#StandBySmith

[RedVest4]

Play on.

Everyone does it including England in 2005.

Ball tampering should be allowed as it’s a batsmen’s game anyway.

 

[craffles]

Shocked and staggered that people object to deliberate premeditated cheating?

K.

 

[craffles]

Play on.

Everyone does it including England in 2005.

Ball tampering should be allowed as it’s a batsmen’s game anyway.

The game is so heavily skewed to batsmen it's not funny. A little bit of extra dirt on the ball won't hurt

 

[Bicco]

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What do you mean by that?

 

[Cursed Cat]

Resign as Captain, serve a reasonable suspension (next test and a whole series) and return as a player.

I don't want him back, ever.

Don't care if other countries have pulled the same crap; we should set our own standards and unmitigated cheating is completely unacceptable.
Australian Cricket has been wallowing in its own holier-than-thou hubris for years, time to create a new culture, one that doesn't prioritize winning over fair play.

I'd be axing every single player involved in the planning and execution of this blatant act of cheating and installing a new captain; anything less is tantamount to condoning systemic cheating.

 

[eth-dog]

Checks the team OP supports - thread makes sense.

Really not surprised an Essendon supporter feels this way.
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater is not the correct analogy. That's suggesting that Smith (the baby) is not involved in the problem (the bathwater ) when he clearly is the problem.
OP probably needs to look up the definition of PC also as this has nothing to do with Political Correctness. Our cricket captain has cheated and encouraged cheating. It's not 'bending the rules' or 'pushing the limits', its cheating. He needs to go and be out of cricket gor a while, same for anybody else with knowledge of this in the changeroom.

One Essendon supporter wants to support Smith, so all of them do automatically. Great way to generalise.

 

[Bicco]

One Essendon supporter wants to support Smith, so all of them do automatically. Great way to generalise.

I said 'an', not all.

 

[Yidaki]

Convincing my craffles, but I'm going with no on this one.

I'll stand by the sand paper instead as it was the most innocent in this situation.

#standbyyellowsandpaper

 

[damochandler]

How can you stand by a bloke who orchestrated it all and he admitted it

 

[Badesumofu]

How can you stand by a bloke who orchestrated it all and he admitted it

He's had years of pratice.

 

[craffles]

What do you mean by that?

Everyone is being a bit precious, they are role models etc ban them etc.

Everyone needs to calm down

 

[damochandler]

Everyone is being a bit precious, they are role models etc ban them etc.

Everyone needs to calm down

Would you want any other countries captain banned for doing the same thing?

 

[The_Reaper]

Would you want any other countries captain banned for doing the same thing?

Not for life.

 

[jr4jane2004]

Both Smith and Warner seem to be not the brightest people going around. Probably in Top 5 highest paid athletes in Australia. They've be dreaming if this is not going to hit them in the hip pocket. Mind you instead of selling OLED Warner could market yellow sand paper.

 

[Tigersfan35]

Resign as Captain, serve a reasonable suspension (next test and a whole series) and return as a player.

Couldn't agree more, he's not the right man to lead the team.

 

[Demosthenes]

I honestly don't care about what happens from this point onwards.

I won't be watching the rest of this series, and I think I will struggle to take any interest in professional cricket for the foreseeable future.

 

[Matera92]

Sacked as Captain and sent back to shield cricket, don't care that he's our best bat, this is disgraceful and he's shamed Australian Cricket with his piss weak actions.

 

[craffles]

It's just a bit of tape far out

 

[Demosthenes]

It's high profile, organised cheating. The specifics don't really matter that much.

 

[Iskender Time]

How can you stand by a bloke who orchestrated it all and he admitted it

Exactly. Respect for blokes who orchestrate it all then deny everything in the face of all and any evidence.

 

[archibald]

Is there anything more irksome than the PC line being trotted out when confronted with criticism?

As a player yes. As a captain hell no. Lacks the fortitude, player management and tactical skills coupled with everything else. He said he will learn from his mistake in India, didn't. Even with this apology it was immediately followed by talking about the surveillance, which is inevitable. Just so dumb and disingenuous

 

[Redline]

#putyourtapeoutforbangers

 

[Tigerssaints]

give stevie /davey and boof big pay rises for keeping cricket on the front page

 

[RookiePick]

Lovely troll thread craffles

Missed opportunity though

#sandbysmith
#illsandwithyou

Lift a little please mate.

Sack the lot of them. Even my cometely non-sporting wife has been commenting on how this lot of mugs has embarrassed us on the world stage.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

give stevie /davey and boof big pay rises for keeping cricket on the front page

Bucks can chip in.