Graveney Axed!

Better late than never

Jay Dello will sob with joy when he hears. His life's work realised.

Ashley Giles though. FFS. And who the feck is James Whitaker?

I'd have Simon Hughes. That man knows his sh*t.

No idea. Doubt anything will really change.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Ashley Giles though. FFS. And who the feck is James Whitaker?
I'd have Simon Hughes. That man knows his sh*t.

You young ******

Who is he then?

"Ashley Giles will be able to bring a new perspective to the panel and a keen understanding of what it takes to succeed," said Morris.

Snort. 143 wickets at 40.60.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7196029.stm

The CIA is responsible.

lol .. I got the names confused.

Buckaroo confused? Would never have thought it possible . . .

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Ashley Giles though. FFS. And who the feck is James Whitaker?

I'd have Simon Hughes. That man knows his sh*t.

From Cricinfo

Whitaker, who played one Test for England during the 1986-87 Ashes, represented Leicestershire throughout his first-class career, and went on to coach them until 2005. Recent and active players were specifically encouraged to apply for this role in a bid to bring a new perspective to England's deliberations, and among the notable names who missed out were Sussex's captain, Chris Adams, and Warwickshire's Dougie Brown.

eowyn wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Ashley Giles though. FFS. And who the feck is James Whitaker?

I'd have Simon Hughes. That man knows his sh*t.

From Cricinfo

Whitaker, who played one Test for England during the 1986-87 Ashes, represented Leicestershire throughout his first-class career, and went on to coach them until 2005. Recent and active players were specifically encouraged to apply for this role in a bid to bring a new perspective to England's deliberations, and among the notable names who missed out were Sussex's captain, Chris Adams, and Warwickshire's Dougie Brown.

I think Whitaker scored a ton (108?) in a tour game vs the Sozzies to get his Test ...

Hugh Morris wrote:Ashley Giles will be able to bring a new perspective to the panel

With a name like that, how can anyone take him seriously?

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tangoman - fook off. See nowt wrong with Whitaker. Knows the county game. Giles was always going to get the job, he's way too good at giving head. Wonder if he spent a long time hanging round the glory hole...

No problem with Whitaker at all really considering options available. Not convinced by Dusty though tbh.

LLL, Whitaker was one of the better county players during his career - he only stopped playing in 1999 - jesarse how young are you?

James Whitaker has spent the past few years - according to the Beeb - out of cricket, "working in his family's chocolate business".

Ideal preparation for picking the England team, then. He knows a Walnut Whip when he sees one.

Graveney 'out' (moved to a different position within the ECB, so his orange fingers are still all over English cricket), is a nice change.

Miller 'in' is hardly any change at all. Shuffling deck-chairs on the Titanic.

Underwhelming.

As for Giles - I've not seen his wife, but I'd guess she's stunning (and probably a sex-addict) as he is by far and away the luckiest bastard in the world.

Talk about a mediocre appointment. Where's my exasperatedly-throw-hands-in-the-air-and-stomp-off emoticon?

At least Vaughan now has his buddy Giles as a selector.

Henry Nolonga wrote:At least Vaughan now has his buddy Giles as a selector.

And Ian Bell has his county coach as selector...

Dello wrote:

As for Giles - I've not seen his wife, but I'd guess she's stunning (and probably a sex-addict) as he is by far and away the luckiest bastard in the world.

Not that lucky - didn't she have a brain tumour?

There are just not enough pics of Ashley Giles on this forum.

So does everyone else feel as confident as me that this guy is now on our selectors panel?

Got over it though, didn't she. Beat the odds.

Lucky bastard.

He he, doing a google image search can be fun...Ashley's love.....

true love

Dello wrote:Got over it though, didn't she. Beat the odds.

Lucky bastard.

Did she?

Good stuff. She's actually a bit hotter than that pic suggests.

eowyn wrote:true love

Thats actually our new selector telling SiJo he's finished and lending him the proverbial 'shoulder'