Australia vs Sri Lanka ODI (Melb)

[Lightning McQueen]

I think we all just need to get used to losing for a while. We as supporters have had it so good over the past decade. Eventually we were going to struggle and now is that time. Having said that, get rid of the old boys and blood the young fellas now, otherwise it could be quite a long losing streak.

Something Windies supporters have had to deal with for 20 years.

They will bounce back, just have to accept some failure along the way. We need to realise also, that we will probably never see another team as dominant as we were in the history of the game ever again. We have just been very spoilt.

Yes, we were, I wonder if the quality of the other countries had anything to do with it, most of the other countries seem to be a lot better nowadays than they were ten years ago.

[Bum Crack]

I think we all just need to get used to losing for a while. We as supporters have had it so good over the past decade. Eventually we were going to struggle and now is that time. Having said that, get rid of the old boys and blood the young fellas now, otherwise it could be quite a long losing streak.

Something Windies supporters have had to deal with for 20 years.

They will bounce back, just have to accept some failure along the way. We need to realise also, that we will probably never see another team as dominant as we were in the history of the game ever again. We have just been very spoilt.

Yes, we were, I wonder if the quality of the other countries had anything to do with it, most of the other countries seem to be a lot better nowadays than they were ten years ago.

Are they better??? Or are we just a lot worse???

[Lightning McQueen]

Yes, we were, I wonder if the quality of the other countries had anything to do with it, most of the other countries seem to be a lot better nowadays than they were ten years ago.

Are they better??? Or are we just a lot worse???

Probably a bit of both IMO.

[The Dark Knight]

Thank god it won't be the same team that rocked up last night in Brisbane in 3 weeks.

The only ones that will be there are:
Watson - been ordinary the past month
Clarke - useless, i'm sick of defending him when he puts up performances like that
Hussey - gun. nearly saved our a*se last night
Haddin - unfortunately has done well the past couple, but deserves his spot.
Johnson - Overrated
At least there will be no:
Siddle
Hastings
White

All terrible.

Can't believe Clarke didn't bowl Smith. He nearly saved us with his fielding too.
Johnson was going at 6 an over and bowling short sh*t.
Siddle and Hastings the same.
These blokes just bowled short wide delivery after short wide delivery.
Ever heard of a yorker lads? They could take a leaf out of Lasith Malinga's book.

Possibly the only positive thing to come out of the night was......
X DOHERTY!
What a gun!
Should replace Haddin.
He'll be better than Warne!
Get him up here, I wanna boof him!

Rant over.

I think you got so excited there BG that you didn't notice that Haddin had the gloves on last night, so how is Doherty suppose to replace him if he's in the side as a spinner? And better than Warne?? WTF are you smoking?

[The Dark Knight]

Yes, we were, I wonder if the quality of the other countries had anything to do with it, most of the other countries seem to be a lot better nowadays than they were ten years ago.

Are they better??? Or are we just a lot worse???

Probably a bit of both IMO.

We lack that killer instinct that we once had, we now continue to have oppostion sides by the throat but can't finish them off in the way that we once could. We also seem to have lost that ability where we can just turn it on at the right moment and blitz teams. We hold back too much now, maybe out of the fear of losing (?), instead of going in for the kill.

[Jim05]

We used to play hard and be arrogant. Everyone jumped up and down and said we need to be nicer and humble and not sledge as much. I hope this is what you wanted because now we have a soft team. The great sides always had some arrogance look at the windies and waughs side, they knew they would win no matter what. They would sledge and play hard and then go into changerooms at end of day and share a beer. Nowadays they are all mummies boys and trying to be toi nice. Johnson and his like would never have got a game under border or waugh. The beginning of the end was the india test in sydney where we copped a heap of flack for being bad winners, i feel we have gone to far the other way. Toughen up, and have a beer or two ffs

[Interceptor]

We used to play hard and be arrogant. Everyone jumped up and down and said we need to be nicer and humble and not sledge as much. I hope this is what you wanted because now we have a soft team. The great sides always had some arrogance look at the windies and waughs side, they knew they would win no matter what. They would sledge and play hard and then go into changerooms at end of day and share a beer. Nowadays they are all mummies boys and trying to be toi nice. Johnson and his like would never have got a game under border or waugh. The beginning of the end was the india test in sydney where we copped a heap of flack for being bad winners, i feel we have gone to far the other way. Toughen up, and have a beer or two ffs

That's part of it for sure. Some people just don't get it. I've refused to read a Peter Roebuck article ever since his ridiculous character assasination effort of the Aussie side after that Sydney Test again India.

