Sack a selector

[eddiesmith]

So the time has come, Friday morning in Melbourne the CA board will meet and decide which of the selectors will be sacked to make way for Greg Chappell. Unfortunately Hilditch is safe untill the World Cup so its down to 3, although I have a strong feeling I know who will win this poll

 

[western royboy]

I voted Jamie Cox

 

[Bucking Beads]

I voted Jamie Cox

I think the odds are stacked with him getting the sack.

 

[dr nick]

obviously swervyn mervyn will make way, but it will do nothing to stem the flow of taswegians littering the side

 

[Bucking Beads]

obviously swervyn mervyn will make way, but it will do nothing to stem the flow of taswegians littering the side

two heads is better than one....

 

[The Governor]

Jamie Cox, Merv Hughes and Andrew Hilditch should be given the sack!!!

Merv is more interested in making TV appearances on Channel 10 whilst Hilditch loves to indulge in the hook shot whilst making comments about our selection policies. He is more interested in walking his Golden Retriever down Glenelg Beach.

Jamie Cox has a conflict of interest. He is the High Performance Director of SACA and how can CA endorse his selection nomination?

THE GOVERNOR

 

[ManWithNoName]

Should be Merv. Please god be Merv.

 

[Jimthegreat]

No "all of the above" option....lol!

Wish there was!

 

[mattymac]

if it has to be only one of them, then merv

 

[King Elvis]

All of them.

But Merv.

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Jamie Cox - can't sack Boonie or Merv.

 

[Kim Hagdorn]

Great to see Merv leading the poll by a looong way.

 

[CAS79]

The cries for Merv to be a selector rang loud and clear, need a Victorian, need a Victorian on the panel.

We need a bloody panel member who watches cricket and not complain about it, that's your frigging job.

 

[albundysmate]

all of them. bring some new blood that has just recently retired from test cricket in the last 7 years

 

[frankrizzo]

Hard to argue against merv going, guy was a lion heart cricketer and a genuine personality to boot but he's an awful selector who seems to see the job as money for nothing.

But it's sad when you can't really find compelling cases to keep the other dropkicks.

At this moment i would trust chappell picking the team by himself over having any combo of the others working with him.

 

[King Elvis]

Chappell & Ponting are the only two selectors we need.

Get Hohns or AB back.

 

[SouthSwans]

Keep Boony on, get rid of the rest.

 

[The Governor]

Jamie Cox has to be released to make way for GS Chappell. He is the High Performance Director of South Australian cricket and it appears he has a conflict of interest.

Merv and Boony have test match experience and will be mentored by the great GS Chappell who gave them their first taste of test cricket back in 1984 and 1985.

The Happy Hooker will bow out after the 2011 World Cup and he continues to make blunders by favouring mature age batsmen and young fast bowlers. And, if you look at the One Day XI and 20-20 XI, the teams are full of young players (Warner, Stephen Smith, Mitchell Starc etc). Is not that funny?

It will be totally logical for GS Chappell to become our new CHairman after the 2011 World Cup. He is a full time employee of CA and he is responsible for making sure we will become the number 1 test nation in test cricket. So, he will go by the old formulae of picking youth ahead of mature age batters whose age is at least 25. Chappell will be prepared to become adventourous by picking 20 to 21 year old batsmen to play test cricket to give them a chance to test their game against quality bowling.

If you really look at things in hindsight, I am prepared to say the amount of runs Hodge, North and Katich have scored in SHield cricket to win a Baggy Green Cap is totally overrated. They scored their runs against average bowling attacks who are not up to test match standard.

In conclusion, it would be great to see the departure of Hilditch and Cox for 2 new selectors who will pick youth ahead of mature age batsmen.

THE GOVERNOR

 

[King Elvis]

Gov, those guys made those runs when Kaspa, Bichel, Lee, Gillespie etc were still playing regular domestic cricket.

 

[The Governor]

Gov, those guys made those runs when Kaspa, Bichel, Lee, Gillespie etc were still playing regular domestic cricket.

Lee and Dizzy were not playing regular domestic cricket from 2002 to 2007. From memory, Brett Lee was 12th man on countless occasions during the 2004-2005 season whilst Kaspa and Gillespie were playing test matches for Australia.

Has our cricket programming allowed for 3 to 4 shield games to be played before the 1st test match? During this time, all of our test players are available to fine tune their 4 day game whilst the budding young players have a chance to score runs against top quality bowling and claim the scalps of our test match regulars.

How can the selectors pick Katich and North on the back of a glutton of runs being scored against average shield bowling attacks?

Ignore YOUTH AT YOUR OWN PERIL

 

[Belnakor]

Anyone who has a ****in whinge about watching cricket 24/7 and getting paid 200k a year needs to **** off ASAP - good bye Merv.

 

[Selective Retention]

Confirmed as Merv. Heard it on SEN.

Interestingly the mirror in the UK ran with it yesterday, lucky guess maybe.

 

[beez]

And Merv is gone...

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Is it also true Merv was part of the Fanatics tour for the last Ashes tour to the UK and wasn't fulfilling his role as a selector?

 

[Jimthegreat]

Lee and Dizzy were not playing regular domestic cricket from 2002 to 2007. From memory, Brett Lee was 12th man on countless occasions during the 2004-2005 season whilst Kaspa and Gillespie were playing test matches for Australia.

Has our cricket programming allowed for 3 to 4 shield games to be played before the 1st test match? During this time, all of our test players are available to fine tune their 4 day game whilst the budding young players have a chance to score runs against top quality bowling and claim the scalps of our test match regulars.

How can the selectors pick Katich and North on the back of a glutton of runs being scored against average shield bowling attacks?

Ignore YOUTH AT YOUR OWN PERIL

I see you point for sure but using Katich was a bad example. His batting at Test level has been terrific.