Opinion 2014-15 Cricket Thread

[kangaspurs]

It'll be very disappointing if Shane Watson hits the winning runs.

 

[naturally north]

OH FFS guys the game ended on ball three of NZ's innings.

They on a very good deck fell about 80- 100 runs short.

A very disappointing final ( wrapped in the result) Bloody Kiwis should've bowled first, and used Aussies arrogance against 'em.
Who knows they may have rolled us cheaply.

But expecting or even thinking Australia would struggled to reel in 180 odd was plain silly.

We bat far to deep for that.

 

[niko11]

Well played Clarke..

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

I'm happy to celebrate without thinking that enough of the team are douchebags to make the entire team douchebags.

 

[Grogg]

Watson just copped a couple of raspberry's from the crowd then.

Bit rough (and I'm a huge critic of the guy).

 

[archereleven]

Boring game of cricket, great result.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Winning a world cup and people are still giving shit to Watson.

Absolutely Classless by them.

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

Expecting to turn the news on tomorrow morning to see player x has been locked up overnight.

 

[Harris 10]

When we win an event like this and I see us celebrating with our National flag, I get so angry that it still has the Union Jack on it.

Anyway great win, a class above but the NZ skipper also proved to be a class above in the way handled himself post match.

 

[CityRoos]

be happy god save the queen is no longer the national anthem

 

[CityRoos]

world champion of 10 team comp..............bit like mlb world series

 

[Kimbo]

So, we can cut this shit loose now, yeah? :stern look

Bring on Rd 1. Footy I've missed you more than you can know.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

world champion of 10 team comp..............bit like mlb world series

Theres qualification. Granted its not a lot more countries but it's representative of the teams in the world that play it as a primary sport.

 

[kangaspurs]

A lot of people forget that cricket is the second most popular sport in the world and is a passion for billions of people world wide. The world champions tag is definitely deserved, unlike those titles in Baseball or Gridiron, and for our relatively small nation to be crowned world champions 5 times is a magnificent achievement.

 

[Passmore]

Watson just copped a couple of raspberry's from the crowd then.

Bit rough (and I'm a huge critic of the guy).

Was a ****ing disgrace. I was there and kiwis sitting next to me couldn't believe it. I'm no huge fan, but that not on.

 

[niko11]

Well done Aussies to good.. Who cares if there is only so many teams its the same with Rugby its our No 1 Summer sport and it Rocks... Wish AFL had that many countries playing against us at a high Level but we dont...

 

[Groucho]

Theres qualification. Granted its not a lot more countries but it's representative of the teams in the world that play it as a primary sport.

95 countries tried to qualify so its a reasonably significant tournament.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

The Watson hate is starting to transcend what is actually deserved, people just hate on him because its the done thing to do.

It's why I'm a defender of his even though he's a bit of a dick.

Clarke is a massive w***er too but for the next week he will be Australia's darling.

 

[Grogg]

Was a ******* disgrace. I was there and kiwis sitting next to me couldn't believe it. I'm no huge fan, but that not on.

Couldn't agree more.

Time & place.

This was neither.

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

So, we can cut this shit loose now, yeah? :stern look

Bring on Rd 1. Footy I've missed you more than you can know.

Yep, the cricket can f*** right off, bring on the real stuff.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Condolences to kiwiroo. Your boys played a hell of a tournament and have big things to come imho

 

[kangaspurs]

The Watson hate is starting to transcend what is actually deserved, people just hate on him because its the done thing to do.

It's why I'm a defender of his even though he's a bit of a dick.

Clarke is a massive ****** too but for the next week he will be Australia's darling.

Can't agree with this mate. The bloke is an absolute flog campaigner of the highest order who literally does nothing to back his chat up. At least with the likes of Johnson and Warner they talk shit but they back it up with their performances at crucial times and they rarely completely crumble under pressure to the extent Watson does. I'll never forget the moment I realised i seriously hated him because it was just so ridiculously pathetic:

 

[Jay-Z]

Watson just copped a couple of raspberry's from the crowd then.

Bit rough (and I'm a huge critic of the guy).

Yep, the hate on him was excessive today IMO. Clarke got a huge cheer (for obvious reasons) as he walked off/Watson walked on and as soon as the announcer mentioned Watto it turned to boos. Was pathetic and makes us look like a bunch of * supporter

There are a couple of dickheads in this team but you don't boo your own

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

world champion of 10 team comp..............bit like mlb world series

Except not all teams are from the same country.

 

[Phillyroo]

Except not all teams are from the same country.

But MLB does have players from all over the world, and is clearly the greatest baseball club competition in the world.