Re: Monkeygate 2 years on. How did Aus wind up as the bad guys?

by Zat Wed 22 Dec 2010, 23:01

So throwing all the toys out of the cot makes you the good guys? Right, must remember that next time I see a two-year-old throw a tantrum

by horace Thu 23 Dec 2010, 07:08

The ACB certainly ended up the bad guys by not supporting Symonds

Singh should have been rubbed out...if Kumble had called the tour off - bad luck

by JGK Thu 23 Dec 2010, 07:19

I lost a lot of respect for Kumble that day.

by Henry Thu 23 Dec 2010, 07:34

Because it turned out he wasn't the timid little 'bend over and take it up the arse' Indian that you thought he was?

by JGK Thu 23 Dec 2010, 08:23

Because he was being a hypocritical sensationalist qunt.

by skully Thu 23 Dec 2010, 09:13

Josh Carney wrote:As far the the Sydney test goes the racism claim came from the Aussie side Symonds accusing Bhaji. That did not cause the boil over. The boil over came beacuse of what happened on the last day where the Indians were unhappy about the appeals and in particular the grounded catch that Ponting claimed. What set the cat amongs the pigeons was the statement Kumble made with respect to only "one team playing cricket out there". Given Kumble's reputation as a straight shooter it got a lot of airplay and follow ups from both the Indian and Aussie press / fans.

Good times.

But it was a monumental sook by Jumbo.

by skully Thu 23 Dec 2010, 09:15

JGK wrote:I lost a lot of respect for Kumble that day.

Damn straight.

I think my first post after I saw the press conference when he mimicked Bill Woodfull's Bodyline remarks was "Fark me, did Jumbo just say that? Shocked

"

And then it was a massive and hilarious sh!tfight for the next 25 days or so. Doris and leg glancer cried buckets that month.

Ace times. Will forever hold the record as the highest posting month on Flaming Bails. Twisted Evil

by lardbucket Thu 23 Dec 2010, 14:07

Before the 'monkeygate' match, I supported Australia, then West Indies, then India.

Since that time, I cannot support India over any other team, with the possible exception of Zimbabwe, although I still strongly support Laxman as an individual player. These days I would even enjoy an England win over India. Strange, I know.

The match is perhaps best remembered here as the origin of 'hearsay'.

by The One Thu 23 Dec 2010, 15:40

i guess a 'sydney' was almost inevitable in many ways. up until the end of the 90s australia could be pretty brazen about its players' actions and get away with it since it had a dominant board. but with increasing confidence amongst newly emerging powers like india the 'rules of the game' would not neccessarily be decided by the aussies. matters were building up to a point where you would expect a big explosion at some point. i dont think this match can really be viewed in isolation if you really want to understand the events that occured immediately after it

by tac Thu 23 Dec 2010, 22:53

The One wrote:i guess a 'sydney' was almost inevitable in many ways. up until the end of the 90s australia could be pretty brazen about its players' actions and get away with it since it had a dominant board. but with increasing confidence amongst newly emerging powers like india the 'rules of the game' would not neccessarily be decided by the aussies. matters were building up to a point where you would expect a big explosion at some point. i dont think this match can really be viewed in isolation if you really want to understand the events that occured immediately after it The indian team was always due a massive farkin sook when they failed again in Oz

by horace Thu 23 Dec 2010, 23:21

it remains one of the great sook efforts in recent history - rivalled only by fat arjuna marching his team off the field when mum was called, gavaskar calling his partner off after being given out and Inzi staying in the sheds following the ball tampering affair..

mind you off the field Atherton's sooky sour face after being assassinated by embee ranks up there too

by Zat Fri 24 Dec 2010, 02:34

How farkin predictable. Even two years later TO can't bring himself to accept the tiniest possibility that Harbi might just be a bit of a turd. India India Uber Alles...

by PeterCS Fri 24 Dec 2010, 18:46

You were always the bad guys, zat. You just never realised it ...

by WIFAN Sat 25 Dec 2010, 17:57

Zat wrote:How farkin predictable. Even two years later TO can't bring himself to accept the tiniest possibility that Harbi might just be a bit of a turd. India India Uber Alles...

