Sledging

[rod_rooster]

Matchett maybe quick but ive played with a couple of quicker bowlers in atca.

Matchett is sharp (and a very good bowler as well) but you are right that there are quicker bowlers around. Not necessarily as good but quicker.

Like you RR

ROFLMAO Players often say they would like to face themselves. I one of the rare breed that is slow enough for this to be possible

[Rolls Royce]

Warren Mitchell has got Matchett covered for heat. Bowls with some good wheels thats for sure.

[bulldogs]

Warren Mitchell has got Matchett covered for heat. Bowls with some good wheels thats for sure.

faced matchett and mitchell. 1st faced matchett in 1989 and he was real quick back then. i think he was quicker then mitchell maybe not now but in his younger years yes.

[Andy #24]

Showed some of the Kilburn cricket boys a print off from this thread today. Most thought it was funny. Curly aka Eldridge wants to kneecap goal machine and is very disappointed that he is no longer online.

[twogood4u]

So from what i am reading, If you take the bucks($) out of kilburn! you would end up with bucksh*t?

[twogood4u]

Showed some of the Kilburn cricket boys a print off from this thread today. Most thought it was funny. Curly aka Eldridge wants to kneecap goal machine and is very disappointed that he is no longer online.

Reading some of your dribble no one would take you serious. conspiring to commit a crime, eg;kneecapping(assault) is a crime! EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO MY OPINION

[amateur football]

No people - I am not hiding behind an avatar or name, I am Hosie and did coach those guys at Kilburn and Gepps for a 9 year period and no we were not angels, but we won premierships and played in the finals in 8 of my 9 years there as Coach, so the lads could play a bit.

Get over it if you were not mentally tough enough to get over when Callaghan, Curly, Bimmo or any of the lads said to you. Shows your mental frailty I would suggest. Some do gooder will now come on and say - well you as coach should have pulled them into line a bit. That is bullshit as they did not carry on that much. They were not angels, but sure as hell they were not complete idiots all day long.

Give me Matchett as a player everyday over Mitchell. While I agree Mitchell was and still is a good player, Matchett had it all over him. I played against Warren Mitchell when he was playing for Adelaide and opening the bowling. Sure he was quick, but not overly smart and nor was he when he played ATCA. Saw him carted by Callaghan and Brooks a few times.

Matchett, a smarter player than Mitchell, although both very good players. I can assure you that Matchett was as quick as anything going around in District Cricket for a long time as well. Give you the big tip, he was not much under the pace of say a Shane George, Gladigau, DeFreitas, McCurdy and a long list of other quicks who played in the 80's and early 90's, and this comes from a guy who needed a change of jocks a few times when facing them.

DeFreitas the Englishman was the quickest I have ever seen and lucky he was with me at Port Adelaide, as he was genuinely scary.

Dont for one minute think that Matchett was much under the pace of those guys I mentioned. Not having a go at Warren Mitchell either as he was an excellent player, but give me Matchett every time.

Dont blame Curly for wanting to give it to "Goal Machine", either as he stretched the truth a fair bit and for those who keep getting into Callaghan and saying he was a Wanker etc, etc - you are only jealous that he was not opening the stick or batting at 3 for you. I was very glad that he was on my side. Give me a guy who averaged in the mid 30s with the stick and a good back up or first choice keeper or close in fieldsman, I know who I will take.

Eldridge had some of the best hands for a keeper you will ever see at the stumps ever, so at least I have put my name to my piece, instead of having a crack at me or any of my players, you are more than capable of putting your names to your avatars and usernames without hiding. Come on - stop hiding and put your real names up here.

And Ted Bullpit - Callaghan would play you with a stump sunshine.

Unusual event hey fellas - someone putting his name to a piece. Now given you all the chances to take pot shots at me and the Kilburn/Gepps boys even further, hey by putting the truth up here. We won flags and played in finals DID YOU?????????????

[amateur football]

And just for the record Goal Machine - Ashley McDonald was Vice Captain of Gepps Cross for 7 years and did not miss many games during that time and was a handy cricketer and a good bloke.

You suggested that Hosie (ME), dropped him from the Grand Final team for not sledging enough. You fool. Who would drop someone for not sledging enough if their figures with bat or ball were good.

The sheer fact, was that Ashley MacDonald had scored 6 scores of under 5 runs consecutively and Danny Perkins had made two centuries and an 80 in the 3 previous B Grade Games to earn his Spot in the Grand Final team.

A guy with 300 runs in the last weeks of a season or a guy with 20 runs for that amount of time - WHO WOULD YOU PICK ROCKET SCIENTIST. The sledging factor never came into the choice, purely statistics and runs made. And just for the record all 4 people who picked the side all thought the same way.

