South Africa v England, 4th Test, Jo’burg, Jan 14-18

Now Prior goes - another soft dismissal.

Bell was genuinely got out, but most of the others have been really pretty poor. They do this all the frigging time. Bat first and bottle it.

Shoeshine wrote:Now Prior goes - another soft dismissal.

Bell was genuinely got out, but most of the others have been really pretty poor. They do this all the frigging time. Bat first and bottle it.

Sort of what Danny said a couple of days back?

taipan wrote:

Shoeshine wrote:Now Prior goes - another soft dismissal.

Bell was genuinely got out, but most of the others have been really pretty poor. They do this all the frigging time. Bat first and bottle it.

Sort of what Danny said a couple of days back?

Wasn't in dispute though was it? Just the use of words like "inept" and "shite" and so on. Which they aren't, clearly. Still inconsistent though.

It's fair to say England need to bowl well.

Shoeshine wrote:
Wasn't in dispute though was it? Just the use of words like "inept" and "shite" and so on. Which they aren't, clearly. Still inconsistent though.

Can you please give me your dictionary definition of 'inept'? I would love to know what basis you are judging against.

Some brilliant bowling by Morkel and Steyn however.

Just not for KP, Broad and Prior - f*cking ridiculous shots to play when your team is f*ck all for f*ck all on THE 1ST DAY OF THE TEST.

We need Swann to save is here again. 155/9.

Not giving Jimmy the strike and hitting out is required now

Brass Monkey wrote:

Shoeshine wrote:
Wasn't in dispute though was it? Just the use of words like "inept" and "shite" and so on. Which they aren't, clearly. Still inconsistent though.

Can you please give me your dictionary definition of 'inept'? I would love to know what basis you are judging against.

Some brilliant bowling by Morkel and Steyn however.

Just not for KP, Broad and Prior - f*cking ridiculous shots to play when your team is f*ck all for f*ck all on THE 1ST DAY OF THE TEST.

This is an inept performance. South Africa at Durban were inept too. Are they an inept side?

I had predicted during the last test that England would lose this one.

Shoeshine wrote:
This is an inept performance. South Africa at Durban were inept too. Are they an inept side?

Righto, so we covered ourselves in glory in two of the first three Tests?

Or did we cling on in two and so far have f*cked it here.

Whatever, I'm not getting into another argument - you're squeezing semantics here very, very, very, very hard and tenuously.

We're not inept. Happy?

We just happen to turn in 50% of our performances ineptly and keep the mantra that all is ok.

buckSH wrote:I had predicted during the last test that England would lose this one.

F*ck off mate. No-one gives a shit what you predicted.

Brass Monkey wrote:

buckSH wrote:I had predicted during the last test that England would lose this one.

F*ck off mate. No-one gives a shit what you predicted.

I had also predicted that Bell would silence all his detractors in the last test.

buckSH wrote:
I had also predicted that Bell would silence all his detractors in the last test.

I'm not good at predictions.

Last night, I predicted that I'd come here today and you'd have said 15 twattish things. I was wrong, as you've said about 25.

I think you are being rather harsh on me.

buckSH wrote:

Brass Monkey wrote:

buckSH wrote:I had predicted during the last test that England would lose this one.

F*ck off mate. No-one gives a shit what you predicted.

I had also predicted that Bell would silence all his detractors in the last test.

Fark off, this is a cricket thread. You have nothing to contribute.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Shoeshine wrote:
This is an inept performance. South Africa at Durban were inept too. Are they an inept side?

Righto, so we covered ourselves in glory in two of the first three Tests?

Or did we cling on in two and so far have f*cked it here.

Whatever, I'm not getting into another argument - you're squeezing semantics here very, very, very, very hard and tenuously.

We're not inept. Happy?

We just happen to turn in 50% of our performances ineptly and keep the mantra that all is ok.

England are a middle ranking side, away from home to a strong one. What were you expecting, a 4-0 win?

taipan wrote:

buckSH wrote:

Brass Monkey wrote:

buckSH wrote:I had predicted during the last test that England would lose this one.

F*ck off mate. No-one gives a shit what you predicted.

I had also predicted that Bell would silence all his detractors in the last test.

Fark off, this is a cricket thread. You have nothing to contribute.

Incorrect.

in the last test thread, I had made the maximum number of contributions.

buckSH wrote:

taipan wrote:

buckSH wrote:

Brass Monkey wrote:

buckSH wrote:I had predicted during the last test that England would lose this one.

F*ck off mate. No-one gives a shit what you predicted.

I had also predicted that Bell would silence all his detractors in the last test.

Fark off, this is a cricket thread. You have nothing to contribute.

Incorrect.

in the last test thread, I had made the maximum number of contributions.

And everyone ignored everything you said because you're a cock. Now stop cluttering this one up and fark off.

Shoeshine wrote:
England are a middle ranking side, away from home to a strong one. What were you expecting, a 4-0 win?

Nope. Nothing of the sort. Thought we'd get rinsed. 2-1 with a draw similar to the two we've had, but not quite as bad.

So, you agree we've actually been inept quite a lot in this series?

You're reasoning for this is that "England are a middle ranking side, away from home to a strong one.".

So in essence you're saying "Yes, we're inept. Against strong sides."?

Shoeshine wrote:Now Prior goes - another soft dismissal.

Bell was genuinely got out, but most of the others have been really pretty poor. They do this all the frigging time. Bat first and bottle it.

Aye ... but they had the choice to BOWL first!
Oh I forgot - ALL the pundits said bat first .....

Ho hum ...Botham and Athers now saying (in tandem) ... "Look at that, the ball's 45 overs old and it's still swinging ...."

Wait for the backtracking ... it's imminent ... Nuff said.

It doesn't look very bright for Eng at the moment. that's all I got to say.

Merlin wrote:
Aye ... but they had the choice to BOWL first!
Oh I forgot - ALL the pundits said bat first .....

Ho hum ...Botham and Athers now saying (in tandem) ... "Look at that, the ball's 45 overs old and it's still swinging ...."

Wait for the backtracking ... it's imminent ... Nuff said.

Think Beef said it's a good toss to lose because of the swing!

Meanwhile, Swanny tonks a 6. Legend.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Shoeshine wrote:
England are a middle ranking side, away from home to a strong one. What were you expecting, a 4-0 win?

Nope. Nothing of the sort. Thought we'd get rinsed. 2-1 with a draw similar to the two we've had, but not quite as bad.

So, you agree we've actually been inept quite a lot in this series?

You're reasoning for this is that "England are a middle ranking side, away from home to a strong one.".

So in essence you're saying "Yes, we're inept. Against strong sides."?

Er, no, that we're a middle ranking team. Bit of a way from inept.

has the inclusion of Sidebottom really demoralized the ranks ?

and secondly is Sibo a close friend of Giles ?

buckSH wrote:has the inclusion of Sidebottom really demoralized the ranks ?

and secondly is Sibo a close friend of Giles ?

F*ck off.

It does look increasingly possible that England have taken over the 'chokers' mantle from SA in this test.

I have heard about human actions mirroring destiny/fate. If so the English selectors have truly stuck to plan this time around.