Arthur sacked

[Jono]

Should put out an SOS to Ross Lyon itbt.

Gary Lyon will head up the search for a new coach

Liking it!

 

[Spikey]

and arthur was wearing a fake beard at the time

we're through the looking glass here people

 

[Jono]

stfu

 

[Spark]

Chloe Saltau @chloejane32
Australian captain Michael Clarke has resigned as a selector. Story at theage.com.au and smh.com.au shortly

what the hell is going on at a quarter to 7 in the morning over there

 

[Tangles]

Never liked Arthur but the timing of this is just odd. Is this to give the team an excuse to lose because it looks that way.

 

[Spikey]

what the hell is going on at a quarter to 7 in the morning over there

Take that Taylor, Border and Waugh!

 

[Spark]

no but seriously did they not sleep?

 

[uvelocity]

what the hell is going on at a quarter to 7 in the morning over there

wtf

 

[Spikey]

Well it's 7am now. Clarke could have resigned last night and now that they've started waking up the news has leaked out.

 

[honestbharani]

 

[Burgey]

Lol, this is getting ridiculous

 

[Tangles]

Getting? I think we hit that when the news first hit.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

The administrators were sick of everyone else taking the mickey out of Australian cricket, so they thought they'd do it themselves.

 

[uvelocity]

if patto knocks out watto we will all get around patto, right

 

[Tangles]

I have no issues with bringing in Boof but why not let the sacking wait till the Ashes (in England) is lost before bringing in Boof for the home series. Now a bad series will have people questioning Boofs appointment when he basically been handed the team on the eve of a huge series with a crap ton of issues festering.

 

[Ruckus]

Wow this is getting bizaaaarre. An interesting problem I can foresee in the future now though, is that the power of something like an 'Argus review' no longer holds any value. Some of it's key points where to make the coach and captain selectors, and the latter at least is just another component of it put on the scrap pile. I thought it was pretty useless and superficial to begin with anyway, but nevertheless where does cricket aus run to now in times of trouble...the whole system has crumbled from the top down.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Marvellous, has there ever been a worse preparation for a big series?

 

[Tangles]

Yet Sutherland remains untouched.

 

[Spikey]

because it's perfectly obvious Arthur hasn't been sacked completely based on the on-field performance

 

[dermo]

Clarke stepping down is a good move imo, not good for team harmony, which is evidently ****house atm, when everyone knows the captain is judging your performance as a selector. Its hard for him to console and encourage players who've been dropped when he has a say in the dropping.