Losing the "big 3" Warne, McGrath and Gilchrist also created a large hole that has been near-impossible to fill.
Very similar to losing Lillee, Marsh and Chappell around 25 years ago, when the Australian side slid into an era of mediocrity (which wasn't helped by other players going on rebel tours to South Africa).

[Bum Crack]

We used to play hard and be arrogant. Everyone jumped up and down and said we need to be nicer and humble and not sledge as much. I hope this is what you wanted because now we have a soft team. The great sides always had some arrogance look at the windies and waughs side, they knew they would win no matter what. They would sledge and play hard and then go into changerooms at end of day and share a beer. Nowadays they are all mummies boys and trying to be toi nice. Johnson and his like would never have got a game under border or waugh. The beginning of the end was the india test in sydney where we copped a heap of flack for being bad winners, i feel we have gone to far the other way. Toughen up, and have a beer or two ffs

That's part of it for sure. Some people just don't get it. I've refused to read a Peter Roebuck article ever since his ridiculous character assasination effort of the Aussie side after that Sydney Test again India.

Losing the "big 3" Warne, McGrath and Gilchrist also created a large hole that has been near-impossible to fill.
Very similar to losing Lillee, Marsh and Chappell around 25 years ago, when the Australian side slid into an era of mediocrity (which wasn't helped by other players going on rebel tours to South Africa).

Throw in Langer, Hayden, Martin too.

[brod]

Smith didnt bowl due to back injury

[heater31]

Shaun Marsh is quickly becoming the new Shane Watson except he doesn't bowl........


Can't string 2 games together

[smithy]

Nothing wrong with the Captaincy when SL was 8/107 ....
I re-iterate it was a great batting partnership between Angie and MALinga, that was the reason why SL won the game
Everything else paled into insignificance


When we talk of slaughter capataincy in recent times
YOUSEF in the AU V PA test
PONTING in the IN V AU test
Both captains allowed easy runs to be leeked, both were mainly responsible for thier teams suffering lamentable losses
CLARKE last night had this game stolen by ANG + MAL in one of the all time greatest batting efforts Ive ever seen

Big deal AU lost a ODI last night
It aint the end of the world, they will bounce back by summers end is my prediction

MAL - I've read dozens and dozens of feedback from all over Australia on the foxsports and Advertiser websites regarding this game.
You are the only one in this country who believes Clarke is a good captain and captained this game well.
Several ex test players are also suggesting he be dropped in the shorter versions of the game.
Problem is, he'll get the captaincy by default because their is no one else.

[Phantom Gossiper]

I think you got so excited there BG that you didn't notice that Haddin had the gloves on last night, so how is Doherty suppose to replace him if he's in the side as a spinner? And better than Warne?? WTF are you smoking?

Nah he probably right, ive got a new theory.. i reckon the aussie selectors dont give a damn about winning or rather are so arrogant they think they will win with anyside so instead of picking the best side, they pick blokes the crowd wants to see who arent always the best cricketer i.e Steve Smith, Dave Warner, Mitchell Johnson (ODI). Now that Doherty is the toast of the nation after his amazing debut people wanna see more of him, dont be suprised if CA label him the next big thing

The other thing that s**ts me, is how can the selectors managed to jag some random from left field no one has ever heard of and go here mate heres an aussie cap, hope you capture the imagination of the crowd like other such rolls of the dice as warner and smith. Who the bloody hell is Mithcell Starc and how is Jon Hastings in the side?!

[Baron Greenback]

Thank god it won't be the same team that rocked up last night in Brisbane in 3 weeks.

