South Australian Cricket general discussion

[Jim05]

There is hope, Thornton...

A batsman who can survive is a blessing for us, they just need to stick with him...

Yeah he looks like he can hang around. Survived 84 balls today opening. Stray was the the only other batter to last for more than 24 balls.
Need to persist with him
Definate positive

[overloaded]

Time to move on

[lion heart]

you are kidding yourself if you think any coach in world cricket is going to come into the basket case known as the redbacks and fix it overnight... give the bloke a chance FFS

[bloods08]

Time to move on

This is why I barely post in here anymore because of tools like this.

[Lightning McQueen]

Time to move on

This is why I barely post in here anymore because of tools like this.

It takes all sorts mate.

[Booney]

Time to move on

This is why I barely post in here anymore because of tools like this.

It takes all sorts mate.

All sorts of tools?

[Lightning McQueen]

It takes all sorts mate.

All sorts of tools?

overblown is the Sammy Newman of the forum, adds a bit of spark with some of his outlandish comments, everyone's entitled to their opinion even if it seems very rash to the outsider.

[Jim05]

Did anyone else hear that muppet Jamie Cox on 5AA tonight?
What an absolute toss pot, enough excuses piss off back to Tassie.
Would of thought that "Redbacks High Performance Manager" is an oxymoron

[Media Park]

Another Shield game down, another outright loss, but there were a couple of positives:
Thornton's ability to knuckle down. I want to see him carry on with it, but he showed the ability, now for the rewards lad...
Mennie's seven wicket haul. I think it will be a flash in the pan performance, but it was good, and I hope he can build on it.
Klinger and Ferguson's batting. Two quality cricketers, just want Klinger to go that bit extra, and hopefully Ferg will take this as the chance to turn his season around.
Our bowling in the first innings. Every batsman (bar the not out Bird) made double figures, only Ronchi (13 balls) faced less than twenty balls, so they all got a little start, and only two carried on to pass fifty.

There were also negatives:
Mr Reliable Harris scoring 0 & 4. We need more from him.
Crosthwaite 4 & 13. He's been solid without being outstanding in his games so far, this was sub-par.
Tom Cooper 11 & 20. Not good enough for the standard he set early in the year.
George taking one wicket. Sure the second dig he didn't bowl, and Mennie took seven in the first innings, but George is our strike bowler, and he bowled 26 overs for one wicket.

[NFC]

Time to move on

Clueless.

[Media Park]

Time to move on

Yes it is. Time for you to move on to big footy or something like that and troll the living shit out of their site for a few years...

[mal]

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[gossipgirl]

we need to outsource state cricket team to India.

[Johno6]

I think one thing has been succesful in this thread... overloaded!

if he can reel in the fish like he does some of the ppl on here... he will never go hungry!!

[Lightning McQueen]

I think one thing has been succesful in this thread... overloaded!

if he can reel in the fish like he does some of the ppl on here... he will never go hungry!!

[Bulls forever]

Another Shield game down, another outright loss, but there were a couple of positives:
Thornton's ability to knuckle down. I want to see him carry on with it, but he showed the ability, now for the rewards lad...
Mennie's seven wicket haul. I think it will be a flash in the pan performance, but it was good, and I hope he can build on it.
Klinger and Ferguson's batting. Two quality cricketers, just want Klinger to go that bit extra, and hopefully Ferg will take this as the chance to turn his season around.
Our bowling in the first innings. Every batsman (bar the not out Bird) made double figures, only Ronchi (13 balls) faced less than twenty balls, so they all got a little start, and only two carried on to pass fifty.

There were also negatives:
Mr Reliable Harris scoring 0 & 4. We need more from him.
Crosthwaite 4 & 13. He's been solid without being outstanding in his games so far, this was sub-par.
Tom Cooper 11 & 20. Not good enough for the standard he set early in the year.
George taking one wicket. Sure the second dig he didn't bowl, and Mennie took seven in the first innings, but George is our strike bowler, and he bowled 26 overs for one wicket.

Gee MP, a 10 wicket loss, half way through day 3 if you ignore the washout. An absolute trouncing. If you take away the token 190 run partnership that achieved nothing in the end, we lost 19 wickets for around 190. Surely Klinger and Ferg had to go on the next morning otherwise their work the previous day was worthless. Ferg never, ever makes big hundreds. He is amongst the most talented cricketers in this country and is averaging mid 30's in shield cricket, not good enough for his talent. You are very easily pleased with praising anyone from this game, even Mennie was going for plenty when required and just happened to be bowling when they went for it after setting game up on day 1. They would still be batting against a good shield side.
Won't comment on anyone else, will get a barring order served by mods. Not good enough, stop importing third rate cricketers, go for 2 or 3 guns, build a team around them, pretty much like we did the last two times we won the shield. If they want to come and try out in SA, let them pay their way, don't give them an armchair ride and pick them regardless of what they do.

[Jim05]

Another Shield game down, another outright loss, but there were a couple of positives:
Thornton's ability to knuckle down. I want to see him carry on with it, but he showed the ability, now for the rewards lad...
Mennie's seven wicket haul. I think it will be a flash in the pan performance, but it was good, and I hope he can build on it.
Klinger and Ferguson's batting. Two quality cricketers, just want Klinger to go that bit extra, and hopefully Ferg will take this as the chance to turn his season around.
Our bowling in the first innings. Every batsman (bar the not out Bird) made double figures, only Ronchi (13 balls) faced less than twenty balls, so they all got a little start, and only two carried on to pass fifty.

