Re: Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne, 26-30 December, 2018

by Fred Nerk Sat 29 Dec 2018, 04:16

horace wrote:Heard Lalor tell the story about Wrench and cbnlg in the UAE.
According to Lalor, cbnlg got out the wrong side of bed one day. Arriving at practice on a fierce hot day, he saw Wrench and an unnamed player doing stretching exercises in the shade.

Cbnlg abused both, Wrench in particular for not stretching in the sun. While the other players went to the nets Wrench was directed to run around taking high ball catches from Haddit. (Really stupid for the best first slip in the squad).

After 40 odd minutes of this 'whipping' (Lalors description), Wrench became heat stressed and Haddit had to help him back to the Pavilion. According to Lalor, cbnlg thought Wrench was arrogant and needed to be given a few lessons.

After a terrific County stint, since UAE Wrench has been a shadow of himself. There is now bad blood between the two. Even if Wrench was in form I doubt cbnlg would pick him.

As I write Hollow Man fails again. What a shocker.

Sack the filthy useless gnome and Hohn's for making Fink open, selecting the Bane brothers and being tactically clueless.

That kind of incident, involving Wayne Johnson, finished Robert Walls at Carlton......although I doubt Wrench can put a pitchfork club together quite as fast as Dommers, or if Langer is quite as already on the nose with the brass as Walls was with the notorious CFC Influential Bloody Supporters

by horace Sat 29 Dec 2018, 04:17

skully wrote:
horace wrote:Heard Lalor tell the story about Wrench and cbnlg in the UAE.
According to Lalor, cbnlg got out the wrong side of bed one day. Arriving at practice on a fierce hot day, he saw Wrench and an unnamed player doing stretching exercises in the shade.

Cbnlg abused both, Wrench in particular for not stretching in the sun. While the other players went to the nets Wrench was directed to run around taking high ball catches from Harris. (Really stupid for the best first slip in the squad).

After 40 odd minutes of this 'whipping' (Lalors description), Wrench became heat stressed and Harriet had to help him back to the Pavilion. According to Lalor, cbnlg thought Wrench was arrogant and needed to be given a few lessons.

After a terrific County stint, since UAE Wrench has been a shadow of himself. There is now bad blood between the two. Even if Wrench was in form I doubt cbnlg would pick him.

As I write Hollow Man fails again. What a shocker.

Sack the filthy useless gnome and John's for making Fink open, selecting the Bane brothers and being tactically clueless.

Interesting story, h.

Aye S, particularly as Lalor was part of the media cheer squad calling for the Gnome's appointment.

Wrench has always seemed a decent young bloke and humble in media interviews. While not a world beater he was a promising young player.

Also heard the aptly surnamed Hick. He bridled when asked why Oz had not batted with the application of the Bannies. Said the instructions to the bats were to score more quickly than the Bannies and to take the game on. The idiot gnome must think he is still coaching the Perth Skidmarks.

by horace Sat 29 Dec 2018, 04:24

Fred Nerk wrote:
horace wrote:Heard Lalor tell the story about Wrench and cbnlg in the UAE.
According to Lalor, cbnlg got out the wrong side of bed one day. Arriving at practice on a fierce hot day, he saw Wrench and an unnamed player doing stretching exercises in the shade.

Cbnlg abused both, Wrench in particular for not stretching in the sun. While the other players went to the nets Wrench was directed to run around taking high ball catches from Haddit. (Really stupid for the best first slip in the squad).

After 40 odd minutes of this 'whipping' (Lalors description), Wrench became heat stressed and Haddit had to help him back to the Pavilion. According to Lalor, cbnlg thought Wrench was arrogant and needed to be given a few lessons.

After a terrific County stint, since UAE Wrench has been a shadow of himself. There is now bad blood between the two. Even if Wrench was in form I doubt cbnlg would pick him.

As I write Hollow Man fails again. What a shocker.

Sack the filthy useless gnome and Hohn's for making Fink open, selecting the Bane brothers and being tactically clueless.