Was, and still is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. - To tell a bloke he was not going to be in the starting 11 of a Grand Final team, but thats the life of a coach Goal Machine. Sometimes you have to do things you dont want to do and wish you can play with 12, but not possible. Am I a heartless prick for the choice of Perkins over McDonald (maybe), but heartlest or not, I picked teams on runs and wickets - not who they were, Vice Captain, Team Sponsor or whoever they were. Pure runs and wickets.

So Goal Machine - your little sledge has made you look awfully stupid, especially when you were not even close with the rumour

[Andy #24]

Hey Hosie,

I'd pick a guy for his sledging ability. Obviously it affects a few guys on here. Until they toughen up, it seems like sledgng is the way to go.

[NO-MERCY]

Nothing like a good sledge from time to time hey Andy!

[Andy #24]

Showed some of the Kilburn cricket boys a print off from this thread today. Most thought it was funny. Curly aka Eldridge wants to kneecap goal machine and is very disappointed that he is no longer online.

Reading some of your dribble no one would take you serious. conspiring to commit a crime, eg;kneecapping(assault) is a crime! EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO MY OPINION

Mate at least people can comprehend my dribble. Sometimes I wonder if you write a normal post then scramcle the words.

[twogood4u]

so! you do admit you post dribble. start a basketball threat andy.

[twogood4u]

MATE !

[razorback7]

And just for the record Goal Machine - Ashley McDonald was Vice Captain of Gepps Cross for 7 years and did not miss many games during that time and was a handy cricketer and a good bloke.

You suggested that Hosie (ME), dropped him from the Grand Final team for not sledging enough. You fool. Who would drop someone for not sledging enough if their figures with bat or ball were good.

The sheer fact, was that Ashley MacDonald had scored 6 scores of under 5 runs consecutively and Danny Perkins had made two centuries and an 80 in the 3 previous B Grade Games to earn his Spot in the Grand Final team.

A guy with 300 runs in the last weeks of a season or a guy with 20 runs for that amount of time - WHO WOULD YOU PICK ROCKET SCIENTIST. The sledging factor never came into the choice, purely statistics and runs made. And just for the record all 4 people who picked the side all thought the same way.

Was, and still is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. - To tell a bloke he was not going to be in the starting 11 of a Grand Final team, but thats the life of a coach Goal Machine. Sometimes you have to do things you dont want to do and wish you can play with 12, but not possible. Am I a heartless prick for the choice of Perkins over McDonald (maybe), but heartlest or not, I picked teams on runs and wickets - not who they were, Vice Captain, Team Sponsor or whoever they were. Pure runs and wickets.

So Goal Machine - your little sledge has made you look awfully stupid, especially when you were not even close with the rumour

Question Amateur Footy (Hosie), "wasn't MacDonald your top scorer in the Semi you won?? and isnt the true story you dropped him cos he can't sledge??"
thats what ive heard.... i definately prefer too have macdonald opening the batting for my team in a grand final, ive never played with a batsmen that can be the rock of the innings and hold up an end all day as well as him, would be an asset too have in a grand final. Just my opinion..
and would of deserved his spot if he top scored in the winning semi?

[amateur football]

Ridiculous to suggest that. Please read the story above. Ashley McDonald was a good solid bat, but had a bad year and certainly did not make the top score in the Semi Final. After checking, it was found he made 7. This to go with nearly 2 months of constantly low scores were the key to him being dropped - never would anyone get dropped for NOT SLEDGING. Someone has made up a good story there I would suggest. Which coach in their right mind would drop someone who was scoring constant runs and was the top scorer for you in a Semi Final against Walkerville.

Simple he was not the top score and had a very poor season. Always looked good, looked compact, got in behind everything, but never scored a run that year. Just one of those ordinary seasons that people have in their careers. We have all had them.

I only ever picked teams on who was scoring runs and wickets - simple. As mentioned in the above post, the 4 people who picked the side ALL decided that Danny Perkins was to replace Ashley McDonald and I was one of the 4.

As stated above Danny Perkins the guy who replaced him, had scored two centuries and an eighty before the Grand Final and was a former District and Sheffield Shield Cricketer, so also gave me valuable experience. As it turned out, Danny scored 34 and took 3 catches in the slips with his great hands as well.

I had nothing against Ashley McDonald and once again as stated earlier - it was and still is the hardest thing I have ever done to anyone. Telling them they had missed out on a Grand Final side. Nothing nice about being placed in that situation, I can assure you, but as Coach it was my responsibility. I did not just put the side up on the board, or read it out or just piss off without talking to Ashley. I actually asked Ash Mac, to come outside with me for a chat and told him the bad news "one on one". Obviously he was not happy, as would I not have been or anyone else for that matter, but thats life unfortunately - when 12 does not go into 11. Perhaps in other year Ashley was that Rock of Gibraltar, but this year he had a shocker and unfortunately you pick teams on runs and wickets, not on what might have been or who did what last year or 5 years ago. Today is all that matters when picking any side, let alone a Grand Final side.

