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  1. Slow Love™

    Where are le and T_C?

    I think T_C was around a week or three ago in the Ashes subforum. But yeah, he seems to stay away for long periods and then come back for drive-by's before disappearing again in recent times.
  2. Slow Love™

    The return of Darrell Hair - well almost.

    Something I've learned over the years is that you should never assume you've hit rock bottom, 'cause there's always further to fall. I've been the recipient of this particular lesson far too many times for my liking. :p
  3. Slow Love™

    Michael Bevan Retires - and Tribute Thread.

    As to MacGill, I was just comparing them because it seems they're similar in that particular respect (I do sometimes wonder if MacGill hasn't missed selection sometimes due to this). Basically, you're right though, and Bevan just didn't do enough in the chances he was given, and he was given...
  4. Slow Love™

    Official Gibbs Ban Thread

    Well, to me the tone of the questions is clearly accusatory. "If the fans were white, would you have still said what you said?" "Why is it that when you were racially abused by white spectators in Australia, you never went off like this?" And "there was something close to hate in your voice"...
  5. Slow Love™

    The return of Darrell Hair - well almost.

    Yeah, I think you're missing the point - I've already said exactly that months ago. I know what they are doing. But your public comments make you accountable, and by Sonn's explanation, the ICC has lost confidence in Hair. He did not distinguish between the executive branch's opinion, and...
  6. Slow Love™

    Official Gibbs Ban Thread

    Surely the invoking of the word "hate" is contextual with the allegation of racist behaviour. Do you seriously think Vice would have gone there if Gibbs had said "****ing idiots" or "****ing loudmouths"? Vice may be a perfectly good writer - I can't recall that I've read him before. I just...
  7. Slow Love™

    Official Gibbs Ban Thread

    How would you interpret these remarks?
  8. Slow Love™

    The return of Darrell Hair - well almost.

    Nah, it just seemed such a desperate reach. You had to give him points for quick thinking, though.
  9. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series

    Though we may not want to think about it, it's possible that his nickname has little to do with how tall he is.
  10. Slow Love™

    Official Gibbs Ban Thread

    The main thing in this to me is that it's very plausible that a comment like the one Gibbs made could be made without any specifically racial abuse implied. I'm aware that it could have been intended as a racial smear, but I don't think in this case that that's quite good enough. And I kinda...
  11. Slow Love™

    best haircut in australian cricket

    Yeah, not really eligible, but if it was an international competition Oram would be right up there. He's cut it off now, hasn't he? What a shocker. Now Ian Harvey was a man with a great head of long hair. Dunno why Bracken's looks so lousy, isn't his girlfriend a hairdresser?
  12. Slow Love™

    Michael Bevan Retires - and Tribute Thread.

    Bit of a sad story, Bevan's. You get the impression he's highly dissatisfied with being considered a one-day player exclusively, even though he would be at the top (or near it) of most people's lists when discussing the format. There was a good article in the Age the other day regarding his...
  13. Slow Love™

    The return of Darrell Hair - well almost.

    It's inexplicable whichever side of the fence re: Hair you're on, really. Although SS correctly points out that there is a division between the ICC's executive branch and the full member country reps, it's still a fact that Percy Sonn stated that the ICC as an organization had lost confidence...
  14. Slow Love™

    Damien Martyn Retires !!!

    TBF, I think Jones is mates with most (if not all) of the international Aussie cricketers. I think much of it is ingratiation on his part though.
  15. Slow Love™

    Damien Martyn Retires !!!

    Oh come on, how much mystery is there going to be, really? Dear Diary, 6am Woke up, had bowel movement. 6pm Had steak, mashed potatoes and peas for tea. Was feeling adventurous so smothered steak and vegies in Heinz ketchup instead of the old White Crow. Thought about quitting, might do...
  16. Slow Love™

    Bodyline - The Movie (1984)

    :laugh: I saw this many years ago - it was in the mid-80's, so it might have been when it was first screened. I was only around 14 or so then and I found it fairly educational. It's a bit over earnest and IIRC it played to a lot of the simplistic class stereotypes that The Club did (mind you...
  17. Slow Love™

    Should the Ashes Return to the Winning Nation?

    IMO we should get to keep Richard Hadlee every time we beat the Kiwis in the Chappell-Hadlee ODI series. In a metal cage suspended over Bay 13 at the MCG. (They can have Trev Chappell should we ever happen to lose.)
  18. Slow Love™

    I'm dissappointed with England, 5-0 - McGrath

    Nah, I don't know where you got the 4-0, 4-1 thing from. And McGrath made the 5-0 comment before the series started. The main point though is that it wasn't so much an arrogant dismissal of England's ability as a statement of his positive attitude towards every match. He believed that he and...
  19. Slow Love™

    After the Whitewash (or How to Lose the Ashes)

    Nice stuff, Neil. Don't think the disclaimers at the end were necessary though. :) Couldn't believe Fletcher's over-candid comments today/yesterday regarding his uncertainty about replacing Strauss with Flintoff as captain (well then don't go and do it, man!) and Freddie's difficulties with...
  20. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** India in South Africa

    Can't remember whose dismissal I was discussing there, was it Tendulkar's where it was going down leg? In terms of the ones where no shot was offered, "for the most part" was mainly to cover for the fact that one was pretty close, and people might have argued it. I personally thought they were...

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