4 axed for 3rd test

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http://mobile.news.com.au/sport/cri...-from-third-test/story-fndpt0dy-1226595001591

Wow!

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Cricket Australia

 

[Xtreme]

India 3 - 0 lead coming right up

 

[Ghostwriter]

For failing to deliver a presentation, Sutherland needs to resign immediately.

 

[ptrg]

Asking Watson to write something on paper was an unfair request!

 

[MarkP]

I don't even....

I mean wow. Just wow.

They were late for their homework? Really?

This is just getting weird. I have no words to describe it. Watson is no loss to be honest but the other three should have been in the mix somewhere.

We are like The Poms circa 2000 and the decade around. No idea, no clue, no players of depth. Definitely drowning not waving.

One guy -maybe just maybe - in a fit of pique might not do a written review. Not four. There is something deeper here or some desperate breakdown in communication between management and players.

 

[ptrg]

Patto had it easy too! He just had to write "#1 wicket taker" and walk out

 

[kempy]

For failing to deliver a presentation, Sutherland needs to resign immediately.

He had nothing to do with it. This was a decision taken by the team management including Clarke. Reminds me of the early Eagles' days when John Todd made them write an essay after a heavy defeat .. that went down well as you can imagine.

 

[nineteen eighty]

IF (and I want to emphasise IF) the players are acting as prima donnas over what they were asked to do then no problems with them being stood down. It's not as if they were performing anyway....other than Pattinson.

Would have been interesting reading if Watson had of put something forward.

 

[Harmichael]

Over the top punishment, but not surprised at any of the names. Watson & Johnson are cancers on the side, Figjam Pattinson is an arrogant young knob and Khawaja is just a lazy prick who doesn't quite fit in.

 

[ptrg]

Maybe Watson did his best, but they mistook his blank bit of paper as a lack of effort- which in this case would be incorrect.

 

[ManWithNoName]

 

[ManOfClay]

We are a shambles at the moment at every level. What the hell is going on, surely in the time these guys have spent watching us play over the last decade they'd have picked up how to do things properly?

 

[kane249]

Should have just said their dog ate it

 

[Ill Chicken]

This is brilliant.

 

[Cleavy]

what the fudge???

 

[The Falcon Strike]

umm, mind = blown.

"Cricketer doesn't complete essay - must be dropped. "

The cricketers are also supposed to be the administrators now eh?

Let the players play and let the admin/coaches/captain worry about strategy and performance.

Dropping a bloke because he doesn't submit an essay is unfathomable. If they were out on the piss and missed a training session I'd understand - but not completing a written review of a test match?

What are they - journalists? the coaches?

Next Mickey Arthur will be sacked for not making any runs and Ali De Winter will be sacked for not taking wickets.

Absolutely staggered.

 

[PowerForGood]

Well, we know the third test team now - 2 wicketkeepers and 3 spinners for starters

 

[Zach Package]

 

[Ill Chicken]

This is all so Clarke can avoid batting at 3 or 4.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

It's bloody funny. I can't stop laughing.

 

[MarkP]

Even more bizarre.

If they were not asked to do anything too complex why is it an issue. This is beyond the pale.

 

[Dudley Leopard]

Can you imagine the response if someone told Lillee, Thommo or Warnie they had to do an essay?

 

[King Elvis]

What a ****ing joke.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry - but it reinforces what I've been saying all summer; CA and its management are a disaster, and we are going nowhere until the morons in charge are gone.

Jesus - imagine the change room right now? Lyon being treated how he was. A number for guys apparently siding with Hussey over Clarke. Hughes being talked about as being dropped - after his coach reveals he begged CA to find time for him to do acclimatization training (which was refused). Our best bowler and our VC dropped because they didnt write a pathetic text on why we're so shit.

**** them.

 

[MisterMarcus]

So it's gonna be two quicks only then, Starc and Siddle. We have no pace options left.

Steve Smith at 5

Big Show will get another gig