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Hahahaha..... root responds.... You've cracked him.
Root stays quiet.... He's scared
Root looks at the floor....... He's broken.....
Aaaaahhhh...... The mind of a fast bowler.....
For a bloke who admits he prayed to get injured during the last home Ashes series so he wouldn't be picked, claiming you've cracked anyone is rather funny.......
Scorching weather predicted for Perth. Expect to see plenty of baked hot cross poms.
Oh, and I would say coopers stout is better than guiness. Drink coopers for a week or so then have a guiness and it tastes like chemicals.
Link please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcock
It's not an online article, it's an interview he gave to the Cricketer magazine in the UK recently.
It's been discussed at length on the commentary during the First Test on both TMS and ABC commentaries. (I may have the series wrong however).
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Actually their website has a taster....
http://www.thecricketer.com/default....&topicid=41409
and before you say it doesn't mention the praying for an injury, remember this is a cricket magazine and not a tabloid trying to ridicule the man......
Funny..... I'm not batting for either, but I bet if you drink Guinness for a week and try a Coopers Stout you'd find something similar.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles
Frankly....I'd like to give both tests a try if I can find a few weeks to spare
You do write some silly stuff, Wally, and that's ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles
But, this is just offensive, not in the slightest bit funny...
It's also typical Aussie bollox' 'Aussie _______ is the best in the world, mate'... :( I have, many times, done testing experiments. Once, in Bkk, I spent the entire day testing different stouts/dunkels, and it was very clear that the Aussie shite was at the bottom, only lowered by Beer Laos Dark. The German options and Guinness were and are a class above. Do you really believe the nonsense you write??? :)
Guinness as a stout is rather ordinary. Coopers stout is way too gassy for a stout. An Australian opinion on beer is worthless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles
C'mon don't be so mean..... Coopers really is the best they have.
These days there is better beer in America than in Australia.
That's some stinky bait you have there Bob.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcock
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Wasn't bait at all.
When was the last time you were in America? Particularly California?
I don't know what people see in what essentially started as throwaway leftovers that used to be flogged to the market porters for farthings a pint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wally Dorian Raffles
2009.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcock
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has suggested current team manager Andy Flower may walk away from the team after the Ashes.
Vaughan suggested Flower may not be up for the challenge of taking England through a transition phase again after they had been blown away by Australia in the first two Commonwealth Bank Ashes Series Tests.
"Transition is the hardest phase to manage," said Vaughan. "You know performance levels and results will dip in the future. It is easy to walk away, particularly as Andy will go down as statistically our greatest coach if he decides to quit at the end of the tour.
"There are whispers that this will be his last tour but I hope not. I hope he sees this as a new challenge. I don’t see how someone fresh would do anything better than Flower and his experience."
Vaughan, writing for The Telegraph (UK), said England faced another "line in the sand" moment like in early 2009 when they were blown away by the West Indies in Jamaica.
"Whether it is with the odd swap of personnel or a different approach to cricket, something has to change," said Vaughan.
"I don’t think England can win the series but can they do what Australia did to them in the last three games of the summer. They can turn the series on its head in terms of mentality and public perception.
"At the moment the public are watching and thinking this is men against boys. England have been battered. The batting has been diabolical and we have not looked like taking 20 wickets.
"Our bowling has been poor, our catching has been poor, ground fielding and throws into the keeper have been average. Every facet of England’s game has been miles below par."
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FIRST POSTED 12 DECEMBER, 2013 3:30PM AEST
Flower could quit England: Vaughan
Meanwhile, in the cricket....
38, 38, 38, 39, 30.
Handy lower order batsman scores? Nope.
English bowling averages? Nope, ...well ok, maybe, but not in this instance.
That's the predicted temperatures for the test. And both temperature and tempers sure to be hotter out in the middle.
While emotionally I'd consider it the best early chrissy present ever if we have another crushing win it will ruin the rest of the summer somewhat.