That kind of incident, involving Wayne Johnson, finished Robert Walls at Carlton......although I doubt Wrench can put a pitchfork club together quite as fast as Dommers, or if Langer is quite as already on the nose with the brass as Walls was with the notorious CFC Influential Bloody Supporters

Yep. Nowadays Wallet regrets such actions.

Wonder if Gary Buckenara has ever apologised to young Swan Robbie Neill. He literally made him crawl over cut glass. Neill was badly lacerated and a promising career was Farked. Buckenara of course was another idiot Warpy.

by Fred Nerk Sat 29 Dec 2018, 04:24

Heck, Hick's a hack....so much of his thinking is ad hock.

Like a bloke with worms who's drunk 20 beers, he has to go....

by Fred Nerk Sat 29 Dec 2018, 04:42

horace wrote:
Fred Nerk wrote:
horace wrote:Heard Lalor tell the story about Wrench and cbnlg in the UAE.
According to Lalor, cbnlg got out the wrong side of bed one day. Arriving at practice on a fierce hot day, he saw Wrench and an unnamed player doing stretching exercises in the shade.

Cbnlg abused both, Wrench in particular for not stretching in the sun. While the other players went to the nets Wrench was directed to run around taking high ball catches from Haddit. (Really stupid for the best first slip in the squad).

After 40 odd minutes of this 'whipping' (Lalors description), Wrench became heat stressed and Haddit had to help him back to the Pavilion. According to Lalor, cbnlg thought Wrench was arrogant and needed to be given a few lessons.

After a terrific County stint, since UAE Wrench has been a shadow of himself. There is now bad blood between the two. Even if Wrench was in form I doubt cbnlg would pick him.

As I write Hollow Man fails again. What a shocker.

Sack the filthy useless gnome and Hohn's for making Fink open, selecting the Bane brothers and being tactically clueless.

That kind of incident, involving Wayne Johnson, finished Robert Walls at Carlton......although I doubt Wrench can put a pitchfork club together quite as fast as Dommers, or if Langer is quite as already on the nose with the brass as Walls was with the notorious CFC Influential Bloody Supporters

Yep. Nowadays Wallet regrets such actions.

Wonder if Gary Buckenara has ever apologised to young Swan Robbie Neill. He literally made him crawl over cut glass. Neill was badly lacerated and a promising career was Farked. Buckenara of course was another idiot Warpy.

At least as capt-coach Des Tuddenham led the pack out (having not even played in the game in question, and recovering from a broken leg) when he ordered the squad to crawl a lap or Windy Hill in the dark the Monday after the Saturday of the WH brawl v Carlton when they started & lost the blue and lost the match by 80 points. Dreadful OHS all the same, even for 1975....I remember Robbie Neill when Sydney played Carlton 3/4 of the way through 92, Syd were in the middle of a 15-game losing streak and this was the game they went closest to winning thru that time, and Neill in about his third game was the main reason. He went to St K in the Lockett deal and got a last-minute call up for the 97 GF, which became his last game. (Walls had already, a month before Johnno, forced SOS to train with a dodgy hammy against Dr & physio advice, the hammy went and they may as well have wished Steve a happy Christmas & asked for his Melb Cup tip because that was him done till 1990.)

by taipan Sat 29 Dec 2018, 05:07

Looks a distinct possibility that Aus woot even score a 50 in this match.

by skully Sat 29 Dec 2018, 05:48

No individual 50s and just the single 50 partnership.

Simply unacceptable.

by Red Sat 29 Dec 2018, 06:38

horace wrote:Heard Lalor tell the story about Wrench and cbnlg in the UAE.
According to Lalor, cbnlg got out the wrong side of bed one day. Arriving at practice on a fierce hot day, he saw Wrench and an unnamed player doing stretching exercises in the shade.

Cbnlg abused both, Wrench in particular for not stretching in the sun. While the other players went to the nets Wrench was directed to run around taking high ball catches from Haddit. (Really stupid for the best first slip in the squad).

After 40 odd minutes of this 'whipping' (Lalors description), Wrench became heat stressed and Haddit had to help him back to the Pavilion. According to Lalor, cbnlg thought Wrench was arrogant and needed to be given a few lessons.

