Burgey

Not my fault you're a **** tbf.

Due on Friday but I'm not at Uni and it has to be submitted in hard copy so I need to post it Wednesday morning at the latest really. Am a fair chunk of the way through, there just might not be much time for re-drafting.

Haha, touche!

And cheers, is the first one I've had to write and I must say it is quite unnerving to not quite know whether you're on the right lines at all or not. Bit different to anything I had to write for English Lit!

Blaming your anti-Kallisness for why I'm not getting my essay on Caldwell Recklessness done, hope you're proud.

Nothing to do with sheer procrastination, honest.

Yea. Still, I think the long term problem is what Symonds said in an interview when he was looking at Indian IPL players (didn't know if you saw it) that basically a lot of young Indian players are lazy. Not because they don't want to but fitness just isn't stressed - many of these guys have barely seen a treadmill let alone worked out a proper strength training plan before reaching the international level. It's never stressed so no one thinks keeping a tight control on food, or hustling a few hours a day of exercise is needed. It's a culture issue that starts even before FC cricket. India easily gives up 25+ runs an innings due to poor fitness (running b/w wickets, fielding, dropped catches). Zaheer Khan didn't get better until he went to Worcestershire and they put him on a proper cricket fitness plan. So much potential wasted tbf.

Err*: only guy for a decade that a billion people depended on to not be called a laughingstock.

There wouldn't be much an outcry if they dropped Laxman, Gambhir, Dravid. Tendulkar can't be dropped. Dravid and Laxman aren't part of the ODI squad and were dropped there anyway (and no WC). Tendulkar is pretty much self-retired from ODIs but he's way too popular. I know you hate the fanboism but you have to understand - he was the only guy for about a decade that a billion people that stopped the team from being a complete laughingstock. There aren't any other sports and India sucks at olympics. So this was it. Too much good will. He'd have to go on a murdering spree while carrying three forms of ID for him to be droppable anytime soon. Though it's likely that he's the type of person who'd retire if someone he respected had a word with him.

I only popped into the thread briefly but it was very quiet

Would rather lose than be saved by the rain. Can't put a bandaid on the problem.

At the game today eh mate? Good day for your lot

Hey just saw your wall -- instead of booing you need make a sign with a big hearing aid...if people get it...how EPIC would that be - would definitely get on TV if the commentators got the reference.

I hereby submit a redefinition of Gambhiring as an "accurate forecast of a ****ty team and its fortunes by demoralized but realistic fans."

Oh good, won't have to go through you booing him in the tour thread then :P

Will you be going to the Sydney test?

Hey Burgey, sorry to do this to you, but I only just noticed that you picked Keith Miller who averages outside the 32.00 and 36.00 range that I put in the question. Can you please reselect two players, post on here, email or in the sheep draft forum.

Hope you don't mind, thanks.

I applaud your tackling of the infuriating practise of Gambhiring through the tried-and-tested method of ripping the piss. Made all the better by the fact that you've managed to do it while simultaneous mocking Gambhir. Killing two birds, etc.

Definitely no rage there either. I don't usually get angry over a forum :P

It's pretty bloody irritating, isn't it? Not a great deal a lot of us can do other than call it out for what it is, but honestly don't have the energy right now.

Is tendulkar flop or something

Just been browsing about, came across this "If you are Sachin's fan, you need to go in the shower and drown yourself. You will be doing "God" and me a big favour"

LOL