Ashes 5th Test Sydney Discussion (Pink Test)

[LaughingKookaburra]

Swannie can't keep his mouth shut. Even hints @ playing more Test Cricket.....

Bloke in his mid 30's running away from the game when the whips are cracking. Taking a quote from Rooters this bloke is an "A-Grade **** stick"

[test]

I've been watching Test cricket sine the days of Lillee and Thomson and the last time I saw such a complete lack of fight was when the Windies toured Australia and Brett Lee tore them a new one (2000?). But that West Indies side was pretty ordinary. England had no such excuse. Bell, Pieterson, Cook, Swann, Trott and Prior are quality players.

The experienced players really dropped the ball and dropped the younger blokes right in it. Cook battled hard but lost faith in his spinners and couldn't set a field in concrete. When your stock in trade is attritional, defensive cricket (which I mentioned in the England Ashes thread), it is very difficult to shift up a gear when confronted with an aggressive, confident opponent.

A good captain should be able to sum up the situation of a match and elect when to attack (which I believe is the way to go about 90% of the time) and when to defend. Cook and the English brains trust had no answer to what the Aussies dished out and a damming result is that they didn't get better at combatting what they knew was coming after the first test in Brisbane.

Beautiful.

regards,

REB

Your comment about their lack of fight is spot one. Being in Europe and due to the time differences I woke up (4th and 5th test only) to repeatedly find the poms failed, I'd go to bed thinking gee if the poms put in a good session or 2 here we could be in trouble but it never happened. They flat out laid down and I'm glad I'm in the mother land to let them know about it!!

[daysofourlives]

Swannie can't keep his mouth shut. Even hints @ playing more Test Cricket.....

Bloke in his mid 30's running away from the game when the whips are cracking. Taking a quote from Rooters this bloke is an "A-Grade **** stick"

I think Swan is a certainty to play more Test cricket. The retirement decision was always after being dropped for the Boxing Day Test. He will return much like Prior will in more favourable conditions at home. Absolute pi55 weak individual

[whufc]

Swannie can't keep his mouth shut. Even hints @ playing more Test Cricket.....

Bloke in his mid 30's running away from the game when the whips are cracking. Taking a quote from Rooters this bloke is an "A-Grade **** stick"

I think Swan is a certainty to play more Test cricket. The retirement decision was always after being dropped for the Boxing Day Test. He will return much like Prior will in more favourable conditions at home. Absolute pi55 weak individual

Totally agree if he comes back to test cricket this oz tour by Swann will go down as one of the most piss weak efforts of all time

His stocks rise now he has retired people will forget how he was going to be dropped yet he will get picked because of his past glories.

I think Mitch mentally ****** him as well

[Rik E Boy]

Your comment about their lack of fight is spot one. Being in Europe and due to the time differences I woke up (4th and 5th test only) to repeatedly find the poms failed, I'd go to bed thinking gee if the poms put in a good session or 2 here we could be in trouble but it never happened. They flat out laid down and I'm glad I'm in the mother land to let them know about it!!

Nice work. However, now that the Tests are over it is now football season so I am obliged to say that I'm glad a Collingwood supporter is out of the country as well. Got enough of the **** over here as it is.

regards,

REB

[The Apostle]

I'll just leave this here...

[wristwatcher]

I'll just leave this here...

That's the best post I have seen this year by a mile. Great work Apostle

[whufc]

Amazing!!!

Have watched it over and over again

[Failed Creation]

I'll just leave this here...

This is the single greatest video I've ever seen. Hell, it's even better than 'Can You Quack?'

[wristwatcher]

It's even better than " 2 girls one cup"

[Failed Creation]

It's even better than " 2 girls one cup"

Don't say things you'll later regret, mate...

[the wonder elephant]

I'll just leave this here...

This is the single greatest video I've ever seen. Hell, it's even better than 'Can You Quack?'

Spine tingling stuff especially with the sound track ... love it

[Q.]

[Grahaml]

Some real themes with those wickets. Wasn't far from the same 10 dismissals just being replayed 10 times.

Pretty clear when you watch them that the POMs really didn't want to get in line. Moving away, not moving to the ball and when the ball was straight at them they panicked. Johnson might have started it, but it seemed to happen against most of the seamers. Pietersen's dismissals were particularly poor. I only recalled 2 but it must have been more like 6.

[johntheclaret]

I'll just leave this here...

Pathetic
Is there not a Dislike button

[The Apostle]

After 6 months I've still got that video saved on my phone...and still gets viewed quite regularly!