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The recent comments by Geoff Boycott piss me off. He is a ******* wanker. Leave tests as they are and Vaughan is not better than Ponting, the bloke has to get on the field first.

Vaughan is very over-rated... and his one day stats are horrible.

Yes, Boycott is indeed a wanker, but what did he say again?

regards,

REB

Rik E Boy wrote:Yes, Boycott is indeed a wanker, but what did he say again?

regards,

REB

We used to live in a shoebox in middle of road.

Jimmy wrote:The recent comments by Geoff Boycott piss me off. He is a ******* wanker. Leave tests as they are and Vaughan is not better than Ponting, the bloke has to get on the field first.

I love it how Ponting's poor captaincy is all due to losing one series. Yes a big series, but he has improved a LOT since then and is now a terrific captain who can rarely be faulted.

He learnt from that and then delivered a 5-0 hammering which hadn't happened for 80-odd years...

Ponting wasn't so much at fault as the loss of the ashes as the selectors..
I think blind freddy (pardon) could see that Dizzy and Kasper were badly out of form and by the time bowling changes were made at the selection table is was a bit too late..
I think Vaughans captaincy on that tour was ordinary at best..
Quite often he had the aussies on the ropes but persisted with 1-2 slips at most with sweepers, third man,,, deep long on/offs etc..

smithy wrote:Ponting wasn't so much at fault as the loss of the ashes as the selectors..
I think blind freddy (pardon) could see that Dizzy and Kasper were badly out of form and by the time bowling changes were made at the selection table is was a bit too late..
I think Vaughans captaincy on that tour was ordinary at best..
Quite often he had the aussies on the ropes but persisted with 1-2 slips at most with sweepers, third man,,, deep long on/offs etc..

And Hussey had dominated in the ODI series and yet wasn't included in the test team. They stuck with Katich (sorry REB) when he was in shocking form. What a difference that swap would've made.

NFC wrote:

smithy wrote:Ponting wasn't so much at fault as the loss of the ashes as the selectors..
I think blind freddy (pardon) could see that Dizzy and Kasper were badly out of form and by the time bowling changes were made at the selection table is was a bit too late..
I think Vaughans captaincy on that tour was ordinary at best..
Quite often he had the aussies on the ropes but persisted with 1-2 slips at most with sweepers, third man,,, deep long on/offs etc..

And Hussey had dominated in the ODI series and yet wasn't included in the test team. They stuck with Katich (sorry REB) when he was in shocking form. What a difference that swap would've made.

You're right, but then again, who knows Hussey may have struggled in the Tests in England and he may not be the same player as he is today.

Boycott's a wa&nker.

Do we even need to discuss this?

NFC wrote:

smithy wrote:Ponting wasn't so much at fault as the loss of the ashes as the selectors..
I think blind freddy (pardon) could see that Dizzy and Kasper were badly out of form and by the time bowling changes were made at the selection table is was a bit too late..
I think Vaughans captaincy on that tour was ordinary at best..
Quite often he had the aussies on the ropes but persisted with 1-2 slips at most with sweepers, third man,,, deep long on/offs etc..

And Hussey had dominated in the ODI series and yet wasn't included in the test team. They stuck with Katich (sorry REB) when he was in shocking form. What a difference that swap would've made.

Agreed. Katich is like a crab at the crease which is not want you want when Simon Jones was bending it like Beckham. He has an unusual technique does the Kat but it isn't one that suits English conditions IMO. So it was written. The only person who hasn't accepted that Kat will never wear the baggy green again in Australia is me.

regards,

REB

Does any one forget that in that Test series that Australia played some un-characteristic terrible test cricket, Everything went right for England and they only ended up just winning the series by 1 test.If the correct decision was made at the second test most likely England would have been 2 tests down and un-likely come back to win the series. They got a hiding when they arrived in Australia and it eclipsed anything they acheived in the 2005 series. Boycott has no idea.

I am really offended by the term Wanker and Boycott used in the same sentence...
A wanker is way too nice a description for that DH !.

Boycs - Mere mention of his name brings back horrible memories of watching him grind out that 77 in nine hours in Perth in the 78-79 series.

rogernumber10 wrote:Boycs - Mere mention of his name brings back horrible memories of watching him grind out that 77 in nine hours in Perth in the 78-79 series.

How about his apprentice Tavare a few years later

How good was Richie Benaud's response when asked his thoughts on Boycott calling todays tests matches boring and needing to be culled to 4 days .... "Well who made it boring?"