Re: How many IPL matches did you watch live ?

by tac Mon 25 May 2009, 10:26

JKLever wrote:Why would I?, I couldn't give a toss who won the Sheffield Shield and I don't know who are the current champions either....

You never read horrie's 47 page gloat? He'll be disappointed to hear that . . . Laughing

by horace Mon 25 May 2009, 10:26

JKL...ya great boofhead.....Victoria are the Champs...NSW are the chumps who came last

by JKLever Mon 25 May 2009, 10:27

tac wrote:
JKLever wrote:Why would I?, I couldn't give a toss who won the Sheffield Shield and I don't know who are the current champions either....

You never read horrie's 47 page gloat? He'll be disappointed to hear that . . .

Nope, I avoided all SENO cricket after lardys 378 page gloat the previous year.

by lardbucket Mon 25 May 2009, 10:27

JKLever wrote:Why would I?, I couldn't give a toss who won the Sheffield Shield and I don't know who are the current champions either....

NSW scraped over the line this year. Victoria fluked a win in 2007-08. The most convincing victory for decades was Tasmania's, in 2006-07. You may have noticed a thread on the subject.

by buckSH Mon 25 May 2009, 10:28

It would be a bit of an effort to not care in this case .. skip the sports column .. avoid the IPL forums .. avoid sports news ..

people have to go to some lengths to not care. Quite a labored effort I would say.

by lardbucket Mon 25 May 2009, 10:29

Bucky, you would be surprised. I don't have cable, so I have not seen a game, and there has been little or no coverage in the mainstream media here. Very different in India, I imagine.

by horace Mon 25 May 2009, 10:30

JKLever wrote:
tac wrote:
JKLever wrote:Why would I?, I couldn't give a toss who won the Sheffield Shield and I don't know who are the current champions either....

You never read horrie's 47 page gloat? He'll be disappointed to hear that . . .

Nope, I avoided all SENO cricket after lardys 378 page gloat the previous year.

perhaps if england studied our shield system english cricket may improve...we have taken on some ideas from you guys tho...we have relegated NSW to playing the NZ and Solomon Island test teams

by buckSH Mon 25 May 2009, 10:30

btw Deccan Chargers won.

Gilchrist captains Deccan Chargers. they came 8th in last years IPL. Symonds sledged as best as he could. Gilchrist scored zero in the final, he was snared by rival captain Anil Kumble.

Now you are upto speed.

by JKLever Mon 25 May 2009, 10:31

buckSH wrote:It would be a bit of an effort to not care in this case .. skip the sports column .. avoid the IPL forums .. avoid sports news ..

people have to go to some lengths to not care. Quite a labored effort I would say.

The results aren't in any of our newspapers, and it certainly wasn't given a mention on the countrys leading sports news channel - why would it be? A Brtish driver won the monaco GP, and it was the end of our football season.

by buckSH Mon 25 May 2009, 10:33

lardbucket wrote:Bucky, you would be surprised. I don't have cable, so I have not seen a game, and there has been little or no coverage in the mainstream media here. Very different in India, I imagine.

where does Lever hide his face now ? Is he back in England or still in Kansas boondocks ? While I am sure he shares his space in England with equally snobbish fellow countrymen apart from the fact that the English are acutely horrible at T20 and shouldn't be playing it anyways, but still there would always be the odd snippet that he would chance upon here and there. he would have to take some effort to skip IPL related news while surfing for cricket in the last month.

by tac Mon 25 May 2009, 10:35

JKLever wrote:
buckSH wrote:It would be a bit of an effort to not care in this case .. skip the sports column .. avoid the IPL forums .. avoid sports news ..

people have to go to some lengths to not care. Quite a labored effort I would say.

The results aren't in any of our newspapers, and it certainly wasn't given a mention on the countrys leading sports news channel - why would it be? A Brtish driver won the monaco GP, and it was the end of our football season.

I imagine Newcastle's relegation was trumpeted long and loudly? Very Happy

by horace Mon 25 May 2009, 10:36

oddly enough bucky - the IPL forum here has hardly been overloaded with posts from t20 enthusiasts - inc yourself

by lardbucket Mon 25 May 2009, 10:36

JKLever wrote:Why would it be? A British driver won the Monaco GP ...

What a form turnaround by Button ... doubt if anyone could have picked him out, this time last year, if informed that a British driver would be leading the 2009 championship at this stage.

F1 is almost interesting again ...

by Merlin Mon 25 May 2009, 10:37

buckSH wrote:
Merlin wrote:
horace wrote:huh...now bucky talks sense ..."..the bet format.."

In India it IS all about the betting ...

yes, and England never bets.

I am constantly amused at your obvious slant when it comes to anything subi.

