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It didn't help Phil Hughes much.

He'd probably be in the mix to open if he was still around.
As sad as it is to say now, he kept wasting his chances. But you couldn't take away from him that he was a fighter and kept butting his head through the door everytime selection time came around

You'd hope that would be a lesson to others coming in to be as hungry as he was given the tragic circumstance of what happened to him, alas...
 

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The likely squad...

In: Bancroft, Khawaja, Paine :drunk:, S.Marsh :thumbsdown:
Out: Renshaw :thumbsdown:, Maxwell :thumbsdown:, Wade, Cartwright

This is beyond a joke now. :thumbsdown: Who wants to test the waters on the Shaun Marsh selection? I'm in the mood for some rage banz. :drunk:
 

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The likely squad...

In: Bancroft, Khawaja, Paine :drunk:, S.Marsh :thumbsdown:
Out: Renshaw :thumbsdown:, Maxwell :thumbsdown:, Wade, Cartwright

This is beyond a joke now. :thumbsdown: Who wants to test the waters on the Shaun Marsh selection? I'm in the mood for some rage banz. :drunk:
Please don't ban Vesty, I need him for survivor.
 

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So we're recalling a wicket keeper who hasn't kept for his state this season in place of the guy who has been keeping for the same state team?

And mutha******* Smarsh is back, again?!

There isn't enough :drunk: emoticons in the BigFooty emoticon warehouse for this.
 

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So we're recalling a wicket keeper who hasn't kept for his state this season in place of the guy who has been keeping for the same state team?

And mutha******* Smarsh is back, again?!

There isn't enough :drunk: emoticons in the BigFooty emoticon warehouse for this.
I don't actually mind the Paine selection purely because the others have just been so damn pathetic that why not, he is a better gloveman than both of them. Never really seen Bancroft keep but f*** were he even serviceable we could've done worse than go with him.

Marsh has clearly been selected purely to take the heat off the Paine selection, no one knows where to direct their anger right now. :drunk:
 
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The likely squad...

In: Bancroft, Khawaja, Paine :drunk:, S.Marsh :thumbsdown:
Out: Renshaw :thumbsdown:, Maxwell :thumbsdown:, Wade, Cartwright

This is beyond a joke now. :thumbsdown: Who wants to test the waters on the Shaun Marsh selection? I'm in the mood for some rage banz. :drunk:
Paine's found Watson's photo stash. Blackmailed.

"Darren Lehmann has scored a Sheffield Shield ton (2007) more recently than Tim Paine (2006).....
" LOL
 

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Khawaja just scored a century in the domestic comp, I think he deserves his spot.
Cartwright unlucky, Shaun Marsh has had more than enough chances and I think Australia would have been better off handing the gloves to Bancroft or Handscomb.
 

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I sort of get why Cowan isn't in the conversation anymore. We've now built a system that doesn't reward him or other older players because we're looking to develop talent, like an AFL club. What Pat Howard doesn't realise is that cricket isn't the same as invasion sports, and you can still be elite as an older player.
Cowan has been tried and failed at Test level, but he should be getting a Shield game.

Howard needs to be second out the door, right after Sutherland, the useless accountant.

Paine's found Watson's photo stash. Blackmailed.

"Darren Lehmann has scored a Sheffield Shield ton (2007) more recently than Tim Paine (2006).....
" LOL
Paine is a better keeper than the other contenders. He can bat, although he rarely converts he's better with the blade than the other contenders.

I'm a big Renshaw fan but it's not the end of the world if he's dropped. He's very young and only has a couple of years on the first-class scene.
 

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I don't actually mind the Paine selection purely because the others have just been so damn pathetic that why not, he is a better gloveman than both of them. Never really seen Bancroft keep but f*** were he even serviceable we could've done worse than go with him.

Marsh has clearly been selected purely to take the heat off the Paine selection, no one knows where to direct their anger right now. :drunk:
Wade probably wouldn't have played any tests if Paine didn't break his finger when he was set to become the next long term Aussie keeper so Wade could hardly complain if Paine replaced him.
Paine is a better keeper than the other contenders. He can bat, although he rarely converts he's better with the blade than the other contenders.
So what you're all saying is that I shouldn't be blinded by the Paine selection, and that my vitriol should just be directed at the selection of Shaun Marsh?

I'm ok with this.
 

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So what you're all saying is that I shouldn't be blinded by the Paine selection, and that my vitriol should just be directed at the selection of Shaun Marsh?

I'm ok with this.
Correct.

But Paine is generating his fair share of hate too. Amongst all of this, barely a groan over Khawaja's likely selection. :p
 
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