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  1. Slow Love™

    Your dream commentary team

    Go on.
  2. Slow Love™

    The Ashes Article Thread

    Yes, it's Roebuck, but I thought this article on Stuart MacGill was of interest, mainly looking at some of the temperamental issues that have dogged him through his career (I have always had the feeling he's played less than he could have because he's not popular with the Aussie team)...
  3. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    I don't see why it's hard to understand. Mainly 'cause "counter-attacking" isn't equivalent in definition to "premeditatively charging down the pitch for an almighty six-hit and getting nowhere near it". There's a difference between charging and swinging like that and using your feet to the...
  4. Slow Love™

    Favicon

    Do you access via http://forum.cricketweb.net, or http://www.cricketweb.net/forum? I used to use the forum subdomain, but I found I had more connectivity issues that way. I can see the icon if I go via that way right now, but not the latter. I guess there's been a server change since I had...
  5. Slow Love™

    Favicon

    Fairly minor issue here, but I use Firefox and often have quite a few tabs open. So I generally keep track of them via favicons in the tabs. Used to be there was a vbulletin icon for the forums, but I've noticed lately that it's gone. Any reason the main favicon for this site at...
  6. Slow Love™

    Are today's cricketers spoilt when compared to the guys who player before?

    Oh whoops! That was a waste of a few turgid paragraphs, then. Not sure I like what you're implying with the taking "certain stuff on their chins" part though. :p
  7. Slow Love™

    Your dream commentary team

    Can't see what that's got to do with what I said, but Lawry did make my list of most disliked, and I described him as "atrocious and something of a tragic figure". So it's not like I'm elevating him to any exalted (or respected) status while I diss Smith. I reckon Chappelli's worse than Bill...
  8. Slow Love™

    Your dream commentary team

    Yes, one of my pet hates - using "bias" in all tenses, or the weirder "biast". It's also one of the most abused words at these forums anyway, even when spelled correctly - while sometimes it's the case, just about any strong opinion that's based on completely rational reasoning gets derided as...
  9. Slow Love™

    Your dream commentary team

    I would have thought that given the tone of my post and the fact that I compared him to an entertainer and another cricketer, that it was a light-hearted remark. Who started your motor, Volts? And I'm sensing some love for Smith in all the red mist, and surely that's twice as idiotic as...
  10. Slow Love™

    Are today's cricketers spoilt when compared to the guys who player before?

    I personally just prefer a greater variance within a reasonable parameter of standards. The problem with the really extreme end of the scale is that it's a professional sport, and people's financial livelihoods can be at stake. I really don't have a problem with wickets allowing substantially...
  11. Slow Love™

    Hands up if you wrote off McGrath

    Bad blistering probably has the capacity to be more painful than bruising, I suppose - I know from personal experience it can hurt like a bitch. The team seems to be indicating he should be OK to play at Adelaide, so fingers crossed. There must be some doubt though, with the re-introduction of...
  12. Slow Love™

    Are today's cricketers spoilt when compared to the guys who player before?

    See your quote below: I could laugh at the fact that your own conventions are the same as what you're criticizing, but in reality, we do all accept them. Generally a good pitch is one with minimal disruption on it's surface, that plays "truest" - and the further away from this you get, the...
  13. Slow Love™

    Try and make a current XI with your favourite players.

    Harder than it looks, this: 1. Justin Langer 2. Sanath Jayasuriya* 3. Brian Lara 4. Ramnaresh Sarwan 5. VVS Laxman 6. Andrew Flintoff 7. Adam Gilchrist+ 8. Shane Warne 9. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 10. The Shoaib (sorry) 11. Simon Jones
  14. Slow Love™

    Your dream commentary team

    MOST LIKED COMMENTATORS Ramiz Raja - smooth and laid back but can get excitable, and has wonderful, anachronistic hair. Michael Holding - often judging someone harshly for something he's done himself, but his condemnations are delivered with great conviction Tony Greig - yes, he's a complete...
  15. Slow Love™

    Hands up if you wrote off McGrath

    Is it just a blister? Cricinfo has been reporting it as a bruised heel...
  16. Slow Love™

    Yousuf or Ponting?

    You mean in India, right? Ponting averages 42 on the sub-continent (I think he averages over 50 everywhere but India).
  17. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 1st Test at The Gabba

    That's what my nana used to say about Kim Hughes. Sounded filthier when she said it though.
  18. Slow Love™

    Hands up if you wrote off McGrath

    This thread is probably a tad premature, as I think much of the concern about McGrath has been related to his ability to get through the series - and he does have a bit of an ankle concern at the moment. On that, did anybody notice all the Nine commentators talking about Giles' selection in...
  19. Slow Love™

    Is Freddie the right man for the job?

    In terms of Flintoff and the captaincy, maybe not - I tend to think that bowlers as captains are just subject to too much overthink, through no fault of their own. It's obviously not going to bring him completely undone like Botham, but I do think it's too much pressure on a mercurial player...
  20. Slow Love™

    Stupid comment from Slater

    I have no idea what Slats was talking about. Did he really actually say that? Bizarre comment, if he did.

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