Haddin verdict?

There you go Red. I assume you can take it from here?

He's been keeping poorly but will be retained.

But what do the talkback callers say?

I don't listen to talkback.

But red thinks that is how a team is selected.

I see.

As I said in the match thread, I can't fathom how the selectors are some blinkered that they think the only possible replacement for him is their blue-eyed boy Paine despite Wade being younger and his good form with both bat and gloves. They're obviously afraid of him being too good to drop if little Tim ever recovers from his sore pinky.

Red wrote:As I said in the match thread, I can't fathom how the selectors are some blinkered that they think the only possible replacement for him is their blue-eyed boy Paine despite Wade being younger and his good form with both bat and gloves. They're obviously afraid of him being too good to drop if little Tim ever recovers from his sore pinky.

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nipple clamps, Red?

Red wrote:As I said in the match thread, I can't fathom how the selectors are some blinkered that they think the only possible replacement for him is their blue-eyed boy Paine despite Wade being younger and his good form with both bat and gloves. They're obviously afraid of him being too good to drop if little Tim ever recovers from his sore pinky.

i suspect Wade's mediocre efforts in the Aust A games have put some doubt in the selectors minds whether he is up to the top job.

And he's a Vomit.

Big Dog wrote:

Red wrote:As I said in the match thread, I can't fathom how the selectors are some blinkered that they think the only possible replacement for him is their blue-eyed boy Paine despite Wade being younger and his good form with both bat and gloves. They're obviously afraid of him being too good to drop if little Tim ever recovers from his sore pinky.

i suspect Wade's mediocre efforts in the Aust A games have put some doubt in the selectors minds whether he is up to the top job.

But what's so marvellous about Paine's record anyway? He averaged 35 in tests at a pedestrian scoring rate with an average of two dismissals per innings. One would have thought about par, though with a keeper it should be about what you don't take, not what you take as the majority of catches are regulation.

In ODIs, he has an average of 29 with a scoring rate of 68 FFS.

Wade wouldn't be the first not to shine in a warm-up match to be selected for higher honours.

skully wrote:And he's a Vomit.

oh no he's not

skully in yet another defence of an over rated spiv shocker

Interesting to read this morning that with Paine injured they're concerned about Wade's ability to keep at the top level.

What about Haddit's?

maybe the difference is Haddit has managed to catch opportunies to appear in ads for sponsor products

Hasn't anybody lauded his best feature?

Being able to talk the talk:

"Aww, look," said Haddin gruffly, with a stony-faced squint "we knew if we could keep them out there and put the numbers like we did on the board we knew we'd get the rewards because they break quicker than anyone in the world."

This could be the truth depending how many of the chances created would go towards the keeper, I suppose.

as someone commented to the Age Online yesterday re Haddin

Cant keep, cant bat, cant talk

for Oz fans, I think the guy has replaced Hilditch as the most universally detested Australian in cricket

HADDIN'S VERDICT - KEEPER HITS BACK AT "VOMIT" CRITICS

Exclusive interview with Brad Haddin
By David O’Neill

“Look, we as a team are obviously always disappointed not to come away with a win every time, but I think we dominate proceedings for the majority of every test match we play, and we can take a lot out of that.”

Haddin was in confident mood as I spoke to him. “Look mate, I have made some magnificent hundreds for Australia and taken catches too. And I can tell you what, I won’t shy away from any contest. As far as I'm concerned, I just have to fine tune things to become a bloody all-time great.”

“That's why I can't stomach these flaming cowards down in Victoria who keep spouting their bitter, twisted crap about me. Why can't they just take a look at the flaming stats, and shut their flaming mouths mate? It's sheer bloody anti-Australian if you ask me, the way they go on, running down me, the team and the country. Probably a bunch of Commies with chips on their shoulders who just hate anyone being awesome. They really make me want to vomit, when I'm giving heart and soul for the cause of Australia and my beloved New South Wales."

...pure gold...only error (typical of Haddit) is use of the word 'chip', which is the universal term for the banjo playing population of Queensland

I like Zaheer's comment that he should start using his feet more than his mouth.

Red wrote:I like Zaheer's comment that he should start using his feet more than his mouth.

agreed....Hardly Imran was spot on

What happened to that New Zealander masquerading as an Aussie who was the "next Gilly"?

Or did I imagine him?

Ronchi forgets how to bat every second third and fourth innings ...and the Wozzies had a pom masquerading as an Ozzie who was threatening to become a pom unless they played him ...the kiwozzie is back in the team

embee wrote:Ronchi forgets how to bat every second third and fourth innings ...and the Wozzies had a pom masquerading as an Ozzie who was threatening to become a pom unless they played him ...the kiwozzie is back in the team

embee, I read that a son of Thommo is slinging about in Wozzie grade. Have you seen or heard anything?