Why do you enjoy seeing England's cricket team get beaten ?

[Richard]

I enjoy seeing any English team lose because I'm an emotional masochist. The agony is so exquisite. Happily, after a couple of recent-ish successes (RU WC in 2003, 2005 Ashes), our lads have gracefully slid back into the mediocre sludge from whence they briefly poked their heads.

Fully expect Kenya & Israel to both win on the morrow.

Well, they say you learn something new every day...

 

[GIMH]

Sssssh - we can't talk about that on here. Or can we? I'm confused.

Edited my post tbh

 

[steds]

Irrespective whether you dislike or even admire England's cricket team, why do you enjoy seeing them get beaten in cricket tests (whether they're Ashes related or not) ?

I don't...

 

[steds]

You've more in common with Peter Roebuck than you might like to think.

Pitt likes caning young boys too?

 

[Richard]

No, just bashing his own team relentlessly.

 

[Richard]

Edited my post tbh

Deleted mine referring to it, too, TBH.

 

[BoyBrumby]

No, just bashing his own relentlessly.

Post corrected.

 

[Richard]

Getting Messrs Pitt and Corrin confused, eh DB?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Getting Messrs Pitt and Corrin confused, eh DB?

Nope. Merely implying Roebuck's a massive wanker.

Barney too, but that was inadvertent.

 

[steds]

 

[Richard]

Nope. Merely implying Roebuck's a massive wanker.

Barney too, but that was inadvertent.

Except Matt has no kids - Martyn does...

 

[steds]

Whoooooooosh.

 

[Richard]

It's called pedanticism.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Post corrected.

Git.

 

[Sandman]

So Vaughan is an arrogant SOB and Pietersen isn't??

Pietersen has the stats to back up his arrogance. Michael Vaughn is, well, for lack of better words, borderline better than Nasser Hussain...

 

[Richard]

Well Nasser Hussain was, with the exception of the calender-year of 2000, pretty damn good, so...

 

[Sandman]

Worst post. How can a player who scored a double hundred against the best side in the world, then two successive 100s against the best side in the world in ODIs, have no talent?

Lol, its called a fluke. He can't even score a ODI hundred!

 

[Richard]

?

As PF pointed-out in that very post, he did...

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[Woodster]

Find the dislike of Vaughan hard to understand. What is there to dislike about him. An honest man, who has worked wonders for England (ah, is that the problem ?), and is a very attractive batsman to watch, with excellent captaincy skills. Arrogant ? Not the word I'd use.

 

[Richard]

Whether it's right or not, it's hard to dispute that what Vaughan's done has been to the benefit of his team.

To date, with him as captain, England have lost just 1 series.