Re: The more things change...

by skully Sat 12 Jan 2008, 07:47

FMD, tac serenading a stoopid pommy chick. WTF??

by Lara Lara Laughs Sat 12 Jan 2008, 07:48

tac wrote:I'll take you just the way you are!

My ode to Cricket . . . courtesy of Billy Joel

by skully Sat 12 Jan 2008, 07:48

Nath wrote:When was the last time Neil Harvey had anything positive to say about the state of cricket?

Never but it was hella funny to hear him say straight out "he made Murali look good".

by Zat Sat 12 Jan 2008, 09:04

tac wrote:All spot on, skull, anyone who thinks that cricket used to be a gentleman's game has their head in the sand . . . or someone else up their arse in Roebuck's case.

Fans just see a lot more of the action due to the endless replays . . .

Fixed.

by lardbucket Mon 05 Jan 2009, 07:46

tac wrote:And I don't see you anymore

'So ... then we got divorced'.

by Batman Mon 05 Jan 2009, 09:36

skully wrote:Just finished watching Cricket in the 50s on ABC. Remarkable how familiar much of the controversies were from that decade. There was pitch doctoring, bad umpiring and plenty of boring cricket (not something we see much of these days). However a couple of things stood out. The 58/59 series in Aus was dogged by the Ian Meckiff chucking allegations. We also had Gordon Rorke (who had a diabolical drag and used to land his front foot feet past the front line - Cowdrey joked that you couldn't play forward to him or he'd tread on you!!), Keith Slater and Jimmy Burke who all had pretty dodgy looking actions. It was so bad that the Poms wanted to go to Bradman and protest (they were getting smacked, particularly by Meckiff), but Freddy Trueman said he'll just tell us to get our own house in order (Tony Lock). Trevor Bailey even said "Tony Lock had been chucking them down for years"!!

Then they was Australia's tour of India and Pakistan in 59/60. India played off-spinner Jasubhai Patel in the 2nd Test at Kanpur and took 9-69 and 5-55. Neil Harvey said "his action made Murali look good". I PMSL at his frankness. I think it's the first time I haven't instinctively tuned out when Harvey's head has appeared on the box or in the paper.

The other thing I noticed was the celebrations and lack of immediate handshakes at the end of won or lost Test matches. Lindsay Kline took a hattrick to finish of a Test in South Africa in 57/58, and the Australians were jubilant and raced off leaving the South African players to trudge off after them. It was similar in other Tests in the decade. I assume the players all got together and commisserated in the sheds.

A very interesting hours viewing.

Apologies for my Vikas-like post.

Fark you skully, you obviously haven't seen the Israel thread where I have just 2 posts and among the shortest ones at that....

by Hass Mon 05 Jan 2009, 13:20

Skully would have been doing good to see the Israel thread before he made his opening post... considering he started this thread in January last year.

You wouldn't need to be Nostradamus to predict an Israeli incursion into Gaza, but predicting the content of individual posts takes a little more skill.

by lardbucket Mon 05 Jan 2009, 13:22

predicting the quality is easier sometimes

by embee Mon 05 Jan 2009, 13:22

Hass

Logic and Vikas is like Bruce Wayne and Batman ....never seen in the same room together

by Zat Mon 05 Jan 2009, 21:35

embee wrote:Hass

Logic and Vikas is like Bruce Wayne and Batman ....never seen in the same room together

Or Billy Bowden and good umpiring.

by Chivalry Augustus Mon 05 Jan 2009, 21:52

I skipped this thread earlier. If someone had warned me that two of our members had shared a long and uncomfortable 'gay moment' across pages 1 and 2, I would have skipped it altogether Embarassed

.

by Zat Mon 05 Jan 2009, 21:56

Gus, LLL is actually a chick...

by Zat Mon 05 Jan 2009, 21:56

Allegedly, anyway...

by skully Tue 06 Jan 2009, 01:24

Batman wrote:
skully wrote:Just finished watching Cricket in the 50s on ABC. Remarkable how familiar much of the controversies were from that decade. There was pitch doctoring, bad umpiring and plenty of boring cricket (not something we see much of these days). However a couple of things stood out. The 58/59 series in Aus was dogged by the Ian Meckiff chucking allegations. We also had Gordon Rorke (who had a diabolical drag and used to land his front foot feet past the front line - Cowdrey joked that you couldn't play forward to him or he'd tread on you!!), Keith Slater and Jimmy Burke who all had pretty dodgy looking actions. It was so bad that the Poms wanted to go to Bradman and protest (they were getting smacked, particularly by Meckiff), but Freddy Trueman said he'll just tell us to get our own house in order (Tony Lock). Trevor Bailey even said "Tony Lock had been chucking them down for years"!!

Then they was Australia's tour of India and Pakistan in 59/60. India played off-spinner Jasubhai Patel in the 2nd Test at Kanpur and took 9-69 and 5-55. Neil Harvey said "his action made Murali look good". I PMSL at his frankness. I think it's the first time I haven't instinctively tuned out when Harvey's head has appeared on the box or in the paper.

The other thing I noticed was the celebrations and lack of immediate handshakes at the end of won or lost Test matches. Lindsay Kline took a hattrick to finish of a Test in South Africa in 57/58, and the Australians were jubilant and raced off leaving the South African players to trudge off after them. It was similar in other Tests in the decade. I assume the players all got together and commisserated in the sheds.

A very interesting hours viewing.

Apologies for my Vikas-like post.

Fark you skully, you obviously haven't seen the Israel thread where I have just 2 posts and among the shortest ones at that....

PMSL at Vikas for falling for the lardy "dredging up old threads" trick.

by Batman Tue 06 Jan 2009, 05:33

embee wrote:Hass

Logic and Vikas is like Bruce Wayne and Batman ....never seen in the same room together

Thats because at daytime, I am supposed to be a dumb, stupid and spoilt rich playboy who cannot be the intense and smart Batman at night. Things one has to do to maintain a secret identity..... Razz

Awright, so someone bumped this thread up. I normally don't look at dates of opening posts but will from now on I will..... batman

by Zat Tue 06 Jan 2009, 05:50

snigger.

by Batman Tue 06 Jan 2009, 06:10

skully wrote:PMSL at Vikas for falling for the lardy "dredging up old threads" trick.

I plain just PMS after I checked the thread date.
Embarassed

Wish Lardy would learn some new tricks....like fetching sticks from the garden rather than digging up old bones from the backyard....... What a Face

by skully Tue 20 Apr 2010, 13:27

Good times. Cool

by lardbucket Tue 20 Apr 2010, 13:33

Left my home in Georgia ...

by Chivalry Augustus Wed 21 Apr 2010, 14:31

The more things change the more THIS FORUM IS DEAD.

by Yorkie Jill Wed 21 Apr 2010, 14:34

I think what Gus is trying to say is that this forum looks like his avatar.

by Basil Wed 21 Apr 2010, 14:36

Was this topbottom the mother of all flounces?

by Yorkie Jill Wed 21 Apr 2010, 14:40

It was quite an agressive, often thread specific, one.

Maybe the most effort put into one? I just came back to read a couple of threads and they'd been topbottomed to the, well, bottom.

by taipan Wed 21 Apr 2010, 20:50

Yorkie Jill wrote:It was quite an agressive, often thread specific, one.

Maybe the most effort put into one? I just came back to read a couple of threads and they'd been topbottomed to the, well, bottom.

And that gives horrific flashbacks to Laura..

That that might be just hearsay

by lardbucket Wed 04 Jan 2017, 21:30

Turn and face the change ...

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