Re: Flintoff was 'drunk' at practice

by Zat Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:39

POTFSYAO?

btw, like the new av?

by taipan Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:41

Zat wrote:POTFSYAO?

btw, like the new av?

P!ss on the floor....

by tac Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:42

Pissing on the floor sooking your arse off

by taipan Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:43

tac wrote:Pissing on the floor sooking your arse off

Got half of it Very Happy

by horace Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:43

by Zat Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:47

This deserves its own thread, but for the time being I'll put it here.

Don't tell Freddie, he'll get thirsty.

by tac Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:48

Zat wrote:This deserves its own thread, but for the time being I'll put it here.

Don't tell Freddie, he'll get thirsty.

BTW, great new av, Zatty.

by horace Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:50

zimi is jealous of tac's av

by Zat Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:53

tac wrote:BTW, great new av, Zatty.

Cheers taccy. I don't think the other one was getting through to enough people.

by Henry Tue 30 Oct 2007, 19:47

Ponting was ordered by Cricket Australia (Or the ACB as it was known then) to front the media and admit that he had a problem, or face a greater punishment than a 3 game ban.

If Ponting and Flintoff have an alcohol problem after a couple of incidents in 1 year of their lives, then pretty much everyone who enjoys a drink between the ages of 18 and 35 has an alcohol problem.

by holcs Tue 30 Oct 2007, 20:17

Eric Air Emu wrote:Oh and one more thing- apparently Freddy got a sozzled on that occasion in the company of Ian Botham. Think our knight of the realm would have had an inkling that taking Freddy out on a bender a couple of days before a big match wouldn't be much help to England. It's bad enough having to suffer his brain deadening commentary without him knobbling England's finest. Tw*t.

I think that was for Beefy's Birthday, on a boat.. Heard this story from a friend who may or may not have been there at the time! Wink

by taipan Tue 30 Oct 2007, 20:22

holcs wrote:
Eric Air Emu wrote:Oh and one more thing- apparently Freddy got a sozzled on that occasion in the company of Ian Botham. Think our knight of the realm would have had an inkling that taking Freddy out on a bender a couple of days before a big match wouldn't be much help to England. It's bad enough having to suffer his brain deadening commentary without him knobbling England's finest. Tw*t.

I think that was for Beefy's Birthday, on a boat.. Heard this story from a friend who may or may not have been there at the time!

Used to work for Beefy.

by Brass Monkey Tue 30 Oct 2007, 23:21

Duckheads.... 'an alcoholic'? Pur-lease...

by lardbucket Wed 31 Oct 2007, 01:09

Flintoff swornoff Smirnoff

by doctorspin Wed 31 Oct 2007, 02:42

lardbucket wrote:Flintoff swornoff Smirnoff

I thought I was dyslexic, until I discovered Smoffnir.

by Zat Wed 31 Oct 2007, 06:35

Henry wrote:Ponting was ordered by Cricket Australia (Or the ACB as it was known then) to front the media and admit that he had a problem, or face a greater punishment than a 3 game ban.

If Ponting and Flintoff have an alcohol problem after a couple of incidents in 1 year of their lives, then pretty much everyone who enjoys a drink between the ages of 18 and 35 has an alcohol problem.

Perhaps their drink-related issues go deeper than 'a couple of incidents in 1 year'. Ever think of that? I'm pretty sure CA wouldn't have ordered Capt'n Drunky to go public without a reasonable suspicion that it had been going on for quite some time.

by lardbucket Wed 31 Oct 2007, 06:51

It's all a VB plot.
The Punter and Freddie dolls will be out in time for the 2009 Ashes.
Cheers.

by mynah Wed 31 Oct 2007, 07:16

Presumably the releases will be staggered for maximum effect? drunken

by Basil Wed 31 Oct 2007, 07:17

Merlin wrote:"Flintoff, booze, the last Ashes and world cup were all patently his mistakes and it's all the more obvious with these latest 'revelations'."

So I gather from that one comment what you are implying is that everything was ALL Feltch's and/or Gravey's fault ?!

It follows then that you also condone the actions of an immature 29 year old captain of England who acted like a prize irresponsible git - and all because it was Fletchers a/o Graveney's fault.

And it further follows that for him to shed light on it, albeit for coin, is again, Fletchers a/o Graveney's fault.

Poor hard-done-by Freddie ... the whole world is up in arms because he's been exposed by the ex coach of being what everyone knew all along - a great cricketer but a known piss artist who lacked the responsibility and nouse to set a good example to his team mates. A much maligned Jack The Lad ... who looked after his mates (Piles and Jones come to mind) ...

Get real Tom ... the buck has to stop somewhere ... and Flintoff, whether he likes it or not, has to shoulder a shed load of blame.
One good thing might comeof this expose though - he won't ever be considered for the England captaincy again.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending Graveney - he is an absolute plonker and I think we're all agreed on that - but apportioning blame to others because your captain is a sot who lacks basic common sense off the field ain't exactly cricket is it?

Something else, which stands out a mile is Fletcher's absolute paranoia about the press - never mind distrust. It's clear that Fletcher wanted to dump Fred as skipper before ther Fredalo incident was afraid of the press reaction Evil or Very Mad

FFS! who's running the England set-up?! Happily, we have a new management set-up - well, apart from Grav. who must surely be on borrowed time.

by LeFromage Wed 31 Oct 2007, 07:40

England have always deferred to the media. Graveney can't help himself from jumping on any kind of passing bandwagon for such and such a player.

Even now - it was obvious Strauss would be dropped from this winter's touring squad, not because he was the worst performer in the last series (that was Ian Bell, of the batsmen), but because he'd had the most muttering in the press about his position.

I think Fletcher was always trying to fight against acceding to the outside influences that his 'superiors' loved to bend over to accommodate.

But, for all the initial success doing things his way - and only his way - brought, his blinkered and somewhat paranoid position alienated too many people in the end.

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