*Official* Road to 2013 Ashes

[hendrix]

yeah, I don't have a problem with rotation as a policy, but when it means that it's unclear who the incumbents are, it's pretty crap.

 

[Adders]

Anyone else bored to the back teeth on the subject of Australian team selection?

Just want the series to start now, partly to stop all that nonsense.

Yeah I am, but I'm over all the pre series bull**** talk.

Happens every Ashes series, I guess we all start getting pumped for it a couple of months out and by the time we get to this stage, every debate and argument has been had and the conversations start going back over old ground. Once we get underway tomorrow we'll actually have some cricket to talk about and all the speculation and chest thumping will be put to one side. All the questions we've been debating will start getting answered.

Can't ****ing wait.......6 weeks of some serious sleep deprivation coming up for me!!

 

[Maximas]

Anyone else bored to the back teeth on the subject of Australian team selection?

Just want the series to start now, partly to stop all that nonsense.

no, that's why I'm on these forums, so we can all speculate and debate about it, you could always just leave until tomorrow...

 

[the big bambino]

True enough. I'm over posts that complain about people discussing cricket on a cricket forum. For mine I've been following the Siddle debate with interest. I had him in my side but reading the counterpoints I'm not so sure now.

 

[Adders]

Hey don't get me wrong, thats why I'm here too. The only thing better than watching cricket is talking about it with like minded people, sadly my circle of friends only have a casual interest in the game so places like this give me the opportunity to share my views and also learn a lot too.

What I was trying to say is the Ashes is pretty unique with its build up and we all get so involved in it for so long before a ball is even bowled. Everything that needs to be discussed or debated has been done now and it just feels like for the last week or so a lot of old ground is getting rehashed. That's not even a complaint really, it's still all cricket talk for me so I'll still lap it all up.........just think we are all ready for it get underway so we can start discussing sessions and passages of play as opposed to; is Australia's bowling attack as good as ours, or who should play out of Siddle, Bird or Harris etc.

Bring it on!!!

 

[dermo]

smitteh has fallen to 4th in the foxsports poll, although only 4 votes between him and first. lets get the peoples champ back where he belongs

i also call for a bowling attack of:

johnson
siddle
tait
doherty

 

[NUFAN]

Haddin won't be there in 2013. If the WI tour was on post-next round of CA contracts he wouldn't make it there either. But because it starts like 5 days after the tri series finishes he'll probably well.

Hey Spikey,

 

[Spikey]

WAG Rad is. Put up results they couldnt say no to


(along with paine putting up results they could say no to and wade being the 3rd choice they never really wanted)

 

[benchmark00]

Would be dancing jigs of delight if Haddin's still in the test XI come 2013, tbh. Wade's keeping must be rustic in the extreme if Haddin's is considered a virtue next to it.
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Would like to see video of said jigs.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Would like to see video of said jigs.

In all fairness to me I suspect I hadn't seen Wade keep when I made that "rustic in the extreme" crack.

Turns out I was flattering the bollock handed Victorio-Tasmanian. Haddin has the hands of a cardiac surgeon by comparison.

 

[chris.hinton]

Cannot see the Aussies winning a test match this year, England simply have too much for them even though we are in poor form ourselves

Its like the reverse of the old bad days, England to win 3-0

Well I actually got something right