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Booney wrote:What is a shame is our skipper carry's on like a pelican every time things don't go his way.

Be rattled on the inside, remain calm on the outside. Smithy has much to learn in that aspect of his game.

Why can't he just be normal?


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Booney wrote:What is a shame is our skipper carry's on like a pelican every time things don't go his way.

Be rattled on the inside, remain calm on the outside. Smithy has much to learn in that aspect of his game.

Why can't he just be normal?


It's generational thing, Look at Root when he punched (tapped) the door coz of Stonemens disimissal

Look at Tex Walker when a player leaves his team

They have feelings and their allowed to show them, you can't stop them lol
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whufc wrote:
Booney wrote:What is a shame is our skipper carry's on like a pelican every time things don't go his way.

Be rattled on the inside, remain calm on the outside. Smithy has much to learn in that aspect of his game.

Why can't he just be normal?


It's generational thing, Look at Root when he punched (tapped) the door coz of Stonemens disimissal

Look at Tex Walker when a player leaves his team

They have feelings and their allowed to show them, you can't stop them lol

Smith acts like a spoilt brat.
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Lightning McQueen wrote:
whufc wrote:
Booney wrote:What is a shame is our skipper carry's on like a pelican every time things don't go his way.

Be rattled on the inside, remain calm on the outside. Smithy has much to learn in that aspect of his game.

Why can't he just be normal?


It's generational thing, Look at Root when he punched (tapped) the door coz of Stonemens disimissal

Look at Tex Walker when a player leaves his team

They have feelings and their allowed to show them, you can't stop them lol

Smith acts like a spoilt brat.


Agree sadly his not a lone solider in world sport at the moment
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Lyon gets Ali

4 to go
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woodublieve12 wrote:
Jim05 wrote:Starc in doubt for Boxing Day, Bird has been withdrawn from the BBL and will stay with the test squad

Is this a piss take?Sayers robbed again :roll:

I wouldn't say robbed, unfortunately Bird has jumped the queue on the back of some impressive performances.

Especially against the Redbacks :roll:

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amber_fluid wrote:
Booney wrote:What is a shame is our skipper carry's on like a pelican every time things don't go his way.

Be rattled on the inside, remain calm on the outside. Smithy has much to learn in that aspect of his game.

Why can't he just be normal?


Great player, shit captain unfortunately


Well put sir.
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2 to go, England still 49 behind
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Broad gone


1 to go
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Perhaps a lone voice, but, Smith acts like many young captains and as yet can not control his outer being. He feels the pressure when leading the side and struggles with his emotions yet when batting is a picture of patience.

Some of you may never have seen Alan Border as a young captain but he was far more demonstrative than Smith has ever been.

We are about to be 3 blot and on our way to five bloody nil. Onya Smithy.
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Booney wrote:What is a shame is our skipper carry's on like a pelican every time things don't go his way.

Be rattled on the inside, remain calm on the outside. Smithy has much to learn in that aspect of his game.

Why can't he just be normal?

I think he's learning, nothing has gone wrong this series so far so it's hard to tell.
I'd say the Indian incident should have woken him up.
Normal - no thanks, he'd end up batting like his counterpart and the series would be in doubt, give me the freak Smiffy any day thanks.
He's just not normal, just needs to tone down his dummy spits.
Can't wait for the return bout in England though after this debacle of a test, Barmy Army will smash us.
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**** me is Stuart Broad the worst batsman in test cricket to have a highest individual score above 150. Deadset number 11 these days
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Ouch!
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Cop that you pelican
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Bounce him again?
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heater31 wrote:**** me is Stuart Broad the worst batsman in test cricket to have a highest individual score above 150. Deadset number 11 these days
He was a decent lower batsman at the start of his career, gone backwards rapidly as he's gone on.
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That’s it

Ashes are home!
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How about them selectors!!!
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Australia wins by an innings and 41 runs
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DOC wrote:Perhaps a lone voice, but, Smith acts like many young captains and as yet can not control his outer being. He feels the pressure when leading the side and struggles with his emotions yet when batting is a picture of patience.

Some of you may never have seen Alan Border as a young captain but he was far more demonstrative than Smith has ever been.

We are about to be 3 blot and on our way to five bloody nil. Onya Smithy.
I don't mind a bit of heart on sleeve. **** having a permanent facade of stoicism.
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