One thing I've never understood about that is that Harbi gets on really really well with the West Indies players, sharing a close friendship with Pollard and Bravo. I simply do not believe that he called Symonds (who I believe to be a complete dibdobdibdob) a monkey. He probably called him something else that was not exactly pleasant to hear, but then again I heard Glen McGrath call Sarwan and Lara some of the worst things imaginable.

Swings and roundabouts tbh, but at the time my sympathies were with India tbh as from memory it was the year after our tour of Australia was completely ruined by one-sided umpiring (Lara, Chanderpaul and Sarwan given shockers repeatedly) and awful off the field treatment (so bad the Aussie cricket board had to apologise for not providing net bowlers etc and the WICB woke from it's slumber to issue an official complaint). I was still pretty pissed about it at the time, luckily our next tour of Australia was a hell of a lot better.

Still it made for some seriously entertaining times on FB and some ridiculously heated threads Very Happy

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by Basil Sat 25 Dec 2010, 21:14

Zat wrote:How farkin predictable. Even two years later TO can't bring himself to accept the tiniest possibility that Harbi might just be a bit of a turd. India India Uber Alles...

TO = tossquer

by Henry Sat 25 Dec 2010, 22:44

WIFAN wrote:
Zat wrote:How farkin predictable. Even two years later TO can't bring himself to accept the tiniest possibility that Harbi might just be a bit of a turd. India India Uber Alles...

One thing I've never understood about that is that Harbi gets on really really well with the West Indies players, sharing a close friendship with Pollard and Bravo. I simply do not believe that he called Symonds (who I believe to be a complete dibdobdibdob) a monkey. He probably called him something else that was not exactly pleasant to hear, but then again I heard Glen McGrath call Sarwan and Lara some of the worst things imaginable.

Swings and roundabouts tbh, but at the time my sympathies were with India tbh as from memory it was the year after our tour of Australia was completely ruined by one-sided umpiring (Lara, Chanderpaul and Sarwan given shockers repeatedly) and awful off the field treatment (so bad the Aussie cricket board had to apologise for not providing net bowlers etc and the WICB woke from it's slumber to issue an official complaint). I was still pretty pissed about it at the time, luckily our next tour of Australia was a hell of a lot better.

Still it made for some seriously entertaining times on FB and some ridiculously heated threads .

Younis Khan made a pretty good point a couple of years ago- Why do the major sledging rows always seem to involve Australia?

by Zat Sat 25 Dec 2010, 22:46

WIFAN wrote:One thing I've never understood about that is that Harbi gets on really really well with the West Indies players, sharing a close friendship with Pollard and Bravo. I simply do not believe that he called Symonds (who I believe to be a complete dibdobdibdob) a monkey.

Of course, Harbi would never be a plonker and would never carry on like a pork chop...

by DJ_Smerk Sat 25 Dec 2010, 22:50

Zat wrote:
WIFAN wrote:One thing I've never understood about that is that Harbi gets on really really well with the West Indies players, sharing a close friendship with Pollard and Bravo. I simply do not believe that he called Symonds (who I believe to be a complete dibdobdibdob) a monkey.
Of course, Harbi would never be a plonker and would never carry on like a pork chop...

It was floating down leg, FFS.

by Basil Sat 25 Dec 2010, 22:56

Bhaji - bless him, the brains of an amoeba.

by Zat Sat 25 Dec 2010, 22:58

Somefestive season generosity there Bas.

by Jontyh Sat 25 Dec 2010, 22:59

Harbi is an utter tool.

by Basil Sat 25 Dec 2010, 23:00

I had some left mate

by Paul Keating Sat 25 Dec 2010, 23:20

Spanky touched on this topic in his article today. I almost spewed.

by lardbucket Sat 25 Dec 2010, 23:21

thanks for the warning. I won't read it even by (hung over) accident now

by Zat Sat 25 Dec 2010, 23:24

Oh, sh!t. There'll be a whole new thread on it by Red before the day is out. Complete with the excuse that she couldn't find the already existing thread on the subject because the title was too obscure.

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