tangerinedream
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In the 1st innings everyone else fucked up worse than him...
The Ashes 2009
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In the 1st innings everyone else fucked up worse than him...
butchersapron
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Yes, and they're not KP. That's the difference.
liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
supposed to be a team game.KP is a wanker to think the world revolves around him when it clearly revolves around Australia
supposed to be a team game.KP is a wanker to think the world revolves around him when it clearly revolves around Australia
Kp is quality. He's up his arse, so what? If I was that good, I would be too.
Don't see the logic of dropping him when he's been one of our best players in a test match where he wasn't so good.
When he, flintoff and collingwood play at top form, I think we'll make ricky ponting cry again.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
This was the worst bit for me. He was interviewed on the telly after the first day's play and refused to admit that he'd fucked up. It's a sweep shot, I play it all the time, I get runs playing it, I'm gonna keep playing it, fuck you I'm Kevin Pietersen and I can do what I want.
No mate, it wasn't a sweep shot it was a fucking awful sweep shot and one you clearly decided to play before the ball had left the bowler's hand which allowed him to change his delivery enough to get you out. Schoolboys know better than to do that ffs.
Seriously, this is shit.
Why should he apologize to some no mark journalist? He doesn't need to. I'm really happy with his fuck you response. He did his best. Facing the Aussies is a lot more difficult than sitting on your arse moaning, whinging and writing it all down.
TrippyLondoner
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Agreed, why would you admit you were wrong when the aussies are watching to? Plus he might feel more restricted in the near future if he admitted it.
So who was England's top scoring batsman in the first innings?
There was others who were more deserving of criticism IMO.
People want perfection and moan when they don't get it. Except for myself, no-one is perfect.
bi0boy
Power User
It doesn't matter how talented KP is, if he can't string it together enough when it counts he should be dropped asap.
Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash were both the best players ever and yet got dropped 3,439,943 times from the test team because they kept being shit in test matches.
Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash were both the best players ever and yet got dropped 3,439,943 times from the test team because they kept being shit in test matches.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
No, people don't want perfection They want extended application of skills.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Neither of them had a record in test matches anywhere near KP's.
For both of them a 69 would have a been an exception rather than a frustration
Hick averaged 32 with 6 hundreds
Ramps averaged 27 with 2 hundreds
Pieterson averages 50 with 16 hundreds from the same amount of games as Ramprakash played.
I don't like Pieterson, but to blame him alone for the performance in the last match is ludicrous. He is an arrogant wanker, but he's also the highest averaging England batsman and top scored in one innings...
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Replace him with who?
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
No one yet. Don't panic.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Rob Key? How about Mark Ramprakash?
bi0boy
Power User
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Why are you being silly?
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
sorry mister...
tangerinedream
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Give Hildreth a go.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Bring back tavare.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
The player I personally object to is Stuart Broad. He's apparantly good at something, but no-one has actually seen the evidence of it....
He's the new Glen Mcgrath y'know.... No he's not, he's Ian Botham! No he's not he's um... Mark Ealham at best....
Last time I was volumable in my criticism of Broad he got a 5fer... Therefore my criticism is bulletproof either way.
He's the new Glen Mcgrath y'know.... No he's not, he's Ian Botham! No he's not he's um... Mark Ealham at best....
Last time I was volumable in my criticism of Broad he got a 5fer... Therefore my criticism is bulletproof either way.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
Same.
Going into the ashes he looked solid, and the aussies have found him out already, it seems.
It's probably Pakistan vs. Australia.Another one day series against the Aussies? We're playing seven against them this year after the proper cricket's finished!! Just a little bit of overkill
BTW, why is there always this collective blood-letting after England have a poor match? Yes, much of the criticism is deserved, but surely there are limits. Let's see how they apply themselves at Lord's before going too far.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Why do people talk about the game and players? Why not? What's the point otherwise?
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Yep - after following England for 40 years I know that all is well with the world when they lose. It's when they start winning i get an uneasy feeling that something is going on I don't know about
.butchersapron
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There's nothing -there's discusion of players and pitches.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
They'd righty roll all over you - but there are mint tea limits. People like you are killing cricket. Let's see what the king says first if he an send us telegraph before marconi. Let's go too far.
http://www.uk.cricket.org/db/FORTHCOMING/FUTURE_TOURS/2010.html
Looking into it the Future Tours Programme suggests they'll be 5 ODIs between Australia and England in June 2009, crazy stuff it would be better replaced by 2 or 3 tests then some limited overs cricket between Aus and Pak, then instead of the WI and whoever the WICB can persuade to play yet again why not play Pakistan, it'll have been 4 years since they played here and it'd be good to get them playing a lot of international cricket.
