Australian Off Season 2017

[vcs]

"Mishit" works, but "S****horpe" doesn't.

 

[Prince EWS]

"Mishit" works, but "S****horpe" doesn't.

Yeah, because the swear in the former word is only soft-filtered (specifically due to mishit, actually) while the latter is hard-filtered (because no-one cares about S****horpe).

 

[Spikey]

Yeah he'd have to play as an overseas player in one country or the other if he wanted to play in both of them, and I can't see either Hampshire or Tassie being keen on him with that stipulation. I suppose he might be willing to give up Hampshire for Tassie if he got an offer though.

Oh this is how I'd do it if I was him. Contract me as an overseas player only. But Tassie aren't exactly flush with talent so it could be a worth a shot (although I guess they do have faulker so this might be their only area where they're set...)

 

[social]

No contracts in Australia and as he has already been punted by the Vics, he'd be better off in the short term staying in the UK

 

[GotSpin]

This whole thing is just so ****ing embarassing.

 

[Spikey]

I know I just stated a simple thought about Ian Holland and now I'm being roasted in every direction. bloody hell

 

[GotSpin]

This disagreement is just getting worse and worse

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

If you make it big then cricket pays great, but there's so much more opportunity to be a middling pro athlete and still earn decent money in the football codes. Cricket is a far bigger gamble as it stands.

There's also the far higher chance of suffering severe brain damage and shooting yourself in the head in your mid-40's.

 

[Spikey]

This disagreement is just getting worse and worse

I'm getting a bit sick of the doom and gloom. You'd think the Ashes were two weeks away with some of the chat. It's 2 months from cricket CA care about, let alone the Ashes.

 

[straw man]

Didn't know the ACA had recuited Greg Combet as advisor. A very smart and principled guy (and a big loss for the Australian Labor Party), have to think he is responsible for some of the steel in the players' position.

Cricket Australia - prepare yourselves, for MORTAL COMBET.

da da da na da na da na (insert Mortal Kombat theme music here)

 

[Spikey]

I think Combet only joined up in like May or something.

 

[Burgey]

Best PM we never had

 

[Spikey]

peter may would have been handy in the 50's tbf

 

[vic_orthdox]

Sutherland sat down with Nicholson today.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Mitchell Starc signing up with a rival car retailer (against one of CA's 'protected' sponsors) I reckon would've panicked CA a bit as well. The pressure from their major sponsors and media outlets from Channel 9 must be growing rapidly by the day.

 

[Spikey]

Sutherland sat down with Nicholson today.

and David Peever sat down with The Australian today

Nocookies | The Australian

 

[quincywagstaff]

Judging by the excerpts from Peever's column, that the likes of Alan Jones and The Australian (in its sports section) have sided with the players when usually such outlets drool over anti-union, 'flexible' workplace tactics is something he's clearly unprepared for.

That's the thing about bringing in corporate types to run major sports. They're often unprepared for how professional sports run by different rules to other workplaces and that despite them being much better paid than average workers, they tend to get more sympathy from the public and even sections of the corporate media.

 

[GotSpin]

Speaking of which

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...n-launches-counterattack-on-media-and-critics

 

[Starfighter]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...d/news-story/54dfdfe5c88f1d2ca77734e46e49579c

I don't like this kind of thinking when it comes to selecting our bowling attack. It ignores that in that match a disproportionate number of English wickets actually fell to spin and that Olivier could probably have been omitted. The key to beating England isn't necessarily a four pacer attack but to actually, you know, bowl well.

 

[TheJediBrah]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...d/news-story/54dfdfe5c88f1d2ca77734e46e49579c

I don't like this kind of thinking when it comes to selecting our bowling attack. It ignores that in that match a disproportionate number of English wickets actually fell to spin and that Olivier could probably have been omitted. The key to beating England isn't necessarily a four pacer attack but to actually, you know, bowl well.

"South Africa’s four-pronged pace attack took 14 of the 20 English wickets"

Is that supposed to be an unusually high number? When there are 4 quicks and 1 spinner? The spinner was 20% of SA's bowling attack and took 30% of the wickets. If anything it should tell us the opposite.

Silly journalism.