Johnson, Khawaja, Pattinson & Watto dumped

[Media Park]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-aus ... 24494.html

[The Sleeping Giant]

Goodbye Arthur.

I wonder whose idea the questionnaire was.

[Jim05]

Goodbye Arthur.

I wonder whose idea the questionnaire was.

Yep on your bike you tosser.
Bring in Boof ffs!!!

[heater31]

oh FFS! what shambles this entire summer of international cricket has been


Cricket Australia sort your shit out pronto

[The Sleeping Giant]

Looks like that review done over 6 months was worth it.

[Coach Bombay]

Who gives a **** about a questionnaire. What an embarressment. Would love to see the captain overturn this decision and say that he doesn't support the current structure of Australian cricket. Warne was right. Hodge was right. Lehmann was right. Bunch of muppets

[The Sleeping Giant]

Clarke is part of the hierarchy isn't he.

[Media Park]

Clarke is part of the hierarchy isn't he.

Article says the decision was Arthur Clarke and some other stroker.

[The Dark Knight]

Whos gives a flying f**k about three points that could imporve individual and team performances, get out there, train hard and get the job done, don't sit around and talk about it!

[RustyCage]

any time the phrase "line in the sand" is used, it's just wank

[Media Park]

Shane W: 1) Get a start 2) Convert start to ton 3) bowl some overs
James P: 1) Get the most wickets of any quick 2) bowl the most overs of any quick 3) not break down (oh wait)
Usman K & Mitchell J: 1,2&3: Get a game

How ******* hard was that.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Clarke is part of the hierarchy isn't he.

Article says the decision was Arthur Clarke and some other stroker.

Other reports say the decision was made by the team hierarchy.

[Coach Bombay]

Clarke is part of the hierarchy isn't he.

I'd say your right, but surely he can't see eye to eye with Arthur et. al. on this one. Must be more to it because surely there is no synergy between questionnaires responses and selection.....call me simple but I hate this crap.

[RustyCage]

However, as of Monday morning the four players, including the vice-captain Watson, had neglected to comply. Arthur, captain Michael Clarke and team manager Gavin Dovey met and discussed how to handle the situation and decided that it needed to be a "line-in-the-sand moment".

it seems Clarke was a part of that decision yes

[Coach Bombay]

However, as of Monday morning the four players, including the vice-captain Watson, had neglected to comply. Arthur, captain Michael Clarke and team manager Gavin Dovey met and discussed how to handle the situation and decided that it needed to be a "line-in-the-sand moment".

it seems Clarke was a part of that decision yes

FFS.....

[cripple]

Its a job, requirement of the job was to complete a questionnaire and apparently the four players haven't completed the questionnaire as required. Some sort of message needs to be sent because obviously the players aren't figuring it out themselves. its a long fall from the top of the pile and australia is quickly reaching the bottom.

[Coach Bombay]

Scapegoats for a poor first two tests?

[RustyCage]

Its a job, requirement of the job was to complete a questionnaire and apparently the four players haven't completed the questionnaire as required. Some sort of message needs to be sent because obviously the players aren't figuring it out themselves. its a long fall from the top of the pile and australia is quickly reaching the bottom.

the punishment doesn't fit the "crime"

[cripple]

If the team had been playing well, I think a private slap on the wrist might have been the punishment. But when everyone is under pressure, strange things happen in an attempt to rectify the situation. Be interesting to see the result

[am Bays]

Bit harsh on Johnno and Patto, who expects fast bowlers to be able fill out a questionnaire?