Re: Cricket's most parochial hack journo

by Zat Mon 15 Nov 2010, 21:38

skully wrote:
lardbucket wrote:yeah, and that Christian Ryan chap that skully says isn't him
Oh to write carp about cricket for a living - I wish.

NIce article, skulls.

by horace Mon 15 Nov 2010, 21:53

Conn rivalling Lalor in the hack stakes - taking umbrage at the slight against Australia's premier spinner - haurie. pmsl

by Henry Tue 16 Nov 2010, 02:37

Conn just sets out to be as abrasive as possible, regardless of the facts.

by horace Tue 16 Nov 2010, 02:55

explains the blind support over the years for the weebix boys

by Blackadder Tue 16 Nov 2010, 08:12

Hmmm no nominations for Crash Craddock, Shocked

by Basil Tue 16 Nov 2010, 09:15

Fred Nerk wrote:
Basil wrote:I'm trying to think of an English journalist worse than Conn - give me a year or two and I'll get back to you.

Robin Marlar (Sunday Times) in the 70s was an insufferable sanctimonious ass.

His hankering for The Good Old Days of amateurism, Gents v Players and the moral superiority of English cricket were even too much for EW Swanton, who in 1974 after a day's play shortened to half an hour, used all the time left over in his Stumps Summary to tear one Marlar pontification into a million pieces.

I think Marlar might have retired, but your comments are spot on. He once advocated starting the English season should start in March FFS!!!.

This is the man who, when sent in as Nightwatchman, was stumped third ball for 10!

by Paul Keating Tue 16 Nov 2010, 11:27

Basil wrote:
Fred Nerk wrote:
Basil wrote:I'm trying to think of an English journalist worse than Conn - give me a year or two and I'll get back to you.

Robin Marlar (Sunday Times) in the 70s was an insufferable sanctimonious ass.

His hankering for The Good Old Days of amateurism, Gents v Players and the moral superiority of English cricket were even too much for EW Swanton, who in 1974 after a day's play shortened to half an hour, used all the time left over in his Stumps Summary to tear one Marlar pontification into a million pieces.

I think Marlar might have retired, but your comments are spot on. He once advocated starting the English season should start in March FFS!!!.

This is the man who, when sent in as Nightwatchman, was stumped third ball for 10!

Half my bottle of water ended up on the keyboard after reading the comment about the stumping. So what was it six, four, out?

by Basil Tue 16 Nov 2010, 11:45

Paul Keating wrote:
Basil wrote:
Fred Nerk wrote:
Basil wrote:I'm trying to think of an English journalist worse than Conn - give me a year or two and I'll get back to you.

Robin Marlar (Sunday Times) in the 70s was an insufferable sanctimonious ass.

His hankering for The Good Old Days of amateurism, Gents v Players and the moral superiority of English cricket were even too much for EW Swanton, who in 1974 after a day's play shortened to half an hour, used all the time left over in his Stumps Summary to tear one Marlar pontification into a million pieces.

I think Marlar might have retired, but your comments are spot on. He once advocated starting the English season should start in March FFS!!!.

This is the man who, when sent in as Nightwatchman, was stumped third ball for 10!

Half my bottle of water ended up on the keyboard after reading the comment about the stumping. So what was it six, four, out?

According to a CMJ article I have just read - he was out second ball for six, but the point is still valid.

by horace Tue 16 Nov 2010, 21:28

Blackadder wrote:Hmmm no nominations for Crash Craddock,

crash while a shocker tries to hide the fact that he is a billy

by Bradman Wed 17 Nov 2010, 03:00

I like Crash. Goes back to the Superleague days. Though being a News man mightn't have had much of a choice. i like to think it was because he was a Qlder.

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