Matthew Hayden snubs Mark Taylor at Allan Border Medal

[BlueSherrin]

Why the capitalisation of "Small"?

Don't tell me you're trying to surreptitiously work Gladstone into your thread.

I'm wise to you.

You are not wise to anything. Thanks for proving my point. Small things amuse your small mind.

 

[Feerits Elf]

Aw, you're just sore because your thread's not turning out like you'd hoped.

 

[BlueSherrin]

Aw, you're just sore because your thread's not turning out like you'd hoped.

Haven't you got a movie to watch?

 

[Belnakor]

Its the Hayden Way (tm)

 

[Gough]

For a long time Hayden was the Queensland version of Brad Hodge, the local boy that for some reason, something, something NSW, the selectors wouldn't pick.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Steve Smith is a superstar.

If you genuinley think, with Smith at 27, you are correct in assessing his career as better than Hayden, who retired ~10 years ago as one of the greats of the sport, using three basic statistics, one of which is worse than Hayden's, then you know so little about the game you are not worth talking to about it.

Oh dear. A serious case of foot in mouth is diagnosed.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Is it really that hard for people to deal with someone who believes something different to themselves?

How long have you been on Big Footy? Have an alternate point of view and the word "flog' isn't that far away.

 

[PhatBoy]

How long have you been on Big Footy? Have an alternate point of view and the word "flog' isn't that far away.

You Hawthorn flog

 

[damochandler]

Probably 3 times he had a beef. When they dropped slater at the start of the 96 summer. He score 240 against the windies Eliott scored 150. They picked Elliott. Hayden had scored a mountain of runs. Not being picked for the 97 ashes. Slater was picked ahead of him. Slater getting picked ahead of him for the 98 tour of India

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Thread title = clickbait

 

[Marklar_33]

This thread is dumb as ****

 

[The_Reaper]

As for something interesting - for the medal the players award 3-2-1 votes for each match and the media award 3-2-1 for each match. Smith ending up 'losing' because he didn't poll as well with the players as he did with the media.

But one that stands out in a few of the examples shown is that a lot of the times the media went with the batsmen to give them the 3 or 2 votes (so normally Smith) while the players generally tended to award bowling performances.

Which I guess makes perfect sense because imo the media massively talks up batsmen all the time but unless you are fast or turn the ball a mile the media tends to underrate you if you are a bowler.

 

[damochandler]

Media votes outweigh clearly going by past counts

 

[BlueSherrin]

This thread is dumb as ****

Yet how many times have you commented on it now? It would appear you are dumber than the post.

 

[Marklar_33]

Yet how many times have you commented on it now? It would appear you are dumber than the post.

Why you name calling? Flog

 

[Ok Boomer]

OP = Fake news.

 

[BlueSherrin]

He paired with Gilchrist half of his one day career, so I doubt he can forget someone as close as Gilchrist was to him.

And the point you're trying to make is?

 

[Richard Pryor]

Haven't you got a movie to watch?

 

[BlueSherrin]

Why you name calling? Flog

Settle down Cobba I was just haven a larf. Harden up.

 

[Marstermind]

When Hayden was on Robert Craddock's show on Foxtel he hinted that he and Taylor never really got on. Taylor was/is chummy with NSW mate, wanted a right handed partner and pushed for Slater to play ahead of Hayden. Hayden got frustrated, Slater more than earned his spot so basically Hayden was frozen out until Taylor retired. Having said that, Slater and Taylor were a great pair and if Hayden still holds a grudge this far on then he needs to get over it.

 

[Demosthenes]

I think I would rather be disliked than liked by Haydos.

 

[The_Wookie]

Probably 3 times he had a beef. When they dropped slater at the start of the 96 summer. He score 240 against the windies Eliott scored 150. They picked Elliott. Hayden had scored a mountain of runs. Not being picked for the 97 ashes. Slater was ahead of him. Slater getting picked ahead of him for the 98 tour of India

Slater getting picked ahead of him after he became the first Australian to tour England and make a thousand runs and NOT make the test team, primarily because he failed in a three match one day series still riles me. The Australia A v Windies game in Tasmania where he made a double century and they picked Elliot on his 150 was just as bad.

 

[Percel]

Stuart Law


snubbed

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Let's be fair to selectors here. I saw Hayden's first Test 100 at Adelaide Oval. It was far from impressive and nothing to suggest a long and successful Test career ahead. In many cases, second chances are harder to gain than first ones. If Hayden thinks he was hard done by having to wait around for 2 years while he made 1000 runs each season, then he needs to look at Darren Lehmann who did it for a decade before getting his chance.

 

[The 747]

Nor am I.

I'm just struggling to understand why something so personal and private that effects absolutely no one bar Hayden himself would be the catalyst for someone to dislike him.

Well it's neither personal or private (because he makes it neither) and people have an aversion to other people who profess to believe in something and then act in complete opposition to it. It's nothing to do with his skill as a cricketer.

FWIW people are happy to laud Warne as the greatest spinner ever and also consider him a massive tool. But Warne doesn't pretend to be something he isn't.