[bulldogs]

Ridiculous to suggest that. Please read the story above. Ashley McDonald was a good solid bat, but had a bad year and certainly did not make the top score in the Semi Final. After checking, it was found he made 7. This to go with nearly 2 months of constantly low scores were the key to him being dropped - never would anyone get dropped for NOT SLEDGING. Someone has made up a good story there I would suggest. Which coach in their right mind would drop someone who was scoring constant runs and was the top scorer for you in a Semi Final against Walkerville.

Simple he was not the top score and had a very poor season. Always looked good, looked compact, got in behind everything, but never scored a run that year. Just one of those ordinary seasons that people have in their careers. We have all had them.

I only ever picked teams on who was scoring runs and wickets - simple. As mentioned in the above post, the 4 people who picked the side ALL decided that Danny Perkins was to replace Ashley McDonald and I was one of the 4.

As stated above Danny Perkins the guy who replaced him, had scored two centuries and an eighty before the Grand Final and was a former District and Sheffield Shield Cricketer, so also gave me valuable experience. As it turned out, Danny scored 34 and took 3 catches in the slips with his great hands as well.

I had nothing against Ashley McDonald and once again as stated earlier - it was and still is the hardest thing I have ever done to anyone. Telling them they had missed out on a Grand Final side. Nothing nice about being placed in that situation, I can assure you, but as Coach it was my responsibility. I did not just put the side up on the board, or read it out or just piss off without talking to Ashley. I actually asked Ash Mac, to come outside with me for a chat and told him the bad news "one on one". Obviously he was not happy, as would I not have been or anyone else for that matter, but thats life unfortunately - when 12 does not go into 11. Perhaps in other year Ashley was that Rock of Gibraltar, but this year he had a shocker and unfortunately you pick teams on runs and wickets, not on what might have been or who did what last year or 5 years ago. Today is all that matters when picking any side, let alone a Grand Final side.

what grades did you win grand finals with at Gepps at Kilburn not your club grade but the atca grade? just interested as im sure kilburn have never played higher then A2

[Dogwatcher]

I've been highly offended by the sledge "well bowled champ".

[rainbow warrior]

I've been highly offended by the sledge "well bowled champ".

Yes I laughed when I read that. I guess it can only be taken as different cultures misinterpreting others. Very interesting.

[Dogwatcher]

No, not different cultures - just sooking in this circumstance. It would never have come up if there hadn't been a problem with Dhoni.

[sharks]

Ridiculous to suggest that. Please read the story above. Ashley McDonald was a good solid bat, but had a bad year and certainly did not make the top score in the Semi Final. After checking, it was found he made 7. This to go with nearly 2 months of constantly low scores were the key to him being dropped - never would anyone get dropped for NOT SLEDGING. Someone has made up a good story there I would suggest. Which coach in their right mind would drop someone who was scoring constant runs and was the top scorer for you in a Semi Final against Walkerville.

Simple he was not the top score and had a very poor season. Always looked good, looked compact, got in behind everything, but never scored a run that year. Just one of those ordinary seasons that people have in their careers. We have all had them.

I only ever picked teams on who was scoring runs and wickets - simple. As mentioned in the above post, the 4 people who picked the side ALL decided that Danny Perkins was to replace Ashley McDonald and I was one of the 4.

As stated above Danny Perkins the guy who replaced him, had scored two centuries and an eighty before the Grand Final and was a former District and Sheffield Shield Cricketer, so also gave me valuable experience. As it turned out, Danny scored 34 and took 3 catches in the slips with his great hands as well.

I had nothing against Ashley McDonald and once again as stated earlier - it was and still is the hardest thing I have ever done to anyone. Telling them they had missed out on a Grand Final side. Nothing nice about being placed in that situation, I can assure you, but as Coach it was my responsibility. I did not just put the side up on the board, or read it out or just piss off without talking to Ashley. I actually asked Ash Mac, to come outside with me for a chat and told him the bad news "one on one". Obviously he was not happy, as would I not have been or anyone else for that matter, but thats life unfortunately - when 12 does not go into 11. Perhaps in other year Ashley was that Rock of Gibraltar, but this year he had a shocker and unfortunately you pick teams on runs and wickets, not on what might have been or who did what last year or 5 years ago. Today is all that matters when picking any side, let alone a Grand Final side.

what grades did you win grand finals with at Gepps at Kilburn not your club grade but the atca grade? just interested as im sure kilburn have never played higher then A2

No answer on that one