 2008 - "Huss, we have them on the rack, do you want to roll your arm over".. negativity by fleas in the first innings cost us the first test and allowed the banindians to say we were negative and playing for the draw

Saf (in Aust) 2008/9 - Drops sitter off Steyn and allows Saf to put on another 150. Fleas and haddit bat well against the snoozzies but are average against decent opposition...both are abject in the field...Choker fleas tries to extinguish the life out of one of our few decent players...fleas reminds all of his distant relationship with the former pres of Albania who once strangled his forein minister during a Cabinet meeting

Saf (in Saf) 2008/9 - As tour selector picks Andrew MacDonald as the 4th bowler ahead of Bollinger or McGain in first test. The depleted Aussie bowling attack allow Saf to score 456 to win a test.

fat bolli is injured and mcgain bowled poorly in the leadup...fleas batted negatively in both digs but fortunately got out early...giving us a chance of victory

...fixed

yeah yeah

by DJ_Smerk on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 15:55

Vistory? Sort it out Horrie! Cool

by JGK on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 15:59

Horrie, you're not even funny in a pathetic-but-mildly-entertaining-senile-old-uncle-Arthur way any more.

by OP Tipping on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 16:02

In fairness, it is not clear to me (except in retrospect) that McGain or Bottler would have been better selections than McDonald.

by Henry on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 16:08

McDonald is so far out of his depth it's not funny. Reminds me of some of the players England selected in the mid 90's. You can tell by his face that he knows he doesn't belong at test level.

by JGK on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 16:17

OP Tipping wrote:In fairness, it is not clear to me (except in retrospect) that McGain or Bottler would have been better selections than McDonald.

McGain and Bolly are proven wicket takers at FC level and Bolly had a satisfactory debut in Sydney on a pitch nowhere near as good as this one for bowling.

McGain, although with a typically Vixen absence of ticker, would also give some variety.

by DJ_Smerk on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 16:18

I'd give Nathan Hauritz a go. FFS he hasn't done much wrong to be exempt from Selection.

by JGK on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 16:19

Henry wrote:McDonald is so far out of his depth it's not funny. Reminds me of some of the players England selected in the mid 90's. You can tell by his face that he knows he doesn't belong at test level.

I would say he is our Darren PAttinson but the Pommy selectors weren't so stoppid as to pick Patto twice.

by OP Tipping on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 16:24

To me it seemed he lacked confidence more than competence.

by horace on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 17:12

JGK wrote:Horrie, you're not even funny in a pathetic-but-mildly-entertaining-senile-old-uncle-Arthur way any more.

neither is your analysis...am disappointed that you have joined the lynch punter party

by horace on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 17:22

ponting has earned more respect than the bare modicum he receives here...he is captaining a team in transition and has done very well..we are in this test because of his sterling batting on the first morning

by horace on Sun 01 Mar 2009, 17:31

the witless carry on about punter by thickheads suggests wilfull stooopidity and on the part of spivs a vile recalcitrance that punter is a better captain than any sydney has produced since AB and he had to get out of the fetid place to bloom.

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