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He is living up to his name, "ghost who walks", and has disappeared off the sporting commentary scene.
After Skulls re-emergence on the cricket scene, I thought about Tangles, where is he know?, as he was one hell of a character.
Freo Big Fella
27 Jan 2005, 12:16
The whole Sutcliffe debacle has wrecked his chances of ever returning methinks ;) :D .
go silver soverign, go......go silver soverign
ahhh....too much 12th man, has really taken away all my memories of the real max walker :p
usalion
27 Jan 2005, 12:30
Don't we mean Mike Walker- changed it by deed poll....aiming to replace Richie as skipper of the commentary team- but does Mike...i mean Max....have the cream, the bone......?
12th Man- AWESOME
NICK THE PIE MAN
27 Jan 2005, 12:31
The whole Sutcliffe debacle has wrecked his chances of ever returning methinks ;)
Yeah, but honestly, he was never going to get that job in the end.
Richie still hadn't forgiven him for when he hijacked the commentary box and it took a bloody SWAT team to get him out of there. ;)
Blue Boyz
27 Jan 2005, 13:27
The whole Sutcliffe debacle has wrecked his chances of ever returning methinks ;) :D .
What happened with the Sutcliffe debacle??
Care to elaborate??
Matt123
27 Jan 2005, 13:41
The whole Sutcliffe debacle has wrecked his chances of ever returning methinks ;) :D .
What happened there?
What happened with the Sutcliffe debacle??
Care to elaborate??
Someone is not up to speed with his 12th man CDs. :)
Matt123
27 Jan 2005, 15:59
Why was Max Walker sacked from channel 9 in the first place? Was it because he said something about World Series Cricket and then Packer gave him the chop?
:D i get a chuckle everytime i listen to any of the 12th man... who could forget big max's snoz opening the wide world of sports ;)
London Adelaidian
27 Jan 2005, 20:00
:D i get a chuckle everytime i listen to any of the 12th man... who could forget big max's snoz opening the wide world of sports ;)
Ahh yes - the Maxaphone.
She's a little bit messy though - pass us a tissue Zippy.
But yes, why did Max lose his job (in real life) from the commentary team? Rod Marsh went to radio. But again there I don't know if it was a push or a shove. I was too young at the time to know any better :(
nicho_magic
27 Jan 2005, 20:32
ahhhh streaker, streaker, wholey sh1t thats max,.... its like a baby's arm holding an apple. go the 12th man
Freo Big Fella
27 Jan 2005, 21:44
ahhhh streaker, streaker, wholey sh1t thats max,.... its like a baby's arm holding an apple. go the 12th man
No wonder they call him tangles eh tone?
pav_is_god
27 Jan 2005, 21:59
"Security, take him out!"
"Yes Mr Richie"
click
:D
SorryIHammerChicken
28 Jan 2005, 09:54
Ohh, Hi Rob, lucky you caught me, I just came back from my early morning jog!
Hahahhae, yeah sure Max.
Matt123
28 Jan 2005, 16:17
So does anyone know why Max got sacked?
nicho_magic
28 Jan 2005, 16:56
So does anyone know why Max got sacked?
bill didn't want him on the team :D
Matt123
28 Jan 2005, 17:42
bill didn't want him on the team :D
F*cking hell, can anyone give me a half serious response?
F*cking hell, can anyone give me a half serious response?
I guess the responses ur getting is cause no one knows...
Max got sacked because he is an idiot.
SorryIHammerChicken
28 Jan 2005, 22:19
I thought Max was alright, the 12th Man's parodies are gold: "Left foot, right foot, left, then the right, in pretty quick succession - Theres that familiar right foot combination" - illustrates the fact that he said some really stupid s**t. Sorry Matt I cant give you a real answer, I would like to know as well, but my guess is he just couldnt cut it at first class commentary level. He spent another 6-8 years hosting Wired World of Sports though, maybe he was more of an anchor type.
utility
28 Jan 2005, 22:39
Probably my favourite Max Walker commentary moment was a ODI at (I think) the WACA. The batsmen got hit on the body and had the wobbles a bit, so Maxie said he had a d1cky knee... the replay immediately then showed the batsmen was hit on the box... good choice of words. :D
krisholio14
28 Jan 2005, 23:55
its called ********in bowling max ya **********head!
Matt123
29 Jan 2005, 11:16
For turds sake, does anyone know why he was sacked from channel 9?
johnnyhoward
29 Jan 2005, 18:37
thats got you suspended matt. wish i knew the answer
thats got you suspended matt. wish i knew the answer
Kerry Packer works in mysterious ways ;) Matt was getting too close to the truth :)
Let's not forget that big Maxie was at one stage Australia's best-selling home-grown author, probably been overtaken by Chopper Read now. :p
He was popular with the average suburban slob, which was reflected in his book sales. Joe Cricketfan loved him. Roughly the same time the best-sellers stopped, so did his stint as a commentator... maybe Channel 9 figured he wasn't popular anymore, or figured that out of all the former Test players turned commentators he was held with less reverence than the others, based on their playing days.
Didn't Channel 9 plug their production as "the former Test captains" a few years ago, with Benaud, Lawry, both Chappells and Tony Greig all geting their mugs on the ad?