tell me it aint so - Poms next coach

Rob I wrote:

Dello wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Cummon, Warney!!!!!

A hoax, I fear. SKW is the most patriotic Oz alive (except perhaps when MiniWarne speaks).

Even if he wanted it, the ECB wouldn't hire a former drug-cheating sex-pest with acrylic hair and a tendency to gob off.

Botham got a Knighthood.

Mind you, Warne has not raised ££££££££ for sick kids.

Hope you were being a tad facetious Rob, instead of ignorant.

Warne raises $$$$$$$$ for sick kids.

TSWF has raised over a million dollars for sick kids.

Hopefully we're guilty of NSR OP.

Zat wrote:Hopefully we're guilty of NSR OP.

I don't think so.

I said Hopefully.

I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt.

Despite knowing full well that RobI has been a major prat in the past.

Hiding now. Sad.

Zat wrote:

Rob I wrote:

Dello wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Cummon, Warney!!!!!

A hoax, I fear. SKW is the most patriotic Oz alive (except perhaps when MiniWarne speaks).

Even if he wanted it, the ECB wouldn't hire a former drug-cheating sex-pest with acrylic hair and a tendency to gob off.

Botham got a Knighthood.

Mind you, Warne has not raised ££££££££ for sick kids.

Hope you were being a tad facetious Rob, instead of ignorant.

Ignorant, actually.

Good for Warney, maybe he'll get a K then!

Warne said tonight if he wanted to be involved with a team, he'd still be playing.

Aye, Warne is one Aussie deserving of a serious gong for all his charitable deeds (and for services to cricket, but only just!!) a la Beefy - (I'll prolly get marched off to the Tower of London for saying that !).

It would need CA (or one of his charities) submitting his name for consideration and then a coupla boxes of petitions to Brownie to add weight to the demand.

I'd certainly sign ... despite what the bastard's done to English batsmen ... as I think he's up there with the likes of Hadlee, Richards and Beefy regardless of those 'diuretics' !!

But, as England Coach : NO feckin' way ... our squad would be permanently pissed during the Ashes, he'd make damn sure of it - such is his allegience to Australian cricket ...

see here

And the joking goes on (PS) - see BOLDED BITS


Pietersen's coach offer was a joke - Warne

Cricinfo staff - January 9, 2009

Shane Warne: "Following a team around the world is what I have given up. If that is what I wanted, I would still be a player"

Shane Warne has described the reports of Kevin Pietersen approaching him with an offer to coach England as a joke and instead advanced his former team-mate Darren Lehmann as an ideal candidate. Warne also suggested England's stand-in captain Andrew Strauss was more suited to be the vice-captain.

The Australian media reported that Pietersen had approached Warne following the fall-out with Moores but Warne clarified that the text message he had received from Pietersen had been tongue-in-cheek. "Sources suggested Pietersen's plan was to have Warne as coach alongside former Victorian captain Darren Berry and former England allrounder Jeremy Snape as assistants, the same coaching trio who were at Rajasthan [Royals] last year when they won the inaugural IPL title," the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

But Warne, who coached and captained Rajasthan, said he couldn't give the time that is required for a full-time coaching position as of now. "At this stage, I have a full book," Warne wrote in his column for the Times. "I have enjoyed coaching and managing the Rajasthan Royals, but that is for a couple of months a year.

"In any case, following a team around the world is what I have given up. If that is what I wanted, I would still be a player. But - and we all have this "but" in life - if an offer comes that sounds too good to be true, I would have to stop and think."

Warne went on to suggest that Darren Lehmann, his former Australian team-mate, would do a good job for England who, according to Warne, needed a coach from outside their set-up to take an objective view and bring in a few ideas, while still understanding the English system. "As a player he [Lehmann] did wonders for Yorkshire and had the respect of everyone," Warne said. "Now he has moved into coaching. He would be great at installing confidence right across the board, through the players, the ECB, sponsors, supporters ... everybody."

Warne criticised the way the Pietersen-Moores issue was handled and felt the differences should have been sorted behind closed doors. "The balance between captain and coach should be simple: the captain runs the show and the coach is there in the background." He said the stand-in captain Andrew Strauss was better suited for the vice-captain's role and Rob Key, the Kent captain, was Warne's choice for leading England in all three formats of the game.

"I think Key is unlucky not to have played more for England and I would have put him in charge for all three formats. He has flair and imagination, a good temperament and is well liked within the game. Ideally, you should look to appoint one captain for all forms and I don't think that Strauss deserves a place in the one-day side on merit."

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other names are GSChappell

Makes sense.

Tom Moody for me, he's played a lot in the UK so he knows the setup, and he was very good at JAMODIs as I recall.

Rob I wrote:

Zat wrote:

Rob I wrote:

Dello wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Cummon, Warney!!!!!

A hoax, I fear. SKW is the most patriotic Oz alive (except perhaps when MiniWarne speaks).

Even if he wanted it, the ECB wouldn't hire a former drug-cheating sex-pest with acrylic hair and a tendency to gob off.

Botham got a Knighthood.

Mind you, Warne has not raised ££££££££ for sick kids.

Hope you were being a tad facetious Rob, instead of ignorant.

Ignorant, actually.

Good for Warney, maybe he'll get a K then!

Big of you to admit it. Cheers.