Hayden calls Harbhajan an obnoxious weed

[Top_Cat]

I thought the age of the Boons, the Ranatungas were over.

Suddenly appears Powar and Ryder.(And the Red-back who played for Australia in the kualalumpur Tri Series, forget his name). All is not lost!

That'd be Mark Cosgrove.

And apparently his recent removal from the SA team had nothing to do with his weight, if you talk to him (but not the SACA coach....). Denial; not just a river in Egypt, it would seem.

 

[pasag]

Hayden Interview

MATTHEW Hayden wants to sit down and talk with Harbhajan Singh, and says he is still at the peak of his powers in this wide-ranging interview.

It was a highly-charged summer. Are relations between India and Australia at rock bottom?

No I don't think so. Look, there's definite tension, but if I was a spectator, that's what I'd want to see. Rodney Hogg said it best during the summer when he said it's not tiddlywinks. If I was a fan and I went to a game that was far from contrived but didn't have a competitive edge, I'd be unimpressed straight away. There can be a sense of hypocrisy there. You know, I cross myself when I get 100, then I'm at first slip giving it to the Indians. At what point do you cross the line?

Away from the field, how were the Indians?

They were reasonably pleasant. At the end of the day, two alpha dogs are never going to sit in a cage and not look at each other. It is what it is. The way I see my cricket, if you're the other alpha dog, you better not blink. I feel I'd be letting down my country if I was to blink. In terms of general human relations, I wouldn't say there was ill-feeling. India had four months out here. We rarely saw them other than at the ground. It's play and get back into the cage.

How is your relationship with Harbhajan?

I don't know how Harbhajan is feeling but he made it clear how he feels about our team. To put closure on my indiscretion (calling Harbhajan an "obnoxious little weed"), I could have used a different choice of words. In 15 years of cricket, I had a slip. It wasn't to disgrace or denigrate Harbhajan. I could have gone for a different turn of phrase. In the end all I did was put fuel on a fire that already existed. It wasn't necessary. It was a mistake.

He called you a big liar and questioned your credibility. Were you stung by that?

What I'd like to is have a chat to Harbhajan when we get to India. I want to sit down with him and see if there is any way we can move forward with our relationship because it hasn't been great. I'd like to see where he's at and see if we can patch up our differences. Frankly, everyone is sick of it.

(non-relevant bits edited out)

 

[irfan]

After that interview, Hayden's gonna up a notch on my belt. He's up to notch 1.

<Taken out a movie if anyone can see the similarities>

 

[jeevan]

Good for Hayden. Hope same common sense will prevail with Harbhajan as well (either his own or pounded into him by Kumble etc) .

 

[Burgey]

Yeah I think we'd all like to see that, though by the same token, it's a bit rich for Hayden to want to call a truce after he's had the benefit of this battle while he's been on his home turf, with his own crowds, etc.

 

[Andrew Pollock]

Yeah I think we'd all like to see that, though by the same token, it's a bit rich for Hayden to want to call a truce after he's had the benefit of this battle while he's been on his home turf, with his own crowds, etc.

Nice point.

Maybe he is blinking.

 

[Precambrian]

Bit too late in the day. But bit late than never.

 

[honestbharani]

Bit too late in the day. But bit late than never.

Agree with that.

 

[pasag]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23400006-23212,00.html?from=public_rss

 

[Pratters]

Soon, a *** tape of the two will be released.

 

[Anil]

Soon, a *** tape of the two will be released.

 

[silentstriker]

This is such bull**** from both sides.

 

[jeevan]

This is such bull**** from both sides.

When they've made such fools of themselves with their past behavior, a little bit of hyperbole to stand down and start a more normal behavior is acceptable. Small price to pay to have to listen to the 'honor & dignity' drivel.

 

[Migara]

Monkey in - Monkey out

 

[Richard]

 

[jeevan]

Not appreciating Dhoni in this context.
More to this saga than the allegedly low IQ og Harbhajan.

"But you need to identify those who can be pepped up and do well while they're speaking. In a way I'm fortunate to have those players in the side, rather than ask those who are not comfortable doing it. If you have a guy who is able to do it and who should do it, I make it a point that he is doing it. I won't name names but there were individuals who were saying things, within the boundaries."

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/343192.html

This is doublespeak for sledging. First, to me, Dhoni is fostering something unwholesome. Second, he's sounding like a bloody politician describing it.

Glad Dhoni is not captain of the test team.( Even this little rant hasnt gotten me over the premeditated part - sounds like something gangsters do).

 

[Jono]

His new bosses obviously think that he's marketable enough to pay him a shed load of rupees

BTW, just what has Symonds done (other than cop racial abuse) to earn this dislike?

But... but... Social, don't you remember, that brown people can't insult black people racially. It was you of course who suggested that Gibbs couldn't have been racist towards Pakistani fans, since he was 'coloured'.

Racist overtones was a convenient excuse but really holds no water as:

a. Gibbs is colored and his comments were directed to people of similar extraction; and

b. well, let's face it, any excuse will do so long as it gives Pak an advantage

So either you're a bloody hypocrite, or Symonds never really suffered racial abuse, since it came from people of 'similar extraction'.

 

[honestbharani]

But... but... Social, don't you remember, that brown people can't insult black people racially. It was you of course who suggested that Gibbs couldn't have been racist towards Pakistani fans, since he was 'coloured'.



So either you're a bloody hypocrite, or Symonds never really suffered racial abuse, since it came from people of 'similar extraction'.

but you have to understand, Jono, that when Aussies do it, social applies different rules..........

 

[Ikki]

but you have to understand, Jono, that when Aussies do it, social applies different rules..........

Not agreeing with social there...

but is Gibbs Australian? No.

You're really slipping off HB.

 

[Jono]

I believe HB meant "When Aussies are victims of the racism"