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Duncan Fletcher Appointed as India Coach

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
And to think I voted for you in BOTM. WAC

And in case you're wondering - that means what a ******

:ph34r:
 

Jacknife

International Captain
Swann and gough's comments are perfect for india ahead of the test series ...i hope anderson or some of the new pacers come up with statements that they are going to roll up the indian batting line with ease.....
This will ensure india being charged up..and with zaheer rested for wi tour i'm confident we will do well.
Whatever the result i'm putting 50 bucks on swann having a torrid time,spinners who talk before a series with india get thrashed its been same with qadir,warne,saqlain [with his teesra]....especially if sehwag sticks around.:)
Exactly what is it, that Swanny said could get the Indian team fired up, for most of his interview he talks about Fletcher and the fact he doesn't know quite a few of England's players and if he formulates plans on the old England team, he may come a cropper, then he moves on, to when he was fist picked, then dropped by him.
He then says, Jimmy will be the key for England this summer, which is pretty obvious. The only time he really mentions India, is at the end, when he says
"I think we will give India a very good run for their money, if not beat them."
why wouldn't he back is team to win, he shouldn't be playing if he doesn't think that, he doesn't go OTT and say they're going to smash them 4-0 or such things like that.
 

shankar

International Debutant
Exactly what is it, that Swanny said could get the Indian team fired up, for most of his interview he talks about Fletcher and the fact he doesn't know quite a few of England's players and if he formulates plans on the old England team, he may come a cropper, then he moves on, to when he was fist picked, then dropped by him.
He then says, Jimmy will be the key for England this summer, which is pretty obvious. The only time he really mentions India, is at the end, when he says
"I think we will give India a very good run for their money, if not beat them."
why wouldn't he back is team to win, he shouldn't be playing if he doesn't think that, he doesn't go OTT and say they're going to smash them 4-0 or such things like that.
It's a combination of sensationalist headlines and lazy readers...
 

Blaze 18

Banned
It's a non-issue. For one, it's just media garbage. For another, every player should back their team to win. What should Graeme Swann say? "Yeah, India are going to smash us four-nil in our own backyard", or "we're going to let Tendulkar score his hundredth hundred"? Jeez! Even if he did make a four-zero prediction or whatever (I know he didn't), nothing wrong with it. It's called playing mind games with the opposition.
 

keeper

U19 Vice-Captain
Reassuring common sense from the three posters above.

I think Fletcher is a very good coach indeed. Whether he is right for the unique combination of factors that make up Indian cricket is something else again. Certainly adds to the drama for this summer.
 

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev have been both criticial of this appointment.

But then,both have been having problems with the BCCI recently.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Haaha that's awesome

You know I love you SS

God is fake and England being good at anything is a myth. As is my *** life, except with SS.
 
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silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Since I am no longer moderating, but I still have moderating powers, I'm going to take this opportunity to abuse that power and start modifying your posts to read the complete opposite of what you said.
 

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