So Hildick was every bit as bad as we thought.

Get a room you two, and sort out this simmering sexual tension.

4-0 then.

You're still disguising your bitterness, barely, with affectations of insight.

We'll agree to disagree, I think that Hussey's had his day, Lardbucket doesn't. The trouble with selectors is that sometimes they don't make the hard call and if you give a guy enough chances he'll make some runs and give them an excuse to keep him in longer. If Hussey deserved to stay, Katich certainly did too.

So when's the date? We expect a full blow-by-blow description of the night's events.

Katich certainly deserved to keep his place. Hussey justified the selectors' call ... in 2010-11, it was the only decent call they made.

Not one batsman in Australian cricket last year was knocking down the door for his place.

lardbucket wrote:Katich certainly deserved to keep his place. Hussey justified the selectors' call ... in 2010-11, it was the only decent call they made.

Not one batsman in Australian cricket last year was knocking down the door for his place.

True but sometimes you have to take a risk. Clarke was hardly bashing down the door when he was selected. First class average of mid-30s IIRC.

Phurt! Hussey's immeasurably better than any incumbent. He was Dravidesque when all around were collapsing.

Do you have a point?

Just that it would be suicidal to get rid of a top bat because he happens to be of a certain age.

lardbucket wrote:Katich certainly deserved to keep his place. Hussey justified the selectors' call ... in 2010-11, it was the only decent call they made.

Not one batsman in Australian cricket last year was knocking down the door for his place.

Quite so lards, that was exactly my point. The NSP hadn't found worthy replacements for Hayden Langer or Gilly with the bat, so it seems completely daft to imagine the 4th best young bat (presuming the best three were already in the XI) would have made for a stronger side.

Red wrote:

lardbucket wrote:Katich certainly deserved to keep his place. Hussey justified the selectors' call ... in 2010-11, it was the only decent call they made.

Not one batsman in Australian cricket last year was knocking down the door for his place.

True but sometimes you have to take a risk. Clarke was hardly bashing down the door when he was selected. First class average of mid-30s IIRC.

He'd played 34 ODIs ...averaged 40

He was a former U19 captain

He was an obvious talent

He filled an injury vacancy

He got dropped after 20 Tests averaging 36

but he came from NSW embee- how could you forget he met the basic selection criteria?

Even you thought he good after his debut innings ...

despite his dubberiness and his million $ equipment sponsorship before he'd played an international

Clip Clop Club was the only one who didn't rate him after his debut.



But he still wants Martin Love in the team

Brass Monkey wrote:Just that it would be suicidal to get rid of a top bat because he happens to be of a certain age.

Danny ... I think this was in response to a post I had directed at Red

Which is why the quote function is a good thing.

Zat wrote:Which is why the quote function is a good thing.

extrapolated, you would have to quote every time you reply

You can always edit for clarity, especially if someone interrupts the flow of a conversation.

I honestly did not think that Danny could misinterpret 'do you have a point' when there was a pointless Red post in such close proximity to his. By the time I noticed his reply, my opportunity to edit had passed.

I think we should just blame Red, be done with it, and move on.

aye

Lardy was right, I didn't misinterpret. Just thought I'd be a qunt.

I'm shocked !!!!

You're the last person I'd expect to do that Danny

quite right, I never saw that coming

Brass Monkey wrote: Lardy was right, I didn't misinterpret. Just thought I'd be a qunt.

And let Red take the rap. That's despicable.