It's Tough Being Me - The Kevin Pietersen Story

[Spark]

The worst thing I'll have to suffer through another KP publicity tour in 7 months time.

a strong argument for the stars signing kp for another fifty seasons

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

In a surprise twist, the meeting was to actually make KP head of the ECB.

 

[Shri]

Whats the best first class score by an english batsman in county cricket? He should break that tomorrow and sign off.

 

[harsh.ag]

Archie MacLaren 424 for Lancashire against Somerset in 1895

 

[cnerd123]

Whats the best first class score by an english batsman in county cricket? He should break that tomorrow and sign off.

Let me google that for you

County Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Archie MacLaren 424

 

[social]

Whats the best first class score by an english batsman in county cricket? He should break that tomorrow and sign off.

And take 5 wickets just to really piss them off

 

[Jono]

The groundswell of KP support is so good. What a turn of events.

 

[Shri]

Let me google that for you

Thanks. I refer to people like you as my google slaves ftr.

 

[social]

A measured response from an England fan on a UK website.

"**** Strauss, **** that malevolent goblin Flower, **** the ECB, **** the cricket media, **** that pious prick Agnew, **** all of them. I’m done."

 

[GIMH]

The sheer fact that they appointed Andrew Strauss to that role is a ****ing joke to begin with. Appointing a guy a couple of years into retirement who captained all of the senior players and opened the batting with the current captain? God, how daft can you get. Cook's going to struggle to put a stamp on the team even more now, because it becomes a continuation of the Strauss dynasty. The senior players don't get held to account because they're best buddies/former roommates with the Managing Director (or whatever his title is), and Strauss's well-known opinions of KP are going to kill any reasonable discussion of this issue stone-dead. I feel for the coach who accepts this job, they're basically doomed to fail from the outset.

Yeah, what this 'decision' is telling me is that circumstances be damned, Strauss isn't going to put aside his personal feelings about players. Having a guy who was so close to the senior players and doesn't care about being impartial, in a high-level role that still remains close to the day-to-day running of the team, is seriously ****ing dangerous. Especially when he seems to be so bloody ideological in his decision.

Strauss should have been a Tory MP after all. Would fit right in.

Massive assumptions here. Let's hear what Strauss says todayand let's judge him in the job after more than a day.

 

[fredfertang]

Strauss' appointment is just a continuation of the insidious plot by South Africa to take over English cricket

 

[Riggins]

Thanks. I refer to people like you as my google slaves ftr.

the condescending google link didn't even give the answer anyway.

 

[Chubb]

A measured response from an England fan on a UK website.

"**** Strauss, **** that malevolent goblin Flower, **** the ECB, **** the cricket media, **** that pious prick Agnew, **** all of them. I’m done."

Was that on Full Toss or a newspaper? That site is so depressing - and yet it sums up how a lot of people feel. More often than not their doom and gloom predictions are right as well.

 

[fredfertang]

Massive assumptions here. Let's hear what Strauss says todayand let's judge him in the job after more than a day.

If he says anything to the effect that the England side is not going to be picked on merit this summer then he can't possibly be judged as anything other than a failure and a ****

 

[Spikey]

manchester city legend Didi Hamann weighs in

https://twitter.com/DietmarHamann/status/598016171959578624

 

[Jono]

Massive assumptions here. Let's hear what Strauss says todayand let's judge him in the job after more than a day.

Do you agree that the perception of bias can be just as bad as actual bias? Particularly in a sport which relies heavily on public support?

 

[Midwinter]

Maybe told him no place for NZ series but he needs to perform on a regular basis and if we get an injury he is going to be considered. Unless you drop Ballance, Root or Bell he has no place in the side if we want 5 bowlers.

This should be the right answer

 

[GIMH]

Do you agree that the perception of bias can be just as bad as actual bias? Particularly in a sport which relies heavily on public support?

The perception of anything is as bad as the reality, so yes.

Last night KP had been told he'd never play for England again

By the time I woke up it had been downgraded to 'not categorical'

So I'm just interested to know what the craic actually is. Once Strauss has spoken (and possibly we have KP's side), let's judge it from there

I kinda feel like if KP had been told it was a no nay never that he'd have tweeted about it already because that's how he rolls

 

[harsh.ag]

If I were to be honest, I think he has been told he has a way back in for the Ashes if he and his mates show good behavior in social media, or really all media.

 

[NZTailender]

I kinda feel like if KP had been told it was a no nay never that he'd have tweeted about it already because that's how he rolls

This. It's a wait and see. If it's not true, I reckon the Agnew comments might've been some kind of tactical ploy to provoke a KP response in which ECB would be vindicated in any such decision.