Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[Eddie Dingle]

They'd normally have 3 dozen of the pricks waiting in the wings. The cupboard's gone bare.

Word.

 

[Doctor Feel]

lol. I hope betting agency's are refunding everyone's money.

 

[Portmanteau]

This is what happens when you draw a line in the sand, kids.

 

[Stromageddon]

Troy Chaplin board

 

[Chopperdave]

Am I the only one who thinks there may be more to it than they are reporting.......

Edit: Also the sooner we get rid of Arthur and get either Lehmann or Shipperd in charge of the Australian team the better...

 

[spookism]

Am I the only one who thinks there may be more to it than they are reporting.......

Edit: Also the sooner we get rid of Arthur and get either Lehmann or Shipperd in charge of the Australian team the better...

This, 100x this.

 

[It Just Is]

Just keeps getting better..

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket...stood-down-for-third-test-20130311-2fw9i.html

Sacked vice-captain Shane Watson sensationally left India, headed for Sydney, on Monday night after being one of four Australian players stood down for Thursday’s third Test.

 

[Doctor Feel]

lol Australian cricket

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

From that SMH article

Watson was made unavailable for the third leg of the series, alongside fast bowlers James Pattinson and Mitchell Johnson, and back-up batsman Usman Khawaja, for a breach of team discipline. Head coach Mickey Arthur said the quartet had failed to comply with requests to deliver a presentation, by email or in person, on what they bring to the team.

.....


Arthur said the sackings were an effort to enforce team culture and that the four players would be available again for the fourth Test in Delhi. It is unclear, however, if Watson will be back for that.

‘‘This is a line in the sand,’’ Arthur said. ‘‘We pride ourselves on attitude. We have given the players a huge amount of latitude to get culture and attitude right. We believe that those behaviours are not consistent with what we want to do with this team, how we want to take this team to be the best in the world. I believe those four players unfortunately did not meet my requirements so those four players are not available for selection for this Test match.’’

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/watson-heading-home-after-being-stood-down-for-third-test-20130311-2fw9i.html#ixzz2NEP082vW

Micky the culture you want to implement is BS, that's why the players rejected it. FFS do you reckon Don Bradman, Ritchie Benaud, Ian Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Merv Hughes, Shane Warne, Glen McGrath, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie and about 450 other test crickets had to explain to any coach or manager what they bring to the team.

Wish one of them had written an aggressive, mongrel bastard attitude that doesn't care for namby pamby modern behavioral science BS.

D_One many years ago told me that if you give a petty official an ounce of power, they become a meg-la maniac

 

[Noobz0r]

Watson left for the birth of his child, nothing to see there.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Just saw the new Coles ad for about the 4th time and their new Whatever You Want ad and wondered if those old blokes are really the guys from Status Quo playing the Down Down hands guitars. Checked with Google and found out it is. The video is embedded in the story.

http://www.marketingmag.com.au/news/status-quo-stars-in-new-coles-ad-with-another-parody-song-37295/

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I would have thought being selected to play cricket for Australia would tell people what you "brought to the side".

"I've been selected to open the batting for Australia"

"Yes but what do you bring to the side?"

"errr my bat?"

I would have shown the dirty safa my baggy green and said "**** off".

 

[HugeJohnson]

Wow The Prodigy were amazing last night. Second best show I've seen behind Metallica.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Wow The Prodigy were amazing last night. Second best show I've seen behind Metallica.

I have a friend call Ian. He is always on drugs. Do you know how I can tell?

He is always Ian.

 

[pastmyprimus]

Mickey Arthur could have avoided this mess if he'd followed the pre Ken Port Adelaide way of dealing with a bad loss. He could of got the Aussie cricketers to draw lines in the sand.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Mickey Arthur could have avoided this mess if he'd followed the pre Ken Port Adelaide way of dealing with a bad loss. He could of got the Aussie cricketers to draw lines in the sand.

If everyone drew a line in the sand where would all the sand go?









Brenton Sandersons vagina is my guess.

 

[finbarr]

Just saw the new Coles ad for about the 4th time and their new Whatever You Want ad and wondered if those old blokes are really the guys from Status Quo playing the Down Down hands guitars. Checked with Google and found out it is. The video is embedded in the story.

http://www.marketingmag.com.au/news/status-quo-stars-in-new-coles-ad-with-another-parody-song-37295/

Things are looking up for the 'Quo.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Things are looking up for the 'Quo.

The bogans Ramones.

 

[Noobz0r]

You're on fire so far today Eddie.

 

[Natman]

I would have thought being selected to play cricket for Australia would tell people what you "brought to the side".

"I've been selected to open the batting for Australia"

"Yes but what do you bring to the side?"

"errr my bat?"

I would have shown the dirty safa my baggy green and said "**** off".

I would think that a couple of the suspended cricketers didn't complete the form because they couldn't understand the question and the others because they had trouble putting it into readable words.

 

[Macca19]

Wow The Prodigy were amazing last night. Second best show I've seen behind Metallica.

Shattered i missed it. Will always be my favourite band and they are the best live band in the world by a mile

 

[Doctor Feel]

Shattered i missed it. Will always be my favourite band and they are the best live band in the world by a mile

I think they are one of the most over rated bands in history. They've been utterly useless since the fat of the land.

* should probably move this to the unpopular opinions thread

 

[Andre]

From that SMH article

Watson was made unavailable for the third leg of the series, alongside fast bowlers James Pattinson and Mitchell Johnson, and back-up batsman Usman Khawaja, for a breach of team discipline. Head coach Mickey Arthur said the quartet had failed to comply with requests to deliver a presentation, by email or in person, on what they bring to the team.

The thing I took out of this whole cluster **** is Arthur going to the players 'Shit, I don't know how to get you guys to win, please give me some ideas and save my job'. The Aussie cricketers have enough work to fix their own games up without doing his job for him on top of that.

 

[Macca19]

I think they are one of the most over rated bands in history. They've been utterly useless since the fat of the land.

* should probably move this to the unpopular opinions thread

Theyve only released two albums since. One was awful, the other probably better than fat of the land

 

[Macca19]

Bootleg breweery in margaret ricer is excellent