The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

[Daemon]

I do enjoy a bit of domination from time to time

 

[honestbharani]

That's fine, if you refuse to believe something for whatever reason then that's your prerogative. Don't expect people to agree with you though, or be surprised when people treat your statements with derision.

Also if, as it seems, you really want to turn this into a semantic discussion about the definition of "domination" then the whole thing is pointless anyway. Any of us could now just say we define "dominate" as something different to suit whatever our arguments are

Its funny coz my statement was factual.. And it takes a special type of person to treat facts with derision... And there is no semantic involved in claiming someone scoring at 47 against an opposition over 8 tests is any kind of domination when there are number of others who have scored more and faster and over more number of games over the same period.

I think I made it very clear what I meant in the last para of the post you quoted. You can keep arguing strawmen all the live long day, my statement stands for itself.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Where the hell are you even getting this 47 figure from anyway?

 

[honestbharani]

A simple statsguru query..

 

[stephen]

Where the hell are you even getting this 47 figure from anyway?

It's how much Smith averaged in tests in England where Anderson was present if you ignore the most recent test that happened in because Anderson bowled 4 overs before getting injured.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

It's how much Smith averaged in tests in England where Anderson was present if you ignore the most recent test that happened in because Anderson bowled 4 overs before getting injured.

So pulled straight out of his arse then, makes sense

 

[honestbharani]

Lol... I guess it is nice to be able to pull truth out of one's arse... Better than whatever GAS has to spout about Smith dominating Anderson in England I guess..

 

[trundler]

The wahhhhhh in this thread rivals Tendulkar fanbois on Facebook

 

[honestbharani]

I remember similar waahs when I said long back here that Sachin did not dominate McGrath and Warne when they played together.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Lol... I guess it is nice to be able to pull truth out of one's arse... Better than whatever GAS has to spout about Smith dominating Anderson in England I guess..

bro just stop

what a dumb thing to be arguing about anyway

 

[honestbharani]

No waaaahh is as waaaaah as TheJediWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[TheJediBrah]

good one

 

[honestbharani]

How about the Waaaahh XI?


Virender Sehwaaaahhhhhhhhg
David Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahner
Mohammed Waaaaaaaaaahsim
Mark Waaaaaaaahhhhh
Steve Waaaaaaaghhhhh (c)
Shane Waaaaaaahtson
BJ Waaaaaaaahtling (wk)
Waaaaaaaaaahsim Akram
Shane Waaaaaaaaahrne
Chaminda Waaaaaaaaahs
Waaahqar Younis


Actually, would be a pretty quality side.

 

[stephen]

Hb's method for combating boredom.

1) say something controversial for the sake of it
2) whenever people rightly point out how nonsense it is, call them crybabies
3) ???
4) profit!!!

 

[honestbharani]

Hey, had to learn something from TJB eventually..

 

[TheJediBrah]

I definitely have done that at times tbf

 

[Burgey]

Lol... I guess it is nice to be able to pull truth out of one's arse... Better than whatever GAS has to spout about Smith dominating Anderson in England I guess..

Don't you reckon Smith is a better player now than he was in 2015? Because I reckon he's miles better tbh. You could have opened with Marshall and McGrath against him last Ashes and it wouldn't have mattered. Bloke was on an Aspy mission and was never going to miss out. If anything, it probably saved Anderson's blushes not being there. He's still very effective but a lot older and a bit slower than he was in 2015 and earlier.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Between 2013 in England and 2017-18 in Australia, Anderson has dismissed Smith three times for a cost of about 321 runs, that's an average of 107 and certainly not 47. Figures may not be exact because of my somewhat patchy mathematical ability, but it's definitely very close.

In conclusion, HB is completely incorrect on this one, and James Anderson is the second most overrated individual on the face of the earth (only behind Billie Eilish ofc)

 

[Burgey]

some boomer is gonna hold this against smith so hard. couldn't take wagner, the great west indies would kill him.

ignoring the fact smith has lasted longer than anyone i've ever seen against peak wagnerball on decks that suit it, and still contributed solid scores.

The fact Smith averaged 43 last summer against NZ and people asked what was wrong with him says everything you need to know about how great a player he is.

 

[mr_mister]

Smith has only gone onto 100 once the last 5 times he's passed 80 though which is a bit concerning IMO

Don't want him to turn into Root