Which Aust player likes to go on field with a toasted sanga in his pocket?

[SteveNZ]

Jokes aside, you’re a professional sportsman in the only game in the world which already stops for a ****ing meal break twice a day. This strikes me as a very Marnus try-hard thing to do in the hope it’ll leak and people will find it weirdly endearing instead of the self indulgent cringe it really is.

This is true.

What is also true is that Langer spoke to the toastie man 'at length' which proves he's the overly intense control freak that The Test painted him out to be and what media reports are doing as welll. **** that to try and work in that environment for years on end.

 

[Prince EWS]

This is true.

What is also true is that Langer spoke to the toastie man 'at length' which proves he's the overly intense control freak that The Test painted him out to be and what media reports are doing as welll. **** that to try and work in that environment for years on end.

Yeah all he needed to do was say what Burgey did:

you’re a professional sportsman in the only game in the world which already stops for a ****ing meal break twice a day

... and let that be the end of it. Blowing it up into a huge thing and having a long meeting with the bloke over it, not to mention bringing it up to the media weeks later, is ****ing ridiculous.

 

[stephen]

Burgey for head coach?

"Be more like TOTAB you bastards."

"We only have space in the national side for one soft Victorian."

"Anyone vote Tory? Right, you're out of the site TPC. I won't have Tory filth polluting the national side. And your nickname is now TTL - the Tory loser."

"Nick Bertus for keeper and skipper. Bye bye Painey."

 

[Spikey]

I'd love to hear the long conversation word for word

 

[Spikey]

... and let that be the end of it. Blowing it up into a huge thing and having a long meeting with the bloke over it, not to mention bringing it up to the media weeks later, is ****ing ridiculous.

Tbf, the story leaked out and Langer defended himself. Of course, that links to one of his problems....

 

[Senile Sentry]

Yeah all he needed to do was say what Burgey did:



... and let that be the end of it. Blowing it up into a huge thing and having a long meeting with the bloke over it, not to mention bringing it up to the media weeks later, is ****ing ridiculous.

But was there a full blown meeting ?

 

[stephen]

Tbf, the story leaked out and Langer defended himself. Of course, that links to one of his problems....

Yeah, that's something I hadn't thought about - why does he need to say anything other than "I have all sorts of private conversations with players about all sorts of things."

 

[mr_mister]

It was always obvious Langer was a loser and a bit of a dick tbh. Surprised he even got the job in the first place

 

[Burgey]

But was there a full blown meeting ?

I don't even think there was, was there? Didn't he just give the **** a spray? And so he should have.

Believe me, you don't just give short sprays. They're a waste. You spray long and you spray hard, so the message gets through the Cro-Magnon brain of the elite sportsperson.

 

[SteveNZ]

Yeah, that's something I hadn't thought about - why does he need to say anything other than "I have all sorts of private conversations with players about all sorts of things."

Because he's too ****ing intense to do that, and he thinks he's sending a bold, brave message that will stomp out all unwanted behaviour in the future. Honestly, watching The Test, he thinks everything that tumbles out of his mouth has Marcus Aurelius, Tony Robbins etc covered.

 

[Senile Sentry]

Sorry but too many people taking that Amazon documentary on face value, foe what was cringey and staged af.

 

[SteveNZ]

Sorry but too many people taking that Amazon documentary on face value, foe what was cringey and staged af.

So that's not who Langer is? I'd wager it's not far off the mark

 

[stephen]

Sorry but too many people taking that Amazon documentary on face value, foe what was cringey and staged af.

If that's the image Langer thinks is a managed, positive version of himself then he's either an idiot or a really horrible bloke.

I think he is actually like that.

 

[_00_deathscar]

But was there a full blown meeting ?

And was there a sandwich on offer during the meeting?

 

[Red]

Saddens me that Lehmann was caught up in the sandpaper crap. Perfect personality on the bloke to be a great coach

 

[Line and Length]

He never said he was unaware of the sandpaper plot.

 

[Adders]

****ing Australian plebs, Joe Root walks out with lobster thermidor in his pocket.

 

[TheJediBrah]

****ing Australian plebs, Joe Root walks out with lobster thermidor in his pocket.

He should walk out with a vial of Testosterone in future

 

[Pup Clarke]

Surprised Jason Sangha hasn't been mentioned tbh

 

[Flem274*]

Saddens me that Lehmann was caught up in the sandpaper crap. Perfect personality on the bloke to be a great coach

hm i think you're looking through nostalgia lenses. he was an irl internet troll who excused australias overseas failings as 'lol only pace and bounce counts' and if you buy into the 'gentlemens sport' lie we tell ourselves he was all for broken arms before the hughes tragedy/sandpapergate set the establishment backpedalling on the identity of the australian side.

if anything he would have made australias eventual first home loss in ages uglier, because lehmann would have acted out and the opposition team wouldn't need to play with a conscience.

lehmann was very effective for home results and results in overseas conditions most familliar for australia but he was no better than langer in alien conditions and his carrying on was always going to end with something messy to clean up like sandpapergate. there were already near misses.

it was completely unnecessary too. cummins is the best in the world without any of the dribble lehmann encouraged.