Watson breaks down AGAIN

[mcphee_is_a_gun]

Calf strain., feel sorry for the lad. Who replaces him? Hodge or Clark/Johnson?

 

[usalion]

Would have to be Hodge- support the batting rather than bowling

Bowling- Mcgrath, Tait, Bracken and hogg will get you 40 overs
Roy back on form now- can get the other 10

 

[Cleavy]

Hodge. Can fiddle 10 overs out of Symonds and Clarke (and Hodge, if required).

 

[likka]

No surprise here, the guy is unfortunately an injury just waiting to happen.

Hodge would be the guy to replace Robot, unless the pitch has a lot in it, then probably Clark would get a gig.

Don't be surprised if he gives up bowling in the next 12 months, his body just cannot handle it.

 

[CattyBossDog]

That improves the Australian team immeasurably. They should now be unbackable to win the WC with the only bloke who could single handedly lose a game for them out of the team.

 

[Kahuna]

He seriously needs to harden the **** up and stop loooking like a pansy little girl. I think that they shouldnt bring in Hodge.

 

[SWANNIES RULE]

The problem is, he has a physique of a personal trainer, not a cricketer.

 

[stickman11]

The problem is, he has a physique of a personal trainer, not a cricketer.

Should be eating more wheaties

 

[King Elvis]

He seriously needs to harden the **** up and stop loooking like a pansy little girl. I think that they shouldnt bring in Hodge.

What a stupid post.

He doesn't react well to injury, but for ****s sakes, if you were in his position and kept breaking down like that, you'd be devastated too.

He wasn't going too bad, bowling was alright and he'd put in a couple of decent knocks with the bat.

I don't think losing him will affect us massively, but everytime he's on the cusp of becoming a valuable player he hurts himself.

How long he's out for?

 

[mbuck]

He seriously needs to harden the **** up and stop loooking like a pansy little girl. I think that they shouldnt bring in Hodge.

you train your whole life for one event, the world cup and that is cut short. You wouldnt be mad or sad?

 

[The Dice Man]

you train your whole life for one event, the world cup and that is cut short. You wouldnt be mad or sad?

Ive told you a thousand times, do not exaggerate.

 

[mbuck]

Ive told you a thousand times, do not exaggerate.

I mock you and everything you stand for
but seriously, as a cricketer you want to play in the world cup, it should be your goal. look at Oram, he was going to cut off his finger to play, surely missing out would be a big deal to an international cricketer?

 

[The Dice Man]

I mock you and everything you stand for
but seriously, as a cricketer you want to play in the world cup, it should be your goal. look at Oram, he was going to cut off his finger to play, surely missing out would be a big deal to an international cricketer?

No doubt, but I dont think the World Cup is the 1 event he's trained his whole life for... whichever way you look at it.

 

[King Elvis]

No doubt, but I dont think the World Cup is the 1 event he's trained his whole life for... whichever way you look at it.

Playing for Australia is what he's trained for his entire life.

The World Cup is the biggest event in that context.

 

[The Dice Man]

Playing for Australia is what he's trained for his entire life.

The World Cup is the biggest event in that context.

Personally think the Ashes are a bigger event, but that's just me.


His ENTIRE life hey?

 

[Slay Master G]

Watson breaking down was always going to happen.

Thank god it was now, and not early in the finals leaving us a player short.

IMO, he was always going to be an injury liability and why he was risked in this tournament, is beyond me.

We will be strengthened by the inclusion of either Hodge or another bowler.

 

[frankrizzo]

A complete list of people and things that are softer than shane watson

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end of list.

 

[mcphee_is_a_gun]

Im as big a critic of Watson but he was starting to show some signs of being the all-rounder we need. You've gotta feel for him, everytime he looks like emerging as a player he gets injured.

 

[thewhippersnapper]

also remember that he was going to the 2003 world cup before a back injury.

 

[red+black]

Re: A complete list of people and things that are softer than shane watson

I think you under-estimate the mental and physical toughness of the .

 

[frankrizzo]

Re: A complete list of people and things that are softer than shane watson

true true im sure the . isn't afraid of ghosts either

 

[red+black]

also remember that he was going to the 2003 world cup before a back injury.

Roy remembers.

This is good news for when we face England* and Sri Lanka. We'll need the extra batsman.

* - just kidding

 

[mbuck]

Re: A complete list of people and things that are softer than shane watson

such is the bigfooty posting community:

if he had walked off and not sooking = doesnt want to play for australia, arrogant = drop him now!

 

[frankrizzo]

Re: A complete list of people and things that are softer than shane watson

it's not about last night.

he's soft and always has been and i say that as a queenslander btw.

he over trains and doesn't do enough hard work where it actually counts.

he needs to stop hitting the gym and start getting out into the middle more and doing the work there.

 

[red+black]

Re: A complete list of people and things that are softer than shane watson

Bgb.