FIRST ASHES TEST 25-29 NOV AT THE GABBA

[Booney]

Yes mal, I agree, but we need to think like the selectors, not like people who know cricket...

[Rik E Boy]

On the Friday you can play 'SPOT THE REB'

SOMBERO
YELLOW T SHIRT
PISSED

Just like the other 500 of us ha ha.

regards,

REB

Streak so it's easier to spot you.

Can't afford it!

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

On the Friday you can play 'SPOT THE REB'

SOMBERO
YELLOW T SHIRT
PISSED

Just like the other 500 of us ha ha.

regards,

REB

Will you be making an appearance at the pig 'n whistle? be a fair bit easier to pick someone out dressed like that in there

No mate our gang will be heading to the Norman for Breakfast and **** knows where from there. If all of ous attend you it will be like playing where's wally. Nothing worse too than having 500 ******* somberos in a crowded pub ha ha.

regards,

REB

[Booney]

On the Friday you can play 'SPOT THE REB'

SOMBERO
YELLOW T SHIRT
PISSED

Just like the other 500 of us ha ha.

regards,

REB

Will you be making an appearance at the pig 'n whistle? be a fair bit easier to pick someone out dressed like that in there

Oh trust me, where ever he is, there will be an appearance...

[Rik E Boy]

News just in Siddle to play in fromt of Bollinger. What a joke, don't they realise that Brisbanes conditions will suit Doug more than Sids.

1 - Is Bollinger 100% fit?

2 - Siddle knows which end of the bat to hold. Might be a valuable 10 or 15 in a partnership of 30 or 40 that Douggie just doesn't offer.

Yeah let's select a bowler because he can make an extra ten runs. Shit. Reminds me of England's rationale for selecting Ashley Giles on the last tour. The extra runs that Siddle can make will be more than needed because the dud doesn't take wickets.

In other words, Douggie aint fit.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Oh trust me, where ever he is, there will be an appearance...

Bollocks to that. I shoud be heard not seen.

regards,

REB

[Booney]

News just in Siddle to play in fromt of Bollinger. What a joke, don't they realise that Brisbanes conditions will suit Doug more than Sids.

1 - Is Bollinger 100% fit?

2 - Siddle knows which end of the bat to hold. Might be a valuable 10 or 15 in a partnership of 30 or 40 that Douggie just doesn't offer.

Yeah let's select a bowler because he can make an extra ten runs. ****. Reminds me of England's rationale for selecting Ashley Giles on the last tour. The extra runs that Siddle can make will be more than needed because the dud doesn't take wickets.

In other words, Douggie aint fit.

regards,

REB

Thus why my first most salient point was :

1 - Is Bollinger 100% fit?

[Lightning McQueen]

I refresh you with a quote from fellow SAFOOTY buddy
To win Test matches you must take 20 wickets
Therefore the first bowler you would select would be Doug The Rug
We need to all be reblistic about this ...

They probably feel that to get them 20 wickets someone has to bowl with a bit of mongrel for the other bowlers to feed off. Any way that you looked at it, someone was going to miss out who could play an important role.
I don't think there was any right or wrong combination, on a seaming deck with high possibility of rain I thought all 4 of them would've still been a good option.
My only qualm about the team is the fact that North is still getting a run, Hussey deserves another chance on home soil and is a potential match-winner, I couldn't see North getting us out of the poo if it was needed.
No one else took the bull by the horns though when they had the chance to throw their hat in the ring, Usman might get a gig but didn't produce the goods when it was going to count. Ferg cost himself another month or two at best.

[smithy]

News just in Siddle to play in fromt of Bollinger. What a joke, don't they realise that Brisbanes conditions will suit Doug more than Sids.

1 - Is Bollinger 100% fit?

2 - Siddle knows which end of the bat to hold. Might be a valuable 10 or 15 in a partnership of 30 or 40 that Douggie just doesn't offer.

I would very much doubt they have gone with siddle over dougie for his batting ability

I'm not so sure. The selectors would have thought long at hard at keeping Hussey and North and it wouldn't surprise if thier thinking alos included how far down we bat.

If that was the case they would've picked O'Keefe ahead of Xavier erty

[Lightning McQueen]

Very clever Smithy

[Rik E Boy]

Thus why my first most salient point was :

1 - Is Bollinger 100% fit?

I'm agreeing with you ya ponce.

regards,

REB

[Jim05]

Sorry guys but i rate siddle. He will get wickets and has a great short ball. Reckon he might soften a few up.

[Rik E Boy]

Sorry guys but i rate siddle. He will get wickets and has a great short ball. Reckon he might soften a few up.

What else does he have? I hope you are right though I hope Siddle does get a bag. But come on, the dude isn't even from NSW!

regards,

Greg Matthews.

[Lightning McQueen]

Sorry guys but i rate siddle. He will get wickets and has a great short ball. Reckon he might soften a few up.

What else does he have? I hope you are right though I hope Siddle does get a bag. But come on, the dude isn't even from NSW!

regards,

Greg Matthews.

He has some mongrel, something that no other Aussie bowler has, Mitch should have at his pace, just lacks the ability to purposely bowl with intimidation.

[Interceptor]

He has some mongrel, something that no other Aussie bowler has, Mitch should have at his pace, just lacks the ability to purposely bowl with intimidation.

Dougie has mongrel and I would've picked him and Harris ahead of Siddle and the erratic Johnson.

[Lightning McQueen]

He has some mongrel, something that no other Aussie bowler has, Mitch should have at his pace, just lacks the ability to purposely bowl with intimidation.

Dougie has mongrel and I would've picked him and Harris ahead of Siddle and the erratic Johnson.

I think Dougie was jipped aswell mate if he is fit, I think Siddle's far more intimidating than him though. I'd have Dougie in before Mitch aswell, I don't think Mitch has ever been "dropped", it would probably do him a world of good.

[Jim05]

Sorry guys but i rate siddle. He will get wickets and has a great short ball. Reckon he might soften a few up.

What else does he have? I hope you are right though I hope Siddle does get a bag. But come on, the dude isn't even from NSW!

regards,

Greg Matthews.

Do you claim hauritz aswell REB?
Gotta take the good with the bad

[Gingernuts]

For all the talk on Aust's fast bowlers, I reckon Hilfenhaus will the bowler who surprises everyone this series.

He's had the perfect low key preparation, he had a good Ashes series in England in 2009, and at age 28 is primed to take it to the next level.

Out of all of the players involved in this series, he would be the man who I am most looking forward to watching.

[Lightning McQueen]

For all the talk on Aust's fast bowlers, I reckon Hilfenhaus will the bowler who surprises everyone this series.

He's had the perfect low key preparation, he had a good Ashes series in England in 2009, and at age 28 is primed to take it to the next level.

Out of all of the players involved in this series, he would be the man who I am most looking forward to watching.

Especially at the GABBA.

[wycbloods]

I for one am happy to see Siddle in the side. I think he can be used as the workhorse of the pace attack and allow Hilfenhaus to be used in a more attacking manner.