Banter TRTTT Part 16 - How good are fingerless gloves

[crafty_bernardo]

Andrew Dillon lets expand into India:

 

[TazD]

Andrew Dillon lets expand into India:

India, pound for pound, would easily be the worst sporting nation

 

[StueyDaDew]

Winter Olympics, how EXHILARATING!

 

[StueyDaDew]

India, pound for pound, would easily be the worst sporting nation

They are good at training elephants to kick footballs.

 

[Contested Marx]

Did you know football (the 'soccer' kind, is named thus, not because of the exclusive foot -> ball action, but rather because it's played 'on foot' - in contrast to horse-based sports like polo

 

[Doctor Feel]

Did you know football (the 'soccer' kind, is named thus, not because of the exclusive foot -> ball action, but rather because it's played 'on foot' - in contrast to horse-based sports like polo

Petition to call polo hoofball

 

[SparklingAle69]

What is wrong with you

Nothing mate

 

[SparklingAle69]

What is wrong with you

Have you been confronted? Oh dear me precious.

 

[SparklingAle69]

What is wrong with you

You'd have to admit though you are a Dick.

 

[SparklingAle69]

You'd have to admit though you are a Dick.

And that's putting it as nice as I can. Throw your keyboard and shite out the window and start again. You smell mate lol.

 

[240volt]

This is getting weird.

 

[Schulzenfest]

India, pound for pound, would easily be the worst sporting nation

The fact that they don't win every single game of cricket they play in a whitewash is an indictment on them. Australia beating India at cricket should be like Guam beating Australia at cricket. Instead it happens regularly.

 

[edgie]

The fact that they don't win every single game of cricket they play in a whitewash is an indictment on them. Australia beating India at cricket should be like Guam beating Australia at cricket. Instead it happens regularly.

And I would feel reasonably confident, maybe not now but definitely in the past, that Australia A could give their reserves a touch up too.

Like ok maybe finding 12 world class elite cricketers is hard, but they should at least be able to muster more depth than anyone else, easily.

 

[JimmyBC]

I reckon part of India's problem is their conditions only breed a certain style of player so regardless of a giant population & huge participation rates it doesn't equate to well rounded players for other conditions around the world.

 

[Wargreymon90]

I reckon part of India's problem is their conditions only breed a certain style of player so regardless of a giant population & huge participation rates it doesn't equate to well rounded players for other conditions around the world.

It’s more a socioeconomic issue. No matter how good someone is at a sport (even cricket), it’s generally not encouraged as failure could mean a life of poverty. The aim is to go to university and get a job.

Pursuing sport is generally reserved for the extremely privileged.

 

[JimmyBC]

It’s more a socioeconomic issue. No matter how good someone is at a sport (even cricket), it’s generally not encouraged as failure could mean a life of poverty. The aim is to go to university and get a job.

Pursuing sport is generally reserved for the extremely privileged.

I'm sure you are right however any cricketer will tell you it's easier to adjust down to lower slower bounce than adjust up & they struggle with the bounce in places like Australia.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Lindsay Vonn, I mean WTF?

Ruptures her ACL a week ago, straps it up, and competes in the Winter Olympics.

Skiing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee, the American clocked a time of 1min 40.33sec in her first official run in Cortina d’Ampezzo, which was delayed for more than an hour due to fog hanging over the Olimpia delle Tofane piste.

Ski legend passes key test ahead of medal attempt without ACL; Aussie’s dream dashed — Wrap

Ski legend passes key test ahead of medal attempt without ACL; Aussie’s dream dashed — Wrap

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[jb04]

It’s more a socioeconomic issue. No matter how good someone is at a sport (even cricket), it’s generally not encouraged as failure could mean a life of poverty. The aim is to go to university and get a job.

Pursuing sport is generally reserved for the extremely privileged.

This is why Sachin Tendulkar is so popular there. The story being, correct or not, that he came from nothing to dominate for decades when the rest of the cricket team was selected from the "right" places and the "right" families.

Lewis Hamilton a fair shout for the same circumstances.

 

[soafraid]

Lindsay Vonn, I mean WTF?

Ruptures her ACL a week ago, straps it up, and competes in the Winter Olympics.

Ski legend passes key test ahead of medal attempt without ACL; Aussie’s dream dashed — Wrap

Ski legend passes key test ahead of medal attempt without ACL; Aussie’s dream dashed — Wrap

www.foxsports.com.au

afl players are pansies.. awww poor me i dont have an ACL better have a year off with full pay.. w***ers

 

[StueyDaDew]

I reckon part of India's problem is their conditions only breed a certain style of player so regardless of a giant population & huge participation rates it doesn't equate to well rounded players for other conditions around the world.

Kiwis just recently whitewashed them 3 zip on their home clay..

 

[Steve Dore]

Winter Olympics, how EXHILARATING!

Just caught a bit of the opening ceremony on the news. Nothing screams Italian more than an Irish/Venezuelan with African heritage singer.

 

[soafraid]

gotta say fingerless gloves are the shit. been having trouble with my grip in the gym for deadlifts because of the calluses, but the gloves i bought for kayaking are doing the trick nicely. great thread title

 

[soafraid]

Footballers these days are bloody soft, taking a year off for an ACL injury is woke nonsense.

you stole my bit

 

[DaTBird187]

you stole my bit

Weren't you supposed to throw your computer out the window?

Smelly.

 

[soafraid]

Weren't you supposed to throw your computer out the window?

Smelly.

im too tiny to throw my computer