The only ones that will be there are:
Watson - been ordinary the past month
Clarke - useless, i'm sick of defending him when he puts up performances like that
Hussey - gun. nearly saved our a*se last night
Haddin - unfortunately has done well the past couple, but deserves his spot.
Johnson - Overrated
At least there will be no:
Siddle
Hastings
White

All terrible.

Can't believe Clarke didn't bowl Smith. He nearly saved us with his fielding too.
Johnson was going at 6 an over and bowling short sh*t.
Siddle and Hastings the same.
These blokes just bowled short wide delivery after short wide delivery.
Ever heard of a yorker lads? They could take a leaf out of Lasith Malinga's book.

Possibly the only positive thing to come out of the night was......
X DOHERTY!
What a gun!
Should replace Haddin.
He'll be better than Warne!
Get him up here, I wanna boof him!

Rant over.

I think you got so excited there BG that you didn't notice that Haddin had the gloves on last night, so how is Doherty suppose to replace him if he's in the side as a spinner? And better than Warne?? WTF are you smoking?

Bwahaha. Was supposed to be Hauritz!
I only like him so much cos he's Tasmanian!

[the joker]

i am pretty sick of Australian cricket supporters digging in to Michael Clarke

This year in Test Cricket even after only making 35 in four innings in India he is still averaging 45 with 2 hundreds and 2 fifties in 14 innings.

and in one dayers in 2010 he is averaging 55 with one hundred and four fifties.

I understand that he needs runs in the shortest form of the game but in the other two he is doing quite well, and Australia would be alot worst off with out him

[Jim05]

May be able to bat but is shithouse captain

[Lightning McQueen]

i am pretty sick of Australian cricket supporters digging in to Michael Clarke

This year in Test Cricket even after only making 35 in four innings in India he is still averaging 45 with 2 hundreds and 2 fifties in 14 innings.

and in one dayers in 2010 he is averaging 55 with one hundred and four fifties.

I understand that he needs runs in the shortest form of the game but in the other two he is doing quite well, and Australia would be alot worst off with out him

My only criticism is his T20 capabilities, I think he's 80 S/R in the ODI's is good enough as he consistently scores runs. We need those around him to strike at 100 and make their 30's and 40's.

[the joker]

i am pretty sick of Australian cricket supporters digging in to Michael Clarke

This year in Test Cricket even after only making 35 in four innings in India he is still averaging 45 with 2 hundreds and 2 fifties in 14 innings.

and in one dayers in 2010 he is averaging 55 with one hundred and four fifties.

I understand that he needs runs in the shortest form of the game but in the other two he is doing quite well, and Australia would be alot worst off with out him

My only criticism is his T20 capabilities, I think he's 80 S/R in the ODI's is good enough as he consistently scores runs. We need those around him to strike at 100 and make their 30's and 40's.

yeah he has to score more runs at T20 level but he doesent get much of a chance, seen as though the Aussies play one game and then dont play another for a few Months.
and i was more talking about Baron Greenback wrote
"Clarke - useless, i'm sick of defending him when he puts up performances like that"

[Lightning McQueen]

i am pretty sick of Australian cricket supporters digging in to Michael Clarke

This year in Test Cricket even after only making 35 in four innings in India he is still averaging 45 with 2 hundreds and 2 fifties in 14 innings.

and in one dayers in 2010 he is averaging 55 with one hundred and four fifties.

I understand that he needs runs in the shortest form of the game but in the other two he is doing quite well, and Australia would be alot worst off with out him

My only criticism is his T20 capabilities, I think he's 80 S/R in the ODI's is good enough as he consistently scores runs. We need those around him to strike at 100 and make their 30's and 40's.

yeah he has to score more runs at T20 level but he doesent get much of a chance, seen as though the Aussies play one game and then dont play another for a few Months.
and i was more talking about Baron Greenback wrote
"Clarke - useless, i'm sick of defending him when he puts up performances like that"

He'd just about be the only Aussie that plays all 3 formats.

[the joker]

there is also Hauritz, Haddin, Johnson, Siddle, Watson and Hussey. thats almost half a side

[Dogwatcher]

I will rescind my comment that Pup should have bowled Smith more.
However, I stand by the rest in my earlier post.