There were also negatives:
Mr Reliable Harris scoring 0 & 4. We need more from him.
Crosthwaite 4 & 13. He's been solid without being outstanding in his games so far, this was sub-par.
Tom Cooper 11 & 20. Not good enough for the standard he set early in the year.
George taking one wicket. Sure the second dig he didn't bowl, and Mennie took seven in the first innings, but George is our strike bowler, and he bowled 26 overs for one wicket.

Gee MP, a 10 wicket loss, half way through day 3 if you ignore the washout. An absolute trouncing. If you take away the token 190 run partnership that achieved nothing in the end, we lost 19 wickets for around 190. Surely Klinger and Ferg had to go on the next morning otherwise their work the previous day was worthless. Ferg never, ever makes big hundreds. He is amongst the most talented cricketers in this country and is averaging mid 30's in shield cricket, not good enough for his talent. You are very easily pleased with praising anyone from this game, even Mennie was going for plenty when required and just happened to be bowling when they went for it after setting game up on day 1. They would still be batting against a good shield side.
Won't comment on anyone else, will get a barring order served by mods. Not good enough, stop importing third rate cricketers, go for 2 or 3 guns, build a team around them, pretty much like we did the last two times we won the shield. If they want to come and try out in SA, let them pay their way, don't give them an armchair ride and pick them regardless of what they do.

Spot on Bulls. Why do we keep recruiting C grade cricketers from interstate. Look at the decent players who have moved state in the last few years like Cowan, Birt, Cazzulino, Rimmington, Forrest. Did we actively chase any of these guys? Most frightening is the rumour we turned down David Warner to get Blizzard. We need to identify what our main weakness is and target a couple of big name recruits

[Bulls forever]

Another Shield game down, another outright loss, but there were a couple of positives:
Thornton's ability to knuckle down. I want to see him carry on with it, but he showed the ability, now for the rewards lad...
Mennie's seven wicket haul. I think it will be a flash in the pan performance, but it was good, and I hope he can build on it.
Klinger and Ferguson's batting. Two quality cricketers, just want Klinger to go that bit extra, and hopefully Ferg will take this as the chance to turn his season around.
Our bowling in the first innings. Every batsman (bar the not out Bird) made double figures, only Ronchi (13 balls) faced less than twenty balls, so they all got a little start, and only two carried on to pass fifty.

There were also negatives:
Mr Reliable Harris scoring 0 & 4. We need more from him.
Crosthwaite 4 & 13. He's been solid without being outstanding in his games so far, this was sub-par.
Tom Cooper 11 & 20. Not good enough for the standard he set early in the year.
George taking one wicket. Sure the second dig he didn't bowl, and Mennie took seven in the first innings, but George is our strike bowler, and he bowled 26 overs for one wicket.

Gee MP, a 10 wicket loss, half way through day 3 if you ignore the washout. An absolute trouncing. If you take away the token 190 run partnership that achieved nothing in the end, we lost 19 wickets for around 190. Surely Klinger and Ferg had to go on the next morning otherwise their work the previous day was worthless. Ferg never, ever makes big hundreds. He is amongst the most talented cricketers in this country and is averaging mid 30's in shield cricket, not good enough for his talent. You are very easily pleased with praising anyone from this game, even Mennie was going for plenty when required and just happened to be bowling when they went for it after setting game up on day 1. They would still be batting against a good shield side.
Won't comment on anyone else, will get a barring order served by mods. Not good enough, stop importing third rate cricketers, go for 2 or 3 guns, build a team around them, pretty much like we did the last two times we won the shield. If they want to come and try out in SA, let them pay their way, don't give them an armchair ride and pick them regardless of what they do.

Spot on Bulls. Why do we keep recruiting C grade cricketers from interstate. Look at the decent players who have moved state in the last few years like Cowan, Birt, Cazzulino, Rimmington, Forrest. Did we actively chase any of these guys? Most frightening is the rumour we turned down David Warner to get Blizzard. We need to identify what our main weakness is and target a couple of big name recruits

Last two shield wins.

Mid 90's - Jamie Siddons, rated one of best ever never to play for Aus. James Brayshaw - love him or hate him (and most hate him), regular accumulator of shield runs, they all tried to bounce him out. Peter McIntyre - played 1 or 2 test, but again regular shield wicket taker. Rest of team, you guessed it local SA players.
Early 80's - Jeff Crowe, early version, great batter made heaps of runs, John Inverarity - former test cricketer, say no more, Kevin Wright - former test keeper and batter. again rest of team including fill ins were locals.
Build a team around some top liners, create some team harmony and move forward.

[Jim05]

Hence the reason I would hove loved to get Warner. What are our recruiting guys up to? Ed Cowan and Peter Forrest are making runs for fun at shield level and they have both moved states in last few years. Did our recruiters speak to them?
Splash some cash and go on a recruiting mission

[Media Park]

Hey Bulls? I read my post, and I don't think I was overly generous with praise?

I will take our number three scoring an 80-odd, and our number four hitting a hundred, any day of the week.
Any bowler taking seven in an innings, even though I have already shit canned him on this site, is worthy of praise.

The rest of the team basically was crap, but they were positive performances, and jeez, I think I'm right this time...