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Mitchell Johnson

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Xtreme said:
Has one decent spell on a bowlers paradise wicket and everyone thinks that he is back in town. Watch him bowl on harder wickets, and see if he can take more than one or two "vital" wickets.

Look at Siddle hero of the moment one innings, batsmans fodder the next.....
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you're a joke if you think that was a 'decent' spell - Siddle's spell was decent, Johnson's was devastating

at his best, he is the best fast bowler in the world - the issue is that he's not often at his best and we need to address that...perhaps he needs to memorise whatever work he and Cooley did and do it as a lead-up to every Test

so man up and call it for what it was...one of the best fast-bowling displays you'd hope to see and right when his team needed it the most

peace
 
He bowled brilliantly, and it was easily the best he has swung since coming into the side. However, that wasn't all there was to it. His bouncers had venom, aside from a bit of a shaky start he was very accurate, he bowled with variation (I loved the commentators zooming in on them shining the ball, and then Johnson placing it in hs hand with the shiny side in, as opposed to out: that ball held it's line, rather than swinging in, and almost took the edge). He didn't just swing it, he bowled quickly, intelligently and accurately. Even without that breeze he would have nabbed a few.
 
beatnik said:
perhaps he needs to memorise whatever work he and Cooley did and do it as a lead-up to every Test
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I read Johnson and Cooley worked on changing his run up, so he is now 'jogging' in, compared to sprinting in, and he's focusing on sprinting in on the last few feet to the crease. In turn he's meant to be releasing the ball alot higher than he has been recently; and has a bit more control. If correct, it seems to have done the trick!
 

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TassieSaint said:
This thread is equally if not more likely to be bumped in vengeful fashion than the Siddle one
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Hate to pump up my own tires but...

Incredibly frustrating bowler but the fact is we need him playing well to beat quality sides like England, even if we have to put up with a lot of poor bowling in between.
 
TassieSaint said:
Hate to pump up my own tires but...

Incredibly frustrating bowler but the fact is we need him playing well to beat quality sides like England, even if we have to put up with a lot of poor bowling in between.
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I don't expect to win this match as Johnson so rarely performs in second innings and apart from Harris the others don't look threatening, but his bowling yesterday was sheer box office.

He looks a completely different person, not just bowler, when he is getting swing.

It would be nice if our batsmen would make the bowlers get them out by brilliant bowling instead of a series of lame pokes or going for glory shots and handing mediocre bowling by someone like Finn lots of wickets.
 
Scotland said:
Third test, 2nd innings

Trott LBW b Johnson
Pietersen LBW b Johnson
Collingwood LBW b Johnson
Tremlett b Johnson

+ 2 catches

First test, first innings

Prior b Siddle
Broad LBW b Siddle
Swann LBW b Siddle

+ 3 catches

Amazing what happens when you pitch the ball up a bit.
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Eight wickets came from full balls in England's first innings, including the top six.
 
Gentlemen, I fear you are all getting too emotional. Let’s look at the cold hard facts. Jeff Thomson, 51 tests for 200 wickets. That is 4 wickets per test. Waqar Younis, 87 tests for 373 wickets, which is 4.28 wickets per test. Wasim Akram, probably the best ever left arm quick, 414 wickets in 104 tests or 4 wickets per test. Mitchell Johnson’s Left Arm Rat Shit? 40 Tests for 175 wickets or 4.38 wickets per test, the best of the bunch. Mitchell Johnson's batting average at 22.75 matches that of Akram. Sooooo, before you denigrate someone, how about at least showing them enough respect to do a little background research to get some clear perspective? :)
 

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Carl Spackler said:
When he swings it in he's close to the best fast bowler in the world. Shame we haven't seen it often. He doesn't seem to be able to maintain it. Needs a hurricane-like Fremantle Doctor helping out.

If he could bottle what he had in South Africa he would be an out and out champion.

When he loses his swing he is very one dimensional and relies completely on batter error.
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Haha you're one of these cats who's read the tabloids and bought into the "Mitch is only a gun when he swings it" myth. Mitch is unplayable when he swings it, sure, but what he lost in the past year or so were his bread and butter weapons - his tight angling line with a bit of nip and his ribcage ball.

