Thread: Are ex-Aussie Cricketers who coach other countries traitors?

Originally Posted by Grunt

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the bloke that lives up ur way should be a selector. he was another who was hard done by.

Originally Posted by Grunt

I've said it before and I'll say it again.
I'm really happy that Gumby isn't a selector.

Do you know what i'm doing with my sausage on Sunday ?

Originally Posted by Gumby

Do you know what i'm doing with my sausage on Sunday ?

Letting Grunt have a nibble??

Al :eek:

I would but I don't like the taste of plasticine.

couple of poor selections were Mark Waugh hanging on forever and Darren Lehman not getting a proper go. We never got to see much of him at test level. Taylor hung on forever when he shouldn't have, Slats didn't deserve to go nor did Deano, actually Deano's 12 month average dropped to about 45 and they said he's no good got to drop him, Waugh went forever and he couldn't even make a top score of 45.

As for Warne he should have been shot for the betting fiasco and never heard of again. What about getting a let off for drugs. Only wanted to come back from injury for the world cup needed diuretics to cover up his steroid use and got off by making the excuse his mum gave it too him to help him loose weight! It was meant to be a 3 year ban minimum. How he got past that one says something pretty bad about Australia. Especially considering how we complain about anyone else using drugs in sport.

Studley

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

and Darren Lehman not getting a proper go. We never got to see much of him at test level.

Rubbish. He was/is vastly overrated. Great shield player, not up to it at the top level. There have been many like that.

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

Taylor hung on forever when he shouldn't have,

He was the best captain we've had in many years. It's hard to drop the captain.

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

Slats didn't deserve to go

Yes he did. How quickly you forget.

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

nor did Deano, actually Deano's 12 month average dropped to about 45 and they said he's no good got to drop him,

He had problems with the officials but a very good player who got too big for his boots. And still is.

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

to cover up his steroid use and got off by making the excuse his mum gave it too him to help him loose weight! I

never been proven and never tested positive to steroids. he's just an idiot.

Originally Posted by JackoH

Get the best coaches available no matter what the sport. It's got to be good for the game(s) in the long run.

Thats what I reckon too

Cheers

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

couple of poor selections were Mark Waugh hanging on forever and Darren Lehman not getting a proper go. We never got to see much of him at test level. Taylor hung on forever when he shouldn't have, Slats didn't deserve to go nor did Deano, actually Deano's 12 month average dropped to about 45 and they said he's no good got to drop him, Waugh went forever and he couldn't even make a top score of 45.

As for Warne he should have been shot for the betting fiasco and never heard of again. What about getting a let off for drugs. Only wanted to come back from injury for the world cup needed diuretics to cover up his steroid use and got off by making the excuse his mum gave it too him to help him loose weight! It was meant to be a 3 year ban minimum. How he got past that one says something pretty bad about Australia. Especially considering how we complain about anyone else using drugs in sport.

Studley

I don't agree with any of that. On this I'm with Gumby. Mark Waugh was the best no 4 that Australia has had for years and a hell of a slip fielder.

You musn't like cricket much if you would prefer to have missed Warne's performances since the betting fiasco and he was banned for using a diuretic not a steroid.

I've said it before, as a bloke he's a plomker as a cricketer he's the sort of player that only comes along once in a lifetime.

Why do you think he made Wisden's list of the top five cricketers of all time?

Perhaps he bribed the judges?

The perscribed punishment for player taking ANY banned substance is two years. A diuretic is a banned substance. Why did Warnie only get one year?

The betting fiasco and this show that Cricket Australia is more interested in winning than ethics. They are not alone.

There is a cricket bylaw that states "That the Captain of the Australian team is not allowed to be a complete tosser". This is why Warnie wasn't made captain.

Originally Posted by craigb

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You musn't like cricket much if you would prefer to have missed Warne's performances since the betting fiasco and he was banned for using a diuretic not a steroid.

I've said it before, as a bloke he's a plomker as a cricketer he's the sort of player that only comes along once in a lifetime.

Why do you think he made Wisden's list of the top five cricketers of all time?

Agree 1000% ( except as a bloke he's a plomker ) if their is such a number. to all those woosie whiners and do-gooders who probably have secret desires to become socialist workers

Warnie is our cricketing god. the old timers had the Don we have Warno and i hope he continues on till he`s 55 even if it means his mum has to keep slippin him mickeys. we have seen nothing like him before and will not see someone like him in our lifetime. lets just enjoy those awsom legies, flippers, zooters and the odd wrongun not to mention some great battin exceptional slips fielding and 1st rate vice-captaincy for as long as wee can, and if you listen to and read interviews from people who know him they have nothing put praise for being a genuine good bloke who would do anything for anyone. if i had what he had i wouldnt be able to keep my pecker away either Hail to the great man

Originally Posted by Grunt

Why did Warnie only get one year?

He had to live in Victoria the whole time.

P (who thinks the more ex cricketers who coach offshore, the less chance of them turning up in the Channel 9 Inannity box)