My specific "slant" when it comes to the sensitive Indian forummers on here (furrie excluded) concerns their myopic view of the IPL (and all things associated with it) - in their manic drive to convert the world of cricket.

T20 is an amusing distraction. More so when it involves cricketing nations, as with the ICC WC next month.
But beyond that, to tout for overpriced mercenaries to trash a ball around the park to keep pop corn sales boosted challenges the imagination of even the mildest cricket aficionado.

To claim that it will displace test cricket - as 'sagely' expressed by a disgruntled Crystal Gayle ony defies belief!

by JKLever Mon 25 May 2009, 10:37

tac wrote:

I imagine Newcastle's relegation was trumpeted long and loudly?

Every 5 minutes Very Happy

footage of crying Geordies weeping like 5 year olds...

by buckSH Mon 25 May 2009, 10:38

horace wrote:oddly enough bucky - the IPL forum here has hardly been overloaded with posts from t20 enthusiasts - inc yourself

yeah .. the 'strategy breaks' included by Lalit Modi really pissed everyone off. I didn't participate in the forums myself.
It is understandable.

by lardbucket Mon 25 May 2009, 10:39

tac wrote:
JKLever wrote:
buckSH wrote:It would be a bit of an effort to not care in this case .. skip the sports column .. avoid the IPL forums .. avoid sports news ..

people have to go to some lengths to not care. Quite a labored effort I would say.

The results aren't in any of our newspapers, and it certainly wasn't given a mention on the countrys leading sports news channel - why would it be? A Brtish driver won the monaco GP, and it was the end of our football season.

I imagine Newcastle's relegation was trumpeted long and loudly?

I confess to taking some mean-spirited pleasure in this.

by JKLever Mon 25 May 2009, 10:39

lardbucket wrote:
JKLever wrote:Why would it be? A British driver won the Monaco GP ...

What a form turnaround by Button ... doubt if anyone could have picked him out, this time last year, if informed that a British driver would be leading the 2009 championship at this stage.

F1 is almost interesting again ...

Always talented but never had the car. I'm not overly into F1 because it does seem to be more about the car than the driver.

by JKLever Mon 25 May 2009, 10:40

buckSH wrote:
horace wrote:oddly enough bucky - the IPL forum here has hardly been overloaded with posts from t20 enthusiasts - inc yourself

yeah .. the 'strategy breaks' included by Lalit Modi really pissed everyone off. I didn't participate in the forums myself.
It is understandable.

So the IPL forums here were obviously not 'that' hard to avoid... Laughing

by horace Mon 25 May 2009, 10:41

lardbucket wrote:
tac wrote:
JKLever wrote:
buckSH wrote:It would be a bit of an effort to not care in this case .. skip the sports column .. avoid the IPL forums .. avoid sports news ..

people have to go to some lengths to not care. Quite a labored effort I would say.

The results aren't in any of our newspapers, and it certainly wasn't given a mention on the countrys leading sports news channel - why would it be? A Brtish driver won the monaco GP, and it was the end of our football season.

I imagine Newcastle's relegation was trumpeted long and loudly?

I confess to taking some mean-spirited pleasure in this.

I dont...I think it is good that the geordies now have the opportunity to win a game or two against teams of a similar standard

by Merlin Mon 25 May 2009, 10:42

I imagine Newcastle's relegation was trumpeted long and loudly?

Sunderland supporters laughed loudest - some great placards evident at their game hailing Newcastles demotion!

by buckSH Mon 25 May 2009, 10:43

T20 is an amusing distraction. More so when it involves cricketing nations, as with the ICC WC next month.

But beyond that, to tout for overpriced mercenaries to trash a ball around the park to keep pop corn sales boosted challenges the imagination of even the mildest cricket aficionado.

But how would you know ? You never stopped by to watch those merceneries play a single game, did ya ?

by Merlin Mon 25 May 2009, 10:48

buckSH wrote:
T20 is an amusing distraction. More so when it involves cricketing nations, as with the ICC WC next month.

But beyond that, to tout for overpriced mercenaries to trash a ball around the park to keep pop corn sales boosted challenges the imagination of even the mildest cricket aficionado.

But how would you know ? You never stopped by to watch those merceneries play a single game, did ya ?

Channel hopping thru Sky tends occasionally to throw-up (in the strictest sense of the word) scenes involving the popcorn munchers, cheer leaders (btw, an EXCELLENT concept) and the odd "huge" six at an IPL "game" ...

by JKLever Mon 25 May 2009, 10:53

Still fail to see why 'some' Indians get the Sh!ts if you don't idolise the IPL...

FFS, if there was an EPL & Essex were involved it would have my full attention and the last of my worries would be if someone in India gave a crap about it.

by Merlin Mon 25 May 2009, 10:54

Over sensitivity is the defining element in their "defence".

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