fuck cricket. its a shit game. my 1 pence, its been a while since i posted so I thought I d make an ass of myself.
Eric On 17 Apr 2007, at 21:13, Paul Cundell wrote: > That you are utterly pissed off with what we've seen today is a given. > As, I think, should be any right minded Englishman. > To dump our batting ineptitude solely on the doorstep of the > captain does > seem a tad like looking for a scapegoat IMHO. > What would the effect have been of Vaughan NOT batting today? > Would Pietersen, Flintoff or Strauss have scored a hundred? > Doubtful, lets face it they are ALL sh*t not just Vaughan - they > are all > overhyped by our media. > > I have no idea why on earth you were looking forward to this World Cup > though. It certainly shouldn't have been because you harboured any > belief > that we might win it anyway. England ARE a sh*t one day team and > have been > for years. We, lost 5-1 in India last winter, were whitewashed by > Sri Lanka > in the summer and managed, with a bit of help from the weather, to > draw a > one day series with Pakistan (who are already home you might > recall), then > through some strange quirk of luck we managed, despite being > mullered all > winter by the Aussies, to win some tin pot triangular series. We > nearly had > to pre qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy where we won one game > against an > already qualified team. We played 20 ODI last year and won 5! > Vaughan didn't > play in any of them by the way. Not that he's 'played' in any of > them this > year either. > > So, am I disappointed? - you bet I am. Was our abject failure > unexpected? > Not really, in fact I thought we'd have been home before the > Indians and > Pakistani's to be honest. > The most disappointing thing is that should we beat the Windies > we'll finish > 5th - are we really THAT good to be thought of as 5th best in the > world? > Cheers > Paul > >> >> Sat here totally and utterley pissed off with what I'm >> watching. The England team have been walking around >> dejected since the first over and now we're just >> resigned to coming home. Where's the f'cking >> inspirational captaincy ? >> So, who takes the blame for this ? Surely you can look >> no further than the captain. I can't f'cking believe >> the tripe I've heard from people on this list, so >> called cricketing experts telling us what a great >> captain Vaughan is and to protect him we should move >> him down the batting list etc etc - complete and utter >> TRIPE !!! Vaughan should never have been captain for >> this competition as have said from the start - not >> only in my opinion is he an average captain, he can't >> bat, can't bowl and is immobile in the field. Forget >> the f'cking ashes , this is reality - Vaughan is a >> poor captain based on this. He should go back to >> Yorkshire and back to basics , rediscover himself as a >> cricketer and then we'll see whether he's got a future >> with England. I suspect not based on his batting at >> the moment. He's forgotten the basics. >> So come on cricketing experts , let's have the excuses >> now. An absolute fucking disgrace. >> >> I was really looking forward to this World CUp - what >> a let down. Never mind cricketing credentials - my 13 >> week old daughter knows that Vaughan ain't up to it. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list > administrators accept no liability for the personal views and > opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > it's a God awful small affair _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist it's a God awful small affair
