Should Clarke be kicked in the groin?

If Hussey is to be tapped on the shoulder, you'd have to hope so.

right in the dongle!

He has been the biggest Aussie disappointment of the series so far.

Ponting has at least shown dedication, spirit and fight throughout his poor form and predictably unimaginative captaincy.

And Johnson was always a loose cannon, genius or garbage by turns.


BRING BACK LARA. He seems to need her.

no point lardy...lacking any even of the bell malteser variety Clarke clearly cannot be damaged in that vicinity

Even now the Channel Nine commentators, particularly the brigade of Slater, Warne etc. cannot stop lavishing superlatives about him. It was quite funny when Lawry quipped " No point talking to Clarke, he can hardly put bat on ball" upon seeing Hussey walk up to the non striker after being beaten a couple of times.

Clarke ironically one of the better performers in 2009

history now jkl...clarke has failed 2ce in three losing ashes series - and along with katich needs to be consigned to a footnote in history

note to Hilditch: 'kicked', not 'licked'.

Notice to Lardy. Hilditch not Clarke (or both).

No devotees yet of the hobnail-booted kicking, Alex and droogs style, I note with considerable disappointment. I felt sure Ang would have voted for that.

Ange only wishes that on those who REALLY deserve it.

Interesting theory I heard advanced earlier tonight: the collective intelligence of the NSP does not match that of Lara Bingle, who flicked Clarke months ago. Yes, it's below that of an airheaded bogette 'model' who 'dated' Brendan Fevola.

lardbucket wrote:No devotees yet of the hobnail-booted kicking, Alex and droogs style, I note with considerable disappointment. I felt sure Ang would have voted for that.

Surely 'All of the above' includes the hobnail boot.

It's a multiple choice poll. You can vote for 'all of the above', and give him an extra hobnail boot as well.

The purpose of the boot is to make the bloke realise that it's an appointment, not an annointment, and that he should work much much harder to justify his position. Put a high price on his wicket. At least with players like Hussey, Katich, Langer, and interestingly Gillespie you always know/knew that they utterly hated getting out* ... they'd scrap all day, and were unlikely to wander aimlessly down the pitch past a full toss or get out to a lapse of concentration in the last over.

* Border (we are not worthy), Redpath, and Steve Waugh were the most tenacious scrappers I've seen in that regard.

lardbucket wrote:It's a multiple choice poll. You can vote for 'all of the above', and give him an extra hobnail boot as well.

You should have said so in the first place. And no vote-changing allowed means I can't revise my vote.

The purpose of the boot is to make the bloke realise that it's an appointment, not an annointment, and that he should work much much harder to justify his position. Put a high price on his wicket. At least with players like Hussey, Katich, Langer, and interestingly Gillespie you always know/knew that they utterly hated getting out* ... they'd scrap all day, and were unlikely to wander aimlessly down the pitch past a full toss or get out to a lapse of concentration in the last over.

* Border (we are not worthy), Redpath, and Steve Waugh were the most tenacious scrappers I've seen in that regard.

Anyone told the Drunk about that bit?

I elected 'Yes, off a 30 yard run' because everyone had voted for all of the above. It seems I started a trend. If any of the options were to challenge all of the above it now appears 'Yes, off a 30 yard run' would be the most likely candidate.

I have followed Gary's lead, in a pathetic, desperate attempt at earning his approval.

Dello wrote:I have followed Gary's lead, in a pathetic, desperate attempt at earning his approval.

Thanks Dell, you've got it. We staunch 'Yes, off a 30 yard run-ites' are up to 35%. 'All of the above' are on 64%. I blame a Cricket Australia conspiracy as to why the other 1% has gone. I believe it should be rightfully ours.