Ian Bell said . . .

... in an interview with Pat Murphy on R5 this afternoon.

1.) The players were not aware of any rift between coach and captain.

2.) He played some of his best cricket under 'Mooresy'.

BBB says . . .

1.) Disingenuous, lying qunt.

2.) Clueless, mollycoddled, useless piece of shit.

Indeed.

Never rated the guy. Waste of space....

JKLever wrote:Indeed.

Never rated the guy. Waste of space....

You little liar!

So pretty clear which side of the non divide he was on at least.

Aye.

Not susprising though is it, given Mooronic's resolute backing of the useless little git through thick and thin thin and thinner?

It appears Harmison was in the Moores camp too - nice way to repay the bloke who brought you out of the wilderness

No surprise though. Barmy Harmy's completely crackers.

Notice how everyone else was keeping their head down and not talking to the media from within the camp over the last week or so, as the storm brewed and brewed...

...apart from one big, daft Geordie lump. He's become the media's rent-a-quote twit over the last couple of years.

FFS Bell is so weak. It's like he wants to be known as a naive little boy. Probably makes him feel better about his sexual inadequacy or something.

JKLever wrote:It appears Harmison was in the Moores camp too - nice way to repay the bloke who brought you out of the wilderness

Harmi would f*ck his own mother if Fred told him to.

"I've really enjoyed my cricket under Moores and I've probably had some of my best performances for England under him.

I just read that! My jaw may have dropped a foot or so. Should get that seen to...but heck!

Good call, Bob.

Someone needs to grab him and slap the freckles off his face.

Believe it or not, there was actually a time (around 2001) where he was considered mature beyond his years as a player and a person.

All this thread establishes is that Ian Bell is a useless halfwit when it comes to PR.

Only a complete numpty would have backed Bell to begin with...

Cusp of Greatness?

JKLever wrote:Only a complete numpty would have backed Bell to begin with...

Poor Belly.

PeterCS wrote:Poor Belly.

Funnily enough that's what I said to myself in the shower this morning!

Basil wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Poor Belly.

Funnily enough that's what I said to myself in the shower this morning!

Talking to things you can't see is a sign of insanity...

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:

2.) He played some of his best cricket under 'Mooresy'.

22 Tests, 3 hundreds @ 38.

35 ODIs, 1 hundred @ 35.

Aye.

So effectively, cheap tons off ailing Windies and Kiwi attacks, plus a 199 against South Africa, and finally a JAMODI ton (from 76 innings), but pretty much fark all else in nearly 60 games.

However, "Petey Mooresy, my bezzy matey said not to worry about the lots and lots of failures...and to concentrate on the positives...and to try to get my big game head on for next time...and that it was a good return for a youngster just starting out (with 5 years international experience)...and that I have great potential...and that I do still average over 40 in Tests after all...and that, er, I think that's it, oh...and can I have my sweeties now Petey Mooresy?"

Aren't Pakistan due to Tour England in a few years.


I recall Bell did well against the Pakistani's, chances are he'll try and stick around to show off his skills in the near future...


You know....when he'll win Emerging player of the Year, for the 3rd year running...

bell for vice captain as the heir apparent to Johan seems to be the inevitable sub text of this thread

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:... in an interview with Pat Murphy on R5 this afternoon.

1.) The players were not aware of any rift between coach and captain.

2.) He played some of his best cricket under 'Mooresy'.

BBB says . . .

1.) Disingenuous, lying qunt.

2.) Clueless, mollycoddled, useless piece of shit.

Succinct. Apt. Spot on.

JKLever wrote:It appears Harmison was in the Moores camp too - nice way to repay the bloke who brought you out of the wilderness

Are you surprised? Wherever Fred is, Harmy is.

Brass Monkey wrote:

JKLever wrote:It appears Harmison was in the Moores camp too - nice way to repay the bloke who brought you out of the wilderness

Are you surprised? Wherever Fred is, Harmy is.

True enough.

Good job Key has never really cracked it otherwise people would talk, given how 'tight' those 3 are...

Just looked at his stats breakdown on Cricinfo, and he averages 97.40 under Strauss's captaincy compared to 15.40 under KP...