Adelaide Hawk wrote:mal wrote:Adelaide Hawk wrote:What "blunders" have the selectors made?
Come on AH what errors have a look at the player MT79 has put
up in capitals in his post. starst with E
Pick only 2 quicks v VI on a seaming pitch at Adelaide oval selected
The apparent mishandling of Blewett.
The non selection of Cleary is baffling
Selecting a grossly overweight cricketer
The retenion of a wicketkeeper who has been underpeforming for so long
Dropping Ferguson who as a batting average far superior to a 35 yo has been.
I dont know who tinkers with the batting order but players have been unsettled by it
Just a few
MT79 is advocating a new coach.....todays advertiser report vindicates his judgement.
It's easy to judge in hindsight, but how many of us would have made the very same selections?
Elliott had to be chosen, and he made runs early on, so they've been giving him every chance to prove himself. His retention in the team of late has been because of Boof's absence.
No guarantees Cleary would have been successful.
Cosgrove is an ACB contracted player, and they would be making it very difficult for the Redbacks selectors to drop him from the team.
I don't know of any "mishandling" of Blewett ... do you? All I've heard is lot of whingeing from Blewett.
Seaming pitch at Adelaide? Really?
The selectors gave Manou every chance and have now dropped him through lack of form, as they have done with Ferguson, and as they will do with Elliott once Lehmann returns.
As for "tinkering" with the bating order ... wouldn't you? It hasn't worked at all, so they have to try something.
Be fair ... to blame selectors for the way the Redbacks have played is to ignore the real reasons, all of which I have addressed at length in earlier posts.
SKEWES BATS 3 IN A 20/20 GAME MAKES 79 OFF 60 BALLS, BATS 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
D HARRIS MAKES RUNS OPENING GETS DEMOTED TO 4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COSGROVE has batted everywhere this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats called tinkereing....skewes and harris were starring and THEN got demoted
LEHMANN the best bat bats too low
As for seaming pitches WHERE have you been this year, I suggest you look at the
spinners efforts compared to the seamers.
Adelaide oval has been a haven for quicker bowlers in p/cup this year.
If you dont beleive me look at our batting away from Adelaide oval in the
matches in sydney/hobart/melbourne WE BATTED A LOT BETTER.
ELLIOTT had to be chosen BULLSHIT look at his p/cup form last year as well.
AND HOW THE HELL DOES FERGUSON GET DROPPED AND ELLIOTT GETS RETAINED ????
lol yeah thanks for that ... Obviously it's not but it's getting quite close don't you think?
, the left-handed Elliott last played for Yorkshire in 2002 where he joined the club mid-way through the season as a replacement for his fellow Australian, Darren Lehmann.
...Talk about artistic licence 
