Tim Nielsen

[Ill Chicken]

"We've had a pretty good run and I'm not sure who they have been playing lately but they'd want to front up pretty well then, wouldn't they."

Good coach.

 

[Zeke]

He's there because he's liked, not because he's a good coach.

 

[YOTC]

He's liked?

 

[The Passenger]

hmmmm, definately not the commnets you want coming from the national coach.

especially when you consider these are the lasts tests we play before trying to regain the ashes....

 

[Plugger35]

"We've had a pretty good run and I'm not sure who they have been playing lately but they'd want to front up pretty well then, wouldn't they."

Good coach.

Don't know if Neilsen is talking about Tests, ODIs or T20s but either way they've only beaten pretty weak West Indies and Pakistan sides this summer. If he is talking tests then he must have a short memory as they lost the Ashes series only 6 months ago.

NZ might struggle to beat Australia in the test series but they won't be a pushover in the ODIs and T20s. They wouldn't want to be too cocky or they may get a surprise.

 

[spookism]

Too busy thinking about sex (I mean success)

 

[King Elvis]

He's there because he's liked, not because he's a good coach.

Liked by who?

The mail from a number of different places is that most of the senior players aren't fans of his at all...

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

especially when you consider these are the lasts tests we play before trying to regain the ashes....

Pakistan in July.

 

[Ill Chicken]

Nielsen was right on the money.

 

[Gazza_11]

Pakistan in July.

And hopefully India

 

[ManWithNoName]

And hopefully India

Oh god, not again.

 

[Gazza_11]

Wait for it......in test matches this time. With the Ashes coming up, it might be good preparation in playing against good opposition, compared to the backyard novices we've been up against recently.

Although, it also has the potential to completely screw us over, seeing as we're gonna have to go play on flatties there and come back to play England in Brisbane.

 

[BluesInTheSky]

Flatties? Is that why Aussie batsmen struggle to make runs there? Or struggle to win test series in India? Grow up and take off your fan boy glasses.

 

[mattymac]

what a knob. srsly.

 

[Damon_3388]

"We've had a pretty good run and I'm not sure who they have been playing lately but they'd want to front up pretty well then, wouldn't they."

Good coach.

If he's really that clueless, it takes a 2 minute look on CricInfo to find out who New Zealand (the "they" he's talking about, I'm assuming) have played recently. NZ haven't been playing superpowers themselves (Bangladesh and before that Pakistan), but the Kiwis are definitely a better side (especially at home) than anyone we've faced all Summer.

 

[King Elvis]

Should've been sacked after we lost at home to the Saffers, and again after we lost the Ashes (where he apparently had a major say in the selections and tactics which failed us).

Why does he have a job when he is apparently disliked by a lot of the players, and unlike Buchannan, doesn't have a record of success to fall back on?

 

[Ill Chicken]

His comments for this test have been pretty average. Any chance of actually commenting on the game at present rather than referring continually to the plan beforehand?

 

[King Elvis]

He's just plain shit; once you accept that, you stop getting worked up about it.

 

[Cleavy]

He's just plain shit; once you accept that, you stop getting worked up about it.

I still seem to get worked up about it.

 

[sudzz]

According to me coaching Australia must be the toughest job for any coach. Unlike 99.9% of all other teams, Australia is the only team that has players that are actually ready for the highest level (most times- what is Marcus North doing in the team!!!!).

This means the job is to ensure that they remain injury free, when they lose form understand the technical issue and sort that out and finally keep them mentally in a zone where they can deliver greater than 100%.

If you really look at it, barring the technical aspect the coach cannot play a role in most other areas and you need other specialists for those things. Thats why probably a Warne and many others feel that a Coach is a redundant entity at this level.

In case of Australia its more true than anywhere else because honestly tell me how can any one improve Hussey or Clarke they are at their best already.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

According to me coaching Australia must be the toughest job for any coach. Unlike 99.9% of all other teams, Australia is the only team that has players that are actually ready for the highest level (most times- what is Marcus North doing in the team!!!!).

This means the job is to ensure that they remain injury free, when they lose form understand the technical issue and sort that out and finally keep them mentally in a zone where they can deliver greater than 100%.

If you really look at it, barring the technical aspect the coach cannot play a role in most other areas and you need other specialists for those things. Thats why probably a Warne and many others feel that a Coach is a redundant entity at this level.

In case of Australia its more true than anywhere else because honestly tell me how can any one improve Hussey or Clarke they are at their best already.

I don't understand the first sentence. Surely not having to wet-nurse players should make the job easier?

And that's not true anyway, it's probably a full-time job trying to help Johnson get through puberty. Those teenage tantrums and all that sort of stuff can be very trying.

 

[Selective Retention]

He's a CA yes man, nothing more.

Surely someone like Shipperd would be 100x the coach. The Vics could coach themselves but he had a pretty good record with a so so Tassie team, getting them to a couple of shield finals, when he was in charge there as well.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Nielsen should carry the can.

Our batsmen fail to put a price on their wickets and our bowlers don't know how to bowl to the conditions.

Hopefully the loss to Pakistan will force Cricket Australia to critically evaluate the set-up with the Ashes looming. England has its best chance in a long time to win the Ashes in Australia.

 

[jiphoc]

Nielsen has the easiest job in the world. Coaching players who probaly know more about the game then himself. Warne is 100% spot on about coaches. I cannot remember what he said off hand a I cbf finding it but it was along the same line.

 

[King Elvis]

Nielsen has the easiest job in the world. Coaching players who probaly know more about the game then himself. Warne is 100% spot on about coaches. I cannot remember what he said off hand a I cbf finding it but it was along the same line.

I've heard from numerous people, in both Victoria, SA and WA, that Nielsen is more of a hindrance than a help.