Jonny Bairstow apology thread

[grecian]

This is utter drivel, I don’t think there’s been a cricketer since whos had a harder time from the English media.

Well except for maybe Mike Gatting, hounded out of the job for shagging a barmaid and still harangued about a reverse sweep shot even now.

I mean this is just silly neither of them called greats that I know of, Trundler just blathering nonsense about a time he didn't seem to have lived through.

Oh I'm not in the Richard category with Athers, and actually there is a comparison that doesn't work great with him, Alec Stewart's record as opener at roughly the same time. Yet he was clearly better than mediocrity personified, and quite frankly it's posting that makes mediocre seem an high level.

Oh on Bairstow he was **** for two years, I probably slagged him for 2 years, he's now great, and I love him. The way it goes if you average mid-30s, it's going to be swings and roundabouts.

 

[trundler]

Dunking on Atherton and Gatting works every time which is surprising because they were both just alright

 

[grecian]

Dunking on Atherton and Gatting works every time which is surprising because they were both just alright

So it's just trolling good to know.

Not much point ****ing talking to you then is there?

Oh and that worked too, who's a big boy on the Internet.

 

[trundler]

Only half trolling because most English cricketers are overrated. Don't even get me started on black and white era cricketers who were supposedly the picture of grace and elegance but averaged 30 away. Even if they're bagged at the time, they're definitely overrated retrospectively and occupy too much space in public discussions compared to their worth. Also Pietersen only played 7 years really and was thus a flash in the pan.

 

[mr_mister]

Well except for maybe Mike Gatting, hounded out of the job for shagging a barmaid and still harangued about a reverse sweep shot even now.

I mean this is just silly neither of them called greats that I know of, Trundler just blathering nonsense about a time he didn't seem to have lived through.

Oh I'm not in the Richard category with Athers, and actually there is a comparison that doesn't work great with him, Alec Stewart's record as opener at roughly the same time. Yet he was clearly better than mediocrity personified, and quite frankly it's posting that makes mediocre seem an high level.

Oh on Bairstow he was **** for two years, I probably slagged him for 2 years, he's now great, and I love him. The way it goes if you average mid-30s, it's going to be swings and roundabouts.

During the time they both opened Atherton had a superior record didn't he? It was only from halfway through the '97 ashes that Atherton's output nosedived, and from that point Stewart was no longer opening

 

[Daemon]

In b4 hb claims him

 

[Burgey]

The ironic thing is GIMH really is sorry

Sorry for being in Dallas, Texas!

I hope you didn’t drive a truck over there

 

[GIMH]

Well except for maybe Mike Gatting, hounded out of the job for shagging a barmaid and still harangued about a reverse sweep shot even now.

Well sure but Gatting’s grief from the press came first didn’t it? Either way the idea Atherton is championed by the English media is for the fairies, just trundler finding a trope and thinking he can apply it

Apologise plz @trundler

 

[ankitj]

Wonder if Bairstow's hundred in 3rd test would make @Days of Grace top 100 innings.

 

[Xuhaib]

Bairstow can end up with 8k @ 40 if he keeps this up for two years or more looked unlikely a few months back.

 

[trundler]

You guys reckon it's the fans who are responsible for this disastrous mass glorification of mediocrity? Unlikely but ok.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Sorry Jonny for ever doubting you.

Looking forward to you following up one record breaking year with another.

x

 

[Kirkut]

Nah...

https://www.ecb.co.uk/video/2245092/jasprit-bumrah-wicket

 

[GIMH]

You guys reckon it's the fans who are responsible for this disastrous mass glorification of mediocrity? Unlikely but ok.

What glorification are you even talking about?

You’ve invented a straw man and are arguing with nobody. Nobody has called Athers an ATG on this forum for about 12 years and only one person did back then.

Averaging 37 as an opener in the era he played in is decent all things considered, this is literally the point.

The English media are generally terrible on most topics, but given you weren’t alive when Atherton played, and it was a largely pre-internet era in real terms, you’d have absolutely no idea how the media treated him. I would, having grown up in England and witnessed it first hands.

Very suboptimal posting from you.

 

[Gremlin]

Bairstow has been mishandled over the years. I'm certain that it has caused his form to fluctuate. I was one of those people who questioned his place in the test side based on his erratic form and wanted him to focus on being one of the all time great one day players.

This sense of belief that has been given to him by the current management has really paid off instantly and he has a defined role in the side.

 

[Adders]

You guys reckon it's the fans who are responsible for this disastrous mass glorification of mediocrity? Unlikely but ok.

Have a spell fella.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Never thought he should have been dropped and having not played for Yorkshire thought he shouldn't get his place back. Guess I was wrong in there somewhere.

 

[Son Of Coco]

One series and we're off again. Settle down chaps!

 

[GIMH]

One series and we're off again. Settle down chaps!

Well no it’s 3 series

 

[Red]

England would love to have prime Atherton opening for them in the current era.