But lets not get ahead of ourselves, couple of points;
While the pommy batsman have modeled their innings largely on the Judean People's Front crack suicide squad, the Aussies have struggled to build a decent innings of their own, big totals coming from rescue efforts don't inspire confidence. There is no one in the top order who you can look at and predict a big hundred with any confidence (Clarke excluded).
While we may be better prepared for the heat, the pitch will have demons for both sides, when last they played here England had Australia at 5/69 without too much effort...
Bat or bowl first? If we win the toss I think Clarke may send the Poms in, If Captain Cook wins I don’t think he has any idea of what to do, he’ll probably ask Clarke…..
This could turn out to be a career defining tour for Cook if he fails to find form, immense pressure, he wouldn’t be the first Captain Cook not to make it home intact from a southern tour…
But will it rain? We'll need at least 2 full days of rain, maybe more...Quote:
Originally Posted by Necron99
Aussie drinks are crap; crap wine, crap beer... However, an Aussie works burger cannot be beaten, and Aussie pieas are very good too. :) That is the last pleasant comment I'll be making about convictland until the series is over (about 5 days from now... :( ).
Faulkner suffers broken thumb
UPDATED 12 DECEMBER, 2013 5:58PM AEST | BY CA
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Australia's incumbent twelfth man James Faulkner has broken his thumb while batting in the WACA Ground nets just a day out from the third Commonwealth Bank Ashes Test.
"James was struck on the right thumb while batting in the nets and was subsequently taken for an x-ray which revealed a fracture of the thumb," said Australian Team Doctor Peter Brukner.
"As a result he will not be available for the third Test. His progress will be monitored for a return to playing duty depending on how quickly the injury heals."
While Australia coach Darren Lehmann had already suggested his side would remain unchanged for the Perth Test, the news comes as a blow to 23-year-old Faulkner ahead of the final two Tests of the Commonwealth Bank Ashes Series, as well as the one-day international and T20 series, in which he was expected to feature prominently.
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Faulkner suffers broken thumb
Lots changed in 4 years....55555Quote:
Originally Posted by kingwilly
Indeed it has, any comment about the cricket?
Sure, the Australians have turned things around after the signs they showed in the last series.
The rejuvination of Mitchell Johnson has been a revelation, I'm grudgingly pleased for him, the players left out in England have proved the key.
The top order batting is still weak with Twatson, Smith and Rogers.
Agreed. I hope he lasts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcock
Agreed, they've not been great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcock
I've been surprised at the total capitulation of the poms.
Like scared little bunny rabbits.
Not agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingwilly
Indeed...Quote:
Originally Posted by kingwilly
Nonsense..... just because they've not played well doesn't make them scared.....Quote:
Originally Posted by kingwilly
Pietersen isn't fucking scared
Root doesn't look scared
Carberry certainly hasn't been scared.
The only fear they have is of losing, he's not that fucking fast and it's not like they haven't scored off him before.....
You'd do a lot better to listen to me rather than that fucking twat Warner.....
^ root may not look scared, but his back foot game will not work at the WACA.
They are saying Harris has an injured knee. Hope it's just mind games. He and MJ at Perth in tandem would be a handful for the poms.
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Originally Posted by kingwilly
Like scared little bunny rabbits.
Nope. But he is clueless. Can't score, so starts swinging at anything. He is not patient enough for Siddle's line and length, and is officially his bunny.Quote:
Pietersen isn't fucking scared
Maybe not, but his back foot is cemented on the pitch, and his run rate is pathetic. If he batted all day it is a bonus for us as the others fall around him.Quote:
Root doesn't look scared
He has at times. He has also looked good at times, but has hardly set the world on fire.Quote:
Carberry certainly hasn't been scared.
Yes - besides the ones who don't like physical pain.Quote:
The only fear they have is of losing
Compared to your trundlers he is greased fucking lightning .Quote:
he's not that fucking fast
Hahahaha..... like a dog with a bone....like Thais in a fight...pack hunting....c'mon aussies all together now.....
You lot are just so funny.