I will be glad to see the back of him. Yes when he scores runs he is worth watching but he is too hit or miss.
His sledging and sooking when someone fires back is pathetic.
His sledging and sooking when someone fires back is pathetic.
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Sounds like a real winner...I don't recall that, not saying it didn't happen because Hookey was that kind of player for sure.
West Indies U19 toured in '88 and played a game at North Sydney Oval. Heaps of people turned up to watch one Brian Lara, there is a story that Hookey was pissed, sitting on the hill abusing the s**t out of Lara while he was batting.
Yeh, the "Warner is just a slogger" argument is baseless. He averages just under 50 from 74 games. Say what you want about bowlers over the last decade, that's still an impressive record.
Agree with the OP though. He's too volatile to have any kind of leadership role in the team and his performances over the last 6 months are barely justifying his place at the top of the order. We've cut him plenty of slack over the years, but it's time to move on.
Crash Craddock perfect article in today's Hun. Details how Warner taunted CA about the pay dispute and how CA loathe him. He cannot play another Test surely because as Craddock correctly says 'If Warner did play another Test, it would not be as a senior leader, but as a relic of a stained era and you wonder how he would jell with a team trying to move on from the mess he helped create.'
From Geoff Lemon's twitter:
Also in today's Hun was an article by Ben Horne who suggests that Sutherland should step down because of the player's refusal to adhere to mission statements regarding behavior and the spirit of cricket. It goes on to list prior bust ups like Symonds, Warner, Warne on Samuels. I am not entirely sold on the idea of Sutherland stepping down over this, but he will need to impose stiff penalties to put the fear of God into the team that transgressions will not be tolerated.I disagree with this line - "He's the leader, and if he can't control a teammate then he shouldn't be. If he didn't know about the plan beforehand, that means he lied about it afterwards."
If he cannot control Warner then Warner should not be there.
Crash ain't a huge fan of Warner , his probably been sitting on a fair bit of stuff that will gradually come outCrash Craddock perfect article in today's Hun. Details how Warner taunted CA about the pay dispute and how CA loathe him. He cannot play another Test surely because as Craddock correctly says 'If Warner did play another Test, it would not be as a senior leader, but as a relic of a stained era and you wonder how he would jell with a team trying to move on from the mess he helped create.'
Not only Crash either I don't think. There will be past players waiting to air the laundry and it won't be pretty.Crash ain't a huge fan of Warner , his probably been sitting on a fair bit if stuff that will gradually come out
He has only ever been a KFC Big Basher in my eyes, the fact he has a spot in the test team just shows how crap cricket has become.
He comes across as a bit of a dick and his ego far outweighs his cricket ability, for this reason I am not really surprised that he would stoop this low to gain an unfair advantage.
I think it goes both waysI disagree with this line - "He's the leader, and if he can't control a teammate then he shouldn't be. If he didn't know about the plan beforehand, that means he lied about it afterwards."
If he cannot control Warner then Warner should not be there.
There will be quite a line I feel !Not only Crash either I don't think. There will be past players waiting to air the laundry and it won't be pretty.
Observer yes , unbiased probably notIs crash an unbiased observer?
Also in today's Hun was an article by Ben Horne who suggests that Sutherland should step down because of the player's refusal to adhere to mission statements regarding behavior and the spirit of cricket. It goes on to list prior bust ups like Symonds, Warner, Warne on Samuels. I am not entirely sold on the idea of Sutherland stepping down over this, but he will need to impose stiff penalties to put the fear of God into the team that transgressions will not be tolerated.
I think it goes both ways
Warner was just a very poor choice as a VC , would like to know how that decision came about . Especially under a novice skipper
Your not picking one for your club or grade side who you hope will work , its the Australian side. Its been a huge blunder
If Smith cant control the VC what's to say he cant control any of the other players ?
If the lead up to what happened is correct ( and who really knows ?) then he failed a huge leadership test in my book
No one could ever control mark Jacko Jackson. Hence he was traded numerous times and ultimately let out of the system. You cannot control everyone.
It has to be said, for a long time the Australian cricket team has played favourites. You get promoted if you are on the "inside" and you get completely and utterly ostracised if you are on the "outside".
So the question is how did a culture develop where Warner is one of the first picked on the "inside"? When it is plainly obvious to everyone that he is a complete knob.
If you are the bowler I think you'd notice though.I agree with half of that, he’s being thrown under the bus it would seem but I don’t think everyone was in on it. I’m guessing they assumed it was the usual sweets, sugar etc stuff going on
Time for David to move on and get stuck into the next stage of his life.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22592460/david-warner-interested-political-career
Perfect career path.
Because Warner has comfortably been in our best two or three bats for years, and has played in a time where everyone bemoans our lack of batting depth.
Doesnt hurt to be from NSW either.
Success excuses many failings.