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It's Tough Being Me - The Kevin Pietersen Story
- Thread starter Spikey
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Some quarters(ECB) saying the dossier isn't real and wasnt prepared by the ECB as it is poorly formatted and doesn't even look professional while some saying it was a deliberate leak by ECB to the press while denying involvement.
Who would create a dossier like this for every player even before the Ashes unless they wanted to sack him even before the Ashes and were waiting for the right time.
Who would create a dossier like this for every player even before the Ashes unless they wanted to sack him even before the Ashes and were waiting for the right time.
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Spark
Global Moderator
Apparently it's due diligence in preparation for the book. No idea if that's standard practice.
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
They're all mostly gone tbf.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
The ECB no doubt consulted with the world's foremost **** on dossier services - Tony Blair - for this one.
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
In Summary
KP: hard to work with but hardly unmanageable (see Vaughan for evidence of this fact)
AF: down-hill skier when it comes to management
AF uses whatever credit he has left to cast KP as the scapegoat for Ashes debacle and shore up his future employment
And to think that all the ECB needed to do to avoid this debacle was pick KP for the T20 WC, leave him out of the tests vs SL (citing new era, different direction, blah blah blah) and treat him with a tiny bit of respect as he headed off into T20 retirement
KP: hard to work with but hardly unmanageable (see Vaughan for evidence of this fact)
AF: down-hill skier when it comes to management
AF uses whatever credit he has left to cast KP as the scapegoat for Ashes debacle and shore up his future employment
And to think that all the ECB needed to do to avoid this debacle was pick KP for the T20 WC, leave him out of the tests vs SL (citing new era, different direction, blah blah blah) and treat him with a tiny bit of respect as he headed off into T20 retirement
New Zealand fans would have enough case studies with one bloke to explain to you why this approach is completely the wrong one.
It's not about being in the side on merit, it's about giving yourself - thus the team - the best chance to win through giving yourself the best chance to perform. If someone nicks out, drops a catch, bowls an over or two of complete dross and the rest of the side knows he was on the ink, or even trained like a donkey mid-week, that's effecting morale. It's not 1970 anymore where all 22 were/still are drunk at the toss.
Who's doing PR for England? Wouldn't it be better to let KP blow off his steam (and thus his silly friend Piers as well), release him to the Melbourne Stars and then magically in 2 weeks everything is forgotten about? But now we're going to release dossiers, Prior is going to fight back, and basically pouring fuel on the fire.
BeeGee
International Captain
That's going in your dossier.
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It was you who instigated Snowden, wasn't it?
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Ed Smith: A genius of self-belief and desire | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo
Ed Smith bang on again.
Ed Smith bang on again.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Also, see that Swann is digging in on his/the bowlers' treatment of teammates.
An indictment.
An indictment.
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Pietersen should thank Ed Smith for that article. But he won't. Because people who are like that, they need to not believe they are like that. And I think Ed knows that too. I hope Pietersen becomes special, in his own eyes, again, but sadly, I have doubt over that.
YorksLanka
International Debutant
really? Surprised he hasnt run off as he cant handle the pressure...
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well it's being used as certain people as a thing. Oddly just saw Gabriel Marcotti retweet something along the same lines.I was kidding with the earlier post btw
ImpatientLime
International Regular
Swann is a colossal ****, no question.
One of those popped collar wearing, lad bible reading types who will happily sit there and insult you to your face whilst masking it behind a false veneer of good natured "banter".
One of those popped collar wearing, lad bible reading types who will happily sit there and insult you to your face whilst masking it behind a false veneer of good natured "banter".