Pietersen Resigns

Aye, he must be well into his fourth large port n brandy to spoof us with that syrupy BS about England being a "good team with a resurgent Freddie" ...
FFS skulls ... pass the port willya.

By the way, when i said in my post that there would be talk about bringing the team togather i didn't say i agreed with it.

I still expect Aus to win the Ashes.

I surmise Ian Bell would make a much better captain than he would do a Test batsman. Still, considering how pathetic he is as a Test batsman, it's no surprise I feel that way.

PeterCS wrote:Have they out-Pietersened Pietersen?

They've out-BCCI-ed the BCCI.

Boycs seems to be the only one dumping on the ECB over this mess.
Most of the other paid hacks, pros, ex pros, pundits, priests, players and scumbags seem to lob it squarely on Pietersen for being the cock who made it all public (in his rag column) then buggering off on safari immediately after leaving things in a mess back here.

Allen Lamb's was the most scathing - basically asking WTF was KP expecting ... a hero'swelcome ?!

Interesting reactions.

Merlin wrote:Aye, he must be well into his fourth large port n brandy to spoof us with that syrupy BS about England being a "good team with a resurgent Freddie" ...
FFS skulls ... pass the port willya.

Well, I have to admit to have had the odd tidy red by this stage of the night. But England seemed to be settling on a squad while Aus are chopping and changing due to form and injury.

I thought the odds seemed to be favouring England at this juncture, until this KP/Moores upheaval.

Am I the only one who at least admires KP for calling a worthless qunt a worthless qunt?

Saying 'why' may have been better rather than just calling him out as a qunt.

We know why, he's incompetant, unimaginative and Sussex-centric.

Am I the only one who at least admires KP for calling a worthless qunt a worthless qunt?

Not at all.
But to broadcast it in public in his column and then farque off 4,000 miles away into the bush was probably asking for trouble.

No one's denying Moores was a useless twat at doing his job!
But I reckon he is a decent bloke (he backed KP for the captaincy, thru the Stanford fiasco and post- Mumbai) and KP misjudged the sentiment and support for him ...

Merlin wrote:
Not at all.
But to broadcast it in public in his column and then farque off 4,000 miles away into the bush was probably asking for trouble.

No one's denying Moores was a useless twat at doing his job!
But I reckon he is a decent bloke (he backed KP for the captaincy, thru the Stanford fiasco and post- Mumbai) and KP misjudged the sentiment and support for him ...

Aye, no doubt KP is a superdick and no doubt he should've kept his gob shut. It's just some if the posts over the last couple of pages seem a little strange.

I'm just glad Moores is out, KP or no KP.

I'm just worried who we'll get in his place now...

like to see a total break with Ashes 05/ inbred ECBism

FWIW, I think KP would have made a very good captain if he was given control.

Strauss is giving a conference at 3.
He's looking very trim, isn't he.

JKLever wrote:I'm just worried who we'll get in his place now...

like to see a total break with Ashes 05/ inbred ECBism

Personally, and this isn't knee-jerk, I don't think it could be much worse. F*cking stupid selections, no visible input in tactics(unimaginative at best, they were) and a general cronyism continued from the Fletcher era.... hardly that someone else could suddenly 'ruin' us.

Gilo?

Got to agree with the style of cricket we've been playing though - been terrible given the style with which we played for 3 or 4 years.

JKLever wrote:Gilo?

Got to agree with the style of cricket we've been playing though - been terrible given the style with which we played for 3 or 4 years.

Well, yeah, but to most extents he's just Peter Moores II. Apart from we'd be seeing the likes of Jon Trott rather than Luke Sussex... hardly worse off. Then there's Ian Bell, who gets in automatically anyway so.... hardly worse off again.

TBH, after the mini-furore after Moores was appointed it's doubtful we'll get anyone but a big name.

Aggers makes a good point. Whilst some Aussies are sniggering, he think it was potentially a good thing...

"The Board were very angry that this had been put into the public domain but I'd say thank goodness it was," he added.

"If it hadn't come out now what would the impact have been had it come out in April or May, with the Ashes just around the corner? It would have been an absolute disaster for English cricket.

"Now they have got time to put things in place, get a new captain and go out and find a good new coach.

Couldn't agree more.

Getting rid of Mooronic alone was worth just about any price.

If nothing else, the KP captaincy will always have that gold star as its brightly burning legacy.

skully wrote:

furriner wrote:

horace wrote:I am surprised at your attitude on this...freddie and bell are held in the highest regard here and in other countries....don't you want Pomgolia to be competitive

Totally agree. Pity they made Strauss cappo, because Bell will make a fine English captain.

I think he should now be made VC so that he can grow under Strauss' leadership.

Are you taking the p!ss, furry? Agreeing with horrie is bad enough, but to big up Bell to that extent seems extraordinary.

I have respect for Bell's sometimes reasonable efforts with the bat but he hardly appears leadership material.

I can think of a number of our English comrades who will PTSL at your post.

Taking the piss? Who? Me?

I'll have you know that Ian Bell is a fine figure of a man, a wonderful batsman with the potential of offering Churchillian leadership in these troubled times.

Back to school for NSR lessons for Skully.

I'd call it Schadenfreude meself.

That glee and delight at embarrassing hijinks and displays of pure incompetence in a cricket establishment that's not mine.



Bell for Fearless Leader.

furriner wrote:I'd call it Schadenfreude meself.

That glee and delight at embarrassing hijinks and displays of pure incompetence in a cricket establishment that's not mine.



Bell for Fearless Leader.

furrie - you're not a ginga by some remote chance are you ?
Or a racehorse trainer with a penchant for geldings?

No Merlin, I simply worship at the altar of Bell's potential.

Besides which, think of the fun if he were to be made captain.

furriner wrote:No Merlin, I simply worship at the altar of Bell's potential.

Besides which, think of the fun if he were to be made captain.

Aye, fun for the gunsmiths perhaps with the sale of Glocks scaling new heights.