Simon Katich gives Michael Clarke what he deserves

[Athlai]

I heard they watch a documentary about the importance of the baggy green before past captains tuck them into bed every night.

 

[Nate]

I'm puking at the pomposity of it all. I'm not surprised they were throttling each other. Quite frankly I'd throttle someone - if needs be myself - if I had to put up with that sort of crap. "The custodian of the team song"? Yuck. And presumably after they sing the team song they get the benefit of a little sermon from Ricky Ponting about the Spirit of Cricket.

Assuming you've never been part of a group before then, deadset.

 

[zaremba]

Assuming you've never been part of a group before then, deadset.

Yep but never one quite as far up themselves as this. Hats off to Pup Clarke for wanting to get away before 3am to see to his bird.

 

[inbox24]

Do all cricket teams have their own team song that they sing?

 

[Burgey]

Post-game celebrations now include handbags at 10 paces - quality stuff.

FFS, neither of them even have a chest. Would have been the funniest thing ever if they'd ripped in fully.

Of more concern to the team would surely be that this was leaked. I wonder who leaked it to the media? Seems solidarity isn't a by-word these days. Bring back the boot camp.

 

[TT Boy]

The Croat needs to chill. He fancied himself as some tough guy in India.

Clarke should have pulled rank and reminded Katich before leaving that his always going to be two test failures away from the scrapheap.

 

[Matt79]

Don't see how much different this is from the Ahktar incident really. Honestly, so sick of these cricketers.

Don't worry Zac, you can always watch your football team instead and cheer for quality guys like Setanta.

Whoops, oh dear.

LMFAO!

 

[Johnners]

Don't worry Zac, you can always watch your football team instead and cheer for quality guys like Setanta.

Whoops, oh dear.

LMFAO!

So long as Leigh Brown is on Collingwoods books, you should never laugh at another teams players

 

[social]

Australian team unhappy - gee that comes as a surprise

Anyway, add another offense to Symonds' list

1. Didnt turn up to meeting

2. Didnt beat up Clarke when he got there

 

[R_D]

He's done nothing though. He once claimed a grassed catch which could have been a genuine mistake. And that's it. Everything else is like, "i don't like his face for no reason" or "i wish i was in his girlfriend".

not just once but couple of times he's claimed grassed catches..

edit- already been beaten to it

 

[R_D]

Don't worry Zac, you can always watch your football team instead and cheer for quality guys like Setanta.

Whoops, oh dear.

LMFAO!

oh... just saw the clip on news.... that was awful.

 

[pup11]

This is seriously dumb stuff from Katich imo, why should he have a problem with this at all, and really don't know what Clarke is being blamed for here, he played superbly for his team in the SCG test and the team won, he celebrated with them for some time, and if he wanted to get over with the team song and go home, i really don't know what he did was so awful for Katich to behave so idiotically.

 

[chaminda_00]

Reckon Katman was drunk by the time it happened imo. 11pm, five hours of drinking after their only win in the series. You do the maths.

 

[four_or_six]

Australian team unhappy - gee that comes as a surprise

Anyway, add another offense to Symonds' list

1. Didnt turn up to meeting

2. Didnt beat up Clarke when he got there

Yeah, disappointing... apparently Symonds only threw a drink over him. That's pretty girly really.

 

[Burgey]

This is seriously dumb stuff from Katich imo, why should he have a problem with this at all, and really don't know what Clarke is being blamed for here, he played superbly for his team in the SCG test and the team won, he celebrated with them for some time, and if he wanted to get over with the team song and go home, i really don't know what he did was so awful for Katich to behave so idiotically.

Plainly you've never played in any sporting team in Australia. It goes against the grain, unless you're going to the gf's place and let the boys tag along to drink her grog and try to crack on to her mates.

 

[vic_orthdox]

On the Katman's side here. Having actually witnessed the team song before, which the meeja is never allowed to do, it's a pretty special moment, and isn't sung straight after the game like an AFL song.

 

[Matt79]

So long as Leigh Brown is on Collingwoods books, you should never laugh at another teams players

Wow, such a good line, you're just going to keep trotting it out hey? Time to get some new material hick...

 

[Johnners]

Will bring it out as often as I can, just for you Matt

EDIT: It was either that or Didak/Shaw etc.

 

[howardj]

Lost a lot of respect for Pups after he cut his captain loose after the Perth loss in December.

He said, "I'm not the one who makes the bowling changes, the captain is".

He seems like a decent young man, but I think he just covets the captaincy a little too much.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Plainly you've never played in any sporting team in Australia. It goes against the grain, unless you're going to the gf's place and let the boys tag along to drink her grog and try to crack on to her mates.

Actually I don't really get into the team-induced peer pressure thing either to be honest...I'm always amazed that you can be called 'gay' for not going out after a game, but a run on the oval after the cricket presentation in the nude with your mates is considered completely heterosexual

Mind you, given Bingle's history they could have just got her down to the dressing sheds! (That's purely conjecture and has no factual basis whatsoever! I'd go as far as to say I made it up...)