If you saw his spell against South Africa in Perth, there was zero swing. Absolutely no swing at all. Just a touch of cut angling across the right hander is what allowed him to gun it. And that's the delivery he's more than capable of taking everywhere with him when his head (and action) is right.

The poms have been talking up how they've "worked Johnson out" but really, they've only been leaving him because he wasn't hitting the line that he built his career on. He now is and we saw that regulation edge from Strauss when the movement wasn't happening through the air. The great thing about his cutting delivery is that as a batsman you categorically cannot pick it. You just can't. Because he never bowls with an upright seam - he either gets it seaming okay but at a low angle with a bit of wobble, or it comes out scrambled; both look virtually the same. This is how he has been enticing batsmen to play at the angling ball. And it's something he should have on tap. All the time.
 
Thecaptain said:
Gentlemen, I fear you are all getting too emotional. Let’s look at the cold hard facts. Jeff Thomson, 51 tests for 200 wickets. That is 4 wickets per test. Waqar Younis, 87 tests for 373 wickets, which is 4.28 wickets per test. Wasim Akram, probably the best ever left arm quick, 414 wickets in 104 tests or 4 wickets per test. Mitchell Johnson’s Left Arm Rat Shit? 40 Tests for 175 wickets or 4.38 wickets per test, the best of the bunch. Mitchell Johnson's batting average at 22.75 matches that of Akram. Sooooo, before you denigrate someone, how about at least showing them enough respect to do a little background research to get some clear perspective? :)
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Johnson bowled very well but please don't compare him to Wasim, one of the real greats. Wasim's effort was great given he was on sub-continent wickets alot.

Let's face it, Johnson has combined alot of sh1t with some of his decent stuff previously. Last Test he was exceptional.
 
As good as he was at the WACA, he should be dropped for the next two tests.

In her prime my mother could dismiss half the English batsmen on the WACA. The Prior dismissal on that last morning is a classic example of why they have only won there once in 12 attempts, they simple can't read the bounce and are unsure as to whether to go back or forward to certain lengths which leaves them woefully susceptible to any manner of dismissal.

wickets and # of tests per Australian venue

WACA - 30 wickets: 4 Tests: 7.5 wickets per Test
AO - 19 wickets: 3 Tests: 6.3 wickets per game
GABBA - 17 wickets: 4 Tests: 4.25 wickets per game
MCG - 11 wickets: 3 Tests: 3.6 wickets per game
SCG - 11 wickets: 3 Tests: 3.6 wickets per game
Hobart - 5 wickets: 2 Tests: 2.5 wickets per game

At the GABBA he is world class, at the WACA he is at freak like standards and at the Adelaide Oval he is surprisingly successful altho' 2 of his 3 games there have ended in pedestrian draws.

expect him to go wicketless in at least 1 innings in the remaining 2 tests if he plays, you can accept that at the SCG but he needs to pull his finger out at the MCG where he has been appallingly inept bar a 6 wicket game against a shithouse Pakistan that everyone questions anyway. 2 years ago he followed an 11 wicket game against the Saffers at the WACA with a mind numbingly rubbish 2/160 at the G.

he should be picked at certain venues like Dutchy Holland was, the only thing that will save him is that Siddle's record at the G is worse and Hilfy and Harris have never played a test there so I don't expect him to be the quick who misses out.
 
Jimthegreat said:
Johnson bowled very well but please don't compare him to Wasim, one of the real greats. Wasim's effort was great given he was on sub-continent wickets alot.

Let's face it, Johnson has combined alot of sh1t with some of his decent stuff previously. Last Test he was exceptional.
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People get pissed off with Johnson because he has so much talent. Or at least I do. How someone with his natural abilities has been given such a temperament is really frustrating. But his temperament is not his fault.
 

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Yeah, I thought so.

As if anything we say here on bigfooty will affect the outcome of the series.

Then again, I always tap my bat in my crease after the umpire says 'over', so who am I to criticise superstitions?

I bumped the thread because it made for interesting reading, in light of what has transpired thus far this series. King Elvis' posts particularly noteworthy.

:thumbsu:
 

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