4 axed for 3rd test

[MarkP]

Reports coming in Watson has told them to get stuffed and has left the tour

 

[sherb]

This is straight out of the Divide & Conquer - 101 Text Book. A very dangerous precedent has been set. Clarke will need to pul another 329 here, because the mail I'm getting is that he's as popular as an off bucket of prawns amongst the rank and file.

And where do you get your mail from out of interest?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Reports coming in Watson has told them to get stuffed and has left the tour

Well given it was announced before the tour that he'd probably be going home after the Second Test to be with his wife who's about to give birth, my guess is journalists are adding 2 and 2 together and getting 15.

 

[nineteen eighty]

Just reading that article, it does seem this was kind of a big deal. Players giving proper presentations and stuff.

And seriously, how can it be that Johnson and Khawaja "just forgot" about it??

One is a little short on top and the other is just plain lazy!!

 

[bartel magic]

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.

You're missing the point completely. These are highly paid sportsmen, some of them receiving more than a million dollars annually, and should be doing everything asked of them.
Maybe they should try swapping places with someone making $18.00 bucks an hour working in a warehouse for a little while.
Been a life long supporter of cricket, but it's getting harder and harder by the day to show any interest t all in these over indulged, underachieving petulant and unprofessional schoolboys

 

[Phone]

Reports coming in Watson has told them to get stuffed and has left the tour

I think it's more likely that both sides agreed there's no little point Watson being there for the next 7 days if he's going to go home on the 8th day to be there for his child's birth. More likely than Watson chucking a hissy fit anyway

 

[danielnajdek]

Give me someone like Hughes who'll do everything he can to be in the team and improve as much as he can as a cricketer, over guys like Watson who thinks the whole batting lineup should be reorganised to accommodate him.

The same Hughes who has made 10 runs in 2 Tests and can't play spin to save himself.

Guess it pays off being a buddy of the skipper...

 

[western royboy]

And where do you get your mail from out of interest?

A current 1st Class Player.

 

[sherb]

Heavy handed punishment for sure, but how hard is it to send a text with almost a week's notice? If the coach asks you to do something, you do it.

Well, there's golf to be played, sights to be seen, socializing to be done, the all important games of basketball to be conducted.

Hell, maybe they even do a bit of cricket practice if they can be bothered.

Not much time left to spend 15 minutes doing something the coach asked you to do.

 

[MisterMarcus]

Be funny if Smith and Haddin tonned up though, wouldn't it......

 

[Harmichael]

 

[Outshined]

This is straight out of the Divide & Conquer - 101 Text Book. A very dangerous precedent has been set. Clarke will need to pul another 329 here, because the mail I'm getting is that he's as popular as an off bucket of prawns amongst the rank and file.

I'd like to know how exactly you are privy to this information. Not questioning it, just curious.

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Apparently Shane Watson has just submitted his assignment:

"C U L8R LBW LOL xox"

Ussie too:

"STOP"

And this just in from James Pattinson:

"i only had time to write 6 characters on the first day the assignment was due. here is the finished product: suck me beautiful. love patto_man"

 

[Speck]

Got on India at $2.05 yesterday.

Will be the easiest money I'll ever make.

 

[western royboy]

I'd like to know how exactly you are privy to this information. Not questioning it, just curious.

I played at a club that happens to have a number of players play 1st Class Cricket (now for various states) and at the highest level. I continue to maintain my contacts. When things happen I usually get a text or call passing on information. I was at the Ryobi Cup Final and at the Shield on the weekend, cricketers of all levels like to talk and if you ask enough questions you'll get the picture.

 

[BarneyBent]

**** it, I'm all for it. Watto and Pattinson are two of my favourites, but the team is a mess. It's not about the homework, it's about sending a message.

 

[Underdog]

Just reading that article, it does seem this was kind of a big deal. Players giving proper presentations and stuff.

A formal presentation over something documented in a text message. Ridiculous.

And seriously, how can it be that Johnson and Khawaja "just forgot" about it??

I'm betting they really didn't think it applied to them.

 

[western royboy]

The precedent was set with Andrew Symonds being sent home for not attending a team meeting. You've got a task or duty? Attempt it. It's that simple. Don't turn up 36 hours late and say I forgot or that I was just about to do it.

It's not a very dangerous precedent either. It's expected behaviour.

Do you seriousy think they are even closely related?

 

[Outshined]

I played at a club that happens to have a number of players play 1st Class Cricket (now for various states) and at the highest level. I continue to maintain my contacts. When things happen I usually get a text or call passing on information. I was at the Ryobi Cup Final and at the Shield on the weekend, cricketers of all levels like to talk and if you ask enough questions you'll get the picture.

Fair enough, thanks. Might be a stretch, but any reason for the alleged unpopularity?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Apparently Shane Watson has just submitted his assignment:

"C U L8R LBW LOL xox"

Ussie too:

"STOP"

And this just in from James Pattinson:

"i only had time to write 6 characters on the first day the assignment was due. here is the finished product: suck me beautiful. love patto_man"

Don't quit your day job.

 

[PHX]

If you're asked to submit a report about expectations and culture but then fail to do as expected, it makes sense something has to happen. I am surprised it was a suspension though.

 

[Phone]

Do you seriousy think they are even closely related?

Well, yeah. Symonds was required to attend a team meeting, and didn't do it, and got dropped. These guys were required to do a task, and didn't attempt it, and got dropped. They seem fairly related. Players had tasks assigned to them, they didn't bother, they got punished. Players getting punished for not attempting the tasks given to them is not a dangerous precedent. It's sensationalism to say that it is.

 

[western royboy]

Fair enough, thanks. Might be a stretch, but any reason for the alleged unpopularity?

Join the dots, Katich didn't have him by the throat for no reason.

 

[MarkP]

You're missing the point completely. These are highly paid sportsmen, some of them receiving more than a million dollars annually, and should be doing everything asked of them.
Maybe they should try swapping places with someone making $18.00 bucks an hour working in a warehouse for a little while.
Been a life long supporter of cricket, but it's getting harder and harder by the day to show any interest t all in these over indulged, underachieving petulant and unprofessional schoolboys

Oh rubbish.

The point is they are professional sportsman. Not children

They were asked to TEXT something pointless and didn't.If it is important make it so. If it is informal why the action? Confusing and mixed messages.

You discipline people for relevant and pertinent issues. Not this.

The rest of your argument is a pointless exercise in nothingness. They should not swap places with warehouse workers. What a childish pointless exercise in argument. I see no sense of entitlement or unprofessionalism from the players. In what way?

You pick battles as management. This isn't a battle. This is a capitulation in authority and common sense. Christ they are adults not 15 year olds.

 

[western royboy]

Well, yeah. Symonds was required to attend a team meeting, and didn't do it, and got dropped. These guys were required to do a task, and didn't attempt it, and got dropped. They seem fairly related. Players had tasks assigned to them, they didn't bother, they got punished. Players getting punished for not attempting the tasks given to them is not a dangerous precedent. It's sensationalism to say that it is.

Symonds had form - a long list of it - these blokes have zero, on the face value it appears a massive over reaction or possibly a miscommunication with an extreme penalty.