Australian Domestic Season 2017-18

Top win for the good guys

Big Dog wrote:Top win for the good guys

Boo! But well played!

Final to be played at AB field.

lardbucket wrote:

WideWally wrote:Why have the Bulls used a replacement opener instead of Renshaw in their second innings?

Renshaw was concussed in the warm-up, may not be fit for the GF.

Like Failey

Young Rogers looks heir apparent to Fork.

Seems a real talent.

WideWally wrote:

lardbucket wrote:

WideWally wrote:Why have the Bulls used a replacement opener instead of Renshaw in their second innings?

Renshaw was concussed in the warm-up, may not be fit for the GF.

Good thing it's not pre 94-95, or some cynical bastards might wonder if the QCA reported Wrench sick with the final coming up to keep the bloody nuisance Oz selectors minding their own business,,,,,

Paris Hilton grinds the Barrels

Nath wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Top win for the good guys

Boo! But well played!

Comprehensive win.

Farquity has clearly improved since his Richmond days.

Should be an interesting Final.

So Banjos v Two-heads in the big one.

Well done to both teams. I expect the road builders will be out at AB.

Good guys will play Banjos for the Shield. VIC will just pip WA for third. Dubbers will avoid the wooden spoon, which S.A. will inherit from the good guys.

Coaching plaudits must go to Griffith who has pulled the good guys out of the gutter.

Rookies of the season must be Tom Rogers, Gabe Bell, Nick Winter, and perhaps Matt Kelly + Josh Inglis.

Quiet achiever awards would go to Tremain, Boland, Rainbird, Bird, Copeland, Neser, and Feldman. Doran of Tassie and both Hemphrey and La Mighty Boosh of QLD have also had impressive years.

Dud of the year would be Maddinson, who wins the Les Joslin - Jock Irvine award for almost disappearing within a year of first national selection, with Nevill and Lehmann also disappointing when challenged to step up. Former Test player Doolan turned up once with all other efforts pretty woeful.

Retirement is looming for White, Cooper, and perhaps Bailey if Tassie win the Shield.

Yep. I think MYTYT will call it quits. He had another season and Hope he goes into coaching or administration. He's a thoughtful clever bloke.

Expect Sids will pull the pin as well as Christensen from the Vix.

Think Donkey, Stain and lil' Boof will have better seasons next year. I hope Puck is fit to resume a promising career

Pretty much agree with Lardy assessments. Thought Boland was a bit disappointing.

Qld's Wilderbeeste was again promising.

As well as Madman some others who's want better seasons are Dues and KP2 from the Spivs who at different times would have been argued for by Kjnr at NSP meetings. Maxwell finished the season on a meh, but I guess he will always remain an all duck or no dinner cricketer.

Sids was talking that he hoped for an Ashes tour last I heard



Wildermuth is impressive ...hope he gets time in the Shield to develop his game properly 



Dozen reckoned the vomits were the best shield team this year 

Sabotaged by the dead G wickets before Christmas prepared by the billy curator who scarpered back to the Gabba (Conspiracy theory)

Meh. SIDS has his cards marked. Had an ordinary Shield season.

Siddle is well past his best. I blame the bananas.

skully wrote:Siddle is well past his best. I blame the bananas.

Spot on Skullywag. His denial of his omnivore nature faqued his career.

Averaged around 40 for the year, worse than I had realised, so he may well join Bollinger in retirement. Could still play ODIs for another year or two.

lardbucket wrote:Averaged around 40 for the year, worse than I had realised, so he may well join Bollinger in retirement. Could still play ODIs for another year or two.

not as bad, considering he did four-fifths of f*ck all in the first half of the season.

He has been a great servant of the game. Time to retire.

He achieved far more than his talent would have dictated.

He's smart and knows his game. This will help him make a few bucks in T20 comps. Am sure we all wish him well whatever he decides.

Ptomaine is a worthy successor to the Sids yeoman role. Next year Op will return and will only be selected in domestic comps and there a few good quicks coming through. Mark will become a depth quick, having dropped in penetration this year.

With the move to the Junction Oval, the Vix should have a better year.

Sids rediscovered some form playing for the Strikers 

without bothering to look at stats I'll say he was far better after the BaBeL in the Shield

In one of Cowan's retirement interviews he said that last season (when he was shield player of the year) he thought he might get the openers role for the Ashes series and that was his main motivation for scoring a shitload of runs 

When that plug was pulled this season he lost motivation and had an ordinary season 

I think if Sids is looking at an Ashes tour he will play again and be a very good bowler ....

he'll retire if he gets word he wont be going to Pomgolia ....and with the NSP communication record with vomits that wont happen

Good grief. You are of course right. And yep he bowled better post Tower. He was totally ineffectual in the first half of the season.

Wasn't he coming back from injury? Collided with a bag of carrots or something?

He's been more Peter Sod-all than Siddle lately. He's been a fine contributor over many years but he's cooked - esp with Patto coming back.

Fred Nerk wrote:He's been more Peter Sod-all than Siddle lately. He's been a fine contributor over many years but he's cooked - esp with Patto coming back.

don't hang your hopes on that

Maxie says his wife's cancer treatment is going well

Cool.