After a terrific County stint, since UAE Wrench has been a shadow of himself. There is now bad blood between the two. Even if Wrench was in form I doubt cbnlg would pick him.

As I write Hollow Man fails again. What a shocker.

Sack the filthy useless gnome and Hohn's for making Fink open, selecting the Bane brothers and being tactically clueless.

Mitch Mash is a joke. In AFL parlance he would be a role player. We cannot afford the luxury of a role player.

Finch is manifestly incompetent as an opener in red ball cricket.

Head has concrete feet against pacers. Can't see him as a long-term project.

by Fred Nerk Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:06

horace wrote:

Yep. Nowadays Wallet regrets such actions.

Wonder if Gary Buckenara has ever apologised to young Swan Robbie Neill. He literally made him crawl over cut glass. Neill was badly lacerated and a promising career was Farked. Buckenara of course was another idiot Warpy.

Still no oar-insertion from the chest-banging 'life is tough and so am I' cornflakes-packet-MBA crowd lecturing the snowflakes about getting out of the kitchen if you don't like the smell, or WTF-ever....

by taipan Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:07

So Australia's best batsman gets the only 50

by Fred Nerk Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:08

taipan wrote:Looks a distinct possibility that Aus woot even score a 50 in this match.

Nice work taipers

by horace Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:12

By my count we have two good Test players, Cummins and Lyon. Paine and Head are Trier's. Harris shows promise. Staff has lost the plot and Hack is a trundler. Gnome has ruined Finch by opening with him. Uber K is as reliable as his nickname. There should be an inquest into the repeated selections of Bog and Hollow Man.

I thought Aquacker was the worst all rounder I have seen. If Hollow Man is an all rounder, Aquacker is Sobers. The stats tell us HM is the worst number6 in test cricket history.

by taipan Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:22

Rules question.

As India took an extra 30 minutes today, is playing time reduced tomorrow?

by skully Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:30

Patty Cummins - superstar.

Hang yer farkin heads, you soft cock Aus top order.

Now, can Bleak City rustle us up a day of storms?

by Fred Nerk Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:31

My Don Bradman to your Mishmash says They didn't think it would ever matter, so no ruling

by skully Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:31

2nd, Koo and Elmer made it look easy in the last 90 minutes. Only for a head up windy woof to a straight one by Koo, he'd probably still be there.

by Nath Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:32

Cummins, what a star!

by Red Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:42

One has to admire Cummins. There is nobody in the top order you would trust more than him with the bat.

by whitburn Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:43

Aus have got 3 very good quicks, a spinner who will always take wickets plus he can get runs and a player to come back who will always get big scores. I predict that in 6 months' time we'll see Australia climbing the test league with relative ease.

by skully Sat 29 Dec 2018, 07:44

You could do a lot worse than piss Puddle off and bat 2nd at 6, and bring in an extra bowler.

by Fred Nerk Sat 29 Dec 2018, 08:17

Can't recall how old Despicable Dave was when he first played Test cricket nearly straight from the BB circus, but I'm guessing a fair slice younger than Finch so maybe more adaptable....I'd be happy for any youngish Massive Wanker batsman who shows form and has some (half a season was enough in DD's case) 4-day experience to take the place of Finch or either Marsh as from tomorrow. But forget about the likes of Hanscomb or anybody older, on the basis of their MW form anyway. If Handy goes to England it must be because he scored a mountain of runs in the last four Shield matches, preferably against current or recent Test bowlers, knocks like the other night tell us diddly-squat.

by skully Sat 29 Dec 2018, 11:40

Wise words, Nerkles.

by Nath Sat 29 Dec 2018, 21:43

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desperate times call for desperate measures

by horace Sat 29 Dec 2018, 21:48

Mrs Robinson returns from suspension to play for Skidmarks tonight. If he makes runs will cbnlg, who values BBL form, try to pick him for Sydney? Hope so. It allows another tack in the Gnome's tiny coffin.

by skully Sat 29 Dec 2018, 21:50

There's a little bit of rain around on the bom radar.

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